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Myron Bolitar, Fictional Sports Agent

Myron Bolitar is not your typical sports agent.  For one, he is not real.  He is a character created by author Harlan Coben.  Second of all, he is a former investigator, which makes for some interesting stories when there are murder cases to solve.  But you want to be a sports agent, why should you read about a fictional character?

I have a bunch of non-fiction sports agent books listed on the links tab located on the top menu of this site.  They are all great reads and I encourage that you read them all (if you have the time).  At the same time, I think that sometimes we can learn a lot about an industry from fiction books as well.  While Coben’s Myron Bolitar series is primarily a Mystery series, Coben still takes the reader into the life of a sports agent (Bolitar) and reveals a lot of the tasks that any sports agent would go through on a daily basis.

Not only are Coben’s books informative, but they are also great reads.  Until writing this post, I was not even aware that there are 7 books in the Myron Bolitar series.  I just finished his first one, Deal Breaker, and have begun reading the 2nd one, Drop Shot.  It happens to be great, relaxing summer reading.  I have added each book from the series to the links tab under the heading “Sports Agent Books.”  I suggest starting with Deal Breaker.

-Darren Heitner 

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.

4 replies on “Myron Bolitar, Fictional Sports Agent”

Interesting, I’ll have to check them out. Nice job so far with the voting you’ve got my vote three times today.

Much like the scarcity of sports agent websites/blogs, there also seems to be only a handful of good sports agent books. It’s disappointing to see so little easily available information on the industry.

I am glad you mentioned this great series. I recieved Harlan Coben’s first book “Deal Breaker” for this previous Christmas and i have since read his third book “Fade Away” and his latest book “Promise Me.” I encourage you all to read these books as they are interesting and add a pleasant sports twist to each book.

-Tucker Finley

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