Over the past few days veteran agent Leigh Steinberg has announced that Steinberg Sports will represent TE Steven Scheu, QB Paxton Lynch, RB Danny Vitale, RB Danny Lasco, and DE Jonathan Woodard. With these recent signings many sports business professionals and fans of the game are saying “Leigh is back!” Steinberg has represented 8 #1 […]
It’s no surprise that one of the biggest sporting spectacles in the world also invites some of the biggest gambling action. Whether it’s just looking through all the outrageous proposition bets or following the big wagers celebrities are announcing they will make, the two weeks in between the conference championships and the Super Bowl are […]
Per a press release from Octagon,Octagon is pleased to welcome Lamar Johnson as the Vice President of Octagon Access, the award-winning millennial and multicultural marketing division of the global sports and entertainment leader. Johnson is an industry veteran and expert in developing integrated marketing strategies, branded entertainment and digital campaigns to grow brand results with specific consumer […]
The following is the first contribution from new contributor Donovan Phillips. He graduated with a B.A in Economics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is currently living in Berlin and working for a sports agency that represents basketball players. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bucks forward Jabari Parker has confirmed that he is […]
According to the New York Times, sports agent Andrey Baranov sent an email in the spring to New York Road Runners, asking the group to accept five of his female Eastern European runners into the professional field of this year’s New York City Marathon, he was confident that at least one of them would receive an invitation. […]
According to USA Today, the NFLPA is launching another initiative to assist players with life after their NFL careers. The players’ union is stepping up its efforts to help members with life after the game by establishing four, two-day conferences that will be around the country this year. The conferences mix some touchy-feely pep talks with […]
Jay Z visited Jimmy Kimmel Live this week while the show was in Brooklyn, NY and spoke about his role as an agent. During the interview, Jay Z speaks candidly about how being a sports agent is incredible and when Kimmel says he feels like it would be a “huge pain in the ass in to […]
What: Sports Management Worldwide 2015 Baseball Career Conference When: December 6-7, 2015 Where: The Inn at Opryland, A Gaylord Hotel 2401 Music Valley Drive, Nashville, TN 37214 Description: The 2015 SMWW Baseball Career Conference will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. This conference is aimed at individuals who want to gain valuable insight into a variety of careers […]
The following is a guest contribution from Gerrit Kersten-Thiele. Thiele is the CEO & NBA/FIBA Certified Player Representative at Scorers 1st Sportmanagement. I love working as a sports agent. Developing relationships with and helping players and their families throughout the process of planning a professional career, developing that career and working with them and potential pro teams through contract negotiations […]
Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s 50 most powerful sports agents and none other than super agent Scott Boras tops the list. The list contains 13 baseball agents, 10 football agents, 10 basketball agents, 8 hockey agents,7 soccer agents, and 2 golf agents. The commissions for the agents range from $117.1M to […]