Athletes First has hired veteran football agent Sean Kiernan and his colleague, Olivia Green as first announced by Athlete First’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Murphy. Before Kiernan begins his 2nd stint at Athletes First (intern in 2002) he spent the last 7 years at Select Sports Group, representing 100+ high profile NFL players, including First […]
Creative Artist Agency, CAA, has required ICM Partners, making this the biggest agency business acquisition since WMA and Endeavor. With the newfound partnership, CAA and ICM will dominate the sports representation space. With CAA acquiring ICM Partners, it will reap the benefits of ICM ‘s former M&A’s as well. Last year, ICM Partners increased […]
Allied Sports has announced the addition of Jeff Ehrenkranz, to serve as the Managing Director of International, and take lead on its international expansion from the agency’s current international headquarters in London. Allied Sports, a strategic expansion of Allied Global Marketing, is a rising startup that has built a new agency model for the future […]
Colby Drost is the Founder and President of Paragon Sports Consulting. We recently had the opportunity to discuss his career, what led him to create hiscompany, and how COVID-19 has affected his business. Drost founded Paragon Sports Consulting to help players navigate amateur hockey and pursue the goal of playing at the highest levels. He […]
All Hail the Queens! Queens Gaming Collective is a women-led gaming lifestyle company here to elevate women to the next level. When I sat down (virtually) with Co-Founder and CEO, Alisa Jacobs and Co-Founder and Chairman, Justin J. Giangrande, this duo was passionate about women no longer “dimming their light”. The mission of Queens Gaming […]
In this day and in age, when a business concept is described as a “dating app”, then it should be easy enough to understand. Launched in February of 2020, MarketPryce is a two-sided marketplace here to build a solution to democratize athlete marketing. With the constant changes in the laws with state legislation and NCAA […]
Paul Guarino and PG Sports continue to grow with the agency’s newest client signing: Minnesota Lynx guard Crystal Dangerfield. PG Sports will represent Dangerfield in all off-court marketing, sponsorships, and public relations endeavors. When speaking with Guarino, he said, “I’m excited to work with Crystal because I’ve had my eye on her since her UCONN […]
ICM Partners acquires Stellar Group, the largest football (soccer) agency in the world. The London-based agency represents over 800 clients (including NFL players) with $3 billion in player contracts. Some notable clients for Stellar Group are: Jameis Winston, Gareth Bale, and Saul Niguez. The agency has over 130 employees with offices in 10 countries worldwide. […]
WME Sports has hired NFL agent Ben Renzin to co-lead its football business alongside Brian Ayrault. WME is no stranger to adding breadth and depth to their organization, after merging with Endeavor and IMG to become an entertainment and media conglomerate in sports, events, media, and fashion. WME is most known for representing football players […]
“Everywhere & Anywhere” is the slogan that PG Sports and Founder Paul Guarino envisions for his sports marketing and management company. What started as a Twitter account for Guarino has blossomed into a variety of different tiers of businesses, apparel, and podcasts. Aspiring to be a sports agent, Paul Guarino started PG Sports as a […]