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NFL Agent Joel Segal Joins WME Sports

WME Sports announced the hire of NFL agent Joel Segal. Segal recently left SPORTFIVE (previously known as Lagardère) where he was CEO of the Americas. This past NFL Draft, Segal represented fourteen (14) players that were drafted including two first-round picks, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and Arizona Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins. Joining Segal […]

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College Football Players Colleges Sports Business

Georgia’s Nakobe Dean Signs STL Sports Group For NIL Representation

Junior University of Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean has signed with STL Sports Group for Name, Image, and Likeness representation. Agent Safarrah Lawson, who has been featured on SAB, will be representing him. Dean has been named to the Lott IMPACT Trophy and Bednarik Award watch list for the upcoming season. He was also voted to […]

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College Basketball Players NBA Players Sports Agents

BDA Sports and WME Sports Announce NBA Draft Class

BDA Sports has been a fixture atop the basketball agency business for years. Led by Bill Duffy, BDA Sports had five players selected in the 2020 NBA Draft and six players selected in the 2019 NBA Draft. In December 2020, Endeavor, the parent company of WME Sports, made a strategic investment in BDA Sports. BDA […]

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Sports Business

Buchwald Strategically Partners With CSE, Expands Into Sports

Buchwald, an industry leader in talent representation, has expanded its agency into the sports stratosphere with its partnership with CSE Talent. The new strategic alliance with CSE will be named Buchwald Sports.  Buchwald was launched by Don Buchwald and five associates in 1977 and for the past 44 years has offered representation in every area […]

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College Football Players Sports Agents

Wake Forest’s Boogie Basham Signs With Roc Nation Sports

Wake Forest defensive end Carlos “Boogie” Basham Jr. has signed with Roc Nation Sports for representation for the NFL Draft. He will be represented by agent Tyler Urban. Basham Jr. is one of the top defensive ends in the 2021 NFL Draft. ESPN Draft Analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has Basham Jr. ranked as the No. […]

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NBA Players NBA Teams Sports Agents

2020 NBA Draft By The Numbers: Five Agencies Accounted For 32 Out Of The 60 Picks

BY JOSH GOLDBERG AND IVAN HUDSON Top Agencies of the 2020 NBA Draft Excel Sports – 8  CAA – 7, Priority Sports – 7  Roc Nation – 5, BDA Sports – 5 Wasserman – 4 Octagon – 2, Klutch Sports Group – 2, ISE – 2, Dynasty Sports – 2, Pro Talent – 2, Pensack […]

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Sports Business

Legacy Sports Management Rebrands As Anderson Sports and Brand Management

Sydney Anderson, the founder and owner of Anderson Sports and Brand Management has been in the athlete marketing business for almost a year now. A former track & field athlete at Indiana University, Anderson has used her experience as a collegiate athlete to connect with clients throughout the industry. She previously launched Legacy Sports Management […]

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An Interview With Aspiring Agent Michael Raymond of Raymond Representation

Michael Raymond is a second-year law student at the University of Miami School of Law and the founder of Raymond Representation, an athlete management and marketing company. After graduating from UCF and studying economics and sports business management, Raymond enrolled at Miami Law with plans of becoming an NBA agent. Raymond was the student President […]

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Endorsements Soccer

Neymar Jr. Signs Long-Term Partnership With PUMA

Brazilian football star, Neymar Jr., has signed a long-term partnership deal with sportwear company PUMA. He will wear PUMA’s legendary King football boot on the pitch and will also be a brand ambassador off the field, wearing PUMA’s other lifestyle, training, and sport-inspired footwear and apparel products. Neymar Jr. is represented by NR Sports.  In […]

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Agent Spotlights Interview With The Agent

Interview With The Agent: Safarrah Lawson

Safarrah Lawson – CEO and President STL Sports Group Safarrah Lawson has been in the agency business for over 20 years. Learning under Michael Jordan’s agent David Falk, to then partnering to start So So Def Sports Management with entertainer Jermaine Dupri and agent Hadley Engelhard, to starting up his own agency STL Sports Management, […]