Evan Laufer, CEO of Laufer Sports & Entertainment, announced new client signings earlier this month. A.C. Fitzpatrick, an outside hitter for the Florida Gators Volleyball team, and UCF Women’s Tennis player Jaleesa Leslie, signed with LSE’s NIL Division. The duo marks LSE’s first female athletes signed for NIL marketing opportunities. “I am super excited to […]
WME Sports and BDA Sports announced its 2022 NBA Draft Class, composed of multiple standout prospects. The two agencies formed a partnership in late 2020 when Endeavor and BDA Sports formed a collaboration in which Endeavor (WME Sports’ parent company) took an equity stake in BDA Sports. The collaborating agencies’ 2022 Draft Class is the […]
Steinberg Sports & Entertainment has formed a strategic partnership with Reynolds Sports Management to burst into the baseball representation scene. The product born from this partnership is Equity Baseball. Equity Baseball is the new SSE baseball-centric sports division specializing in representing the talent in professional baseball. Larry Reynolds, Founder and President of Reynolds Sports Management, […]
An insightful and innovative event in the sports and entertainment industry is being hosted in Pasadena, California from February 2-4, 2023. California Sports Lawyer®’s founder, Jeremy Evans, is launching a novel negotiation competition for JD/LLM and MBA students and will host it at the prestigious Rose Bowl Stadium. The competition will feature teams of two […]
Kentucky G Kellan Grady has signed with Lift Sports Management for representation heading into the 2022 NBA Draft. The fifth-year senior averaged over 11 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists for the Wildcats this season. After spending four seasons at Davidson, Grady transferred to Kentucky to finish his collegiate career. Grady is projected to go […]
Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid has signed with WME Sports for off-court representation. Agents Jill Smoller and Zack Miller will handle his marketing and off-court endeavors. The five-time All-Star cut ties with CAA Sports a year ago. Embiid has a current endorsement with Under Armour that CAA Sports negotiated, but his new marketing team is […]
Steinberg Sports & Entertainment extends into basketball representation via a merger with Athlete Management Group. AMG co-founders Mike Silverman and Brandon Grier will adopt new executive roles under SSE. Silverman will act as Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations, and Grier will operate as Vice President of Team Sports. “The expansion into basketball allows SSE […]
The NFL juggernaut agent, Drew Rosenhaus, announced DeSean Jackson is once again a member of the Rosenhaus family. DeSean is now an unrestricted free agent after splitting his time between the Rams and Raiders last season. If there was any animosity that may have lingered following the 3-year legal dispute between Jackson and Rosenhaus, it […]
Three NFLPA certified agents are stepping away from Priority Sports and moving on to VaynerSports. Agents Mike McCartney, Jaymeson Moten, and Kyle Dolan are taking their credentials to VaynerSports, which launched prior to the 2017 NFL Draft. The addition of the veteran trio gives the still young agency substantial momentum as we approach the ’22 […]
Christian Dawkins was convicted in 2019 on conspiracy and bribery charges when plotting to bribe top college coaches to steer their NBA-bound athletes toward his sports management company and favored financial advisors. His conviction was upheld in June 2021 by an appellate court. This week, Dawkins is set to begin his 18-month sentence in an […]