Per a SBJ report, Octagon has signed professional golfer Paige Spiranac for her representation. She was previously represented by Prime Athletes. She has been in the news lately when in a press conference during the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters she was asked about being cyber bullied. An emotional Spiranac spoke out about the effect that […]
Building on the first entry of NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor Shawn O’Dare’s journey as a first year agent with Epic Agents, this story will recap both of Shawn’s second and third blog posts. The second post centers on O’Dare’s reasoning for getting into the representation business: to do it the right way, and especially help […]
Per SBJ, Buffalo Bills QB EJ Manuel has signed with CAA Sports for his representation on and off the field. The former 16th overall pick of the 2013 NFL Draft out of Florida State was previously represented by Eugene Parker, who passed away earlier this year. He was the only quarterback taken in the first […]
Trace Armstrong has made a career of making and building strong relationships with his clients – college football coaches. Armstrong has built one of the largest college football coaching representation practices on the basis of establishing life-long relationships with those at the helm of some of the top Division I football programs in the nation. […]
According to a post on his Instagram account, Drew Rosenhaus and his agency, Rosenhaus Sports, has signed Atlanta Falcons free safety Ricardo Allen. He was previously represented by Relativity Sports. The former fifth round pick (147 overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft out of Purdue University is slated to become a free agent in 2017. […]
According to a Tweet from Neil Stratton, University of Texas RB D’Onta Foreman has chosen Select Sports for his representation in the 2017 NFL Draft. The 6’1″, 249 pound junior chose Houston-based Select Sports from four other agencies. Following a breakout individual junior season in which he rushed for 2,208 yards and 15 TDs, Foreman […]
Per Liz Mullen of SBJ, PGA Tour golfer John Peterson has signed with Wasserman for his representation. He was previously represented by Blue Giraffe Sports. At Wasserman, Executive Vice President of Golf Terry Reilly, will lead the representation for Peterson, who recently returned to the PGA Tour after undergoing hand surgery this past January. In […]
Chris Patrick is an NBPA certified agent who has made a name for himself representing under the radar NBA players, such as Eric Moreland, Robert Covington, Ognjen Kuzmic, Tiny Gallon, Davis Bertans, Dexter Pittman, and Dwight Buycks among others. He is an attorney licensed in Washington, D.C., and a member of the American Bar Association […]
According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, “Hootie and The Blowfish” front man and country singer Darius Rucker is now a partner at a company called MGC Sports, an agency representing golfers, football players and coaches. Rucker was approached by Alan Bullington, who merged his sports agency, One Degree Management, with MGC, a law firm to create […]
According to a piece on SBJ, the Oakland A’s ball club is “in danger of losing some or even all” of its annual revenue sharing check under terms of the current collective bargaining agreement, which expires on December 1. The team was “grandfathered into the (current) program” because of its “antiquated stadium, despite being in a […]