Who: The California Sports Institute What: Official Canadian Football League (CFL) West-Coast Free Agent Tryouts for the Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders for 2016 season Where: California Sports Institute – 6350 Yarrow Drive, Suite A, Carlsbad, CA 92011 When: Friday, April 1, 2016 at 7:00 AM – Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 10:00 PM (PDT) […]
With the 2015 Baseball Winter Meetings kicking off today down in Nashville, TN, there will likely be a flood of baseball transactions and MLB-related news. Per a Tweet by MLB Trade Rumors’ Tim Dierkes, Yankees catching prospect Gary Sanchez has signed with the newly formed Magnus Sports. He joins Reds closer Aroldis Chapman at the joint venture […]
NFL Agent Sunny Shah has made a name for himself within the representation industry. He and three others were highlighted in Esquire’s “The Agent,” which showed the trials and tribulations in the life of a NFL agent. He has also been interviewed by SAB, which can be found here. For those interested in what it takes […]
Rapper and business mogul, Jay-Z, seems to have paved the way for entertainers to test their hand in the sports representation world. Actor, musician and producer, Marc Anthony, announced on Monday that he has created Magnus Sports to represent baseball players. According to an article by Ken Rosenthal, the company will focus on working with Latin […]
Per a pair of Tweets by SBJ’s Daniel Kaplan, tennis star Andy Murray will be making some changes in his business team. The prominent change will be his dropping of Lagardere as his marketing agent. He will now turn to his own agency, 77, for his marketing representation. Murray and his manager, Simon Fuller, set […]
According to Liz Mullen of Sports Business Journal, Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Matt Wisler has switched representation agencies. He was formerly represented by Sosnick Cobbe Karon Sports, but has joined the ranks at Excel Sports Management. At Excel, he will be represented by a team of agents in the baseball division, which is led by Casey […]
Per an SBJ article by Liz Mullen, injured University of Southern California center, Max Tuerk, has decided to sign with Athletes First for his representation in the 2016 NFL Draft. Tuerk becomes the second college football player to give up his eligibility after a season-ending knee injury this fall. Former UCLA linebacker, Myles Jack, signed with […]
Similar to a post regarding Scott Boras and The New York Mets disagreeing about pitcher Matt Harvey’s innings limit, Boras is now at odds with the Miami Marlins regarding two of his clients – pitcher Jose Fernandez and outfielder Marcell Ozuna. According to an article on Yahoo! Sports by Steven Wine, the Marlins said that they […]
Per a press release by the company, Octagon has hired a Digital Strategist, Meredith Kinsman, and a Creative Planning Director, Patrick Naranjo, to the agency. Both Kinsman and Naranjo will be based in the Norwalk, CT headquarters. In her role as Digital Strategist, Kinsman brings her expertise in user experience, product strategy, digital analytics, social […]
According to an article by Eben Novy-Williams of BloombergBusiness, the NFL plans to refund taxpayer dollars paid to teams for military tributes. The Department of Defense has spent more than $10 million on sports sponsorship in the past five years for box seats, advertising, on-site recruiting, and perhaps most controversial, tributes for soldiers. This has […]