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Octagon Marketing North America Announces Several Promotions

Press Release: NORWALK, CT (December 8, 2015) – Octagon, a global sports and entertainment marketing leader, is pleased to announce several promotions across the Marketing North America leadership. Tuck Burch and Ian Hall have been promoted to Senior Vice President, along with Marianne Rotole and Michael Ryan elevated to Vice President. Tuck Burch, Senior Vice […]

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Kerns Marketing & Management Signs Tyler Eifert

Cincinnati Bengals tight end, Tyler Eifert, has found new representation to handle his brand off the field. Eifert recently signed with Kerns Marketing & Management to oversee the development of his marketing, endorsements, PR, and social media. Ashley Kerns is the founder of Kerns Marketing & Management and Eifert’s branding will now be in her […]

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Yankees Prospect Gary Sanchez Signs With Marc Anthony’s Magnus Sports

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 […]

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From Sports Agent To Director Of Federal Intelligence

Argentina’s President-elect, Mauricio Macri, has appointed a new director for the Argentina Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI). Gustavo Arribas, an attorney and co-owner of HAZ Sports Agency, will replace Oscar Parilli as Argentina’s new intelligence chief. Prior to representing soccer players, Arribas worked as a club executive for the famed Boca Juniors club team. His relationship […]

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Octagon Signs Philadelphia Union Midfielder Michael Lahoud

Press Release: (December 1, 2015) – Global sports and entertainment leader Octagon announced the signing of Philadelphia Union midfielder Michael Lahoud. Lahoud is part of the recently launched Octagon Soccer representation division led by Co-Directors of North American Soccer Eddie Pope and Mike Senkowski. Lahoud was drafted ninth overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and has made […]

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NFL Players Still Need Agents

The following is a guest contribution from Mitchell Friesen of Steiner Sports. Check out their website here: https://www.steinersports.com/ We flip on the television to watch our favorite athletes and teams battle it out on the gridiron, court or diamond and never give thought to the agencies behind the athletes. We seldom give thought to the role […]

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Jeff Borris Joins Ballengee Group

Press Release: December 1, 2015 – The Dallas-based sports agency, Ballengee Group, LLC is pleased to announce that Jeff Borris has joined their ranks, effective December 1, 2015, signaling another huge move for baseball’s top up-and-coming agency. A well known heavy-hitter in the baseball representation business, Borris brings experience of representing some of the games […]

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What A NFL Agent Has Learned From His Clients’ Training Routines

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 […]

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Entertainer Marc Anthony Ventures Into Sports

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 […]

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Precision Lands No.1 Pick, But McDonald Sports Wins The 2015 AFL Draft

The 2015 AFL draft was held on Tuesday in Adelaide, with a total of 69 players realising their dream of reaching the elite level. It was not only a big day for the players, but for the agents as well. They had been working mercilessly behind the scenes to get their players in the minds […]