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Interview With The Agent: BJ Armstrong

On the heels of an excellent interview with Leigh Steinberg, I was approached by a close friend of BJ Armstrong. The friend requested that I take the time to interview the 1989 first-round pick of the Chicago Bulls who later on became a basketball analyst for ESPN before landing his current job as an NBPA […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

If you missed my interview with Leigh Steinberg, I suggest you check it out. I am no longer a 1L! For those of you non-legal people, that means that I made it through the toughest year of law school. Hopefully, it will be all smooth sailing from here. I am back home in South Florida, […]

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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up got a treat this week. We were informed that our non-Jewish brother that is definitely from another mother, Eric Gordon, decided to announce that he was leaving Indiana early to play professional basketball at a press conference held at an Indianapolis JCC (that stands for Jewish Community Center). I was kvelling […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

I really hope all of you enjoyed the most recent Dynasty Notes. A lot has happened since the post, which was only a couple of days ago. We have some deals on the table for our two baseball clients and just announced the development of Dynasty’s Entertainment Division (go to the Clients section on the […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Special Thursday Wrap-Up

This Shabbat Shalom Wrap-Up is brought to you one day earlier than usual. I am soon leaving Florida for Las Vegas to celebrate my step-brother’s bachelor party. I will not have access to a computer for the entire weekend, and thus submit to you the stories that I failed to cover during the week: Sports […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

The festival of lights has commenced. But ladies and gentlemen, get your Hanukkah facts straight. If you are going to quote Adam Sandler like some woman did on the new show called Duel (hosted by ESPN Radio host Mike Greenberg), you better know what he said. It’s eight crazy nights, not twelve. And her husband […]

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Baseball’s Elite Eight

I don’t know how I missed this story that was posted almost five months ago, but Forbes.com put together a piece on what they believe to be Baseball’s Best Agents. The eight agent entities (both individual and team efforts) that are highlighted account for 41% of the $2.5 billion in salaries being paid out by […]

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Melchionni Joins WMG

When Lee Melchionni was not busy getting some man love from former teammate, Sheldon Williams, Melchionni played the power forward position for the Duke Blue Devils. Then came the day that he was not looking forward to: graduation. After leaving Duke, Melchionni was left with the option of playing for Cimberio Novara in the Italian […]

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Sports Agents Power BusinessWeek’s 100

Everyone loves lists. That may explain why I got the press release for BusinessWeek’s Power 100 list sent to me three times (I’m not complaining…keep the tips coming!). BusinessWeek just announced their top 100 most influential people in sports, ranging from people with thin ties to sports (Dick Pound – Chairman, World Anti-Doping Agency) to […]

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Gandolfini / Vaccaro: There Is No Retiring From This

Sad that The Sopranos is over? Upset that you will never be able to see Tony Soprano on HBO followed by Johnny Drama and Ari Gold? Turn that frown upside down, because James Gandolfini is coming back to HBO…in the form of a sports agent? Gandolfini will be playing Sonny Vaccaro in ABCD Camp [Gandolfini’s […]