Missouri’s KOMU-TV Sports Reporter, Ashley Zavala, reported that Missouri defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson has committed to Ben Dogra of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/ZavalaA/status/281883826488238080″] While the only Missouri player drafted this past year (Michael Egnew, TE – #78 overall to the Miami Dolphins) is represented by Andy Ross of Octagon, Richardson is not the sole […]
Richard Khamir Hurd was once a successful basketball walk-on at Baylor University. He played a full four years for the school. But he has recently made his name known around the country for his work off the court. In fact, his actions have led to his being arraigned on federal extortion charges of a man quite […]
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It appears that sports agent connoisseur Peyton Hillis is almost ready to announce who his fourth agent will be. Technically, it will only be his third agent, because Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports that Hillis is going to sign with his original agent, Jimmy Sexton. The only difference is that Sexton is no longer with SportsTrust Advisors (where Pat Dye, […]
2012 NFL Mock Draft Last Updated: March 7, 2012 Brandon Thorn is back again, treating us with his annual Mock Draft. Follow this post as Thorn provides updates leading up to the 2012 NFL Draft. And follow him on Twitter, if you dare. Round 1 Indianapolis (2-14) – QB Andrew Luck – Stanford – Agent: […]
Last week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that longtime football agent Jim Steiner retired from being a sports agent. Steiner had amassed a total of thirty-five years representing mostly football players, but also dabbled in the representation of baseball and basketball players early in his career. He had somewhere between 300 and 500 clients throughout […]
Robert Griffin III’s statement that he signed with Ben Dogra of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) was anticipated. His decision to wear Barney socks at the press conference where he made his representation announcement, less so. RG III joins a CAA NFL Draft class that is known year-in-and-out to be among, if not the best in the country. Joining […]
A league source has stated that former University of Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins is now a client of Ben Dogra and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Jenkins was a first-team All-SEC selection. He was named to College Football News and Sporting News Freshman All-American team. Rivals.com ranked Jenkins as the 6th best cornerback of his class coming out of high school, […]
Late last night, Neil Stratton of InsideTheLeague.com broke a story that certainly kept me awake for a while. The headline alone, which reads, “A super-agency goes supernova and in its place arises an even bigger agency,” made me anxious to click on the link and consume Stratton’s content. I was not disappointed with the result. […]
The NFL is back in business, college football season is quickly approaching (Go Gators!), and the NBA looks like it is going to go through a much more painful process than the NFL just experienced. I start teaching a brand new class called Sport Agency Management at Indiana University Bloomington near the end of the month. […]