Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro has agreed to a four-year, $130 million contract extension. Herro is currently represented by Jeff Schwartz and Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports Management. Following the 2022 season Herro was named the 2022 NBA Sixth Man of the Year and averaged 20.7 PPG, 5.0 RPG, and 4.0 APG. With the October […]
After an early morning parade in New York City, the United States Women’s National Team flew to Los Angeles yesterday afternoon to celebrate in the ESPY festivities. After a dominating World Cup performance, they took home the ESPY for “Best Team”. Alex Morgan won an ESPY for “Best Female Athlete”. This World Cup victory has […]
ESPN broadcaster and former NFL player Damien Woody has signed with Octagon for his representation in his second career. He was formerly represented by Don Buchwald & Associates, according to SBJ. The former offensive lineman was the 17th overall pick by the New England Patriots in the 1999 NFL Draft. He won two Super Bowls […]
As reported by Sports Business Journal’s Liz Mullen, IF Management will now be representing three new broadcasting clients. Former NFL linebacker A.J. Hawk, former MLB player Michael Morse, and ABC/ESPN reporter Holly Rowe have all signed with Gideon Cohen, Senior VP at IF Management. A.J. Hawk was a former standout linebacker at Ohio State who […]
The following interview was conducted by Jonathan M. Stahler, Esq. Jeremy M. Evans is the Managing Attorney at California Sports Lawyer which represents sports and entertainment professionals in contract drafting, negotiations, licensing, and career growth. (1) When did you realize that you wanted to pursue a career as sports/entertainment attorney and what specifically interested you […]
The John R. Wooden Award winner and consensus first-team All-American power forward Frank Kaminsky will sign with agent Kevin Bradbury of BDA Sports Management sources tell Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski and SB Nation. Frank Kaminsky is a 7’0” power forward/center who spent all four years of his collegiate career playing at the University of Wisconsin, […]
Consensus first-team All-American and ACC Player of the Year center Jahlil Okafor will sign with power agent Bill Duffy of BDA Sports Management a source tells Sports Agent Blog’s Darren Heitner. Jahlil Okafor is a 6’11” center who spent his freshman season playing for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University, winning the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I […]
Today’s society craves instant access to information. People seek immediate answers to questions. When a question arises, we don’t wait to find out, we Google the answer. The same is true for sports. We no longer live in a world where we have to wait for the morning paper to see a sports score and […]
Rich Paul — the sports agent for NBA superstar LeBron James — is branching out into the broadcasting side of the business. According to TNT’s David Aldridge, Paul has signed ESPN analyst, Mark Jackson. Jackson was formerly represented by Wasserman Media Group Vice Chairman and NBPA Player Agent, Arn Tellem. Prior to that, Steve Kauffman (owner of […]
I have never focused much on hockey here at Sports Agent Blog (I have left that task to dedicated contributors over the years), but one person I have followed and written about is Mike Danton and his relationship with former agent David Frost. My most recent post about Danton was published on September 15, 2009. […]