BY JOSH GOLDBERG AND IVAN HUDSON Top Agencies of the 2020 NBA Draft Excel Sports – 8 CAA – 7, Priority Sports – 7 Roc Nation – 5, BDA Sports – 5 Wasserman – 4 Octagon – 2, Klutch Sports Group – 2, ISE – 2, Dynasty Sports – 2, Pro Talent – 2, Pensack […]
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Excel Sports Management will be representing a star-studded group of athletes for its 2020 NBA Draft class. Potential No. 1 overall pick, James Wiseman, highlights the class. Wiseman signed with Excel back in December, giving up his remaining college eligibility shortly into the season. Wiseman opted to leave Memphis for the NBA, instead of facing […]
On June 22, 2020 it was announced that the Minnesota Timberwolves had hired Excel Sports Management to assist in securing the team’s next jersey patch sponsor. This is not Excel’s first run in the jersey-sponsorship space, as it has negotiated these deals in the past on behalf of other franchises. Most notably, Excel helped the […]
Excel Sports Management has launched a women’s golf division which will compliment the agency’s existing men’s golf roster. In 2011, agent Mark Steinberg left IMG and partnered with Excel to establish its golf division. Steinberg represents some of the best professional golfers in the world and his clients include Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas, Justin Rose, […]
Stirling Eads has been promoted to Senior Vice President at Excel Sports Management. Stirling joined Excel in 2011 as Client Relations Manager and was promoted up the ranks to her most recent title of Vice President of Marketing. Prior to Excel, Stirling was with NBC Sports for five years working in digital sports and NBC […]
According to sources, John Collins is no longer represented by CAA and has signed with Excel Sports Management. Collins, former first round pick from Wake Forest in 2017, is averaging 19.6 PPG and 10.0 RPG this season. In his last 10 games, he is averaging 21.6 PPG and 8.4 RPG. It was announced this week […]
According to a Tweet from the agency, New York Knicks guard Trey Burke has signed with Roc Nation Sports, where he will be represented by Sam Permut. He was previously represented by Mike George of Excel Sports Management. The former 9th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 2013 NBA Draft out of Michigan, […]
According to a tweet from Jon Heyman, former Cleveland Indians’ outfielder and current free agent Michael Brantley has left The Legacy Agency and signed with Excel Sports Management. Brantley enters free agency after the Indians neglected to make a qualifying offer. The 10-year vet and three-time All-Star has spent his entire Major League career with […]
Sure, everyone knows how much money in contracts agents have negotiated, but they don’t know how adept agents are at finding talent. Sports Agent Blog ranks the top eight agents based not on lump contracts sums negotiated, but on the pure talent they represent. After parsing through all the players represented by each agent, we […]
Excel Sports Management has hired Eric Eways as its Vice President of Business Development, the agency announced in a press release last week. He brings a variety of industry experience to his new role, most recently serving as the Head of Partnership Sales (Americas) for City Football Group. As the VP of Business Developent, Eways […]