San Francisco 49ers cornerback Tarell Brown is currently out $2 million after failing to show up to an off-season workout that would have paid Brown the large bonus. Since learning about his loss (via Twitter, of all places), Brown terminated his Standard Representation Agreement with agent Brian Overstreet of Houston, Texas-based E. Overstreet Sports Management and […]
After weeks of speculation and many writing in Jay Z and Roc Nation Sports as his next agent, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Desean Jackson decided to go in a different direction. On Friday, Jackson’s public relations manager, Denise White, broke the news via Twitter that Jackson signed with football agent Joel Segal of Lagardère Unlimited. [blackbirdpie […]
Lagardère Unlimited’s recently had its Golf Division Senior Vice President David Yates leave the company and soon thereafter join Octagon’s Athletes and Personalities Division as Managing Director. While it did not take long for Yates to find a new home in the world of athlete representation, Lagardère also immediately went to work on finding his replacement. The […]
Early yesterday morning Sports Agent Blog published an article announcing that Lagardère Unlimited Golf’s senior vice president David Yates resigned from the company. Later that day, Octagon revealed that it had already hired Yates, who will join the company next month as its Managing Director of Golf in Octagon’s Athletes & Personalities Division. Yates will be […]
In January 2012, Lagardère Unlimited acquired Scottsdale, Arizona-based Gaylord Sports Management Group. Gaylord Sports was well known for its expansive golf division, which included 2012 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Phil Mickelson and 2011 PGA Championship winner and 2011 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Keegan Bradley. The company’s senior vice president, David Yates, stayed on board with Lagardère Unlimited. […]
In May 2010, word spread that Kevin O’Connor was going to become COO of Lagardère Unlimited. O’Connor had served as President of Saddlebrook Properties, which offered training for tennis, football, baseball and hockey players. Around that time, O’Connor had the following to say about Lagardère’s entrance into the world of sports representation: “They are fully committed to doing it and understand it is a […]
Last week it was reported that former West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith dropped his agents at Select Sports Group after being selected by the New York Jets. It was not his disappointment with the team that drafted him; it was how far he fell in the Draft. Anyhow, Smith has waited the five days necessary […]
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The sports business world may soon be heavily shaken. Last week, I reported that Creative Artists Agency (CAA) created a new venture capital fund and is seeking $20 million in funding. Meanwhile, another behemoth in the world of sports could possibly be changing hands. Forstmann Little & Company, a private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts, […]
As was first reported last week by Scott Soshnick of Bloomberg, Brooklyn Nets power forward Kris Humphries has terminated his relationship with basketball agent Dan Fegan and signed with Arn Tellem of Wasserman Media Group. The change follows the recent news that Fegan separated from Lagardère Unlimited and rumors that Fegan is likely to join fellow basketball agent Happy Walters at the newly created Relativity Sports. […]