According to Sports Business Journal’s Liz Mullen, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has changed representation prior to his fourth NFL season. The former Missouri Tiger recently left CAA Sports and has signed with Relativity Sports. Smith will be co-represented by NFLPA Certified Contract Advisors, Doug Hendrickson and CJ Laboy. Over the last two seasons, Smith […]
Lawrence Travis King began his career in professional sports by accepting a position to become the Director of Player Personnel for Immortal Sports and Entertainment in 2004. In 2006, Travis was promoted to the Vice President of Basketball Operations. After a successful run with Immortal Sports, Travis joined the Relativity Sports team in 2009. In […]
Over the last few years and most recently in the past couple of months, Relativity Sports is becoming the sports agency of choice for wide receivers. The agency represents the likes of Dez Bryant, Larry Fitzgerald, and Michael Crabtree. This week, Arizona Cardinals wideout Brittan Golden signed with one of Relativity’s NFLPA Certified Contract Advisors, […]
Relativity Sports has increased its status as one of the elite agencies in sports, adding veterans Doug Hendrickson and CJ LaBoy to its football division. Both Hendrickson and LaBoy “are well-respected agents among players, general managers and owners,” said Eugene Parker, Partner and Contract Advisor at Relativity Sports. They are both leaving Octagon to join […]
Relativity Sports represents some of the more recognizable NFL wide receivers, including Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals), Dez Bryant (Dallas Cowboys), and Michael Crabtree (San Francisco 49ers). The Beverly Hills-based agency recently added to its client roster, signing Clemson’s Sammy Watkins and South Carolina’s Bruce Ellington. “It is an honor for us at Relativity Sports to […]
Baseball over, basketball beginning and my Miami Dolphins suffering (even after an overtime win). Should be a great slate of college football this Saturday with a mid-day match-up between the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs and a nightcap of Florida State vs. Miami. I can only imagine how crazy it will be in Brickell on […]
Heading up to West Palm Beach this weekend to celebrate the wedding of one of my best friends. It will be another nice vacation, especially with the beautiful weather (not really) we have been experiencing in South Florida. This week on FORBES: (1) College Athletes Should Not Expect Stipends Because The Amateur Model Is More Important; (2) NBA […]
The regular day-to-day shortstop for the Detroit Tigers is suspended. Jhonny Peralta was given a 50-game ban due to his purported involvement with the Miami-based Biogenesis clinic. But the Tigers are not in terrible shape. That is because the team was able to pull off a trade that brought Cuban-born shortstop José Iglesias on board. […]
On April 2, The Hollywood Reporter had a front page story titled, “Relativity Secures $115M Revolving Line of Credit.” I did not hear a peep from a person (save one) in the sports industry, but should it at least be on sports business professionals’ radar? While everyone was fawning over Jay-Z entering the world of […]
Earlier this month, prominent basketball agent Dan Fegan confirmed that he was no longer an employee at Lagardère Unlimited, but said that he was still involved in “active discussions” with the company. Based on what Sports Agent Blog has learned from multiple sources, those active discussions have come to a halt, at least to the extent that they focused […]