Per a Tweet by our own Darren Heitner, wide receiver Hakeem Nicks has left Roc Nation Sports after joining the agency just over a year ago. Nicks has decided to return to his previous agent, Peter Schaffer of Authentic Athletix. Originally drafted out of North Carolina by the New York Giants in the first round of […]
Roc Nation Sports signs University of Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein. The University of Kentucky standout is the 2015 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, was named to the 2015 All-SEC team, 2015 All-SEC Defensive Team, and to the 2015 USA Today All-American Team. On April 9, 2015, Cauley-Stein decided to forgo his senior year at […]
Roc Nation Sports has signed 17 year old tennis star, Frances Tiafoe. Tiafoe is the first tennis player to sign with Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports division and will be managed by Wajid Syed. One of Syed’s first moves as Tiafoe’s agent was to correct the spelling of his first name. Media, tournaments and official […]
Midway through a 4 year, $35 million, contract, Angels shortstop Erick Aybar has decided to make a switch in his representation. Aybar has dropped Relativity Baseball and signed with Roc Nation Sports. Juan Perez will serve as Aybar’s agent per Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal. In 2014 Aybar had a .278 batting average with 7 […]
Middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto & Cotto Promotions has formed a partnership with Roc Nation Sports. Cotto Promotions, LLC is the leading boxing promotional company in Puerto Rico, founded by Miguel Cotto. Cotto has signed a multi-year, multi-fight deal with RNS. Cotto is leaving Top Rank, which has promoted all but two of his fights, […]
Roc Nation Sports has signed a multi-year exclusive promotional agreement with rising undefeated super middleweight prospect Junior “The Young God” Younan (6-0, 5 KO’s). The signing comes on the heels of Roc Nation Sports reaching an agreement with Younan’s former promoter, DiBella Entertainment, under which Roc Nation Sports acquired 100% of Younan’s promotional rights. Younan […]
Former Arizona State WR, Jaelen Strong, has signed with Roc Nation’s Ari Nissim for his representation in the 2015 NFL Draft, according to SBJ’s Liz Mullen. The 6’3″ 215 lb redshirt junior decided to forgo his final year of eligibility as a Sun Devil to capitalize on his record-setting 2014 season as he looks ahead […]
Roc Nation Sports & Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Sports announced today that their planned 2 year partnership has come to an end. The agencies said in a joint statement that “They have enjoyed their time as partners and have achieved many successes together. Going forward, they will each focus their efforts on their own business […]
Undefeated heavyweight boxer Bryant Jennings has signed to Roc Nation Sports. Jennings is scheduled to fight for the world championship on April 25th on HBO at Madison Square Garden against Wladimir Klitschko. The deal for the fight had been agreed to a few weeks ago, but the deal was paused when Gary Shaw who was […]