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Taurasi Stars in New BODYARMOR Commercial

In the new third installment of BODYARMOR’s recent campaign, Diana Taurasi will star in a commercialthat is also narrated by Kobe Bryant. With the Women’s NCAA Final Four starting this Friday, we will be seeing the TV spot air today and through the whole weekend.  Taurasi in the commercial describes how she strives to continue to […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (4/10/15)

The last week in sports has been one for the record books. On Monday, Duke won the men’s National Championship giving Coach K his 5th title. On Tuesday,, UConn won the women’s National Championship giving Geno Auriemma his 10th title. In the first two rounds of The Masters, 21 year old Jordan Spieth shot the […]

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UConn Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit For $1.3M

The University of Connecticut will award $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit with five women (Silvana Moccia, Kylie Angell, Carolyn Luby, Rosemary Richi, and Erica Daniels) who alleged that the university did not take their sexual assault claims which occurred on campus seriously. The majority of the award ($900,000) will go to Moccia who is […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (4/11/2014)

It has been one wild week between signing up new clientele, completing major projects on strict deadlines, crossing The Masters off of my bucket list and returning to the University of Florida last weekend to serve as a Keynote Speaker at its Sports Law Symposium (video of the event is on YouTube).  Today I am […]

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Agent Selection Scenarios: Connecticut Basketball

Jimmer Fredette is to BYU as Kemba Walker is to the University of Connecticut.  UConn has advanced to the Sweet 16 and fans should be thanking Kemba for the 33 points he contributed to the team in its battle against the University of Cincinnati on Saturday night.  Next up for UConn is San Diego State […]

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Vanderbilt Commodores vs Connecticut Huskies Preview

The fans that are looking for some NCAA Football Odds for Saturday’s matchup between the Vanderbilt Commodores and Connecticut Huskies, need look no further.  It looks like one of the best value-packed contests for college gridiron gamblers to wager on this weekend.  The teams meet at Rentschler Field at 12:00 PM ET. TV: SNY, Big […]

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Will There Be A Shift Of Focus To Agents Giving Benefits To Basketball Players?

As Marc Isenberg correctly pointed out on this website not too long ago, Sports Agents = The Issue de Jour.  But for much of the past few months, the focus of the media and the NCAA Agent, Gambling and Amateurism division has been on sports agents’ relationships with football student-athletes.  The University of North Carolina-Chapel […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/11/2010)

Busy week with the MLB Draft.  Had some clients we were advising get drafted and some surprisingly go undrafted.  One thing is always certain about the MLB Draft – there is a lot of uncertainty going into it.  I know a lot of you want to know the names of the guys that Dynasty has […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/4/2010)

Now that we have changed the look and feel of SportsAgentBlog.com, I am just waiting for the multi-million dollar buyout offers to start pouring in.  On a serious note, though, congrats to a blog I have been reading for a while now, The Big Lead, on earning a cool 7-figures after being bought out this […]

2010 WNBA Draft Prospects: Jayne Appel and Monica Wright

“We’re talking about women’s professional basketball here. We’re still new at this. A lot of times people forget the NBA was once where we are now. We’ve got to go beyond the true die hard women’s professional-sports fan.” – Sheryl Swoopes Jayne Appel (pictured to the right) is another extraordinary athlete. She stands 6’4” and […]