NHL Players File Anti-Lockout Actions

NHL players yesterday filed actions with the labor boards in two Canadian provinces, Quebec and Alberta, seeking rulings that would prevent the Canadiens, Oilers and Flames from locking out players when the CBA expires Saturday night. NHLPA general counsel Don Zavelo said that in Quebec, the playe ...

WME Signs Bears LB Brian Urlacher

WME has signed Bears LB Brian Urlacher for off-field representation and will work to expand his brand through all areas of entertainment, including film, broadcasting, scripted and non-scripted television, endorsements and books. A team of WME agents, led by Brad Slater , will work with Bryce Ka ...

Fehr Sets Stage For More NHL Labor Talks

NHLPA Exec Dir Don Fehr told reporters on a conference call Friday that he hopes to find “common ground” with the NHL owners in bargaining sessions this week, but indicated that NHL players do not intend to use the agreements that ended the NBA or NFL lockouts last year as a basis for ...

WMG Signs Soccer Agents McDonough, Wadsworth

Wasserman Media Group has hired soccer player agents Paul McDonough and Spencer Wadsworth, who have repped some of the top young MLS stars, away from rival firm Santio Sports & Entertainment. It is not clear how many players may go with McDonough and Wadsworth to WMG, but both agents rep about a ...

Tags: Labor and Agents, Wasserman Media Group

Wasserman Hires Two Soccer Agents

Wasserman Media Group has hired soccer player agents Paul McDonough and Spencer Wadsworth , who have repped some of the top young MLS stars, away from rival MLS player representation firm Santio Sports & Entertainment. It is not clear how many players may go with McDonough and Wadsworth to WM ...

Top NHL Pick Signs Deal With Warrior

Oilers RW Nail Yakupov, the No. 1 overall pick in last month’s NHL Draft, has signed a multiyear equipment and apparel deal with Warrior Sports. The deal includes helmet, stick, protective gear and undergear, said Ian Pulver, who represents Yakupov along with lead agent Igor Larionov. Pulver d ...

Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship

NFLPA Launching New Online Shop

The NFLPA early tomorrow morning plans to launch a website called NFLPA Shop where fans can buy NFL player merchandise and autographed items. 49ers TE Vernon Davis, Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew and Ravens WR Torrey Smith are among the players expected to promote the website, Shop.NFLPA.com, via the ...

Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, NFL

Sources: NHL CBA Talks To Resume Thursday

The NHL and NHLPA will resume negotiations for a new CBA on Thursday and Friday in N.Y., sources said. This will be the second formal bargaining session for negotiators for the NHL owners and players. The NHL CBA expires on Sept. 15. Eight players on the NHLPA's 31-player negotiation committee, NHL ...

WMG Promotes Arn Tellem To Vice Chair

Wasserman Media Group Chair & CEO Casey Wasserman today officially named longtime management group head and powerful agent Arn Tellem  Vice Chair, a role in which he will be more active advising on the global growth of all the sports marketing and media company's divisions. In his new po ...

Lagardere Expands Business To Hockey

Lagardere Unlimited has expanded its athlete representation practice to hockey, announcing over the weekend that MLB player agent Terry Bross has been certified by the NHLPA and is now representing Coyotes RW Shane Doan , who became a free agent yesterday. Doan was formerly represented by J.P. B ...