THE AGENT WHO CRIED WOOLF: OCTAGON BUYS UP MLB BUSINESS

          Octagon has acquired the baseball business of MA-based
     Woolf Associates, which includes Blue Jays P David Wells and
     Braves P Tom Glavine (THE DAILY).  The SPORTSBUSINESS
     JOURNAL's Liz Mullen notes that the deal "would be the
     second major player agent acquisition in six weeks" by
     Octagon, as it purchased NHL agency Kelly Management Group
     last month.  Woolf baseball agent Gregg Clifton will join
     Octagon as Dir of its Baseball division.  Mets P Turk
     Wendell, Braves OF B.J. Surhoff, Reds C Benito Santiago and
     Pirates P Kris Benson are also among Clifton's clients. 
     Octagon baseball agent Joe Urbon said that the deal with
     Woolf would "roughly double the number of Octagon's" MLB
     player clients to about 40 (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/20).