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Rory McIlroy Leaving Horizon Sports To Form His Own Management Group05 / 17 / 13Golfer Rory McIlroy is "planning to leave Horizon Sports and set up his own management company, made up of some friends, family and close confidants," according to Karl MacGinty of the IRISH INDEPENDENT. McIlroy's father, Gerry, is "expected to play a prominent role in the new operation." Rory McIlr... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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CAA Sports Extends Contracts With Co-Heads
CAA Sports co-Heads Michael Levine and Howard Nuchow “quietly in the last few months signed new five-year employment contracts to continue to guide and build” CAA’s sports division, according to sources cited by Liz Mullen of the SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. Levine and Nuchow “we ...
Danica Patrick To Stay With IMG
Driver Danica Patrick is “sticking with IMG in the wake of agent Mark Steinberg's split with the sports management giant,” according to Chris Jenkins of the AP. Patrick still “hasn't made a decision” on whether to continue racing in both NASCAR and the Izod IndyCar Series, bu ...
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Dominique Dawes Signs With PMG Sports
Former Gold Medal-winning gymnast Dominique Dawes, who competed in the '96 Atlanta and '00 Sydney Games, has signed with PMG Sports. She joins a list of former Olympians represented by the agency that includes Mark Spitz, Janet Evans and Bruce Jenner. Dawes has been working in media the last few yea ...
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Sports Agents Redefining Golf Game
The off-the-course area for a pro golfer is "of increasing importance," and that means agents have become “crucial to the life of a top golfer,” according to Will Tidey of CNN.com. Chubby Chandler, who runs International Sports Management, is “arguably the biggest player ...
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Behind Steinberg's Departure From IMG
The decline in Tiger Woods' endorsement income and a "general decline in golf profits" at IMG made Mark Steinberg " too expensive to keep ," according to sources cited by Michael Smith of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. The sources said that in '07, well before reports of Woods' extramarital affai ...
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Forstmann Discusses His Plans For IMG
IMG Chair & CEO Ted Forstmann "wants to complete one last corporate turnaround as the grand finale of his storied career," and he is "focused on the transformation" of IMG, according to Andrew Ross Sorkin of the N.Y. TIMES. Forstmann, now 71 and battling brain cancer, bought IMG in '04 for ...
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Steinberg Leaving IMG Leaves Questions
Mark Steinberg had been responsible for all of IMG's golf business, but he recently "had become too 'Tiger-centric,' his responsibilities toward the former No. 1-ranked player surpassing his role as head of the division," according to sources cited by Jason Sobel of THEGOLFCHANNEL.com. Steinber ...
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Mark Steinberg Leaves IMG
Mark Steinberg, the longtime agent of Tiger Woods, has left IMG, where he headed the golf division, and Woods is expected to leave with him. "Mark Steinberg is no longer employed by IMG," IMG Senior VP/Corporate Communications Jim Gallagher said in a brief interview last night. He declined furt ...
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Former Yankees Chair Eyes SFX Baseball
Former Yankees Chair Steve Swindal is "working on a plan to buy MLB player representation firm SFX Baseball for $40 million and merge it with his youth baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, creating a new venture that, according to the company’s pitch to investors, would have an edge in ...
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CAA Has Five Players Taken In First Round Of Draft
The following lists the agents and their agencies/firms who are repping the NFL’s first-round draft picks, as noted by published reports. Some players are listed with multiple representatives, as client responsibilities may fall to multiple agents. PICK TEAM PLAYER/S ...
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