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Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports Adds Jets Draftee Geno Smith For Contract Representation05 / 23 / 13NFL Jets draft pick QB Geno Smith yesterday announced that he will hire Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports, a few weeks after he “fired his agents after plummeting in the NFL draft,” according to Manish Mehta of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. Smith interviewed a “few established agents before m... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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Ernie Els Parts Ways With Chubby Chandler
Golfer Ernie Els and Int'l Sports Management agent Chubby Chandler "have split after seven years," according to Golf Channel's Tim Rosaforte. Els, who signed with ISM in '04, wrote on his website that the move "was to consolidate his business in Jupiter, Florida." There is speculation that Els "will ...
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Chubby Chandler Sold 75% Of ISM In '10
Newly discovered documents reveal that golf agent Chubby Chandler "sold most of ISM Group," holding company of Int'l Sports Management, less than a week before ISM client Louis Oosthuizen won the '10 British Open, according to Simon Goodley of the GUARDIAN. Chandler, whose clients have won four ...
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Chubby Chandler, ISM Build Powerful Identity
Golfers from Chubby Chandler's International Sports Management have won the last three major championships, and ISM has "become a management company rivaling and perhaps surpassing" IMG, according to Craig Dolch of GOLF WORLD. Chandler represents the winners of the aforementioned tournamen ...
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Judge Denies Motion In Quinn Case
A Houston federal judge yesterday denied NFL agent Carl Carey's motion for a restraining order preventing certain agents from negotiating a contract for his former client, Rams first-round draft pick Robert Quinn, after Carey indicated the motion was now moot. The Rams signed Quinn to a contract ove ...
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Hearing On Quinn Representation Postponed
A court hearing on a motion to issue a restraining order preventing certain agents from negotiating a deal with Rams first-round draft pick Robert Quinn has been postponed until later this month while the parties work try to settle the matter. NFL agent Carl Carey asked a Houston federal judge to po ...
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Annika Sorenstam Remaining With IMG
IMG yesterday announced that World Golf HOFer Annika Sorenstam has renewed her agreement with IMG for worldwide management and marketing representation. Sorenstam had been represented by Tiger Woods' agent Mark Steinberg, who recently left IMG and became a full partner in Excel Sports Management. "A ...
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NCAA Panel Proposes Broader Agent Definition
An NCAA panel "has proposed broadening the definition of agents in a move aimed at closing the loophole that allowed Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton to keep playing despite his father's pay-for-play scheme," according to John Zenor of the AP. The NCAA yesterday announced that the Div ...
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Agent Files for TRO After Quinn Fires Him
The recently fired agent of Rams first-round draft pick Robert Quinn has asked a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order preventing agents he alleges interfered in his relationship with Quinn from communicating or negotiating a deal with the Rams. U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas has set ...
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Chubby Chandler Reshaping Golf Landscape
Chubby Chandler is “arguably the most influential individual in golf today, reshaping the game’s frontiers in the age of Rory McIlroy,” according to Kevin Garside of the London TELEGRAPH. Chandler has logged “22 years in the empire-building business, long enough to recog ...
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Mark Steinberg Joining Excel Sports Management
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