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Liz Mullen
Staff writer Liz Mullen covers labor, agents and horse racing.
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Change may affect future pros’ equipment deals05 / 21 / 12The hottest crop of college golfers in years has equipment makers salivating, but new PGA Tour qualifying rules could upset the traditional model of the equipment deal for future pros. After this year, college players going through the tour’s qualifying school will be funneled to the develo... |
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Richard Berthelsen looks back
Longtime NFL Players Association general counsel Richard Berthelsen started at the NFLPA as a young lawyer when there were only a handful of people on staff under former Executive Director Ed Garvey. Berthelsen served three NFLPA executive directors, and served as interim executive director himself ...
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Agents worry for NBPA's future
As National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Billy Hunter and President Derek Fisher were engaged in a battle for control of the union last week, NBA agents and sports labor experts questioned whether either one, or the union itself, would survive the increasingly nasty, public figh ...
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Medical specialists
Dr. Neal ElAttrache Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles Specialty: Knee, shoulder and elbow ElAttrache has operated on a number of athletes, including reconstructing the knee of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in 2008. He is the team physician for the Los Angeles Dodger ...
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Common injuries
For every part of the body, there are specialists around the U.S. who try to repair the knees, spines, hands or feet of injured athletes. And for each new player treated, the question always comes back to: When can the athlete get back on the field? We asked some of those specialists to highlight t ...
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Running back market getting tougher
When the NFL draft starts on Thursday night, free agent running back Ryan Grant and his agent, Alan Herman, will be watching with special interest to see who picks Trent Richardson. Grant rushed for 559 yards for Green Bay last season and has two earlier 1,200-yard-plus seasons to his credit, yet ...
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IMG signs LeGrand for broadcast work
Sandy Montag, senior corporate vice president and managing director of IMG Clients, has signed Eric LeGrand for broadcasting work and is in talks about a book deal for the former Rutgers defensive tackle, who was paralyzed from the neck down in a game in 2010. ...
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CAA Baseball model pays off
When San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain signed his six-year, $127.5 million deal last week, CAA Baseball could lay claim to having secured more top-dollar MLB contracts over the past year than any other agency. Cain’s de ...
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Advisers Klarberg, Furst close to deal
Monarch Business and Wealth Management, a company owned by longtime financial adviser Barry Klarberg, is in talks to buy three other companies as part of a plan to build a larger firm that specializes in advising athletes and entertainers in money matters. One of the three targeted firms is Miami ...
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MLBPA’s asset base hit $200.7M
The MLB Players Association in 2011 built its asset base to a record level of $200.7 million, up 20 percent from the prior year, as it maintained its practice of accumulating funds in the latter stages of a collective-bargaining agreement. The figure was listed as part of the union’s annual ...
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Impact of Dodgers bid
If powerful NBA and MLB player agent Arn Tellem becomes an owner and executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers next month, the move is expected to affect the sports agency business as a whole as well as Wasserman Media Group, where Tellem is president of athlete management. Tellem is part of a bid gro ...
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