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Liz Mullen
Staff writer Liz Mullen covers labor, agents and horse racing.
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NBPA’s Stackhouse: Search for leader in full swing05 / 20 / 13National Basketball Players Association officials met with NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr and MLB Players Association Executive Director Michael Weiner last month as part of their effort to find a new head for the players union. “The process has started, and for ... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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Tracks focus on fan experience
With so many sports trying to improve the fan experience, horse racing doesn’t plan to get left at the gate. Tracks and horse racing organizations are making sure fans enjoy their day at the races with such efforts as improved Wi-Fi access, new areas to socialize, and horseplayer developmen ...
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IMG scores major catch with Els
When veteran agent Vinny Giles decided to get back into the golf business last year, he loudly marked his return by signing hall of famer Ernie Els. A year later, Giles, 70, has retired again; his company, Pros Inc., is no longer representing golfers; and Els is now IMG’s client. “ ...
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Santa Anita's latest CEO
In March of this year, Los Angeles area businessman Mark Verge was named CEO of Santa Anita Park, at least the 10th chief executive named to run the historic racetrack since billionaire Frank Stronach bought the facility in 1998. In a candid interview this month, Verge talked about how he got the j ...
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Breeders' Cup ready for prime time
NBC will air the Breeders’ Cup Classic in a one-hour show Saturday night, the first time the horse race has been on prime-time television, but will it be enough to give the event a ratings lift? The Kentucky Derby has historically drawn big television numbers, as has the Belmont Stakes when ...
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Rule changes for NFL agents
In a normal year, veteran NFL player agent Alan Herman would amass between 60,000 and 70,000 air miles during the fall recruiting college football players for the next year’s NFL draft. But this year, Herman, who has 1.5 million air miles in the bank, says he expects to add another 150,000. Th ...
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UEFA offers risk, reward for CAA
UEFA surprisingly last week chose a newly created subsidiary of CAA Sports to exclusively sell the commercial rights for Euro 2016 as well as qualifying events for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, marking the agency’s biggest push — and gamble — into the lucrative global soccer business. ...
Heneghan joins Cornerstone Sports
Lal Heneghan, who has more than 20 years of experience working in the NFL, is now working for Cornerstone Sports Consulting, which is advising college football players at eight Division I colleges and universities. Heneghan most recently was the San Francisco 49ers’ general counsel and exec ...
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Junior agents leaving for rivals
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Mintz, former employer head to court
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. A jury trial in federal court scheduled for next month in Los Angeles could determine whether NBA player agent Aaron Mintz can leave and take clients from his former employer Priority Sports & Entertainment to his new employer, ...
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App keeps NHLPA members up to speed
During the NHL lockout, NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr is working to keep players unified, involved and informed about developments through tried and true methods that he has used for decades, but the union also is using new technology, including an app it created for pla ...
