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With Porter signing, Falk nearly done with rebuild at FAME05 / 20 / 13D avid Falk says he’s almost done rebuilding his agency, FAME , having recently signed Georgetown forward Otto Porter Jr. , one of the top prospects in this year’s NBA draft. “We will sign two or three more players and tha... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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Park inks with Gaylord
I n LPGA Tour player Grace Park , agent Tim McNulty has a client with three important characteristics: marquee status, international appeal and lots of endorsement opportunities. Gaylord Sports Management , a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based agency that specializes in golfers, announc ...
Tags: Action Sports, Baseball, Golf, Labor and Agents, LPGA, Ping, Reich, Katz & Landis, Rolex Watch USA Inc., San Francisco Giants, Titleist
CSMG sells stake in firm
C SMG Inc. , holding company of an agency that represents about 50 MLB players, has sold its interest in an international scouting service that has contracts with four major league teams in order to quell any concerns about a potential or perceived conflict of interest. Al ...
Tags: Baseball, Basketball, Carolina Hurricanes, Football, Golf, Hockey, Labor and Agents, MLB, NBA, NFL
Fiji Water signs snowboarder Klug
Olympic bronze-medal snowboarder Chris Klug has signed a one-year endorsement deal with Fiji Water, according to his agent, Peter Carlisle of Octagon Action Sports. Klug Carlisle would not disclose the amount of the deal. B ...
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Steinberg-Dunn in jury's hands
Jurors began deliberating last week on a request by agent Leigh Steinberg's attorney that they make former Steinberg partner and protégé David Dunn pay more than $40 million for taking 50 clients and setting up a competing firm. Dunn was a highly skilled lawyer who plotted to steal ...
NFL to advise teams' silence on picks
T he NFL has agreed to advise team officials not to talk to other teams about offers they make to NFL draft picks, as part of a settlement with the NFL Players Association in which the union agreed to drop its collusion case. The NFLPA began an investigation in August into whether ...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Football, Kansas City Chiefs, Labor and Agents, Minnesota Vikings, NBA, NFL
Hambric adds IMG to lawsuit
G olf agent Rocky Hambric , who sued former client Charles Howell III earlier this year claiming breach of contract, has amended the lawsuit to include a claim of tortious interference against the golfer's new agency, IMG . "We have some individuals who told us [IMG was] in ...
Tags: Baseball, Basketball, Colleges, Golf, Houston Rockets, IMG, Labor and Agents, Los Angeles Angels, NBA
Steinberg painted as a wild man
Dunn Former Steinberg, Moorad & Dunn employees testified last week that agent Leigh Steinberg was a boss who screamed and yelled, acted inappropriately toward women, had racist tendencies and, after getting drunk at a party, told an ...
Emotions high in Steinberg-Dunn trial
Emotions ran high last week during testimony in the trial of agent Leigh Steinberg's lawsuit against his former partner, with one witness breaking down into tears and others forced to try to explain why one version of their testimony differed from another. David Cornwell, general counsel f ...
Hockey tax dispute up to arbitrator
The NHL didn't bother to present a case in an arbitration hearing last week regarding a player payroll tax in the Canadian province of Alberta, saying that the union's grievance has so little merit that it didn't require a rebuttal. The NHL's senior vice president and chief legal officer, Bi ...
Tags: Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Hockey, Labor and Agents, NHL
SFX outplays IMG for junior Baker
SFX Sports won an unusual recruitment battle for America's top junior female tennis player, Allison Baker, guaranteeing her endorsement income and signing her under the nose of rival IMG. The 16-year-old, 5-foot-11 Baker has trained for 21¼2 years at IMG-owned Evert Academy in Florida, par ...
Tags: IMG, Labor and Agents, Octagon Group, SFX, Tennis, USTA
