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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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Banana Boat signs golfer Sposa
PGA Tour golfer Mike Sposa PGA Tour player Mike Sposa has signed an endorsement deal with Banana Boat, a leading sun-care brand, said Bruce Zalbe, Sposa's agent and senior marketing executive at Oc ...
Tags: Compaq Computer Corp., Golf, Labor and Agents, Octagon Group
Players Inc.-NFL score big deal
M arshall Faulk, Brett Favre, Kordell Stewart and Peyton Manning were all in Los Angeles last week shooting a series of commercials for DirecTV , the first major national advertising campaign negotiated under a new partnership with Players Inc. and the NFL. ...
Tags: ESPN, IMG, Integrated Sports International (ISI), Labor and Agents, NBA, NFL, SFX, WNBA
Did Huyghue sign 2 too early?
A report filed by investigators for the state of Florida says that agent Michael Huyghue signed at least two Florida student athletes before he received his agent's license. Huyghue Florida law pro ...
Tags: Colleges, Jacksonville Jaguars, Labor and Agents, NFL
Duffy may have 2nd top NBA pick
Jason Williams picked Bill Duffy. Independent agent Bill Duffy scored a coup last week when he signed projected top NBA draft pick Jason Williams, beating out heavyweight agents David Falk and Michael Ovitz. Williams, a former Duke guard who is pr ...
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Texans don't wait for draft
B y the time you read this, David Carr may be a Houston Texan, signed, sealed and delivered. The Texans and Mike Sullivan , head of football for Octagon and agent to the Fresno State quarterback, reached a tentative agreement last Monday on a seven-year, ...
Tags: Football, Houston Texans, Labor and Agents, NBA, NFL, Octagon Group, Reebok, SFX
Octagon atop NFL prospect list
O ctagon , a company that grew its football practice through two major acquisitions in the last two years, leads all sports agencies in representing the top 100 NFL draft-eligible players, according to a list released by the NFL Players Association. The list of the 100 top playe ...
Tags: IMG, Labor and Agents, Momentum IMC, NFL, Octagon Group, SFX, SportsStar Marketing Inc., Worldwide Entertainment & Sports Inc.
Can 'little' agent keep prospect?
B ryon Baltimore , an Edmonton lawyer who represents Jay Bouwmeester , the expected No. 1 pick in this year's NHL draft, hopes to buck a recent trend of independent agents losing top prospects to big agencies. Last year, independent agent Andy Joel signed quarterback Michael ...
Tags: Hockey, Labor and Agents, NFL, NHL, Octagon Group, SFX, Woolf Associates Inc.
Penta water signs athletes
Penta water has signed San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman and San Diego Spirit WUSA player Shannon MacMillan to endorsement deals, and Penta's parent company is in talks with eight to 10 other athletes about endorsement contracts. In addition, officials at Bio-Hydration Research Lab Inc. ...
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Baseball union spurns pledge
A pledge by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig last week not to lock out players and not to impose a new work agreement during the 2002 baseball season appeared to heighten, not lessen, tensions between the league and the players union. ...
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Priority Sports adds Sandberg
P riority Sports & Entertainment , a Chicago-based firm known for negotiating contracts for NFL and NBA players, has signed a deal to represent retired baseball great Ryne Sandberg in marketing work. Priority, which is headed by Mark Bartelstein , represents ab ...
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