Labor and Agents

Caitlin Clark signs with Excel Sports Management

Morning Buzz - 10/24/2023

Excel Sports Management has signed Univ. of Iowa G Caitlin Clark for representation. The agency will lead all brand-building efforts for Clark, focusing on her marketing and endorsement portfolio. Clark joins Excel’s existing roster of athletes, which includes Peyton and Eli Manning , ...

Mets' Pete Alonso signs with Boras ahead of final season before free agency

Daily - 10/05/2023

Mets 1B Pete Alonso has hired the BorasCorp agency “to represent him as Alonso heads into his free agent season,” according to Jon Heyman of the N.Y. POST. Alonso is poised to become one of the top free agent in the 2024 market, and Scott Boras has a “reputation...

Wasserman acquires Brillstein Entertainment Partners

Daily - 09/18/2023 | Daily - 09/18/2023

Wasserman has finalized a transaction to acquire entertainment management and production company Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Brillstein, headquartered in Beverly Hills, adds a strong entertainment management and content vertical to Wasserman’s businesses, which market and serve sports and entertainment figures, music artists, brands and properties. Brillstein’s executive team will continue...

Pinault's CAA acquisition comes with questions regarding timing

Daily - 09/11/2023

The "big question" for Francois-Henri Pinault and his Groupe Artemis following its purchase of TPG's 53% stake in CAA is why he would "bet this big on entertainment at the exact moment the industry seems to be teetering on the bring of disaster,” according to Matthew Belloni of PUCK.news....

Max Homa signs with Excel for representation

Morning Buzz - 08/23/2023

Excel Sports Management has signed six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa as the newest client on the agency’s golf roster. Homa, who was announced as one of six automatic qualifiers for the U.S. Ryder Cup team this past Sunday, is currently ranked No. 7 in the Official...

Comedian Druski launches 4Lifers sports agency

Daily - 08/18/2023

Comedian Druski is “making his next step a serious one: founding a new sports agency, 4Lifers,” according to Rohan Nadkarni of SI. Druski said a big inspiration for him "has been Rich Paul." Druski: "After meeting him and becoming good friends with him, I think this was something I...

Wasserman signs Lilia Vu for representation

Closing Bell - 08/14/2023

Golfer Lilia Vu , who scored her second major tournament win over the weekend, has signed with Wasserman for representation. Vu has three victories overall so far this year, including Sunday’s win at the AIG Women’s Open. She will be represented by Wasserman golf...

Dowdle joins WME to lead coach, exec division

Closing Bell - 08/14/2023

Clint Dowdle today joined WME Sports as partner to lead its football coaches and executives division, reporting to WME Sports co-heads Josh Pyatt and Karen Brodkin . Dowdle -- who will be based in Nashville -- comes to WME from...

SBJ Q&A: Marty Walsh

Journal - 08/07/2023

Marty Walsh might have left politics, but not the bruising world of labor. The former mayor of Boston and President Biden’s first U.S. Secretary of Labor, Walsh left the latter job to become the new head of the NHL Players’ Association earlier this year. The union has a collective-bargaining...

Gregg Clifton launches advisory firm aimed at brand, partner, talent strategy

Morning Buzz - 08/04/2023 | Unpacks Newsletter - 08/03/2023

Gregg Clifton, a veteran of Wasserman, Omaze and Fenway Sports Management, has launched an eponymous advisory firm, Clifton, whose core focus will be strategizing around partnership development, brand strategy and talent procurement, reports SBJ’s Austin Karp. The firm will also work on revenue strategies, content and marketing. Clifton,...

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Labor and Agents

Caitlin Clark signs with Excel Sports Management

Mets' Pete Alonso signs with Boras ahead of final season before free agency

Wasserman acquires Brillstein Entertainment Partners

Pinault's CAA acquisition comes with questions regarding timing

Max Homa signs with Excel for representation

Comedian Druski launches 4Lifers sports agency

Wasserman signs Lilia Vu for representation

Dowdle joins WME to lead coach, exec division

SBJ Q&A: Marty Walsh

Gregg Clifton launches advisory firm aimed at brand, partner, talent strategy

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