It is unclear when Harden's mother began representing him after he left Landmark SportsNBAE/GETTY IMAGES
Rockets G JAMES HARDEN has "dropped his agent," Landmark Sports' DIANA DAY, as his mother, MONJA WILLIS, is "now representing him." Day had repped Harden since his previous agent, ROB PELINKA, became Lakers GM. It is "unclear when Willis began representing her son" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/26).
JOB WELL DONE: Sports marketing firm BizSports President & CEO JOHN BISIGNANO JR. was inducted into the National Association of Sports Commissions' HOF. He has served on NASC's BOD for eight years and served as the Central Florida Sports Commissioner CEO. His 32-year career also includes time with Disney and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (NASC).
NAMES: Hockey HOFer MARK MESSIER and the National September 11 Memorial Museum announced a new special exhibition, "Comeback Season: Sports after 9/11," which explores how sports helped the country after the attacks. The exhibition opens June 27 (9/11 Memorial)....An original print of a 1915 photograph of BABE RUTH "standing with his lookalike father behind the bar of the elder Ruth’s tavern is up for auction, and is expected to fetch upwards of $50,000" (BALTIMORESUN.com, 4/24)....The first season of CBS’ “UNDERCOVER BOSS: CELEBRITY EDITION” will debut May 11 and feature Gold Medal-winning U.S. gymnast GABBY DOUGLAS. Pro Football HOFer DEION SANDERS will appear June 1 (CBS)....Several individuals within the sports industry were spotted on Wednesday at a “briefing and cocktail reception” hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center for World IP Day. Some of those in attendance included MLB VP & Deputy General Counsel TANYA FICKENSCHER, NFL VP/Legal Affairs DOLORES DIBELLA, NBA Senior Dir of Digital Rights Strategy & Enforcement SACHA TARRANT, NHL Enterprises Group VP/Legal & Business Affairs TOM PROCHNOW, IMG College Senior VP & Associate General Counsel ASHLEY PAGE and sports business writer KRISTI DOSH (POLITICO.com, 4/26)....Fox' JOE BUCK and ESPN's MICHELLE BEISNER yesterday became the parents of twins -- WYATT JOSEPH BUCK and BLAKE ANDREW BUCK (INSTAGRAM.com, 4/26).
