Deadspin: Agents

Merry Christmas To Agents: Free-Agent-To-Be Zack Greinke Needs Representation

Josh Brill — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:35:50 EST

Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall.) This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!! More »

Checking In With Albert Pujols's Agent, Who Threatened To Sue Us Before He Knew What We Were Going To Write

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:10:59 EST

A week ago we published some not very nice things about superagent Dan Lozano, but not before we were threatened with a lawsuit. Hours before publishing, Lozano's attorney issued itemized denials of a handful of facts we included in our story—and denials of many more that we did not. More »

Dan Lozano: Albert Pujols's Superagent, "King Of Sleaze Mountain"

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:45:00 EST

Somebody's out to get Dan Lozano. The agent for Albert Pujols, Lozano is pursuing what everyone expects to be the biggest contract in baseball, the financial and professional zenith of a career that's been two decades of success. When Lozano, 44, left the Beverly Hills Sports Council last year, he took with him his entire stable of players—including Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Joey Votto, Michael Young, Brian Wilson, Carlos Beltran, and Jimmy Rollins. Show me an agent with that much pull, and I'll show you 50 others willing to smear him. But here's the thing about professional sports agents: You don't need anything but the truth to smear them. It's a fast-living, hard-partying world, where vice is a virtue, dirty money rules the day, and tactics are only underhanded if the other guy uses them first. More »

The 12 Best Sports Agents In The World

Gus Lubin | The Business Insider — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:15:23 EST

A ranking, courtesy of our friends at Business Insider. More »

Report: Cam Newton Sought Cash For Commitment

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:10:00 EDT

This could be a big one. ESPN is reporting that someone claiming to represent Cam Newton as he made the jump from JuCo to FBS asked for money in the range of $200,000 to guarantee Newton's commitment. [ESPN] More »

Mel Kiper Jr. Tries To Clear The Air On The "Cooperated With An Agent" Thing

Sports Radio Interviews — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:15:00 EDT

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: NFL Draft expert and newly revealed sleaze Mel Kiper Jr. More »

So, Who Comes Out Looking The Worst From SI's Agent Tell-All?

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:00:00 EDT

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An NFL agent with 20 years in the biz names names on who took money and committed other improprieties. But some people we never saw coming: Mel Kiper, really? More »

Hockey Agent Gets 10 Percent Of His Client's Goalie Mask

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:45:00 EDT

Maple Leafs prospect Jussi Rynnäs's mask features, among other oddities, a photo of his agent. He would have named his kid after him, but Rynnäs's firstborn was sacrificed to his death metal band of choice, as per Finnish law. [Globe and Mail] More »

Everyone, Everywhere Has To Do Some Cheating, Says NFL Agent

Sports Radio Interviews — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:10:00 EDT

The NCAA Won't Be Lied To (Or, Why To Avoid Deion Sanders)

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:35:20 EDT

Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Byrant has been suspended for an entire year, not for breaking rules, but for lying about not breaking rules. Because misleading an NCAA investigator is the worst crime a human can commit. More »

Michael Crabtree Should Not Listen To His "Advisers"

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:00:38 EDT

The people looking out for Michael Crabtree's best interests say that Michael is prepared to hold out for the entire 2009 season and re-enter the draft because in reality, they don't give a crap about Michael Crabtree's interests. More »

The Quickest Way To The Glengarry Leads

Leitch — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:45:44 EST

We feel like maybe we shouldn't tell you this, since we're currently the highest bidder, but somebody on eBay is selling agent Arn Tellem's BlackBerry. More »

Here Come The Rosenhaus Defections

Leitch — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:10:04 EST

The first domino has fallen. Yesterday, in a move that everyone knew was coming but hadn't been made official, Packers wide receiver Javon Walker fired Drew Rosenhaus as his agent. The move is the first of what many expect to be several defections from Rosenhaus' stable of clients, considering he has the tendency to, you know, completely screw up his clients' careers. More »

Even Satan Is Saying, "Rosenhaus? Never Met Him."

Leitch — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:45:59 EST

The Philadelphia Daily News brings up something we pretty much all figured was going to happen: It appears a bunch of Drew Rosenhaus' clients are seriously considering dropping him after his pretty clear botching of the Terrell Owens situation. Rosenhaus signed up most of his clients in the last two years, with the idea that he was going to change the NFL system (which, we'd have to admit, isn't exactly always kind to its players). More »

Drew And Puppet T.O.

Leitch — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:28:21 EDT

Been watching SportsCenter this morning, and have been greatly enjoying Eagles receiver Terrell Owens' interviews. He's combative, he's amusing, he's strangely lispy. But mostly ... he's being patted on the back by agent Drew Rosenhaus. More »

Rosenhaus Tries To Woo Letterman, Fails

Leitch — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:21:12 EDT

We watched NFL "superagent" Drew Rosenhaus on "Late Show With David Letterman" last evening. We have to say: It's the first time we've ever seen a guest on that show being booed. Lustily booed. And Letterman wasn't afraid to keep grilling him either. More »

Finance As Taught By Spike TV

Leitch — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:04:00 EDT

One considers that there might be dumber ways to pick an agent (like, say, just grabbing some dudes you went to high school with). Detroit Lions second-round pick Shaun Cody picked his agent on reality television. Airing in July on SpikeTV and hosted by Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, the series "SuperAgent" follows Cody's search for the right agent to represent him. One wonders what kind of elimination challenges there might be. The first rounds would be simple stuff, like negotiating endorsement deals, but by the end, it would be covering up pregnancies and scraping groupies off the front door of the hotel room. More »