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Don’t let Aaron Rodgers convince you not to use sunscreen

Not content to have spread misinformation about the COVID vaccine, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the therapeutic effects of the sounds of dolphin sex, and “the softening” of society, Rodgers, a man who took courses in “American Studies” at Cal Berkeley, where he did not graduate with a degree in anything relat...

Three potential destinations for Cam Newton should the Panthers move on from him again

Former NFL MVP Cam Newton’s career has been spiraling downward over the last couple of years. Last season Newton made his way back to Carolina after a stop in New England. While he’s no longer MVP Cam from 2015, a couple of teams could still utilize his skill set, even if it’s as a backup....

Russell Wilson heads to Mile-High, while Seattle and Pete Carroll turns the page on a new chapter

Oh, what a day, what a day....

Week 11 NFL Powerless Ranking: Detroit back where it belongs

We’re in the second half of the NFL season, and we can separate the contenders from the pretenders. We’ll talk about the contenders later, because this list is about the least fortunate teams in the league. Let’s check out the worst of the worst from Week 11. Welcome to this week’s NFL Powerless Ran...

Marc-Andre Fleury's Agent Tweeted this Picture

As an athlete, you always want to know that your agent has your back, but this is certainly a strange spin on that concept....

NFL Agents: Fall Back From Spring NCAA Football Season Plan

If you’re a college football player either opting out of the fall season of your own accord or part of the BIG-10 or PAC-12 or other conference/school-mandated cancellations, the message from a number of NFL agents is clear:...

The Next Step In Black Progress For Agents Is Ownership

It’s no secret that black professional athletes have been represented by mostly white agents and white-owned sports agencies for decades....

Notorious MMA Manager Cited For Battery After Allegedly Hitting Another MMA Manager At Event

Multiple MMA outlets reported on a brief physical altercation between two of MMA’s most prominent managers during a Professional Fighters League card Friday night at Mandalay Bay. Ibrahim Kawa of First Round Management told ESPN that Ali Abdelaziz of Dominance MMA approached him in the crowd and sa...

NBA Agents Refuse NCAA's Latest Bullshit Regulatory Proposal

The National Basketball Players Association sent a letter to the NCAA on behalf of player agents that outlines those agents’ refusal to be a part of a new certification process that the collegiate association wants to implement. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski obtained the signed letter and tweeted it out...

The NCAA's New Agent Regulations Sure Look Like They're Targeting Rich Paul [Update]

The NCAA, continuing its bid to desperately cling to the archaic model of amateurism for as long as it possibly can, sent out a memo to NBA agents on Monday attempting to reassert its control over whom men’s college basketball players can hire when thinking about going pro. While a rule change in 20...

Pour One Out For The Sad Fucker Who Flunked His Being-Zion Williamson's-Agent Exam

Reader, I will be honest with you: My eyes turned to little wads of chalk and I lapsed into a coma for 50,000 lifetimes of the earth while trying to read this ESPN.com feature about the twists of hotshot rookie Zion Williamson’s path to a sneaker endorsement deal. All I remember about it is the unbe...

How An NFL Contract Negotiation Goes Down

NEW ORLEANS — Back and forth they went, both sides snapping off data points and counterpoints in a careful effort to leverage whatever they had. They were so into the task at hand that neither the thunderclaps from outside nor the 10-minute warning could interrupt their banter. They were teams of la...

Report: MLB Agent Fired After Filming Clients Showering At His Home [Update]

MLB agent Jason Wood was fired from his position as president of baseball at CSE Talent agency after a player discovered a camera hidden in a shower at Wood’s home, according to FanRag Sports....

Metaphors Made By Scott Boras Today, Ranked

Baseball’s GM meetings are happening this week, and agent Scott Boras has been doing his typically excellent job of talking up his clients’ value as he calls for them to get paid. Here are some of the metaphors he made today, ranked....

Former NFL Agent Pleads Guilty To Paying Three Ex-UNC Football Players

Terry Watson, an ex-NFL agent who represented Cortland Finnegan and a handful of other players, agreed to a plea deal in a North Carolina court this afternoon and was sentenced to a suspended jail sentence of six-to-eight months for providing three NFL-bound UNC players with money in 2010. Because h...

The Legal Fight Between A Powerful Agent And His Former Company Is Getting Ugly

Until very recently, Dan Fegan was one of the most powerful agents in the NBA. He represented John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Dwight Howard, Ricky Rubio, DeAndre Jordan, and others, while the agency he was president of (Independent Sports & Entertainment) represented scores of NBA, NFL, and MLB players...

I’ve never seen Jerry Maguire, and everything I hear about it convinces me that I probably don’t need to, but maybe you’ll find this valuable: For the first time, the full 25-page “mission statement” that was only briefly quoted in the film....

Report: Dwight Howard Chose New Agent For Most Dwight Howard Reasons Possible

Dwight Howard is in the market for a new agent, after firing agent Dan Fegan in February. According to a report from Shams Charania, Howard is hiring an agent who doesn’t represent any current NBA players. So why’d Howard leave one of the more powerful agents in the game for somebody barely even in ...

Yaya Touré's Crazy-Ass Agent Is Talking Shit About Pep Guardiola And Man City Again

You know when a person is in a relationship and begins to sense that their significant other is losing interest, so that person starts raising hell, shouting about their own dissatisfaction and trying to spur a breakup on their own terms so as to convince themselves that it was actually they who wan...

NFLPA Bans Agent Ben Dogra For Three Years

The NFLPA announced today that it has revoked agent Ben Dogra’s certification for three years and fined him $200,000. ...