Labor and Agents
WNBA talks stay positive, but all eyes Saturday turn to revenue sharing
With a new soft deadline of Monday hanging over WNBA collective bargaining, the league and its union pressed on through another 15-hour negotiation Friday, with the delicate topic of revenue sharing coming next on Saturday.
Smith&Saint agency undergoes rebrand
Boston-based boutique talent agency Smith&Saint is rolling out a companywide rebrand as it looks to expand its presence across sports, digital creators and its culinary talent while scaling services around its roster.
Ahmad Nassar steps down from PTPA Exec Dir role
The Professional Tennis Players Association announced on Thursday that Deputy Executive Director Romain Rosenberg is being elevated to Executive Director. Rosenberg replaces Ahmad Nassar, who had been the PTPA’s Executive Director since 2022 and will now transition to an advisor role.
WNBA and players union gain ground, to meet again Friday
The WNBA and its players’ union inched incrementally closer to a deal following roughly 15 hours of advanced talks that began at 11am ET Thursday and ended in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, sources told SBJ. In the most private discussions of the week -- with neither WNBPA Exec Dir Terri Jackson nor ...
NFLPA director vote imminent
The NFL Players Association could elect a new executive director within days, a necessary but preliminary step toward possible talks with the NFL on a longer regular season.
Former Roc Nation exec Charlie Bell joins VaynerSports to lead basketball strategy
VaynerSports’ basketball division has added Charlie Bell, Roc Nation’s former VP of sports, as VP and head of basketball strategy. Bell will help build the basketball division by shaping its structure and strategy, while assisting with recruiting and outreach to prospective clients.
Steve Smith Sr. switches to Athletes First for representation
Athletes First’s broadcasting and new media division is gaining a client with former NFL receiver and NFL Network analyst Steve Smith Sr. joining the Laguna Hills-based agency.
After eight counterproposals in two days, the WNBA and WNBPA still can’t resolve CBA talks
After a pair of tedious 12-hour collective bargaining sessions and eight total back-and-forth proposals to save the WNBA season, the players’ union will return to negotiations Thursday and potentially ask the league to raise the 2026 salary cap above $6.2M, sources told SBJ.
WNBA, union meet into wee hours with apparent CBA progress
Tuesday’s 11th hour negotiation between the WNBA and its players association literally lasted over 11 hours into Wednesday morning, a marathon bargaining session that WNBPA Exec Dir Terri Jackson described “as a lot of conversation going in the right direction.”
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I don't want to just break the record. I want to shatter it and create a record that won't be broken for a long, long time.Denver Summit FC owner Rob Cohen, on aiming to set the attendance record for a professional women's sporting event in the team's first game on Saturday.
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