Labor and Agents

The baseball talent representation sector has gained a new entrant. MVP Sports Group and Beverly Hills Sports Council, which both have headquarters in Southern California, merged to form EVOLV Sports Management, a player representation firm launching with more than $6B in negotiated player contracts...

Ashburn, Va.-based NFLPA agency Upper Edge Sports is joining forces with Washington, D.C.-based boutique NIL agency Prime 1 Sports in a partnership designed to create a seamless pipeline for football players from high school and college through the NFL. In practice, that means a player who starts wi...

Attorney Alex Nguyen is betting that a winding path through family law and personal injury cases will translate to a future inside the NFL Draft green room. Nguyen, recently certified as an NFLPA agent in October, has joined Clermont, Fla.-based NIL and NFL agency McRae Sports Group as an agent and ...

After a record-setting performance at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Norwegian cross-country star Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has signed with Octagon, betting that Olympic dominance can translate into commercial relevance — particularly in the underdeveloped U.S. market.

Nothing good happens after midnight — except for the eight days that saved the WNBA season.

Athletes First returned to the top of the agency leaderboards in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft from Pittsburgh. The Laguna Hills-based agency finished the night with nine selections in its first victory in three years, putting an end to CAA Sports’ two-year win streak in dominant fashion.

Athletes First looks primed to represent the most NFL Draft first-round picks Thursday night, with rival agency CAA Sports trailing behind in second place, SBJ’s Irving Mejia-Hilario reports. The two have been going back and forth for the last 10 years over which agency is the most dominant in the f...

The NWSL Players Association has taken an equity stake in OneTeam Partners, the athlete group licensing and sponsorship firm that has managed its group licensing rights since 2022. OneTeam will also become the union’s exclusive sponsorship partner, adding to its existing group licensing role. The de...