Charlotte, N.C. (June 8, 2023) – Benfica S.L. announced today the signing of Joshua Wynder, U.S. Youth National and Louisville City FC defender. The deal between the two clubs is the largest transfer fee ever paid for a player in the USL Championship. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Benfica, one of the top […]
COLUMBUS CREW ACQUIRES FORWARD CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ FROM SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP SIDE ABERDEEN F.C. 31-year-old returns to MLS after two seasons in Scottish topflight; Ramirez has 35 goals and 10 assists to his credit in 105 career MLS regular season matches COLUMBUS – Columbus Crew today announced that it has acquired forward Christian Ramirez from Aberdeen F.C. of […]
TIMBERS SIGN BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL EVANDER AS DESIGNATED PLAYER Portland acquires 24-year-old midfielder for club record transfer fee PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers have acquired Brazilian midfielder Evander in a full transfer from Denmark’s top-tier league Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland, the club announced today. Under contract through 2026 with a club option in 2027, […]
April 27, 2022 Walker Zimmerman, center-back for the Nashville Soccer Club and US Men’s National Team, is Renasant’s newest brand ambassador and spokesperson. He will lend his talents to Renasant in a variety of ways, including digital and social media promotion, business development efforts, and branded content creation. In addition, he will aid Renasant in […]
Revolution Defender DeJuan Jones Re-Signed through 2024 MLS Season Jones inks three-year extension after finishing fifth in 2021 MLS Defender of the Year voting The New England Revolution have re-signed defender DeJuan Jones to a three-year contract extension through the 2024 MLS season with an additional one-year club option. “DeJuan has shown tremendous improvement over […]
Posted on November 10, 2021 Scottsdale, Ariz. (November 10, 2021) – Troon®, the leader in club management, development, and marketing, welcomes 12-time PGA TOUR winner and two-time Masters Champion Bubba Watson to Team Troon – a collection of top international golf talent representing the Troon brand throughout professional golf. Watson joins PGA TOUR golfers Justin […]
Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty Images via NASCAR Media November 6, 2021 by Trenton Worsham Daniel Hemric tied a NASCAR record by finishing runner-up 10 times in his Xfinity Series career. With two turns left and a championship on the line, he wouldn’t settle for No. 11. Hemric nudged fellow title contender Austin Cindric out of the […]
Agency’s new business line starts with a roster of seven on-air talent and content creators MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 26, 2021) – PROSPORT Management, one of the nation’s leading talent management agencies, has launched a media division to accommodate their growing roster of media personalities. The media division will be led by Charlie Delmar, who joined […]
By Reid Spender, NASCAR Wire Services, NASCAR.com / TALLADEGA, Ala. — An opportune caution and a sudden rain shower helped make Bubba Wallace the second Black driver ever to win a NASCAR Cup Series race. Wallace held the lead in Monday’s rain-delayed YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway when Ryan Preece turned into the outside wall off […]
VENEZIA FC SIGN MIDFIELDER, TANNER TESSMANN US Youth National Team and FC Dallas Homegrown Signs Four Year Deal with Serie A Club Charlotte, N.C. (July 15, 2021) – Venezia FC, announced today the signing of Tanner Tessmann, FC Dallas homegrown and US youth national team player, to a four year deal. The transaction is a […]
How Bubba Watson helped the Pensacola community grow PENSACOLA, Fla. – Bubba Watson stands in an open-air seating area atop Blue Wahoos Stadium on a spring morning. Pensacola Bay is visible just beyond the outfield wall. “You see the reason we were voted the best view in Double-A baseball,” he says. The seats are empty, […]
(AP) Also won the NASCAR All-Star race during the stretch Kyle Larson won again — that’s all he does these days — this time in the Cup debut at Nashville Superspeedway, where Hendrick Motorsports’ new star drove to victory lane for the fourth consecutive week. Larson led 264 of 300 laps Sunday for his […]
LEBANON, Tenn. — Kyle Larson won his fourth race in seven days then finally headed home to sleep in his own bed. For a night, anyway. The busiest driver in motorsports won again Sunday in the Cup debut at Nashville Superspeedway, where Larson drove to NASCAR’s victory lane for the fourth consecutive week. Sandwiched in […]
Bubba Watson has had a world of success at the Travelers Championship. As the PGA Tour heads back to TPC River Highlands this week, can Watson win there again? Watson won for the first time at the Travelers in 2010. He had to do it the hard way, topping Corey Pavin and Scott Verplank in […]
GETTY IMAGES Golf is always evolving. The game that was invented in Scotland hundreds of years ago only generally resembles the modern game. As in other sports, players have gotten bigger, stronger and smarter in the modern era. That progression isn’t always celebrated. Traditionalists argue modern technologies have rendered classic courses obsolete and many are […]
Photo by Harry How As he proved on Thursday with his saucy driver off the deck, Bubba Watson remains arguably the most fun player to watch in professional golf. On Friday, he also reminded everybody that he’s one of the best interviews in professional golf, too. Following a solid one-over-par 72 in Round 1, the […]
DUBLIN, Ohio — Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson has opened up recently about his own anxiety issues, saying how uncomfortable he can be in crowds, and acknowledging that criticism of him on social media has taken its toll. And it’s why he showed support for tennis star Naomi Osaka, who withdrew from the French Open […]
Adrenaline Shoc (A SHOC), the fast-growing, performance energy beverage distributed by Keurig Dr Pepper, announces the release of the A SHOC Shoc Wave Chase Elliott Signature can to commemorate the driver’s 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Championship. The limited-edition can features Elliott celebrating his championship, alongside the No. 9 A SHOC Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE that […]
Estrela signs as New York’s 24th and youngest Homegrown Player in Franchise History HARRISON, N.J. (February 9, 2021) – The New York Red Bulls have signed Academy Product midfielder and New Jersey native Bento Estrela to an MLS Homegrown contract, presented by Premio. Estrela becomes the youngest New York Homegrown signing and the fourth-youngest signing […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced that the club has signed midfielder Eryk Williamson to a multi-year contract extension. Williamson, 23, tallied three goals and five assists in a career-high 21 appearances (17 starts) for Portland in 1,417 minutes of action during the 2020 MLS regular season. Notably, Williamson delivered four game-winning assists during […]
OCEANSIDE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2021 PGA TOUR superstar Bubba Watson and Linksoul today announced the two-time Masters Champion has invested in the company and will serve as brand ambassador. The lifestyle apparel brand founded by golf apparel icon John Ashworth and his nephew, artist Geoff Cunningham, has a passionate and growing legion of “Linksouldiers” who […]
CHARLOTTE, NC (Dec. 15, 2020) – ProSport Management, a leading international sports talent management firm, is proud to welcome Kevin Weinress as Director, North America. Weinress will work with Mike Gartlan and Oskar Olsen, co-owners of the ProSport Management soccer division, to continue to sign the best soccer players in the U.S. and Canada. “We […]
NASCAR.com | November 8, 2020 (Photo: Getty Images) Chase Elliott won his first NASCAR Cup Series title Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, joining his father, Bill, as champions of stock-car racing’s top division. At 24 years, 11 months and 11 days old, Elliott became the third-youngest Cup Series champion in NASCAR history. Only Jeff Gordon, who claimed his […]
USA TODAY/Golfweek | By Steve DiMeglio | October 28, 2020 On many sleepless nights, Bubba Watson thought he was going to die. Alone in the darkness with only his thoughts to keep him company as he dealt with crippling anxiety that kept him up at night, Watson contemplated his mortality and often thought back to the passing of […]
CHARLOTTE, NC (Oct. 14, 2020) – ProSport Management, a leading international sports talent management firm, has hired Frank Johansen to lead its business in Scandinavia. Frank will work directly with partners Oskar Olsen and Mike Gartlan, as well as U.S. based agents, to create a more seamless path for clients to move between Scandinavia and […]
Geoff Ogilvy and Hale Irwin, the U.S. Open victors in 2006 and 1974, respectively. GETTY IMAGES This is the first installment in our five-part series, The Road to Winged Foot, powered by Cisco Webex, in which we’re highlighting how players, officials, broadcasters and others are preparing for the 2020 U.S. Open, set for next week at […]
FEATURES The BMW Championship Match Play Challenge trailer OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – BMW Championship officials and the PGA TOUR announced today the creation of the BMW Match Play Challenge, a televised nine-hole charity exhibition to benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation. The match will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 26, on the back nine of Olympia Fields […]
There’s an unofficial mold a PGA player is expected to fit. He’s supposed to be reserved and polished in his bespoke golf slacks and polo shirt spotted with sponsorship logos. He keeps his expressions subdued, both on the course and in media interviews—speaking in the accepted go-to cliches of “one hole at a time, one […]
Bubba Watson’s drive lands where drives aren’t supposed to land BY: NICK PIASTOWSKI Bubba Watson hits out of the sand during the Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village Golf Club. The Golden Bear Club at Muirfield Village Golf Club was closed this year. No fans at either the Workday Charity Open two weeks ago or the Memorial last week. No […]
If you combine a good cause with good friends in good spirits playing some pretty good golf, you get exactly what you got Wednesday: A good time. Almost too good a time. Bubba Watson and Harold Varner III teamed up to beat Jason Day and Wesley Bryan, 3-up, in a nine-hole charity exhibition at Detroit […]
Kevin Na sinks a 23-foot birdie on No. 18 in Round 4 at Travelers In the final round of the 2020 Travelers Championship, Kevin Na makes a 23-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole. In his final round at the Travelers Championship, Kevin Na hit 12 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens […]
In front of a horde of NASCAR fans, many of whom were wearing “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts, Bubba Wallace said “the sport is changing” after an emotional race Monday at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver, was joined by all 39 other drivers and their crews in a […]
BY BRENTLEY ROMINE JUNE 20, 2020 AT 4:03 PM Getty Images After shooting 2-over 73 and playing himself out of the tournament, Bubba Watson didn’t have much to celebrate Saturday at the RBC Heritage. He did, however, have reason to shell-ebrate. Watson avoided a bizarre rules decision after hitting his tee shot into a greenside bunker at […]
The stage is set for Inter Miami CF to continue their inaugural season, with Major League Soccer announcing last week that its season will resume starting July 8. But when Inter Miami returns to the field, they’ll do so without fans at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando — meaning South Florida fans […]
By Adam Stanley, PGATOUR.COM James Nicholas is an avid outdoor photographer. (Courtesy of James Nicholas) It’s rare to see a Korn Ferry Tour player who is an Ivy League alum. More rare, perhaps, to learn that alum was the pre-med track. Rarer still to see that Ivy League alum on a pre-med track also boast a serious […]
There are usually some perks to being on the winning bag at a PGA Tour event – a little something extra for the effort, as Carl Spackler once elegantly put it – but a car? That’s what happened at last year’s Charles Schwab Challenge, where the tournament winner was awarded a glacier-blue 1973 Dodge Challenger […]
Denny Hamlin had a smile on his face after winning the Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday night (which included Chase Elliott flipping the bird at Kyle Busch). That grin, however, was plastered on the mask he wore after he pulled up to do a post-race interview. That’s right, Denny Hamlin has a custom Denny […]
Among the many disappointments of the suspension of current MLS season and the seasons of leagues throughout the world is that it is halting the progress of many young players making important steps in their development. In MLS, the 2019 season was one of the most promising in league history in terms of the success […]
The Players’ Tribune is introducing a new series called The Iso. With so many of us keeping our distance from each other in a variety of ways, we decided to ask some of our favorite athletes to share how they’ve been dealing with life in the Covid-19 world, and how they’re spending their time away from their […]
Denny Hamlin is the latest athlete to join the ALL IN Challenge, which has pegged itself as the largest digital fundraiser ever. Fanatics’ ALL IN challenges athletes across all sports to help raise $100 million for COVID-19 crisis relief. The money will provide food to those in need, specifically kids, elderly and frontline workers. The […]
Bubba Watson’s bump-and-run leads to birdie at WGC-Mexico MEXICO CITY – Bubba Watson would seem to have the right sort of game for Club de Golf Chapultepec, but he’s never done particularly well at the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship. His best, in three starts here, is a T9 in 2018. Truth be told, he played […]
The play-by-play looks like something out of a basketball player’s shot chart. Not a golfer’s. “Shot hit 5’10.” ” “Shot hit 4′ 7.” ” “Shot hit 27′ 2.” ” “Shot hit 36′ 5.” ” “Shot hit 8′ 8.” ” “Shot hit 82′ 2.” ” “Shot hit 23′ 11.” ” “Shot hit 48 yds to the […]
Herriman • Justin Meram has worn the No. 9 for practically his entire career. With the exception of a short six-month stint with Atlanta United last year, the Michigan native and newest attacker for Real Salt Lake had the number that corresponded to his position: goal scorer. When RSL signed Meram earlier this month and began training sessions, […]
By Staff Report | NASCAR.com | December 5, 2019 at 9:27 PM | NASHVILLE, Tenn. The fans have spoken, and the legacy lives on for another year. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott was named the 2019 NMPA Most Popular Driver on Thursday night during the year-end Champion’s Week banquet. The annual award is determined 100% […]
Kevin Na’s Round 4 highlights from Shriners LAS VEGAS – Of course it would come down to a putt. Kevin Na obliterated the TPC Summerlin greens this week at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open setting a PGA TOUR record for feet of putts made in a 72-hole event.
17-year-old Alec has been getting treatment for Brittle Bone Disease at the Chicago Shriners Hospital since 2002. At the 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Kevin Na surprised Alec and spent some time with the aspiring sports anchor.
The evolution of Kevin Na LAS VEGAS – It takes a special type of human to get the yips and come out on the other side with a bright smile. “I’ve always been told I was special growing up,” Kevin Na said with a laugh. The laugh is contagious. As is the smile. If you […]
It was an epic battle between Atlanta United and Minnesota United FC, in what would become a historic night for the U.S. Open Cup. Watch here to find out why it was so much more than just a match and see what ProSport Management clients Justin Meram/Atlanta United and Miguel Ibarra/Minnesota United FC, had to say […]
USSOCCER.com | Jonah Fontela DISCOVERED BY CHANCE ON AN ARIZONA PARK, WIDE MAN JUSTIN MERAM TOOK A CIRCUITOUS PATH TO ATLANTA UNITED AND HIS FIRST OPEN CUP FINAL. Justin Meram was at a crossroads. He’d just finished high school and there were options: College? Work? Follow his brothers into their dad’s construction business? He wasn’t […]
Sports Illustrated | By RYAN ASSELTA Bubba Watson might be the ultimate horse-for-the-course player. Eight of his 12 PGA Tour victories have come on three tracks—Augusta National, Riviera, and TPC River Highlands. Watson returns to the latter for this week’s Travelers Championship, where he has won three times—including last year, when he fired a final-round […]
Monday, May 26, 2019 | Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kevin Na always believed he could win at Colonial, so he paused to visualize his name on the Wall of Champions at the first tee before making another run at it. The South Korean-born American will get to read his name on that wall next […]
The Charlotte Observer | by Scott Fowler When Daniel Hemric was growing up in Kannapolis, dreaming of becoming a NASCAR driver, Friday afternoons were hard. A long week of school would be nearly over, but the last few minutes of his final class seemed to last forever. “I couldn’t wait to get out of […]
Associated Press | By Steve Reed CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — The idea of having even a slim chance to race his way into the NASCAR All-Star race this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway seems surreal for Daniel Hemric. After all, this is the track where it all started for the 28-year-old rookie Cup Series driver. […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (MAY 9, 2019) — PROSPORT Management has signed a marketing representation agreement with New York Jets running back/wide receiver Ty Montgomery, who becomes the agency’s first NFL client. Montgomery signed with the Jets in April after spending three-and-a-half seasons with the Green Bay Packers and a half-season with the Baltimore Ravens. […]
PROSPORT MANAGEMENT SIGNS DEWAN HERNANDEZ, FORMER UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI PLAYER CHARLOTTE, N.C. (APRIL 7, 2019) – PROSPORT Management has signed Dewan Hernandez, formerly of the University of Miami, as their first basketball client. Hernandez declared his entry in the 2019 NBA Draft in January and has been training in Charlotte, N.C. “We are excited to […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C., | May 1, 2019 | PRNewswire cbdMD, Inc. (NYSE American: YCBD) has just announced that professional golfer, Bubba Watson, has officially partnered with Team cbdMD. As part of the multi-year agreement – beginning at the second major of the 2019 PGA Tour season, the PGA Championship in Farmingdale, NY – Watson will feature […]
By Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service | February 17, 2019 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Five weeks after the death of Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs, the driver he discovered won the Daytona 500 for the second time. In a two-lap dash in overtime Sunday at Daytona International Speedway, Denny Hamlin held off teammate […]
KENOSHA, Wis., Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ Jockey International, Inc. (Jockey), a 143-year-old brand recognized around the world for its premium underwear and apparel, today announced the next chapter of its inspiring brand campaign “Show ‘Em What’s Underneath, Show ‘Em Your Jockey.” The latest heroes to be featured are professional golfer Bubba Watson and his wife, former WNBA player, Angie, […]
Released on Feb. 11, 2019 Kevin Na joins the show! The 2-time TOUR winner details how he made a record 16 on a par-4, how he overcame the swing yips to win the 2018 Greenbrier, what the USGA needs to do to improve the U.S. Open, and how good it felt to make birdie after […]
Feb. 6, 2019 Black History Month | Bubba Wallace on paving the way for NASCAR’s next generation At just 25 years old, Bubba Wallace is already making history. Al Roker takes a spin riding shotgun with the NASCAR phenom before Wallace joins Studio 1A for a chat about how he’s breaking down barriers. See the […]
Released Jan. 29, 2019 Bubba Watson joins the show alongside longtime caddie Ted Scott just after playing 18 holes with Riggs. The two discuss their relationship and how the internet has interpreted it; they tell stories from winning two Masters; Bubba reveals what he’s done with his green jackets and breaks down his relationship with […]
ESPN.com | Jeff Carlisle, U.S. Soccer Correspondant | Jan. 11, 2019 Expansion side FC Cincinnati selected UCLA midfielder Frankie Amaya No. 1 overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft on Friday. Amaya, 18, is the youngest player in the draft, but his upside is such that he’s expected to adapt well to the professional game, even […]
Paul Pogba named world’s most marketable athlete of 2018 SportsPro Media | Jan. 2019 SportsPro has never laid any claims to objectivity when compiling its annual list of the world’s 50 most marketable athletes. That is probably for the best. Calculating marketability is undoubtedly an inexact science, one that relies on no small amount of […]
By: David Dusek | GOLFWEEK – January 1, 2019 12:18 pm Kevin Na, who won last season’s A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, is in Hawaii preparing for the Sentry Tournament of Champions. On New Years Eve, a few hours before the clock struck 12 on the East Coast, he took to Instagram and made a […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOCCER, GOLF, RACING TALENT AGENCIES MERGE TO FORM PROSPORT MANAGEMENT (Dec. 18, 2018) – Four of the top talent management agencies across the professional global sports of soccer, golf, and racing have officially merged to form PROSPORT Management. This merger brings together a client list of athletes in top soccer leagues and […]
Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service November 16, 2018 HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Brett Moffitt is the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion after a decisive victory in Friday night’s Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In a race that featured a minimum two cautions, both for planned stage breaks, […]
By Ben Everill | PGATOUR.COM – July 09, 2018 Sometimes patience goes a long way, and things can be worth the wait. Just ask Kevin Na, who has produced plenty of highlights between victories on the PGA TOUR, but finally produced those that matter most: Winning ones. Welcome to the Monday Finish, where Na said yeah on […]
LAS VEGAS – It was hardly a surprise to hear Chase Elliott’s name called as the 2018 Most Popular Driver during the NASCAR Champion’s Week banquet in Las Vegas. Elliott’s fellow drivers joked about it throughout the week, many of them already predicting Elliott to win it long before his name was called. Kyle Busch […]
by ALAN SHIPNUCK | GOLF.com – Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Johnny Ruiz is a young touring pro from Southern California patiently playing his way through golf’s minor leagues — the Canadian tour last year and the Web.com in 2018. Anonymity is part of the deal on these circuits, with sparse galleries and minimal media coverage. […]