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Feds Want Collection of Boras Clients to Pay Back Millions in Stanford Scam

Posted: Jun 29th 2009 4:01PM by Andrew Johnson (author feed)
Filed under: MLB Police Blotter

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R. Allen StanfordFederal authorities have asked seven Major League Baseball players -- Greg Maddux, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon, J.D. Drew, Andruw Jones, Carlos Pena and Jay Bell -- to return millions of dollars that they received from investor R. Allen Stanford as part of a payout in his alleged Ponzi scheme, according to a report in the Washington Times.

The players -- all clients of Scott Boras -- did not commit any wrongdoing, but, as early investors in the Stanford Financial Group, are believed to have received dividends from Stanford financed by investors that came after.
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Scott Boras Cooking Up Something 'Unusual' for Stephen Strasburg

Posted: Jun 23rd 2009 12:12PM by Jeff Fletcher (author feed)
Filed under: Nationals, MLB Draft

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Ever since word started to circulate about how special Stephen Strasburg seemed to be, everyone wondered just how agent Scott Boras was going to bend the system to get the most for his client. Boras himself said that Strasburg is unique the day after the draft, but further proof came along Tuesday. Ben McDonald, the former No. 1 pick and phenom, told the Washington Post that he's talked to Boras -- his former agent -- about Strasburg.
"He just told me that he's got a special kid, reminds him of myself a little bit, and they're going to do something 'unusual.' But that's all he told me. I don't know what he's got cooked up."
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Week In Review: Celebrating the City of Champions Once Again

Posted: Jun 14th 2009 12:24PM by David Whitley (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories, Sports Media

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The truth can't be avoided any longer. It would be like denying Tim Floyd is a crook, Adam Lambert is gay or Brett Favre is going to be a Viking.

It was the Week of Pittsburgh and will inevitably be the Year of the Steel City .

First the Steelers, now the Penguins and Ben "Hogan" Roethlisberger. Soon the Lakers, eventually the Pirates.

All have or will win world championships, making Pittsburgh the only city in history to hold titles in the five major sports all in the same year.

Can you name a better sports town?
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From the Windup: Jealousy, Hypocrisy Abound in Scott Boras Hatred

Posted: Jun 11th 2009 12:00PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: AL Central, AL East, AL West, NL Central, NL East, NL West, MLB Biz

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From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday.

Among the general population of sports fans, Scott Boras is a very unpopular individual. He's referred to as greedy, a snake, and "Bor-ass" (what a clever way to use his name in a derogatory fashion, huh?), among other things. Teams threaten to never deal with him again. Fans claim he's ruining baseball and is everything wrong with professional sports. And on and on -- just check out the reader comments on this Jeff Fletcher piece.

You know what I call him? The best agent in the history of sports.
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MLB FanHouse's Stephen Strasburg Pool

Posted: Jun 11th 2009 9:00AM by Andrew Johnson (author feed)
Filed under: MLB Biz, MLB Draft

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Stephen StrasburgDrafting Stephen Strasburg No. 1 overall in the MLB Draft was the easy part. Now the Nationals are staring at potentially (OK, likely) two-plus months of negotiations with his adviser, agent Scott Boras.

What are the rest of us left to do? Sit and wait. Gawk at the numbers and rhetoric likely to be thrown out from the Boras camp. Cross our fingers and hope Nationals president Stan Kasten -- one of the more hard-line pro-management executives in the game -- gets in on the fireworks.

That might be fun for a week, but two months? Nah. So the MLB FanHouse gang decided to spice things up the best way we knew how -- by gambling on it.

The rules are simple: Each member of the staff submitted a figure for the total guaranteed value, including bonus, of Strasburg's contract with the Nationals (presuming of course he signs); The Price Is Right rules are in effect. To the winner goes a heavy dose of pride and bragging rights. After the jump, you can see a visual representation of all of our guesses and can leave your own in the comments*.
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Scott Boras: Stephen Strasburg Deserves Special Treatment

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 12:08PM by Jeff Fletcher (author feed)
Filed under: Nationals, MLB Draft

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Scott Boras' policy is not to negotiate through the media, but on Wednesday morning he began negotiating through the media.

A day after the Nationals made Boras client Stephen Strasburg the No. 1 pick in the draft, Boras laid out some of the reasons he believes that Strasburg is no ordinary draft pick, and thus should not be paid like one.

"I don't think you need me to say it, but obviously Stephen falls into that class of players really not associated with the inherent [risk] elements of the draft," Boras said Wednesday morning. "They are just players who happen to be available, whether that be through free agent or posting means. They just have extraordinary ability."
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Nationals Select Strasburg No. 1 Overall

Posted: Jun 9th 2009 6:17PM by Andrew Johnson (author feed)
Filed under: Nationals, MLB Draft

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Stephen StrasburgWASHINGTON – To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Washington Nationals selected San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft.

"We are thrilled to select someone with the special talents Stephen possesses," acting Washington general manager Mike Rizzo said in a statement. "Those talents have long been on our radar, and Stephen's domination at San Diego State and vast experiences gained with Team USA last summer have done nothing to change our thougts about his abilities."

About an hour before the Nationals made their pick, heavy showers began to fall on Washington. Was it one last sign that one of the most downtrodden franchises in baseball is headed for a new dawn?
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FanHouse in the Stands: Newcastle United FC vs. Fulham FC

Posted: May 23rd 2009 9:00PM by Andrew Johnson (author feed)
Filed under: English Premier League, FanHouse Exclusive

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With some three minutes left in a crucial match between Newcastle United and Fulham, the skies – sunny all afternoon, but suddenly and ominously dark now – opened up and literally began to rain on our American parade.

Hull City was drawing with Bolton Wanderers and the Magpies (aka Newcastle United) were down a goal and a Bassong (Sebastien after an all too harsh red card) to Fulham with the clock creeping toward 90 minutes (aka full time).

We were getting drenched and the realization was settling in: once again, Newcastle was staring at a spot in the relegation zone, teetering over the abyss of Championship football.
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Dirk Nowitzki's Ex Claims She's Pregnant

Posted: May 20th 2009 1:00PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Mavericks, NBA Media Watch, NBA Police Blotter, NBA Rumors

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There was little chance that the Dirk Nowitzki - Cristal Taylor saga was going to disappear quietly, even with the Mavericks eliminated from the playoffs. That small chance vanished, too, when Taylor held an interview with the Dallas Morning News from jail Monday and Tuesday.

Infamous Mugshots

    Cristal Taylor, a 37-year-old ex-stripper, has a history of legal woes. From jail this week, Taylor said she is pregnant with Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki's child and that they planned to marry before her recent arrest. Click through the gallery for police booking photos of sports stars.

    AP/AP/ZUMA Press

    Dustin Johnson: The PGA Tour golfer was arrested in March and charged with driving under the influence in South Carolina.

    J. Reuben Long Detention Center / The Sun News / AP

    Matt Jones: The NFL wide receiver was arrested in 2008 and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Police say they found a substance that tested positive as cocaine and traces of marijuana in a car Jones and others occupied. In March, he violated his probation when he failed a test which showed that he had alcohol in his system.

    Washington County Sherriffs Office

    Carl Eller: Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller, seen here after being arrested last April, was convicted in January for assault on a police officer and refusal to take a sobriety test.

    Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/AP

    Jamal Anderson: The former Atlanta Falcons star was charged with felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor marijuana possession in February.

    Fulton County Sheriff

    Rampage Jackson: The UFC star was arrested on July 15 after a 3-mile chase and multiple collisions. Jackson was hospitalized for a mental health evaluation following the arrest.

    Costa Mesa Police Department, AP

    Antoine Walker: The former NBA player was charged with suspicion of drunken driving in Miami Beach in January. Police say officers smelled alcohol and that Walker looked sleepy.

    Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Dept., AP

    John Daly: The golfer was taken into custody in October by Winston-Salem, N.C., police after he was reportedly found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant. Officers said Daly "appeared extremely intoxicated and uncooperative."

    Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, AP

    Charles Barkley: The former NBA star was arrested on suspicion of DUI after police say he ran through a stop sign in Scottsdale, Ariz., on New Year's Eve.

    Gilbert Police Department / AP

    Michael Rayfield Hodges: Police said that Hodges, a former football player for the Tri-Cities Fever of arenafootball2, bit off the fingertip of an officer during a jail scuffle in November.

    Franklin County (Wash.) Corrections



Taylor dropped multiple bombshells around her relationship with the Dallas superstar, confirming FanHouse's report that she's pregnant, while adding that they had a wedding date planned and that Dirk referred to her as his "little jailbird."
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Scott Boras, Not Mike Rizzo, Will Keep Steven Strasburg Out of DC This Year

Posted: May 19th 2009 3:33PM by Pat Lackey (author feed)
Filed under: Nationals, NL Central, MLB Draft

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Now that we're inside of three weeks to the MLB Draft, the Stephen Strasburg Drama is reaching a fevered pitch. Today, there are two separate stories from Jeff Passan and the Washington Post about just when Strasburg will make his big-league debut. In both stories, Nats' acting GM Mike Rizzo indicates that Strasburg will spend time in the minors after he's drafted.

That's not surprising news; FanHouse's Ed Price reported something similar earlier this month. What is surprising is the amount of people that expect to see Strasburg pitching in any sort of professional capacity this season. Strasburg is a Scott Boras client. Historical precedence suggests pretty strongly that Scott Boras clients don't do much playing in the year they're drafted.
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