June 14th and 15th – Jason McKie Golf Benefit in Lincolnshire, IL
13 May 2013
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02 May 2013
The Locker Room is excited to sponsor Bears Linebacker Lance Briggs’ NorCal All-Star Football Camp for girls or boys ages 8-17 on Saturday, June 8th, 2013 from 9am to 3pm (PDT) at American River College in Sacramento, CA. Campers will receive a shirt, lunch, autographs and a gift bag as well as join All-Pro Chicago [...]
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01 May 2013
Similar to a team, the entire body works as one complete unit. Regardless of being genetically blessed, several athletes are now focusing on other aspects that may enhance their performance on the field. Areas such as nutrition, psychology and overall health have become a catalyst in distinguishing those MVPs from other players. By nature, athletes [...]
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11 March 2013
It is well documented and established that many professional athletes have fallen victim to economic difficulties, sometimes even having to file for bankruptcy, despite earning a great deal of money throughout their career. This revelation gets amplified when the individual becomes physically incapacitated. As a professional athlete, it is difficult to prepare for the worst [...]
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05 March 2013
On any given day, I see multiple e-mails about professional athletes’ personal lives. Today, it was an ESPN feature captioned “Tiger Woods and the Worst Divorces” in Sports. Athletes who sign contracts to play professional sports know, going in, that they are targets for opposing team members on the court or field. What they don’t [...]
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04 March 2013
In a world of sports where marketing and consumer perception are paramount in maintaining image and brand value, it is often convenient for leagues to simply distance themselves from players involved in controversial events: convenient for the leagues and devastating for the players. Regardless of guilt or circumstance, being cut off from an income and [...]
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25 February 2013
Coping with a sports injury, irrespective of which sporting discipline you participate in, requires both physical and psychological rehab. Sports injury recovery typically focuses on physical rehab, but it’s important to include sports psychology skills and techniques to help an athlete recover faster and learn to use physical setbacks to become a more confident and [...]
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20 February 2013
As social media and incessant coverage brings the athlete and the fan close together, the gap between yearly earnings pushes them further apart. It was not uncommon during the early and middle twentieth century for professional athletes to take off season work as supplemental income. As sports revenue and player salary exploded, so too did [...]
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13 February 2013
Approaching professional basketball overseas for success Wearing a red Ohio State t-shirt and black Nike basketball shorts, Scoonie Penn sat on a leather sofa inside his home near Columbus, Ohio. He shares the gorgeous, split-level structure with his beautiful wife and children. The spacious unit features five bedrooms, five baths, encased on the outside by [...]
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08 January 2013
Important estate planning and other financial planning considerations for professional athletes As professional advisors, we can often find ourselves counseling clients who are at a point in their lives and their careers where they are not focused on the importance of advanced planning for themselves and their families. For athletes in particular, the focus is [...]
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