Irving Mejia-Hilario

Dallas

General Assignment Reporter at Sports Business Journal

General assignment and agencies reporter for @SBJ | Formerly: @dallasnews, @BridgeMichigan, @Automotive_News, @TheSouthEndWSU | Any/All | Genderfluid femboy |

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Articles

Excel Search & Advisory hires Tammy Castadot, promotes Kari Goodwin

2 days ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

Excel Search & Advisory has hired former MLS VP/Talent Acquisition Tammy Castadot to become its head of recruiting operations and has promoted Kari Goodwin, who formerly served in Castadot’s role, to become an Excel Search & Advisory Principal. Catadot will be based out of Excel Sports Management’s headquarters in N.Y. and Goodwin will continue working from Nashville. Both will report to Excel Search & Advisory President Chad Biagini.
Power Players: Sports Streaming — A Parent Media Co. (Victory+)

3 days ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

Less than two years after its launch, APMC has expanded from family television with Kidoodle.TV into the world of sports broadcasting with the launch of Victory+, largely through Neil Gruninger’s leadership. A seven-year deal with the Dallas Stars streams games for free to fans across the Southwest U.S. Others, such as the Anaheim Ducks and Texas Rangers, also have joined the platform.
Power Players: Sports Streaming — Endeavor Streaming

3 days ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

In the last year, Endeavor Streaming and Fred Santarpia have found success through partnerships with the Dallas Mavericks to launch MavsTV, helped rebrand the Longhorn Network with Learfield and expanded deals with Sky New Zealand and UEFA for UEFA.tv as its full end-to-end partner.
Power Players: Sports Streaming — FanDuel Sports Network

3 days ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

Michael Allen oversees the company’s digital portfolio, including but not limited to digital products and streaming services such as its direct-to-consumer subscription service, which he helped launch. He’s also been at the forefront of bringing back-end technology in-house. Allen’s career in the sports industry spans over two decades and includes being named a 2015 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree and winning a Sports Emmy in 2020 for the NBA’s presentation during the pandemic bubble.
Travis Hunter’s two-way play reels in deals ahead of NFL Draft

3 days ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

Travis Hunter joined a small, elite list of college football players in December 2024 when he won the Heisman Trophy, becoming only the second Colorado Buffalo to win the award. The projected top-three pick is among the most highly sought talents in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft not only by teams, but also blue-chip companies that want to tap into Hunter’s popularity.
Former basketball players Derrick Brown and Jordan Taylor launch talent agency

1 week ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

Former Charlotte Bobcats F Derrick Brown and Univ. of Wisconsin G Jordan Taylor are launching FreeGame, an athlete and talent management group. The company does not have a central headquarters but will launch with a team of more than 10 employees who will help represent 15 clients across high school sports, men’s and women’s college and professional basketball and football. FreeGame will utilize a team of what co-founders Brown and Taylor call “athlete managers” instead of traditional agents.
Wasserman leads agencies in WNBA Draft’s first round

1 week ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

Wasserman led all agencies in the 2025 WNBA Draft with the most clients selected in the first round, including standouts such as Paige Bueckers, Sonia Citron and Sarah Ashlee Barker. Disrupt The Game took second place with the selection of clients Kiki Iriafen and Aneesah Morrow. Here are all the representatives for players selected in the first round of the 2025 WNBA Draft.
The Only Agency launches sports division

2 weeks ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

The masterminds behind F1 driver Lewis Hamilton’s elaborate race day outfits, L.A.-based The Only Agency, is launching its own sports focused division. The company already works with some of the sports industry’s biggest names like Lionel Messi, Serena Williams, Paige Bueckers and Simone Biles to tailor their on- and off-field looks including clothes, makeup and more. The agency’s sports division will be led by recent hire and former WME and CAA agent, Bernard Tyler.
Wasserman acquires hockey agency KO Sports

3 weeks ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

Wasserman Hockey has added another feather to its agency cap with the acquisition of Denver-based hockey agency KO Sports. KO Sports owner Kurt Overhardt will become a Wasserman Hockey EVP. Others joining him include KO Sports partner Joe Oliver, agents Shawn Hunwick and Brian Schoelzel, and scout Derek Langlois.
Klutch Sports study: Mixed-use districts could attract $100B in investment

3 weeks ago | sportsbusinessjournal.com | Irving Mejia-Hilario

A new study from Klutch Sports estimates that sports-anchored mixed-use districts could atract more than $100B in investment over the next 15 years. Klutch conducted the study for Royal Bank of Canada to explore the revenue potential for teams developing such districts. The study identifies approximately 37 major-league venue renovations and new projects in the planning stages and about 40 stadium leases set to expire between 2030 and 2039.