Denise White

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Denise White
Born
Denise White

Escondido, California, U.S.
Occupation CEO of EAG Sports Management
Years active1996–present
Website http://www.eagsportsmanagement.com/eag-staff/

Denise White is an American entrepreneur, crisis manager and beauty pageant titleholder. Since 1996, she has served as CEO and founder of EAG Sports Management, a sports firm for professional athletes. She has also served as a CNN contributor for sports and crisis management stories. [1]

Early life and career

Born in Escondido, California, White represented Oregon in the 1994 Miss USA pageant, broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas on February 11, 1994, where she obtained the Congeniality Award, an honor she had previously received while competing for the Miss Oregon USA title. [2]

Early in her career, she worked as a broadcast news reporter in Portland, Oregon. [3]

Sports management career

In 1996, White founded EAG Sports Management. [4] [3] Notable clients include NFL players such as Tony Gonzalez, Jared Allen, Vince Young, Terrell Suggs, Tyrann Mathieu, Patrick Peterson, DeSean Jackson, Jarvis Landry, and NBA players such as Joe Johnson and Austin Rivers; and UFC fighters including Jon "Bones" Jones. [4] [3] [5] [6]

In 2010, White matched a $2500 donation by Jared Allen to an animal shelter for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for abandoning a starving horse in LA. [7] [8]

White's managerial style has earned her a notable reputation among sports news outlets, with CNN and others referring to her as "the Olivia Pope of the sports world," a reference to the fictional crisis manager protagonist in the series Scandal . [9] [1] In 2014, Men's Journal published "The Woman Who Bails Out the NFL's Bad Boys", a lengthy profile of White detailing her career. [9] [3]

White sits on the board of her client Brandon Marshall's mental health awareness foundation Project 375. [10]

Biopic

In March 2016, it was announced that FOX2000 had acquired the film rights to the Men's Journal profile "The Woman Who Bails Out the NFL's Bad Boys". Written by Dallas Buyers Club co-writer Melisa Wallack, the film is titled The Fixer and would star Jennifer Aniston as White. Aniston is also attached as producer. [9]

A television series about White's life titled Hail Mary is also reportedly in development. [10] [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The NFL's 'Olivia Pope'". CNN. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Escondido grad will have plenty of say in Evert Cup". The San Diego Union-Tribune . February 28, 1995.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Woman Who Bails Out the NFL's Bad Boys". Men's Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 Liz Mullen. "Game Changers: Denise White, EAG Sports Management". Biz Journals. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Anita Busch. "Abrams Artists Agency Partners With EAG Sports Management". Deadline. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Antwan Staley. "Report: Dolphins WR Jarvis Landry to meet with NFL about domestic battery investigation". USA Today. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jared Allen threatens bar patron". Star Tribune . April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Minnesota Vikings star Jared Allen raises reward to $7500" (PDF). seaaca.org/. August 12, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 Oliver Gettell. "Jennifer Aniston to play crisis manager Denise White in The Fixer". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  10. 1 2 Betsey Guzior. "Sports manager Denise White talks #MeToo". Biz Journals. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Hail Mary". IMDB. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Flag of Massachusetts.svg Stacey Blaine
 Miss USA - Congeniality Award
1994 		Succeeded by
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