Why not rake in every dollar while you can? Anna Kournikova, another leggy blonde Russian tennis star once with IMG, made a splash at age 16, then foundered, never winning a major tournament.
In its search for the stars of tomorrow, IMG owns the Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where its preeminent training academies for golf, soccer and baseball are also housed.
After Sept. 11 the Ryder Cup golf tournament in England (which IMG televises) was postponed, and IMG tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams skipped playing in Europe.
Yet the Russian-born tennis star and her crew her father and her managers at IMG (see p. 122)–view it as a dangerous distraction from what counts.
Yet the Russian-born tennis star and her crew her father and her managers at IMG (see "The Barbarian at the First Tee")–view it as a distraction from what counts.
Set up by Reliance Industries, a big Indian conglomerate, and IMG, the league is expected to feature eight squads of Indian players alongside recycled foreign stars like Freddie Ljungberg, a Swede, and Robert Pirès, a Frenchman.
Another star performer, the tenor Rolando Villazón, is said to have expressed his intention to work with Universal when his current IMG contract expires.
IMG could not be that naïve".
IMG Academies includes the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy and the David Leadbetter Golf Academy.
IMG represents U.S. Soccer in negotiations for television rights.
Mr. Hamlen co-founded IMG's predecessor agency in 1979.
