Jeff Borris
{{Short description|American sports agent}}
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Jeff Borris (born March 29, 1962) is an American sports agent and attorney.
Professional career
Borris began his career as a sports agent as an intern at Beverly Hills Sports Council while at Southwestern Law School, which later became a full-time position.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-08-sp-bbcol8-story.html|title=Bonds' agent is perfect for him|first=Bill|last=Shaikin|date=8 April 2007|newspaper=LA Times}} His fresh approach to baseball management soon meant that the intern became the owner along with two partners, Dan Horwits and childhood friend Rick Thurman.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2009/09/24/dennis-gilbert-may-buy-the-rangers/|title=Dennis Gilbert May Buy The Rangers|date=September 24, 2009 |publisher=Sports Agent Blog}}
Some of Borris' notable clients include Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco,{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/1991/12/11/yankees-running-out-of-time/|title=Yankees Running Out Of Time|work=Hartford Courant}} Rickey Henderson, Bret Saberhagen, Bobby Bonilla,{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703426004575339013108198050|title=There's No Accounting for This|first=Mike|last=Sielski|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=July 2010}} Brady Anderson,{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1997/12/09/home-cooking-pays-off-for-os-anderson-enjoyed-sit-downs-with-owner-beck-signing-unlikely/|title=Home cooking pays off for O's Anderson enjoyed sit-downs with owner|work=The Baltimore Sun}} Curt Schilling, Trevor Hoffman, Michael Young, Tim Lincecum, Hunter Pence, Darren O'Day, Rick Van den Hurk, Mark Reynolds,{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/02/22/reynolds.diamondbacks/index.html/ |title=Arizona Diamondbacks have offered Mark Reynolds variety of deals - MLB - SI.com |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-date=February 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226140618/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/02/22/reynolds.diamondbacks/index.html |url-status=dead }} Michael Schwimer,{{Cite web|url=http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/phillies-talk/Correction-No-grievance-filed-by-Phils-S?blockID=811325&feedID=704 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130121064703/http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/phillies-talk/Correction-No-grievance-filed-by-Phils-S?blockID=811325&feedID=704 |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |title=Correction: No grievance filed by Phils' Schwimer |date=December 8, 2012 |first=Jim |last=Salisbury |website=Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia |url-status=dead }} and Dan Uggla.{{cite web|url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tujElf32-2d237jk3IzWLsg&output=html|title=MLB Atlanta 16|access-date=2013-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104025900/https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tujElf32-2d237jk3IzWLsg&output=html|archive-date=2014-01-04|url-status=dead}}
Borris also represented Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh after the two Indian-born pitchers won an Indian reality television show called Million Dollar Arm Challenge and tried out in front of 30 major league scouts in November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3686992|title=Prospects from India pitch for major league scouts|date=6 November 2008|work=espn.com}} The two pitchers were later signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates and became the first Indian-born players to sign a professional sports contract of any kind in America.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081124&content_id=3691650&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp|title=Indian hurlers' inking opens new market|work=mlb.com}}
In 2015, Borris joined Ballengee Group.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballessential.com/news/2015/12/01/longtime-agent-jeff-borris-joins-ballengee-group/|title=Longtime Agent Jeff Borris Joins Ballengee Group|date=2 December 2015}}
Education
Borris earned his bachelor's degree in political science from California State University, Northridge and a Juris Doctor from Southwestern Law School. Borris was an adjunct professor of sports law at Southwestern Law School from 1993 to 2001.
Personal
Borris was born in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
Borris is also an accomplished poker player and appeared in High Stakes Hold’ Em Season 2 playing against professional players like Kenny Tran and Brian Rast.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY-fPZTFu7Q|title=High Stakes Hold 'Em Season 2 - Atlantis Casino Resort Spa|last=Atlantis Casino Resort Spa|date=8 February 2012|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
References
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