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CAA Sports Signs Top Pro Athletes

CAA, one of the most powerful talent agencies in Hollywood, has just launched CAA Sports -- and it seems many top pro athletes are joining forces with the agency.

CAA has always been home to top movie stars like Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Tom Hanks, and Brad Pitt, but now it's getting a nice lineup of top sports stars as well.

CAA Sports now represents Derek Jeter, Allen Iverson, Ryan Zimmerman, Lebron James, Ryan Howard, Oscar De La Hoya, and hockey superstar Sidney Crosby plus about 380 others. They also helped negotiate the $250 million deal that brought David Beckham to L.A.'s Galaxy team for 5 years.

How to Get Pro Football Player Autographs

When the New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (pictured) was eight years old, he found himself in the San Francisco Giants’ locker room where he asked Chili Davis, a star for the team at the time, for an autograph.

Davis refused, but said, "Maybe later kid, maybe if you come by after the game." So the young Brady stuck around, and after the game he re-approached his favorite player, only to be turned away again by Davis saying, "No, I’m not signing autographs after the game."

The effect stuck with Brady, both in terms of the disappointment it brought him and in Brady’s future outlook on autographs when he found himself in a similar situation.