Leigh Steinberg

Greg Risling NEWPORT BEACH -- Sports and entertainment super agent Leigh Steinberg won't be moving his business to the Great White North, eh? Although a company based in Winnipeg, Canada acquired his sports management agency on Wednesday, Steinberg said he and his employees will remain at their Newport Beach location. "I'm thinking about taking some language-immersion courses in Canadian. I'll be practicing my 'uts' and 'ehs,"' joked the 50-year-old Steinberg, who spoke via cell phone on his way to Atlanta, where he will unveil a new ethnic diversity program Friday in conjunction with the Anti-Defamation League.

Richard Dunn Only hours from having hosted the glitziest, most eclectic party in Newport Beach, Leigh Steinberg swapped hats and changed uniforms for a golf tournament to benefit the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Orange County and Derrick Thomas' Third and Long Foundation. Amid his glory and accolades as a professional sports agent, Steinberg sold his business last summer to Assante, a Canadian entertainment conglomerate, and these days devotes more time to "promoting causes that are meaningful."

T'was the day before Super Bowl at the San Diego Zoo, And the animals were visited by a celebration crew. A red carpet was laid by the entrance with care, In hopes that beautiful people soon would walk there. The rich in their diamonds and I in my fakes Were guests at the annual party of a sports industry great. Leigh Steinberg and partner had decided to host, A legendary get-together for those who could boast Good looks, fast speed, a punishing tackle Or a comedic routine to make anyone cackle.

Steve Virgen There used to be a pain that went deep into Leigh Steinberg's back, but he never paid any attention to it. Steinberg ignored the cutting and the twisting. That's the picture Steinberg paints when he now explains what took place when David Dunn, Steinberg's protege, attempted to start his own firm, while taking down his mentor. There were attacks made on Steinberg's character during a controversial lawsuit in which Dunn and Athletes First, which is in Newport Beach, claimed Steinberg had created a hostile environment at their workplace.

About 25 Orange County high school students will graduate today from a leadership program sponsored by Newport Beach resident and super agent Leigh Steinberg. The summer program, called the Leigh Steinberg Leadership Institute, is run by the Orange County Human Relations. The graduation ceremony will be held at 1:45 p.m. in the Argyros Forum, Room 201, at Chapman University in Orange. Steinberg has pledged to donate $100,000 to the summer program, which attempts to train students from different economic, social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to better deal with human relations issues.

Before Nick You knew it, he worked the life of a sports agent for two years. All the information sports agents fret about going out to the public, You dealt with. A 22-year-old and UC Irvine student at the time, You took a job at a law office. Everywhere he turned, drama hit him in the face. Divorces, child custody battles, lawsuits, domestic abuse cases, even a son suing his ill father for his home. Things got so ugly he began not knowing who to believe. “I was sort of a paralegal,” he said, “but I wasn’t certified.

Newport Beach sports agent Leigh Steinberg, whose life story partially inspired "Jerry Maguire," has filed for bankruptcy, according to an email he sent to the Daily Pilot. Steinberg, 62, pens a weekly sports column for the Pilot. He said in his statement that media exposure that harmed his family and chased away clients led to him to seek Chapter 7 protections in federal bankruptcy court. He had been hoping to repay those who had given him loans. Steinberg used to represent a large roster of professional football and baseball players and boxers.

The most sacred duty that any of us have as parents is to try and safeguard the emotional and physical health of our children. I pondered that protective instinct during prom pictures for the Corona del Mar High seniors with my youngest child, Katie, last week. Watching the physically blessed, vibrant young people in their last pre-graduation activity I had a bittersweet reaction. Excitement for the adventure they have ahead of them, and mild anxiety that they won't be close for us to help them.

The New England Patriots have signed quarterback Tim Tebow. They may be the only team in the NFL that can manage the consequences. It has been a long, cold winter for Tebow as he searched for an NFL team to sign with after being cut earlier by the New York Jets. He is a gifted player but there have been no takers. Why? Tebow had a transcendent University of Florida career and won the Heisman Trophy. He was drafted in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.

-- Paul Clinton Sports agent Leigh Steinberg will be honored today by the Board of Supervisors for his philanthropic activities. Steinberg, who lives in the unincorporated community of Newport Coast, will be commended for his "dedicated service over and above the call of duty as a sports agent," according to the resolution set to be passed. Steinberg, 51, is also set to be honored by the Orange County Human Relations Commission on Thursday. Locally, Steinberg and his wife, Lucy, have a long-standing history of community service.