Arn Tellem

Arn Tellem
Born (1954-02-21) February 21, 1954 (age 70)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materHaverford College
University of Michigan
Occupation(s)Sports team executive, sports agent
SpouseNancy Tellem (1979–present)
ChildrenMichael, Matty, Eric

Arn Herschel Tellem[1] (born February 21, 1954) is an American sports executive who is the vice chairman of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[2] From 1981 to 2015, he was a sports agent best known for his representation of basketball and baseball players. Tellem was vice chairman of the Wasserman Media Group, a global sport and entertainment marketing agency headed by Casey Wasserman.[3] From 2009 to 2010, he wrote a semi-weekly sports column for The Huffington Post.[4] He has also written for Sports Illustrated,[5][2] the op-ed page of The New York Times,[6][7][8][9] Grantland,[10] Detroit Free Press,[11][12][13][14][15][16] The Hollywood Reporter,[17] The Japan Times [18] and The Detroit News.[19]

  1. ^ Franz Lidz, "The Arn Of The Deal: Employing a mix of integrity and absurdity, ARN TELLEM is the strangest of beasts: a powerful sports agent you can actually like", Sports Illustrated, May 27, 2003
  2. ^ a b Arn Tellem, "Why I'm Making The Jump From Sports Agent To Front Office" Sports Illustrated. June 5, 2015
  3. ^ Darren Heitner "Wasserman Media Group Seems to be Making a Strong Push to Retain Arn Tellem", Sports Agent Blog, July 3, 2012
  4. ^ Arn Tellem, Huffington Post
  5. ^ Arn Tellem, "Jason Collins: An Inspiration On and Off the Court", Sports Illustrated, April 29, 2013
  6. ^ Arn Tellem, "Pro and Con of Permitting Teenage Pros in N.B.A.: THE AGENT; Proposed Age Limit Is Hollow Altruism", The New York Times, May 13, 2001
  7. ^ Arn Tellem, "Seeking Heroes, Finding Humans", The New York Times, April 3, 2005
  8. ^ Arn Tellem, "When a Players Union Doesn't Help the Players", The New York Times, May 7, 2011
  9. ^ Arn Tellem, "Turn One-and-Done Into None-and-Done", The New York Times, June 28, 2014
  10. ^ Arn Tellem, "D-League Deconstruction: The Necessary Plan to fix the NBA's Farm System", Grantland, March 11, 2015
  11. ^ Arn Tellem, "I went toe-to-toe with David Stern, the NBA's greatest champion", Detroit Free Press, January 21, 2020
  12. ^ Arn Tellem, "Arn Tellem, Kobe Bryant and the mission that delivered him to the L.A. Lakers", Detroit Free Press, February 24, 2020
  13. ^ Arn Tellem, "Tellem: It's Time For Us To Go To Work, Like The 2004 Pistons", Detroit Free Press, October 24, 2020
  14. ^ Arn Tellem, "Detroit Pistons' Arn Tellem: Let's do what we can to fill Little Caesars Arena again", Detroit Free Press, December 22, 2020
  15. ^ Arn Tellem, "Arn Tellem: This is what makes Detroit Pistons' Ben Wallace a no-brainer Hall of Famer", Detroit Free Press, April 11, 2021
  16. ^ Arn Tellem, "Pistons exec to Michigan lawmakers: Restricting voting rights will cost state | Opinion", Detroit Free Press, April 12, 2021
  17. ^ Arn Tellem, "Guest Column: ‘Winning Time’ Is “Campy, Mean-Spirited Fiction”", The Hollywood Reporter, March 18, 2022
  18. ^ Arn Tellem, "Tellem's take: Matsui a special person", The Japan Times, January 23, 2013
  19. ^ Arn Tellem, "Opinion: Role of businesses, sports are changing during polarizing times", The Detroit News, May 30, 2022