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Ovechkin lands with IMG ... and it's about time

By Pierre LeBrun

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

It is with great interest that I see Alex Ovechkin has come to his senses and signed with a big agency to handle his marketing. It was announced Monday that the Washington Capitals superstar signed on with IMG, a big player in the sports marketing business. Think Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning, etc. "Alex is a very, very smart young man," Brad Pelletier, the managing director of IMG Canada, told ESPN.com on Tuesday. "I think he realized the potential. There's other athletes out there that are hig ...

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