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Thomas Joseph Condon ( born October 26 , 1952 ) , and raised in Ansonia , CT , is an American football ___MASK7___ . He was named the most powerful ___MASK7___ in American football by Sporting News in 2006 and heads the Football Division of Creative Artists Agency ( CAA ) with fellow ___MASK7___ Ben Dogra . Condon went to Boston College in 1974 and was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984 . He was an offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs between 1974 and 1984 and for the New England Patriots in 1985 . After earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore during off - seasons and representing teammates while still playing in the NFL , he went on to become ___MASK45___ of the National Football League Players Association ( NFLPA ) from 1984 to 1986 . He joined IMG in 1991 . Sporting News , originally The Sporting News ( TSN ), is an American sports website and former print magazine . It was established in 1886 , and it became the dominant American publication covering baseball  so much so that it acquired the nickname " The Bible of Baseball ." It is currently owned by Sporting News Media . Rhyme and Reason is an American ___MASK70___ ___MASK97___ show that aired on ABC from July 7 , 1975 through July 9 , 1976 . Bob Eubanks hosted the show , with Johnny Jacobs serving as announcer . Richard Caruthers " Rich " Little ( born November 26 , 1938 ) is a Canadian - American ___MASK46___ and ___MASK29___ , nicknamed " The Man of a Thousand Voices " by ___MASK29___ Mel Blanc . Los Angeles ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous city in the United States ( after New York City ), the most populous city in California and the county seat of Los Angeles County . Situated in Southern California , Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic ___MASK61___ , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American ___MASK81___ industry . Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . Creative Artists Agency or CAA is an American ___MASK80___ and sports agency based in Los Angeles , California . It is regarded as a dominant and influential company in the ___MASK80___ agency business . It manages prestigious A - list clients . In March 2016 , CAA had 1 , 800 employees . History . Creative Artists Agency was formed by a handful of agents at the William Morris Agency in 1975 . At a dinner , Mike Rosenfeld , Michael Ovitz , Ron Meyer , William Haber , and Rowland Perkins decided to create their own agency . According to one report , the agents were fired by William Morris before they could obtain financing . Their firm was incorporated in Delaware and had a $ 35 , 000 line of credit and a $ 21 , 000 bank loan and rented a small Century City office . Within a week , they sold a ___MASK97___ show called " Rhyme and Reason ", the " Rich Little Show ", and " The Jackson 5ive ". An early plan was to form a medium - sized full - service agency , share proceeds equally , and do without nameplates on doors or formal titles or individual client lists , with guidelines like " be a team player " and " return phone calls promptly ." George Mason University ( also Mason ), located in Fairfax , Virginia , United States , is the largest public ___MASK4___ university in the Commonwealth of Virginia . The university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972 . Today , Mason is recognized for its programs in economics , law , creative writing , computer science , and business . In recent years , George Mason ___MASK55___ have twice won the Nobel Prize in Economics . The university enrolls 33 , 917 students , making it the largest university by head count in the Commonwealth of Virginia . Michael S . Ovitz ( born December 14 , 1946 ) is an American businessman , ___MASK50___ , and ___MASK52___ . He is a talent agent who co - founded Creative Artists Agency ( CAA ) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995 . Ovitz later served as President of the Walt Disney Company from October 1995 to January 1997 . Ben Dogra was an American ___MASK95___ who , until July 2006 , headed the Football Division of SFX Football , with associate Mark Heligman . Dogra graduated from George Mason University with a B . S . in Economics , then earned his law degree from St . Louis University School of Law . He previously worked with Jim Steiner in St . Louis , at SMG ( now SFX Sports Group ). Dogra now co - heads CAA Football with Tom Condon . A touchdown is a means of scoring in both American and ___MASK21___ . Whether running , passing , returning a kickoff or punt , or recovering a turnover , a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent ' s end zone . Baseball is a bat - and - ball ___MASK97___ played between two teams of nine players each , who take turns batting and fielding . A ___MASK97___ show is a type of ___MASK78___ , television , or internet programming genre in which contestants , television personalities or celebrities , sometimes as part of a team , play a ___MASK97___ which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and / or prizes . Alternatively , a " gameshow " can be a demonstrative program about a ___MASK97___ ( while usually retaining the spirit of an awards ceremony ). In the former , contestants may be invited from a pool of public applicants . On some shows , contestants compete against other players or another team , while other shows involve contestants playing alone for a reward or a high score . Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash , trips and goods and services provided by the show ' s sponsor prize suppliers , who in turn usually do so for the purposes of product placement . One of the reasons that television broadcasters make ___MASK97___ shows is because they are substantially less costly than producing scripted drama shows . Some TV ___MASK97___ shows fall under the category of reality television . A ___MASK95___ procures and negotiates employment and endorsement contracts for an athlete . Agents are responsible for communications with team owners , managers , coaches , and other individuals . Primarily , agents are used to ___MASK77___ and negotiate contracts for their clients . Also , they are responsible for making recommendations in regard to the athlete ' s options . In addition to finding income sources , agents often handle ___MASK79___ matters for their clients . In some large sports agencies , such as IMG , Creative Artists Agencies Roc Nation Sports , and Octagon , agents deal with all aspects of a client ' s finances , from investment to filing taxes . American football , referred to as football in the United States and ___MASK74___ , and also known as gridiron , is a sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with control of the oval - shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball , while the team without control of the ball , the defense , aims to stop their advance and take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs , or plays , or else they turn over the football to the opposing team ; if they succeed , they are given a new set of four downs . Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team ' s end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent ' s goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . The William Morris Agency ( also known as WMA ) was a Hollywood - based ___MASK80___ agency . It represented some of the best known 20th century entertainers in film , ___MASK70___ , and music . During its 109 year tenure it came to be regarded as the " first great ___MASK80___ agency in show business ".