{"id":106,"date":"2010-08-23T21:03:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T04:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rttheme10.templatemints.com\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2017-04-25T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T20:09:07","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/playermanagement.com\/?page_id=106","title":{"rendered":"Press &#038; Media Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/playermanagement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rainess1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-757\" title=\"Ira Rainess, Esquire\" src=\"https:\/\/playermanagement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rainess1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a>Ira Rainess<\/strong>, one of the top sports and entertainment attorneys in the country, leads the Sports &amp; Entertainment law practice at Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin &amp; White. 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