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Tuesday Agents? Who needs 'em Wednesday Catching up with the agent for Venus and Serena Williams Thursday Chat Day: Interact with top agents and Arli$$ producer Robert Wuhl Friday Sound off: Readers react series, show ALSO SEE: Chat wrap: No Limit Sports agent Leland Hardy Chat wrap: Arli$$ star Robert Wuhl Chat wrap: Drew Rosenhaus Chat wrap: ESPN.com's Greg Garber MULTIMEDIA: Master P says it's time for a black-owned sports agency. avi: 1,100k RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN  Leigh Steinberg offers advice for those considering becoming sports agents. avi: 707k RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN  Drew Rosenhaus explains why he recruited Edgerrin James so heavily. wav: 129k RealAudio: 14.4 | 28.8 This four-part online series is a companion to the Outside the Lines television show that re-airs on Saturday at noon ET.

April 23, 1999 Step inside their world Tom Farrey, ESPN.com In the second episode of the first season of Arli$$, the HBO show that looks at the sports world through the experience of a fictitious agent, Arliss Michaels positions himself to represent a high-school basketball star who announces he's skipping college and will jump straight to the NBA. Arliss uses the opportunity to settle a score with team owner Buddy Reingold. In the next episode, according to the official Arli$$ web site, temptation gets the better of squeaky-clean QB Dan Hendricks. Arliss battles with a client's desire to confess his sins to the world, while keeping the suspicious media and a scorned wife at bay.   Real life meets art in HBO's Arli$$, now entering its third season. In the fifth episode of the second season, Sports Illustrated is planning an article about sports agents and will select only one agent to grace the magazine's cover. Despite some early maneuvering, Arliss thinks he's out of the running. But "the working man's friend" puts on his best moves in OT when he risks his own life to save client Damian Niles. Is the world of agents really as manic as the one presented on Arli$$? Two prominent agents, as well as the creator of Arli$$, took questions from ESPN.com users in chat sessions on Thursday. Check out what they had to say. Our lineup: Robert Wuhl plays Arliss Michaels on the show Arli$$, which begins its third season on June 7. A huge sports fan known to show up at major sports events, Wuhl not only acts in but produces the popular show. His story ideas aren't pulled from thin air, either, as the show uses prominent sports agents as consultants. In the chat session, Wuhl hinted at what to expect in the season ahead. If you missed the chat session, here's the Wuhl transcript. Leland Hardy, managing director and chief investment officer for the Master P-owned No Limit Sports, represents Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams and six players taken in last weekend's NFL draft. The sports world will be watching how he handles negotiations with the New Orleans Saints, who traded away the rest of their 1999 draft picks, plus future picks, in order to move up in the draft and select Williams with the sixth pick. A newcomer to the sports-agent business, No Limit Sports also represents four NBA players and six WNBA players -- excluding Master P, who got a tryout with the Charlotte Hornets this season. Separate from No Limit Sports, Hardy, a former pro boxer and Wall Street investment banker, also does some marketing work for Venus and Serena Williams. Here's the Hardy transcript. Drew Rosenhaus represents 40 NFL players including Warren Sapp, Zach Thomas and Jessie Armstead. Many of his players are from the University of Miami, not far from his home in Miami Beach, Fla. Rosenhaus has been an agent since his senior year at Duke law school, when he negotiated a contract with the New Orleans Saints for 1989 second-round pick Robert Massey. Rosenhaus, who actually has graced the cover of Sports Illustrated for his flamboyant ways and aggressive manner, wrote the 1998 autobiography "A Shark Never Sleeps." Here's the Rosenhaus transcript. Comments on the Outside the Lines show and series on agents can be sent to farreyt@espn.com. Selected e-mail comments and interactions in the chat rooms will be published on Friday.

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