By Karlee Weinmann ( November 12, 2013, 3:16 PM EST) -- The field of potential buyers for the talent agency owned by New York private equity firm Forstmann Little & Co. has been shaved down from a field of 12, sources told Bloomberg on Tuesday. Among those knocked from the $2.5 billion-plus chase for IMG Worldwide Inc. are Texas-based TPG Capital and Creative Artists Agency. That leaves private equity giant KKR & Co. LP pitted against Silver Lake Management LLC, CVC Capital Partners Ltd. and Carlyle Group LP. IMG's client roster includes several of today's most prominent athletes and entertainers, including Taylor Swift and Peyton Manning. The agency's sports-licensing business is considered one of its trophy assets....