Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez had a severe case of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, researchers said on Thursday. His lawyer announced a lawsuit against the NFL and the team, accusing them of hiding the true dangers of the sport.
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The leading soccer organization in the United States has attempted to stifle competition from budding leagues looking to offer minor league soccer, according to a federal lawsuit.
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Oscar Pistorius faces another legal challenge when South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal convenes Nov. 3 to hear arguments by state prosecutors that the former track star and convicted murderer should get more jail time.
Read moreThe French Olympic delegation has been welcomed back in Paris after securing the 2024 Olympic Games at a meeting in Lima, Peru.
Read moreA college football player who was convicted of rape in high school and served nearly a year in juvenile detention sued Youngstown State University for not letting him play this season.
Read moreNBA star Charles Oakley on Tuesday sued New York Knicks owner James Dolan, demanding damages for defamation and assault and battery for the highly publicized incident in which the former All-Star was ejected from Madison Square Garden in handcuffs.
Read moreAccusing the Philadelphia School District of slamming the door on opportunity no sooner than it opened, a black student athlete brought a federal class action Tuesday over the short-lived girls’ field hockey and lacrosse teams at Strawberry Mansion High School.
Read moreDallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott should enjoy this weekend’s primetime opening game after all, thanks to a federal judge blocking his six-game suspension Friday based on the finding that his arbitration hearing was unfair.
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A former Liberty University student and football player accused of rape claims his future and reputation were ruined after the college issued a defamatory statement detailing false allegations brought against him by a female student.
Read moreFiring back at suspended running back Ezekiel Elliott, the NFL Management Council notes in new court papers that a disciplinary body for the league has already rejected the star Dallas Cowboy’s appeal.
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Known on the airwaves for gabbing about gambling, sports-radio personality Craig Carton stands accused in a federal complaint Wednesday of digging himself out of debt with a $5.6 million securities fraud.
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Lucille Roberts reached a confidential settlement with a devout Jewish schoolteacher whom “The Women’s Gym” refused to let exercise in a knee-length skirt.
Read moreBrazilian and French authorities said Tuesday they uncovered an international corruption scheme aimed at buying votes in awarding the 2016 Olympics. This is the latest allegation to sully the legacy of the Rio Games, the first Olympics in South America.
Read morePenn State University has filed paperwork indicating it intends to sue the charity founded by ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, whose child molestation scandal rocked the school in 2011.
Read moreFederal police searched the house of the president of the Brazilian Olympic committee on Tuesday and issued a warrant forcing him to testify in an investigation into bribery surrounding the awarding of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Read moreDays after closing its first season with a Las Vegas championship tournament, America’s new basketball league Big3 faces a fraud suit in Manhattan.
Read moreDallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott and his union sued the National Football League late Thursday, seeking to block a six-game domestic violence suspension they claim is the result of a conspiracy to hide critical information that exonerates him.
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Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul found a cool reception Thursday at the Second Circuit where she fought to get $5 million over her unauthorized appearance in “Nutcracker on Ice.”
Read moreIn state and federal court, Showtime faces bicoastal class actions from fight fans who say say their $99 broadcast of the Mayweather-McGregor fight was shakier than the unlucky Irishman on Saturday.
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