The founders of fantasy sports company FanDuel claim in a suit filed in New York state court Wednesday that its board of directors and private equity firms undervalued the company ahead of merger and intentionally deprived employees and investors of their common shares without compensation.
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Thousands of mourners gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday to commemorate NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year old daughter Gianna and seven others who were killed when their helicopter crashed in the Santa Monica Mountains last month.
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Major League Baseball is asking a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss a class action filed by five fans who claim their fantasy baseball scores were harmed by the Houston Astros’ use of technology to steal signs.
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He’s 42 years old, a little out of shape and clearly no spring chicken. But clearly there’s no one more popular on the field for the Philadelphia Phillies than the Phanatic.
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As thousands gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday to celebrate NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month, Kobe’s wife Vanessa Bryant filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that operated the helicopter.
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In a survey of nearly 500 elite athletes spread across 48 countries, many of them gearing up for the Olympics later this year, an athletes’ rights group found that 58% said they did not consider themselves financially stable.
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Players on the U.S. women’s national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages in their gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
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Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday by Swiss federal prosecutors in connection with a wider bribery investigation linked to FIFA and World Cup television rights.
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The New Orleans Saints head to court Thursday to try to block the release of hundreds of confidential emails detailing the behind-the-scenes public relations work the team did for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese in its sexual abuse scandals.
Read moreThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court suspended for one year the law license of Frank Fina, who investigated and prosecuted former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The court agreed with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel that Fina had improperly obtained grand jury testimony from Penn State’s then-general counsel Cynthia Baldwin.
Read moreA 12-year-old girl’s claim that she was seriously injured by a foul ball while watching a game at US Baseball’s national team trials is not precluded by the primary assumption of risk doctrine, an appeals court in California ruled. Recent steps taken to extend netting in baseball stadiums indicate that safety measures can be taken without fundamentally altering the nature of the game.
Read moreFive Jane Does sued Carroll College in federal court, claiming it discriminates against female athletes in funding and scholarships and, among other things, making them do the maintenance on their playing fields and borrow the equipment to do it, in Helena, Mont. Federal Court.
Read morePresident Donald Trump gave an election-year embrace to NASCAR and its fans Sunday when he became the second president ever to attend the Daytona 500. The presidential motorcade took to the track to join in a warm-up lap after he had told the crowd that the racers and their teams were competing “for pure American glory.”
Read moreA Houston Astros fan filed a class action against the team Friday, claiming it overcharged for him for season tickets for the 2017 through 2020 seasons because its players were secretly stealing pitch signs as confirmed by a Major League Baseball investigation.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Supreme Court Friday upheld the annexation of a small town’s land by a nearby city to clear the way for a luxury golf course, finding the land grab satisfied state law requirements but disagreeing over the use of the rule of reason to check a municipality’s powers.
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The first of three criminal trials for celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti has ended with a New York jury convicting him of extorting Nike for millions of dollars at the threat of exposing a corruption scandal.
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Dozens of trophies, balls and cups sit on two worn, wooden shelves in the small home in a Buenos Aires suburb of Mara Gómez, who is poised to become the first transgender woman to play professional soccer in Argentina.
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Tokyo Olympic organizers reiterated their message on Thursday at the start of two days of meetings with the International Olympic Committee: The 2020 Games will not be waylaid by the virus that is spreading from neighboring China.
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New Orleans news outlets on Thursday will ask a judge for an open hearing on the confidentiality of emails between Roman Catholic officials and the city’s NFL franchise, the New Orleans Saints, concerning clergy sex-abuse scandals.
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