Removing antitrust barriers from a $71 billion merger, the Department of Justice told Disney on Wednesday that it can buy most of 21st Century Fox’s assets as long as it divests 22 regional sports networks.
Read moreNew York City public schools deny black and Latino students equal access to high school sports teams, a class action claims in New York County Supreme Court.
Read moreThoroughbred horse racing will return to Virginia after a 4-year absence, with the legalization of “historical horse racing machines,” a form of digital gambling that in which bettors wager on old races.
Read moreConflicting state laws and wide variations in hours worked make it impractical and wrong to let Minor League players team up to sue their employers for minimum wage, a Major League Baseball lawyer told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday.
Read moreMajor League Baseball’s Cincinnati Reds asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse a finding that sports teams must pay sales taxes on collectible bobblehead toys and other giveaways to fans on game days.
Read moreFive former Houston Texans cheerleaders claim in a lawsuit filed Friday that they were subjected to a hostile workplace and not protected from mental and physical abuses perpetrated by fans and their own coach.
Read moreA federal judge indicated on Thursday that she will advance a lawsuit accusing Fox of using boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s likeness without permission in a 2017 Super Bowl promotional video.
Read moreThe Houston Texans stiff its cheerleaders for the hours they spend in the gym and at official team events, and fires them for complaining about the squad’s weight-shaming coach, a former cheerleader claims in a federal class action.
Read moreAfter a flimsy gun charge sidelined his NFL career, former linebacker Khaseem Greene accused New Jersey police and prosecutors on Tuesday of suborning perjury.
Read moreCleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James and his multimedia platform Uninterrupted were sued Monday by a Detroit barbershop that claims the basketball player ripped off its concept for a web series that features discussions in a barbershop setting.
Read moreA longtime provider of roasted peanuts to Oriole Park claims in court that lax quality controls by its farm suppliers led to a roasted mouse being sold to a spectator and the ensuing cancellation of the vendor’s contract.
Read moreA professional tennis player claims in Florida state court that the anti-doping blood testing performed by the Women’s Tennis Association and International Tennis Federation permanently injured her arm and damaged her career.
Read moreA Michigan State University student filed a sex-discrimination lawsuit claiming school counselors actively discouraged her from contacting police to report an alleged off-campus rape by three Spartans basketball players.
Read moreA lawsuit against the head coach of the University of Cincinnati women’s volleyball team accuses her of body shaming a black athlete and dropping her from the team because of photos she posted on Instagram.
Read moreA former Major League Baseball player claims in court that ESPN, the Associated Press and USA Today published a defamatory news article that falsely accused him and his company of selling banned performance enhancing substances to professional baseball players.
Read moreA Connecticut man filed a class action Friday claiming the New York Jets are selling seats that were set aside for purchasers of personal seat licenses to the general public, making the licenses he bought to get season tickets worthless.
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A photographer who took a photo of pre-superstar Michael Jordan for Life magazine, in midair soaring toward the hoop, could not persuade the Ninth Circuit that Nike ripped him off with its “Jumpman” logo.
Read moreThough hope remains for a second-half turnaround, the Second Circuit refused Friday to make the U.S. Soccer Federation reinstate a Division II men’s league.
Read moreSouth Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley claims in court that Missouri’s athletic director slandered her when he suggested she created an atmosphere that encouraged fans to spit on his players and use racial slurs.
Read moreA Louisiana man was found guilty of manslaughter Friday for fatally shooting former NFL player Joe McKnight during a road-rage incident just over a year ago.
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