Siding with two Dutch speed skaters, an EU court ruled Wednesday that the International Skating Union has been illegally forcing skaters to compete only in events it sanctions.
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Citing Major League Baseball’s long history of corked bats, spitballs and steroids, the Second Circuit on Monday appeared unlikely to revive a class action that says a coverup of the 2017 electronic sign-stealing scandal cheated fans out of an honest fantasy baseball competition.
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Conservation officials in Scotland said Wednesday that the coastal sand dunes at President Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf resort have lost their special status as a protected environmental site.
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NASCAR went to Talladega Superspeedway on heightened alert after Bubba Wallace, its only black driver, took an active role in a push for racial equality.
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Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to rescue a season amid the coronavirus after months of acrimony.
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Fifteen minor league baseball teams filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against insurance companies they say won’t pay for coronavirus-related business interruption claims.
Read moreThe U.S. Women’s soccer team’s gender discrimination lawsuit deflated Friday when a federal judge in Los Angeles granted U.S. Soccer Federation summary judgment, finding women earned more in cumulative pay and rejecting claims women would have earned more under the men’s team’s pay structure.
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Among other deficiencies in the city of Oakland’s suit, the judge found a $378 million relocation fee the Raiders paid could act as an obstacle to moving that favors existing host cities.
Read moreThe NCAA’s Board of Governors on Wednesday signaled its support for rule changes that would allow student-athletes to be paid by third parties for endorsements and business ventures.
Read moreHorse-drawn carriages will soon be a thing of the past in Chicago, the city council voting Friday to stop issuing licenses for the tourist attraction.
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Fred “Curly” Neal, the dribbling wizard who entertained millions with the Harlem Globetrotters for more than two decades, has died. He was 77.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Clippers and their billionaire owner Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday their new company CAPSS will purchase The Forum for $400 million in a deal that clears legal roadblocks to construction of a new basketball arena in Inglewood.
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Strange wagers are cropping up in the vacuum opened by the coronavirus-driven shutdown of college and pro sports. As it makes inroads in Congress, one offering seems morbidly prescient: “Will any sitting US Senator be diagnosed with COVID-19 before July 4, 2020?”
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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.
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.
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A constitutional law professor who was barred from personalizing his license plate to honor his favorite soccer club scored a victory against the DMV on Tuesday after California officials agreed to settle his free speech lawsuit.
Read moreA fantasy baseball contestant filed a federal class action Thursday against Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros, claiming that they cheated fans of an honest fantasy baseball competition.
Read moreLess than three months after California passed a landmark law that will allow college athletes to earn money from the commercial use of their likeness, the National Collegiate Athletic Association held its annual convention in the Golden State Thursday to address the elephant in the room.
Read moreA radio host and former swing coach for Tiger Woods sued the PGA Tour Wednesday, claiming it unfairly pressured SiriusXM to cancel his radio show after he made controversial comments about Korean golfers.
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National Football League team owners and other high-level league officials will have to turn over eight years of cellphone records as part of a lawsuit over the Rams’ move to Los Angeles, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.
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