The Washington Football Team announced yesterday that they have appointed Jason Wright team president. In this role, Wright will be responsible for leading the organization’s business divisions, including operations, finance, sales, and marketing. He will join Coach Ron Rivera, who maintains all on-field responsibilities and football decisions, in reporting directly to team owner, Dan Snyder.…
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Munck Wilson Mandala (http://www.munckwilson.com) has announced that Tasha Schwikert has joined the firm’s Sports Law Practice as an associate. Schwikert brings with her four years of legal experience in corporate, real estate, and construction matters, representing clients in construction agreements, AIA agreements, real estate transactions, and general corporate matters. But she is better known to…
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Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced earlier this week that Major League Baseball has named Michele Meyer-Shipp as its Chief People & Culture Officer. In this capacity, Meyer-Shipp will oversee all of MLB’s human resources activities, including talent processes and programs, workplace culture, and diversity and inclusion. Meyer-Shipp also will oversee all off-field…
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O’Melveny represented WFC LA/Angel City in securing the exclusive right to bring a professional women’s soccer team to Los Angeles. The team’s official name and venue partner will be announced before the end of 2020, with the inaugural season set to kick off in spring 2022 as part of the National Women’s Soccer League. WFC…
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Jeremi Duru – American University professor, author, counselor, and advocate – will be the special guest July 30 in a webinar entitled Sports & Social Impact – A COVID-19 Playbook. To register for the event – which will be hosted by Matt Winkler, Professor & Director, and Keith Scully, Consultant & Professor- visit here. The…
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(Editor’s Note: I’ve known Jalen Shead for more than 10 years. He is a highly respectful, quiet young man and a good student. He lets his play on the court do his talking. In this case, he had had enough. Shortly after Shead shared this, Texas State athletic director Larry Teis announced the school was…
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The NCAA Board of Governors has expanded the Association’s Confederate flag policy to prevent any NCAA championship events from being played in states where the symbol has a prominent presence. The policy previously barred the awarding of sites determined in advance of a championship in states that displayed the Confederate flag. However, if a college…
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By Robert Romano On April 9, 1865, over 155 years ago, the traitor known as Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Yes, for some it may be hard to believe, but the Confederate States lost the Civil War – it surrendered, yielded, resigned, gave up, quit, came in…
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“The NFL is growing our social justice efforts through a 10-year total $250 million fund to combat systemic racism and support the battle against the ongoing and historic injustices faced by African-Americans. The NFL and our clubs will continue to work collaboratively with NFL players to support programs to address criminal justice reform, police reforms, and…
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The University of Arkansas School of Law Alumni Society Board of Directors presented the inaugural Commitment to Justice award recipient to sports lawyer Alex Guynn (J.D. ’05) last month The award was created to recognize alumni and friends for their service to the legal community and law school. Guynn is the managing partner at Neely…
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