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From Championship to Courtroom: Municipal Crowd-Management Policies Tested After Denver NBA Finals Celebration

April 6, 2026

(Editor’s Note: From the pages of Sports Litigation Alert) By William H. Gray, Esq. – Senior Associate Attorney at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. Championship victories frequently result in spontaneous public gatherings, presenting significant crowd-management and security challenges for municipalities, venue operators, and law enforcement agencies alike. As cities increasingly host watch parties, victory…
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Former NFL Executive Frank Hawkins Joins Shumaker’s Sports Law Team

March 2, 2026

Frank Hawkins, a nationally recognized sports executive and attorney with more than three decades of experience advising professional sports organizations and stakeholders at the highest levels, has joined Shumaker’s Sports Law Team. Hawkins brings significant depth of experience across complex legal, financial, media, technology, and governance matters that have helped shape the modern sports industry.…
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Surge in Sports Law Practice Groups Will Make It Harder to identify Leading Sports Law Practice Groups

February 19, 2026

Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, will publish its 6th annual list of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practice Groups You Need to Know About” on March 16. It won’t be easy identifying the top 100 for the portal, which recognizes excellence and serves as a resource for those…
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Greenberg Traurig Assists Denver Summit FC in Securing City Approval for New Stadium Development

January 14, 2026

lobal law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Denver Summit FC, Colorado’s new National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) franchise, in securing approvals from the Denver City Council for the development of a 14,500-seat stadium in the city’s Santa Fe Yards area. The City Council voted Dec. 22 in favor of a package of bills designed to support the…
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Target Center Employee’s Banishing of ‘Anti-Ice’ Shirt Gets National Headlines

January 12, 2026

The Athletic’s reporting on a brief but charged interaction at Target Center offered a window into how sports arenas can become flashpoints for broader political and social tensions, particularly in moments of community trauma. During the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 104–103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, Target Center security mistakenly asked a courtside…
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WHY PROFESSORS USE THIS RESOURCE IN SPORTS LAW CLASSES

November 14, 2025

Professors use Sports Litigation Alert in the classroom primarily to supplement textbooks with current, real-world case studies, fostering better in-class discussion and allowing students to apply legal concepts to up-to-date issues. Key benefits for a professor include: Currency of Information: Textbooks can quickly become outdated in the fast-moving field of sports law. The bi-weekly Alert provides timely summaries…
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Law Firm Secures Naming Rights to Basketball Arena in $4.5 Million Deal

October 8, 2025

McNeese State University Vice President and Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer has announced the renaming of the Legacy Center to the Townsley Law Arena following a $4.5 million over 15 years naming rights agreement with Townsley Law Firm. This agreement, which comes only two months after Schroyer signed the largest football stadium naming rights contract…
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Hackney Publications Partners with the Sports and Entertainment Risk Management Alliance to Produce Risk Management in Sports, A SERMA Membership Publication

June 10, 2025

Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law publications, has partnered with the Sports and Entertainment Risk Management Alliance (SERMA) to create the organization’s membership newsletter – Risk Management in Sports, A SERMA Membership Publication. SERMA, which was founded in 2022 by attorney Rich Lenkov, is the first risk management association devoted entirely…
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Foley Represents PeoplesBank in Hartford Arena Naming Rights Deal

June 4, 2025

Foley & Lardner LLP represented PeoplesBank in connection with its multi-year naming rights agreement with Oak View Group and the Capital Region Development Authority to rename the 16,000-seat sports and entertainment venue in Hartford, Connecticut, as PeoplesBank Arena. The newly renamed PeoplesBank Arena is home to the American Hockey League’s Hartford Wolf Pack, the AHL…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast Interviews Sports Lawyer John Tyrrell of Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey

May 30, 2025

Hackney Publications announced today the availability of a recent interview with Sports Lawyer John Tyrrell of Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The segment can be heard here – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-visit-with-sports-lawyer-john-tyrrell-of/id1740807429?i=1000709963990 “John has extensive experience representing operators and managers of stadiums, arenas, entertainment and recreational facilities, including professional and collegiate sports…
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