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Bradley U President Gary Roberts, a Sports Lawyer, Seeks to Diffuse Controversy over Media Access

Days after Bradley University (BU) unceremoniously banned Peoria Journal Star (PJS) men’s basketball beat writer Dave Reynolds from participating in a media event for the team’s upcoming NCAA tournament appearance, Bradley University and its president — sports law icon Gary Roberts — sought to correct a wrong and diffuse matters. Here’s what led up to the controversy:…
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NCAA Promotes Sports Lawyer Donald Remy to Chief Operating Officer

NCAA President Mark Emmert has promoted Donald Remy, the former Latham & Watkins partner, to chief operating officer of the Association. Remy will serve as second-in-command to Emmert and oversee daily operations of the NCAA national office, allowing Emmert to expand his external engagement role as president. Previously executive vice president for law, policy and…
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SRLA Honors Sports Law Professors at Annual Conference

The Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) held a successful annual conference last month in Philadelphia before more than a hundred members. As its tradition, SRLA made several award presentations, the most prominent of which where the Betty van der Smissen Leadership Award to Professor John Grady of the University of South Carolina and the…
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Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s 9th Annual Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium Scheduled for Friday, April 12, 2019

On April 12, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Entertainment and Sports Law Association will host its 9th Annual Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium. Every year, C-M Law’s ESLA hosts a Spring Symposium in which attorneys and professionals from around the country discuss emerging legal topics and developments in the entertainment and sports law industry. In its 9th…
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Misericordia University Awards Tenure to Sports Law Professor

Misericordia University recently awarded tenure and promotion to six members of the faculty, including Joshua D. Winneker, J.D., a sports law professor. Professor Winneker holds a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Muhlenberg College. A member of the faculty since 2013,…
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Sports Law Professor John Grady Receives Promotion as well as SRLA’s Highest Award

Its been a great 2019 already for University of South Carolina Professor John Grady. First, the sports law instructor was promoted from associate professor to professor. Then, more recently, he received highest honor one can receive as a member of the Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) at the organization’s annual conference in Philadelphia. Grady…
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2019 Harvard Sports Law Symposium Scheduled for Monday, April 1, 2019

On April 1, the Harvard Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law and the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law are hosting the 2019 Harvard Sports Law Symposium. An annual event, the Symposium is intended to bring together sports industry—focused practitioners, academics, and students for meaningful discussions on the most pressing business and legal issues in the…
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Ammon, Tyrrell, Brown and Other Attorneys Write Articles for the Latest Sports Litigation Alert

In keeping with its tradition of featuring original content from some of the leading legal experts in the sports industry, the latest sports litigation alert is rich with fresh perspective from thought leaders. Dr. Robert Ammon, Associate Professor and Chair of the Kinesiology and Sport Management Division at the University of South Dakota, writes about…
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Montgomery McCracken Launches Sports Medicine Law Newsletter

Montgomery McCracken is pleased to announce that the firm has partnered with Hackney Publications to launch Sports Medicine and Law, a complete source for news, case summaries, articles, and strategies concerning sports medicine and the law, whether they arise at the professional, collegiate, high school, and amateur levels. Members of Montgomery McCracken’s Sports Injury Practice,…
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Eleven Black Football Players File Fourteenth Amendment Civil Rights Complaint Against Maricopa County Community College District in Federal Court Over its Decision to End Football Program

(Editor’s Note: The following article appeared in both Sports Litigation Alert and Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics, both of which can be subscribed to at www.hackneypublications.com) By Justin B. Kozubal, MSA, of Capital University & Michael S. Carroll, PhD, of Troy University On or around December 31, 2018, eleven Black football players from Mesa Community…
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