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Sports Lawyers Association To Host First-Ever Fall Symposium on November 7 in New Orleans

The Sports Lawyers Association (SLA), a non-profit, international, professional organization whose common goal is furthering the understanding, advancement and ethical practice of sports law, will host its first-ever Fall Forum on November 7 at the New Orleans Marriott. The theme of the Symposium is “Tech and Sports: Data, Deals and Decisions.” “This topic couldn’t be…
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Report Suggests Cybersecurity Risks at the Olympic Games Will be Widespread

While previous Olympic games have faced cybersecurity threats, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, also known as Paris 2024, will see the largest number of threats, the most complex threat landscape, the largest ecosystem of threat actors, and the highest degree of ease for threat actors to execute attacks. To defend against these attacks and…
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AI Recognizes Athletes’ Emotions – Implications for Sports Betting

Using computer-assisted neural networks, Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Duisburg-Essen have been able to accurately identify affective states from the body language of tennis players during games. For the first time, they trained a model based on artificial intelligence (AI) with data from actual games. Their study, published…
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Analytics and Its Impact on the Sports Industry

Ever wondered why your favorite basketball team loses season after season? Or why other teams perform well? Height plays a huge role in the NBA — the average NBA player is 6 feet 6 inches tall, and the average male in the United States is about 5 feet 10 inches. With each inch that you…
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Artificial Intelligence at Its Worst

By Shelly Palmer In a disturbing exploitation of AI, former Pikesville High School (Maryland) athletic director Dazhon Darien was arrested for allegedly impersonating the school’s principal using AI voice synthesis to disseminate false racist and antisemitic statements. The synthetic audio, widely shared on social media, inaccurately portrayed the principal expressing derogatory views about Black students…
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Study Points to Benefits of Combining Mindfulness and Exercise; Expert IDs Five Ways to Be More Mindful While Exercising

Erika Perez, a Jungian certified life coach and founder of Re-Mindful, recently reviewed a study that was published in Mental Health and Physical Activity, which looked at the combined effects of mindfulness and exercise. Perez, who is bilingual, noted that the results suggest that when combined, mindfulness and exercise may offer tangible benefits for mental health. “It…
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D.C. United Hires Sports Lawyer Caleb Shreve as Assistant General Manager

D.C. United has announced the hiring of Caleb Shreve as its new Assistant General Manager. Shreve joins the Black-and-Red after spending the previous two seasons as Orlando City SC’s Head of Analytics. Prior to this, Shreve spent two years as a Data Analyst for Nashville SC in 2019 where he worked closely with current D.C.…
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Willkie Represents Multiple Investors in Acquisition of Charlotte Hornets

Willkie is representing three separate investors, including J. Cole and Damian Mills, as part of a buyer group, in the acquisition of a majority stake in the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets from Michael Jordan. Hornets Sports & Entertainment announced on June 16 that Chairman Michael Jordan reached an agreement to sell his majority stake in the…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast Interviews Sports Lawyer Ivan Parron

Hackney Publications has announced that Ivan Parron, an international sports lawyer and founding partner of PARRON LAW, is the featured guest on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The podcast segment can be heard here. “Ivan’s work in the international sports law space, especially in Latin America, is second to none,” said Holt Hackney, the founder and publisher…
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Rider Partners with Sports Technology Company Spry to Power Athletic Department Compliance & Team Operations

Rider University has partnered with Spry. Through this partnership, Spry’s platform will be implemented across Rider Athletics to help streamline compliance processes, increase communication efficiencies and ensure adherence to NCAA regulations for Rider student-athletes, coaches, and administrators. “Rider Athletics is committed to providing a first-class experience to our student-athletes,” said Don Harnum, Director of Athletics…
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