Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Connecticut Sports Law is pleased to announce that attorney and veteran sports writer Richard Kent will be sharing his writing and expertise on UConn and Big East sports, particularly football and men’s and women’s basketball. Kent has authored a number of sports books, including Lady Vols and UConn: The Greatest Rivalry, Inside Women’s College Basketball: [...]
Here’s a great comment that helps to explain the current status of the ownership of the Hartford Whalers’ trademarks: The Hartford Whalers trademarks were assigned to the Canes. One of the legacy registrations for hockey games – is still live and managed by NHL Properties, the NHL entity that manages all the NHL teams’ trademark registrations. Puck [...]
Attorney General Demands Website Immediately Stop Selling Jasper Howard Merchandise October 23, 2009 Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today demanded that a Pennsylvania website immediately stop selling T-shirts and towels memorializing recently murdered University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard or face legal action. Blumenthal said that Gamedaytease.com claims proceeds will benefit Howard’s unborn child, but [...]
UConn and Jasper Howard figured significantly in the past weekend of college football action. West Virginia’s classy ovation for the UConn team, pre-game moment of silence and “We are all Huskies” sign together made for a fitting tribute to UConn’s fallen star, Jasper Howard. Howard and Huskies also figured prominently in an interesting business and [...]
Tweet of the Week From Peter King of Sports Illustrated (@SI_PeterKing) on Tom Cable situation: Interesting now to see a) what action NFL takes vs. Cable; b) whether Cable sues Hanson; c) whether Hanson sues Cable. Still a story here. Understanding the Patriots’ Pre-Trade Deadline Moves Andrew Brandt of the National Football Post wrote a great [...]
