The Connecticut Bar Association honored UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun last week by awarding him the 2010 Distinguished Public Service Award. Although Calhoun is best known for building the UConn basketball program into a national power, he has made significant contributions to Connecticut charities. Here are some the highlights of Coach Calhoun’s charitable work: In 1998, [...]
Trial Begins in Quinnipiac Volleyball Title IX Case
June 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
Trial in the Title IX lawsuit brought by members of the Quinnipiac University volleyball program against the University is set to begin today in United States District Court in Bridgeport. Doug Malan of the Connecticut Law Tribune has a nice piece on the case. Malan writes that although Quinnipiac reinstated the volleyball program after the [...]
Congratulations to Natick Coach Tom Lamb
June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Natick High School (Mass.) football coach and athletic director Tom Lamb celebrated his retirement this past weekend. Michael Morton of the MetroWest Daily News wrote a great article on Coach Lamb’s legacy. Although Coach Lamb enjoyed a record-setting career, Morton’s story focused more on Lamb’s effect on the players that he coached: Those in attendance recalled [...]
Friday Night Rights: School Waivers May Not Be Enforceable
June 14, 2010 By 7 Comments
Legal Issues in High School Athletics has featured my recent article concerning a lawsuit arising from the injury of an East Lyme (Conn.) high school track athlete in its May-June 2010 issue. The article fits in nicely with my blog series “Friday Night Rights”, which covers the legal and business issues that arise in high school sports. [...]
Hartford Colonials to Open Mini-Camp to Public
June 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
The United Football League’s (UFL) Hartford Colonials kick off a three-day mini camp this morning at 9 am, at Sage Park in Berlin. Team workouts are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There will be two practices on Friday and Saturday, with a morning session from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and an afternoon session from [...]
