Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
ESPN is reporting that Todd O’Brien’s final appeal in his waiver request was denied by the NCAA. Andy Katz writes, “Saint Joseph’s has finally won. It’s over. Todd O’Brien won’t play college basketball this season for UAB.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with O’Brien’s story, see my post Todd O’Brien Denied Release By St. Joseph’s. [...]
SI.com has posted an interesting letter from Todd O’Brien, a former basketball player at St. Joseph’s University presently attending the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB). O’Brien transferred to UAB as a graduate student and intended to take advantage of the same NCAA rule that allows graduate students, such as Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson, to transfer for their last year of eligibility [...]
I grew up in Massachusetts and followed Fall River’s Chris Herren, mostly while he played for Fresno State and the Celtics. So for me, Jonathan Hock’s documentary “Unguarded”, which aired on ESPN this week, was a must see. Hock’s film did not disappoint and it was every bit as captivating as his other ESPN film, “The Best That [...]
UConn Offers Scholarship to Masuk QB Casey Cochran Sean Patrick Bowley of the Connecticut Post reports that UConn has offered Masuk quarterback Casey Cochran a football scholarship. Cochran, who has also been offered a scholarship by Boston College, is the son of well-known high school coach Jack Cochran. He’s coached by John Murphy at Masuk and also trains with [...]
Numerous outlets are reporting that the NFL owners and players have agreed to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. Peter King of SI.com reports that the player representatives from each team have scheduled a conference call at 11 a.m to vote on the deal. King also discusses the highlights of the deal in his Monday [...]
