Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
James K. Gentry and Raquel Meyer Alexander published an excellent piece on coaching contracts in college football in the New York Times SportsSunday feature. The article, entitled “From the Sideline to the Bottom Line”, discusses how coaching contracts have evolved from handshake deals to complicated agreements. Here’s an excerpt from the article: A review of [...]
New York Times Series on Derek Boogaard John Branch of the New York Times has published an outstanding series on Derek Boogaard, the late NHL player who passed away earlier this year at the age of 28. “Punched Out, The Life and Death of a Hockey Enforcer” covers Boogaard’s rise through the junior leagues in Canada to the NHL and is [...]
Bobby Valentine Introduced as Red Sox Manager Stamford’s Bobby Valentine was named the 45th manager of the Boston Red Sox. Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe has a great article on Valentine and his connection to his hometown. Here’s video of the press conference introducing Valentine, via CBS Sports: Putting a Face on the NCAA [...]
Big 12 Schools Delay Texas A&M’s Move to the SEC Texas A&M’s move from the Big 12 to the SEC has hit a snag as Baylor, among other schools, has reportedly refused to waive its rights to sue A&M and the SEC over the move. Pete Thamel of the New York Times has the story. In addition, Temple [...]
Katie Thomas of the New York Times has published an outstanding article on some colleges’ practice of manipulating the rosters of their women’s athletic teams to comply with Title IX. Here is an excerpt of the article: …as women have grown to 57 percent of American colleges’ enrollment, athletic programs have increasingly struggled to field a proportional number of [...]
