Sports law history aficionados will want to be sure to watch the new documentary, The Curious Case of Curt Flood, airing this month on HBO. The documentary, which premiered last night, chronicles Curt Flood’s historic legal challenge to baseball’s reserve clause and antitrust exemption, culminating in the United States Supreme Court’s 1972 decision of Flood v. Kuhn. The New York Times’ preview of the documentary is available here.

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First off, our apologies for the lack of posts.  With the 4th of July, vacations, moves, summer weather (and not being on-line as much) and other life events, things have been really slow around here of late.  We’ll resume regular posting soon, with original content as opposed to merely linking to stuff, as I’m about to do.

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