The Boston Chapter of Women In Sports and Events (WISE) is pleased to present a networking and panel discussion covering the NFL and NBA lockouts.
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Interested in BCS reform? Want a playoff system for college football?  A new community of fans is emerging: Fix The Post Season. They also can be found on Twitter and Facebook.  Definitely worth checking out if you’re hoping to see playoffs in college football. more…

A few hours ago I was on NBA TV to join Steve Smith, David Aldridge, Vince Cellini and Steve Aschburner for a roundtable discussion on what to expect going forward in the NBA lockout.  One thing not to expect: the 2011-12 season starting on time. more…

I’ll be giving a talk today at 4 p.m. at Suffolk University Law School in Boston.  It will be held in the moot court room on the 4th floor.  Topics will include the NBA lockout, collective bargaining issues for Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association, and how to break into the sports law industry.  If you’re in Boston and have some free time around then, hope to see you there! more…

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Patriotic and political rituals that pervade our sporting events. And the performing of The Star-Spangled Banner, a part of just about every game, is heightened at major games and events (championships, Super Bowls, all-star games, event finals). And we expected that to even more so at today’s Women’s Final of the U.S. Open, played in New York on the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

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Only sort-of sports-law related, kind of: The top 4 seeds made the Men’s Semifinals at the U.S. Open. In today’s semis, # 1 (Djokovic) played # 3 (Federer) and # 2 (Nadal) played # 4 (Murrary). But brackets are always set up for semis of 1 v. 4 and 2 v. 3.

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I missed this two days ago: To no one’s surprise, MLB denied, without explanation, the Phillies’ protest over the use of replay in last Sunday’s game with the Marlins. more…

Sports Law Symposium: Law and the Olympic Movement

Please join The University of Maine School of Law and Preti Flaherty on September 13, 2011 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm for a Sports Law Symposium featuring:
Law and the Olympic Movement

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Baylor University and its president, Ken Starr (the same Ken Starr who was Independent Counsel investigating President Clinton) may file a lawsuit to stop Texas A&M from joining the SEC. I talk to Maggie Gray of Sports Illustrated Inside Report about it.

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