Goodell Seeking To Prevent Discovery In Vilma Suit

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today asked a Louisiana federal court to prevent Peter Ginsberg , the attorney for Saints LB Jonathan Vilma , from seeking discovery as part of Vilma’s defamation lawsuit against the commissioner. Vilma is suing the commissioner as part of the linebacker being ...

NFL Names Michelle McKenna-Doyle CIO

The NFL named Michelle McKenna-Doyle Senior VP & CIO. She joins the league from Constellation Energy in Baltimore, where she served as CIO. She will lead the league office’s IT team, responsible for the NFL’s technology strategy. The CIO is a new title at the NFL, though the leag ...

NFLPA, Players Want To Keep Same Counsel

The NFLPA and three of the four players the league suspended for their role in the Saints' alleged bounty scandal said in court documents this afternoon there is no conflict in the individuals and union sharing the same counsel. The judge overseeing the case, Helen Berrigan , yesterday raised the p ...

Bounty Judge: NFLPA Counsel May Be Conflicted

The federal judge overseeing the Saints bounty litigation unexpectedly suggested this morning in a written order that the counsel for the NFLPA might be conflicted because it also represent three of the players the league suspended for allegedly participating in the bounty system. The principal ...

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Tennis Channel To Ring NASDAQ Bell

Tennis Channel will ring the Opening Bell of the NASDAQ stock exchange tomorrow morning from the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Tennis Channel, which broadcasts some of the U.S. Open, is not itself a public company. Company CEO Ken Solomon said NASDAQ likes to highlight young companies that beat t ...

Court Declines To Overturn Williams' Suspension

A federal appeals court yesterday declined to overturn a drug suspension of Broncos LB D.J. Williams, agreeing with a lower court that labor law gave the judiciary few options to overturn an arbitrator’s decision within the context of the CBA. The ruling comes as a New Orleans federal court is ...

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NFL, NFLPA Trade Barbs On Collusion Claim

The NFLPA told a federal court Thursday that it should be allowed to bring a collusion claim against the NFL because the court never ended the old antitrust case that it oversaw. The NFLPA alleges the league engaged in collusion in '10 to restrain player pay, but the league says the '11 CBA and end ...

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CBSSN Rolling Out NFL Programming

CBS is airing its first NFL content on the CBS Sports Network this upcoming season, and the network is planning to create more original programming for the cable station. The channel is in 47 million homes, and CBS wants to use NFL shows to drive distribution. “This is our first foray into NFL ...

WTA Unveiling New Ad Campaign

The WTA Tour is launching a new ad campaign today featuring celebrities including Donald Trump, Aretha Franklin, Susan Sarandon, Randy Jackson, Stanley Tucci and Richard Branson, interspersed with players, touting the virtues of women’s tennis. The campaign is the second phase of the "Stro ...

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WTA Tour Launching New Ad Campaign

The WTA Tour is launching a new ad campaign today featuring celebrities including Donald Trump , Aretha Franklin , Susan Sarandon , Randy Jackson , Stanley Tucci and Richard Branson , interspersed with players, touting the virtues of women’s tennis. The campaign is the second phase of t ...