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Daniel Kaplan
Staff writer Daniel Kaplan covers the NFL, finance and tennis.
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Plaintiff in lawsuit over Liverpool purchase seeks documents from Fenway Sports Group05 / 20 / 13The owner of the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Sports Group, has been able to stay out of the years-long controversy and lawsuits sparked by its 2010 purchase of Liverpool FC — until last week. Mill Financial, a former lender to Liverpool, asked a New York state court on Monday to launch legal pro... Tags: Law and Politics |
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Super Bowl’s numerals: Still a classic
Quick. What is the Roman numeral for 50? V? XXXXX? L? With NFL owners scheduled to vote this week on the host site for the 50th Super Bowl, it may be time to brush up on ancient Rome’s numbers. Just ask the mayor of San Francisco. ...
Gambling logos scarce on ATP players
The ATP World Tour at the start of this year authorized players, for the first time, to wear gambling logos on their apparel, an apparent concession to agents who had clamored for more opportunities to commercialize their clients’ success. More than four months later, no player among the to ...
49ers able to refinance early
The San Francisco 49ers plan to refinance their $850 million of stadium debt obligation in the next two months, sources said, well over a year earlier than originally projected. The team last week hosted a bank meeting at the site of the 49ers’ new Santa Clara, Calif., stadium on the same d ...
Tags: Finance
Singapore delivers dollars for WTA
The WTA should reap more than $75 million in total value from its five-year deal, announced last week, to place its season-ending championships in Singapore from 2014 through 2018. World Sport Group’s Andrew Georgiou (second ...
NFLPA made deal to reduce future caps
The NFL Players Association last year agreed to reduce future salary caps in exchange for a higher amount under the cap in 2012 than the players were due to receive, the union disclosed recently in court documents tied to its collusion case against the league. The fact that the NFLPA made the agr ...
Tags: Labor and Agents
Concessions helped Sacramento group
State Sen. Darrell Steinberg (left) and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson celebrate news of the vote. Photo by: ICON SMI In the days leading up to last week’s vote that denied an ...
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NFL concussion litigation
With billions of dollars on the line, the lawsuit brought by thousands of retirees against the NFL for concussions is clearly the most-watched lawsuit in sports. Hundreds of concussion cases bro ...
Tags: In-Depth, Law and Politics
NFL evaluating helmet deal
The NFL has begun evaluating the future of its controversial relationship with Riddell, as its nearly 25-year on-field partnership with the helmet manufacturer expires after the coming season. Riddell owns valuable space for its l ...
Blackhorse v. Pro-Football Inc.
News that a group of Native Americans in March had filed a complaint against the Washington Redskins started the latest iteration of this long-running controversy. Five Native Americans filed th ...
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Dryer et al. v. NFL
Six former NFL players, led by Fred Dryer, sued NFL Films in 2009 for not paying them when the league used their images and footage in videos and shows. In March, the NFL announced a $50 million settlement, and the court has given preliminary approval, but the six original plaintiffs are not on boar ...
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