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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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NFL will still pick out new owners
The NFL does not plan to stop handpicking prospective owners in the wake of the federal investigation of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam’s private company, sources said last week. The NFL chose and encouraged Haslam on the Browns purchase. Prior to that, the league did the same with Sha ...
Lawsuit over Super Bowl seats heats up
A lawyer for the fans suing the NFL over the 2011 Super Bowl seating fiasco questioned whether Bill McConnell, a top league events executive, was in a “drunken state” the night before the game, according to a transcript of McConnell’s March 1 deposition, part of which was filed las ...
Tags: Law and Politics
Insurer: Lawsuit could cost NFL $2.5B
The NFL could pay $2.5 billion if it loses a federal class action lawsuit brought by retirees who say they were injured by concussions suffered from the sport, a league insurer recently told a New York state court. And that is on top of the hundreds of millions of dollars the NFL’s own lawyer ...
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NFL insurance policies missing
The NFL is missing insurance policies dating back to the late 1960s, sources familiar with the situation said, a circumstance that could complicate the league’s legal defense against the carriers suing over their liability to the related concussion litigation. The NFL wants a group of more ...
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Public face of concussions case
A purposefully grim scene played out last week in the basement conference room of the swanky Hotel Monaco in Philadelphia. Around a dozen reporters, recorders and cameras humming, converged on former Philadelphia Eagle and New England Patriot Kevin Turner, who is suffering from ALS and who said he m ...
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Marlins look to refinance
The Miami Marlins are trying to refinance $165 million and borrow an additional $10 million, financial sources said. Fans have revolted over the team’s roster moves. GETTY IMAGES ...
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NFL seeks dismissal of antitrust suit
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. The NFL asked a federal court last week to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by cap maker American Needle, more than 12 years after the league signed a licensing contract with Reebok that sparked the claim and three years after a U ...
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NBA eyes Kings financing plans
With the NBA considering two competing bids for the Sacramento Kings, league scrutiny is falling on the financing differences between the investor groups, one of which wants to keep the team in its current home, the other wishing to relocate the franchise to Seattle. The Sacramento group, which i ...
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MLB will expand loan pool
MLB plans to increase the pool of money that the league lends to its clubs by about half a billion dollars, pushing the total amount to nearly $2 billion. The league expects to complete the financing by the summer, sources said. The move underscores how MLB financially is enjoying a plush pe ...
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Pats go long online
The New England Patriots have been pioneers on the media front. In 1995, they launched their own website and later added their own newspaper, Patriots Football Weekly. So it’s no coincidence that the team is at the forefront of the NFL in providing content on its team site. From video to radio ...
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