Worldwide: Sport

Mark Walter's record-breaking $2.5 billion profit from flipping the Los Angeles Lakers in just 14 months has exposed a potential crisis in NBA franchise ownership. As the league faces no restrictions on rapid resales, this unprecedented transaction raises critical questions about whether professional sports teams are becoming short-term investment vehicles rather than long-term civic institutions, and what mechanisms the NBA might deploy to prevent franchise flipping from becoming the new normal.

SafeSport emerged from one of the largest institutional failures in modern American sports. For decades, Larry Nassar, a former physician trusted by USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, sexually abused hundreds of women and girl athletes while disguising his crimes as medical treatment. Despite repeated complaints and warning signs, investigations revealed that officials within USA Gymnastics, Michigan State, and the broader Olympic movement failed to intervene, allowing Nassar continued access to athletes for years.

A federal court in Colorado has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the NCAA from enforcing its Five-Year Eligibility Rule against Division I student-athletes who began competition in 2022. The ruling addresses whether the NCAA's exclusion of the "Class of 2022" from a new eligibility framework violates antitrust law, potentially affecting thousands of athletes seeking a fifth season of competition.

On July 27, the College Football Players Association (CFBPA) announced that Stanford football players had established the first campus chapter of the organization...

International student-athletes face significant barriers to participating in the NIL marketplace due to F-1 visa employment restrictions, creating a legal gray zone where opportunities available to their U.S. citizen teammates may jeopardize their immigration status. As NIL becomes central to college sports through developments like the House settlement...

When FIFA's 2026 World Cup came to Dallas, a nearly 30-year-old marine conservation mural was painted over without the artist's consent, sparking a federal lawsuit under the Visual Artists Rights Act.

On June 30, 2026, the National Institutes of Health announced that its All of Us Research Program has become the world’s largest integrated genomic and electronic health record database, with data...

When a committee or affiliate breaks away from its parent organization, can it continue using the original entity's trademarks? A federal court decision in USA Masters Weightlifting v. USA Weightlifting addresses whether departing groups automatically inherit trademark rights and institutional legitimacy, examining defenses of genericness, fair use, and fraud in the context of organizational splits.

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