Two minor league baseball teams have gone to the Supreme Court with a simple request: Put an end to the rules that have protected Major League Baseball from antitrust liability for over a century. It's hardly the first time MLB's antitrust immunity has been challenged in court, and it remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will take their side. At issue is a consequence of MLB's 2020 restructuring. The sea change saw MLB cut the number of minor league affiliates from 160 to 120 and restricted major league teams from affiliating with more than four minor league clubs. The minor league tea ..read more

Northwestern University recently fired Pat Fitzgerald, arguably the most successful head football coach they've ever had. These things happen. Coaches get fired and replaced all the time. But here's the thing: Fitzgerald didn't get the boot because the team wasn't doing well enough. Anyone with a passing familiarity with college football knows that the Wildcats aren't exactly strangers to a couple of back-to-back losing seasons. Nor was Fitzgerald shown the door because of some behind-the-scenes contract negotiations gone awry. Northwestern signed him to a 10-year, $57 million c ..read more

Barstool Sports brands itself as a "sports and pop culture blog covering the latest news and viral highlights of each and everyday with blogs, videos and podcast." Everything from its name to its casual grammatical errors to its favorite subject matters seems curated to appeal to a specific demographic: bros who want to hear all about sports gossip and pop culture and less about actual sports. Barstool Sports survives on "bold" takes and has been no stranger to controversy over the years. For example, take Barstool Sports' founder Dave Portnoy's history of making racially insensitive ..read more

A few athletes are so dominant they become synonymous with the sport they play. What Michael Jordan is to basketball and Wayne Gretzky is to hockey, the name Jack Nicklaus is to golf. But what about the man behind the name? Can he live outside the world of golf, or is he destined to exist exclusively on that course? This is not the beginning of a blog on existentialism. Instead, it is the essence of multi-million dollar litigation between golf legend Jack Nicklaus and his former business partner, Howard Milstein. Milstein alleges that Nicklaus sold him his name and likeness, and as such, Nickl ..read more

In boxing, a fighter with a "good chin" is one who can endure repeated blows to the head without falling to the canvas. But the best boxers, like Muhammed Ali, are those with a more refined skill: Knowing how to avoid those blows. In all combat sports, including mixed martial arts (MMA), fighters learn the value of not getting hit. The great ones with highly refined defensive skills, like Ali, can (arguably) be a joy to watch. Alas, there is nothing joyful about the latest big thing in combat sports: slap fighting. This is a contest involving two people who stand facing each ot ..read more

Don't expect the law to support you if you do something stupid. At least that's the lesson NFL linebacker Bobby Wagner will have taught a protester during Week 4's Monday Night Football game between the Rams and the 49ers at Levi's Stadium in San Francisco. In one of the better hits of the night, Wagner tackled the protester as he raced across the field holding a pink smoke bomb. The protester responded by filing a police report claiming Wagner assaulted him. This is America, after all. But America notwithstanding, this assault claim shouldn't fly. What Happened? Alex Taylor, an animal rights ..read more

The Professional Golf Association (PGA) has ruled pro golf's roost for more than a century. But that status is now endangered. A wealthy rival, backed by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, has emerged and is luring away some of the PGA Tour's top talent. The new challenger is LIV Golf, which has held its first three Invitational Series tournaments this year with payouts that are significantly higher than those of the PGA Tour. In addition, LIV is offering upfront payments and appearance fees to some of the PGA Tour's top talent, including Phil Mickelson, who reportedly recei ..read more

The saying goes: "If you love what you do, you'll never have to work a day in your life." Well, Major League Baseball unfortunately took this old adage a bit too seriously. It was revealed that MLB has been significantly underpaying their minor league players for decades, claiming that they were "apprentices." But it turns out that sports teams can't just treat their players like their jobs are nothing more than recreation. The Settlement In a win for the minor league players, MLB announced a $185 million settlement to current and former minor league baseball players for violations of min ..read more

The U.S. government is suing Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs for allegedly not complying with Americans With Disabilities Act standards in their remodel of Wrigley Field. According to the lawsuit, the best wheelchair seating was removed and not included in any of the sky box seating arrangements. The team moved the wheelchair seating to the very last row of the stadium, a view often obstructed by drink rails or standing fans. According to the Cubs, the renovations were meant to increase the stadium's accessibility, with 50% more wheelchair seating. The renovations also included 11 more el ..read more

UFC champ Cain Velasquez decided that he couldn't take the slow pace of the criminal justice system any longer and decided to get revenge. Read more here ..read more