The NCAA will go to its impending grave claiming that Division I athletes are no different than any other students on campus.

As the Fighting Irish prepare to host Michigan State in an early must-win game to retain playoff hopes, Notre Dame’s legal team went to the Indiana Supreme Court this week to shield its campus police from the prying eyes of an ESPN investigative reporter seeking hundreds of incident reports concerning student-athletes.

In the month since Philadelphia hosted the Democratic National Convention, the City of Brotherly Love has exhibited world-class political skulduggery.

Score another one for the bookies.

Last month, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals denied Tom Brady’s request for a rehearing of his four-game suspension for allegedly deflating footballs during a 2015 playoff game. By doing so, the Court essentially approved of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell acting as the judge, jury, prosecutor, and executioner in…

Today marks the day that more than one dozen new or amended NCAA rules take effect to further control how school administrators, coaches, athletes, and parents interact with each other.

It might not seem like it, but I do try to stay away from politics. However, when covering the intersection of sports, gambling, and the law, it is nearly impossible to do so. One particular issue that I have kept an eye on is internet poker. It should come as no surprise that I take a Libertarian approach to gambling…

This won’t console New England fans, but Tom Brady and the rest of the Patriots should have listened to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Had Brady and the NFL Players Association heeded the warnings by the Steelers, we might never have been cursed with the never-ending saga of Deflategate.

As the nation approaches the 4th of July weekend ready to binge eat hot dogs and gawk at fireworks, two truly patriotic congresspeople have introduced a bill to accomplish the most American of goals — help professional sports team owners and screw over the little guys.

In September, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a major ruling in the O’Bannon v. NCAA litigation that NCAA backers initially hailed as a victory as the Court nixed any proposals to directly pay college athletes.

Last football season, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) escaped a potential doomsday scenario when Cook County Judge Leroy K. Martin, Jr. dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by former Chicago high school athlete, Alex Pierscionek, who alleged that the organization’s concussion polices were negligent and…

If all goes well tonight Sunday, the Penguins will hoist the Stanley Cup and I’ll down some of Lord Stanley’s brandy with Arnold Slick from Turtle Creek and maybe I’ll buy Sam and his dog a drink too as I’ll be in Yinzer heaven.

The world can’t come up with enough superlatives to describe Muhammad Ali after his death this weekend. Even in his later years largely out of the public eye he remained a symbol of pure greatness. He was a champion in all facets of life.

Anyone who has ever placed a sports bet knows that hitting a profitable parlay is not so easy. If it were, we’d all gamble on sports for a living.

Almost exactly one year ago, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed Senate Bill 443 to legalize sports betting investment funds in the only state with fully legal sports betting.

Most sports fans have either never heard of or don’t remember Devaughn Darling. A top high school prospect out of Sugar Land, Texas, Darling was poised to become a star linebacker at Florida State. Tragically, Darling died on February 26, 2001 after collapsing during an offseason workout at Florida State known as the…

Given his propensity for writing nightmare-inducing stories, there is likely little in this world that scares famed horror author, Stephen King. Haunted hotels, telekinetic vengeful high school girls, and murderous psychopaths are all mundane to King. But safety netting at a baseball game? Now the world has actually…

In preparation for a Final Four featuring two schools that openly disregarded the “student” part of “student-athlete,” the NCAA and those whose massive paychecks depend on the current “amateur” model of athletics have launched PR campaigns to support America’s favorite cartel.

The ball is tipped.

On Wednesday, a familiar scene will play out in high school gymnasiums and coaches’ offices across the country. Millionaire college coaches will stare at fax machines and thousands of fanboys will troll Internet recruiting message boards as teenagers decide where to attend college on National Signing Day.