Former NASCAR CEO Brian France sues @DrunkBrianF parody account
Brian France, who was NASCAR's CEO and chairman from 2003-18, is now suing over the @DrunkBrianF parody account.
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Mountain West reverses decision ending Boise State’s extra revenue in future deals in exchange for Broncos dropping legal complaint
The Mountain West reversed their plan to take away extra revenue for Boise State in TV deals beyond 2026, and the Broncos dropped their complaint as a result, punting this fight down the road.
Former baseball coach files defamation suit against Fox Sports Williamsport, Fox Sports Radio, & others
An ugly incident involving the Williamsport Area High School Baseball team continues to have reverberations today.
“Richard Jewell” claims an AJC reporter slept with a source; the AJC has protested, but Warner Bros. has doubled down
“The film literally makes things up and adds to misunderstandings about how serious news organizations work. It’s ironic that the film commits the same sins that it accuses the media of committing.”
The Seth Dunlap saga now involves IP address records, a discarded phone, a new lawyer, and continued protestations of innocence
Via a public records request, NOLA.com obtained police documents in the Seth Dunlap investigation, including digital evidence that's cited as linking the tweet in question to his phone.
Altitude files antitrust lawsuit against Comcast over carriage dispute, alleging that Comcast “wants to extinguish competition”
The lawsuit claims Comcast "wants to extinguish competition from Altitude so that Comcast can pocket more of the money it takes from consumers each month for sports programming."
MLB umpire Joe West suing ex-MLBer Paul Lo Duca and The Action Network, after Lo Duca claims West took bribes from Billy Wagner
Paul Lo Duca claimed that Joe West used to borrow Billy Wagner's car in exchange for a more favorable strike zone.
Seth Dunlap says he’ll sue WWL parent Entercom over “anti-gay, bigoted, and hostile work environment,” WWL brings in police
Dunlap announced plans to sue Entercom Wednesday, while WWL announced that they'd completed their own investigation and were now involving law enforcement.
Retrial sees T.J. Simers awarded $15.45 million judgement against the LA Times, more than twice the $7.13 million they appealed
This is the latest development in Simers' lawsuit, which was initially filed in 2013.
Appeals court overturning Sunday Ticket lawsuit dismissal could eventually lead to NFL broadcast changes
The panel noted the NFL's antitrust broadcast exemption doesn't apply to deals with pay-TV outlets like DirecTV.
Former ESPN analyst Merril Hoge, last seen claiming concussion researchers “cheat, lie and suppress science,” is now suing…over Roundup
Hoge has ranted about links tying the NFL to CTE and the resulting lawsuits, claiming those are based on"bad science" and "a plot to destroy football." Now, he's citing recent studies to sue Monsanto over Roundup, which he blames for causing his 2003 bout with cancer.
Pittsburgh local news reporter Dave Crawley is suing Red Bull and others over injuries sustained in an August 2017 river plunge
Crawley went on a river plunge in a homemade flying machine in 2017 to promote a Red Bull Flugtag event in Pittsburgh. He's now suing Red Bull and others.
Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy: Roger Goodell clown shirt designers “didn’t even have the balls to tell me they issued this lawsuit”
"We’ve done probably 5-10 more designs in the past couple years with them. I have tons of DM’s. Guess how many times they complained? Zero. They’ve been happy as pigs and shit. They didn’t even have the balls to tell me they issued this lawsuit."
Somerville, MA mayor Joseph Curtatone sues Kirk Minihane and Barstool Sports over Minihane “impersonating a Boston Globe reporter”
Curtatone's claim comes under the Massachusetts Wiretapping Statute.
Lenny Dykstra files lawsuit against Ron Darling over new book where Darling says Dysktra yelled racist taunts at Oil Can Boyd
"This lawsuit sends a loud, clear message to anyone that you can’t just make up lies about people — he literally made up a story. You can’t do that when you have millions of people listening to you, like Mr. Perfect does as a broadcaster."
