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I just posted a piece about the issue on the Sports Law Blog.  It can be found here.

Sean Leahy of USA Today reports that Fox Sports’ NFL coverage will include an expert on referees.  Will broadcasters covering other leagues (e.g. FIFA, MLB, NBA) follow suit? 

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has decided the case.  I will post more later.  In sum, the ATP wins (again).

UPDATE - my preliminary thoughts on the case are posted on the Sports Law Blog here.

 ANOTHER UPDATE - Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal wrote a story about the case here. 

Great article in today’s New York Times about an important story in the upcoming NBA Draft.

Tom Perrotta of the Wall Street Journal looks at age-related issues in women’s professional tennis here.

The recently decided American Needle vs. NFL, et al case will be the subject of an upcoming ”webinar” (is that a word?).  Details here.  Tim Epstein, Gabe Feldman, and Mike McCann, all friends from www.SportsLawBlog.com, will speak.

A new take on the “sport” vs. “entertainment debate in the context of women’s professional tennis.

Here is an update on the libel lawsuit brought by British tennis player Robert Dee against a newspaper that called him the “world’s worst” professional tennis player.

Here is another twist on the “Tiger Woods Effect.”  Earlier this year, I recall an academic paper analyzing the effect of the Tiger Woods scandal on the stock price of his sponsors.  Several years ago, there was a scholarly paper looking at the impact Woods has on fellow competitors when in PGA Tour tournaments.  Interesting stuff! 

“TUE” isn’t short for “Tuesday.”  It is short for “theraputic use exemption” in doping programs.  Here is a new twist to a TUE application.