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College Football
Eriq Gardner May 11, 2026
The future of the N.I.L. gold rush may hinge on a looming federal court fight over whether the College Sports Commission can police what is increasingly becoming a leveraged media-rights marketplace.
gavin newsom
Eriq Gardner May 5, 2026
California’s governor is fighting to highlight the president’s legal inanities with a ridiculous Fox lawsuit of his own. Meanwhile, the lawyer battling Melania offers a bold legal theory: If the president can’t be held liable for what he says in office, he shouldn’t be able to sue anyone else.
Terry Rozier
Eriq Gardner May 4, 2026
For the first time ever, the government has filed fraud charges over insider trading on a prediction market. Could athletes, coaches, and trainers be next?
rebel wilson
Eriq Gardner April 28, 2026
The escalating dispute between director and star Rebel Wilson and the producers of ‘The Deb’ has evolved into a cross-continental legal battle, featuring allegations of reputational harm via “smear sites,” an unconventional defamation claim, and—perhaps not coincidentally—the involvement of two key figures in the upcoming Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni trial.


WWE WrestleMania
Eriq Gardner April 27, 2026
The pro wrestling outfit is flying high thanks to a slew of new deals and WrestleMania’s recent ESPN debut. But an imminent trial will question whether Vince McMahon undersold the value of the company ahead of the TKO merger that made it all possible.
Ted Sarandos
Eriq Gardner April 21, 2026
Suspicions are building inside Paramount and beyond that Netflix is astroturfing Hollywood’s “Block the Merger” campaign and engaging with regulators about the deal. Netflix denies it all—but the growing push to kill WarnerMount is very real.
Brendan Carr fcc
Eriq Gardner April 14, 2026
Stripping the league of its antitrust protection, which has already been winnowed down by courts, may lead to more football games on paid streaming, and a challenging landscape for conservative broadcasters like Sinclair and Nexstar.
Blake Lively court baldoni lawsuit
Eriq Gardner April 7, 2026
Yes, a judge narrowed the case. But there’s still plenty at stake in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s long-running legal showdown, which now centers largely on Team Baldoni’s alleged retaliatory media campaign as the clock ticks down to a trial.


Bobby Kotick
Eriq Gardner March 31, 2026
After Microsoft’s 2023 acquisition of Activision, the game maker’s former C.E.O. came under legal fire for allegedly rushing the deal ahead of negative news about the company’s bro-ey culture. The ensuing lawsuit has now gone thermonuclear, with a featured role for superlawyer Alex Spiro… and the Epstein files.
NFL
Eriq Gardner March 30, 2026
The NFL’s bid to fix blown calls with centralized, A.I.-assisted officiating—framed as insurance against a referee lockout—risks morphing into a far messier test case at the intersection of gambling, union power, and the future of human labor on the field.
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