It is unlikely anyone reading this does not know about Nike: a company that ranks among the top of the list of Fortune 500 companies that are the largest United States corporations by total revenue, Nike permeates every facet of athletics - from sportswear to advertising to equipment. In 2014, Nike was valued at $19... Continue Reading →
Photo: Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov in“Icarus”/Indiewire.com Six years post the Russia and Sochi Olympics doping scandal, the dust seems to be settling and the aftermath is beginning to unfold. Following the scandal, the three whistle-blowers, former Russia track star Yuliya Stepanova, her husband Vitaliy Stepanov and Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, fearing for their lives fled Russia and... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Chicago Police Department via CNN Yesterday, a special Cook County grand jury indicted Jussie Smollett, an actor formerly on Fox's hit television show, "Empire." This will be the second time that he has faced charges for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself. As the events that transpired leading to Smollett's indictment took... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jefferson Siegel / NY Times This is an update from a previous post regarding Harvey Weinstein's ongoing criminal trial. Mr. Weinstein's defense team rested its case in Mr. Weinstein's criminal sexual assault trial on Tuesday, February 12. The disgraced film mogul did not take the stand, as his defense attorneys convinced him against... Continue Reading →
Last week the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit disagreed with the Patent Trials and Appeal Board ruling in 2018 that rendered Nike's patent invalid. The patent at issue covers Nike's "flymesh" sneaker technology. In 2013, industry rival Adidas, requested a review of the validity of Nike's patent. This sparked a six year long... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision via Associated PressActress Lori Loughlin is pictured with her daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, left. Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli are accused of paying $500,000 to guarantee their daughter's admission to USC. Prosecutors in the college admissions scandal released the alleged athletic resume of Olivia Jade, the youngest daughter of... Continue Reading →
cbssports.com "Given the manner in which Major League Baseball has treated and continues to treat other egregious assaults on the integrity of the game, Mr. Rose’s ongoing punishment is no longer justifiable as a proportional response to his transgressions."Rose's Letter to Manfred The fallout from the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal has come and gone, and... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jerome Solomon / Houston Chronicle Currently, the NBA regular season is just over half-way through. This season has featured several captivating storylines such as: the "Battle for LA" between the Showtime Lakers and the Kawhi Leonard-led Clippers, the analytics-driven Rockets, and a highly competitive Eastern Conference post-LeBron James. As a result, NBA fans... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Fifa.com Soccer or football, as most countries outside the United States call it, is a sport that no matter how dire the situation, can always bring nations together. World War I was one the darkest times in the modern era. Yet, on Christmas morning of 1914, a friendly game of soccer broke out... Continue Reading →
