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Grand slam tournaments to be added as defendants to tennis antitrust lawsuit

The antitrust lawsuit aimed at transforming tennis has added the four grand slam tournaments as defendants.

Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Naomi Osaka and other FTX celebrity promoters have most claims against them dismissed

The lawsuit here now won't have most of its claims apply to these "celebrity promoters."

NFL Network’s Steve Smith Sr. sued under ‘homewrecker’ law for alleged affair

Smith is being sued for more than $100,000.

Stephen A. Smith ‘hopeful’ Shannon Sharpe returns to ESPN for NFL season

"I’m hopeful this will all go away. I’m hopeful that I’ll have my brother back on the airwaves talking football next season"

Charlie Dixon’s lawyer blames FS1 firing on wife’s freelance work

"Charlie Dixon is deeply saddened by the decision of Fox Sports to terminate his employment"

Shannon Sharpe denies second accuser’s sexual assault allegations

"When someone famous is in the news, all sorts of people crawl out of the woodwork to share their connection to that person"

Shannon Sharpe’s lawyer dismisses settlement talk: ‘We are going to sue her for defamation’

"We have the evidence of blackmail, and we will prove it in court. This will not settle."

Shannon Sharpe clowned for screenshotting statement about stepping away from ESPN

"Sweetie I think you were supposed to copy and paste this text message from your publicist into a tweet. Not take a screenshot"

Shannon Sharpe ‘temporarily’ leaving ESPN amid sexual assault allegations

“I will be devoting this time to my family, and responding and dealing with these false and disruptive allegations set against me."

Shannon Sharpe previously offered ‘at least $10 million’ to settle sexual assault case, per lawyer

Sharpe's lawyer initially said he had offered "tens of millions of dollars" to settle the case.

Shannon Sharpe allegedly threatens to ‘choke the sh*t’ out of rape accuser in audio

Shannon Sharpe continues to be on ESPN's First Take for now.

Shannon Sharpe’s legal team calls lawsuit ‘egregious attempt at blackmail,’ releases salacious text messages

"Mr. Sharpe categorically denies all allegations of coercion or misconduct -- especially the gross lie of 'rape' -- and will not submit to what he sees as an egregious attempt at blackmail."

Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit involving Brett Favre scandal coverage

"The reporting speaks for itself. The truth speaks for itself."

Former ‘Last Chance U’ coach Jason Brown suing Netflix for ‘false portrayal’ in show

Brown is seeking $30 million in the lawsuit.

Mark Gastineau sues ESPN over Brett Favre video

Gastineau alleges ESPN “intentionally and maliciously did not publish” his handshake with Favre

Fox’s motion to move workplace misconduct lawsuit to federal court denied

The case will remain in the Los Angeles Superior Court.

The Top Rank logo. (Top Rank.)

Boxing

Ex-Top Rank ‘fixer’ claims he was asked to try to fire ESPN employees, pretend he worked there, hide gangster’s Tyson Fury involvement

Skip Bayless’ dating advice amidst lawsuit led to a lot of mockery

Bayless and his wife spent 10 minutes of their podcast talking dating advice, unusual amidst a lawsuit.

Pepperdine sues Netflix & Warner Bros. for ‘Running Point’ trademark infringement

"The series prominently features a team name, colors, and other indicia that are identical or highly similar to Pepperdine’s"

An image for Season 3 of “Last Chance U.” (Netflix.)

College Football

Former ‘Last Chance U’ coach Jason Brown mulls also suing Netflix after players’ lawsuit

MSG claims Charles Oakley’s lawyer edited his autobiography to ‘tell a fundamentally different story’

"Wigdor edited the final version to tell a fundamentally different story from the truth."

The allegations against Fox exec Charlie Dixon cast a shadow over the company’s Super Bowl coverage. Edit via Liam McGuire.

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