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  1. WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian McNamee conceded that the first time Roger Clemens asked for help with a "booty shot," the...

  2. DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Carl Edwards loves plenty of things about NASCAR's All-Star week. One of his favorites,...

  3. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky again asked a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him on...

  4. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky is again asking a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against...

  5. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Menounos earned a perfect score on Monday's episode of "Dancing With the Stars," but on...

  6. Peters, 30, ruptured his Achilles tendon for a second time this offseason, after the Roll-A-Bout he was using...

  7. LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison,...

  8. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state administrative law judge says former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell should be...

  9. LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson is making another effort to gain the former football star's release from...

  10. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The biggest goal of Keeling Pilaro's field hockey career happened far from an athletic field...

  11. NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL, its players' union and the NCAA are donating money to provide new helmets to youth football...

  12. Try to capture it any way you like — exciting, thrilling, stunning, heart-stopping. Sometimes there's just no word or...

  13. Today is Tuesday, May 15, the 136th day of 2012. There are 230 days left in the year. On May 15, 1972, Alabama Gov. ...

  14. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Tate Forcier is heading north to pursue a professional football career. The former Michigan...

  15. The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the...

  16. Miller was removed as the NBA team's announcer following his arrest on three felony counts of lewd or indecent acts...

  17. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Torii Hunter was placed on the Los Angeles Angels' restricted list Monday after his teenage...

  18. NEW YORK (AP) — Britney Spears and Demi Lovato are joining the judging panel on "The X Factor" this fall, part of...

  19. SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities have called off a search for former professional football...

  20. ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Bill O'Brien has quickly put to rest any notion that he plans to stick around as long as the last...

  21. ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Bill O'Brien has quickly put to rest any notion that he plans to stick around as long as the last...

  22. NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun's...

  23. SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities are searching countryside near the city of Simi (see-mee)...

  24. ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Rams would like to make the Edward Jones Dome a more attractive destination for a Super...

  25. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday signed off on a hard-fought agreement to build the Minnesota...

  26. You're a Yankees fan who's just moved to Dallas to work as a software engineer, and you can't stand to miss even an...

  27. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University's famed marching band is being suspended until 2013. FAMU President...

  28. BRUSSELS (AP) — EU foreign ministers are considering a possible boycott of this year's European football...

  29. Manchester City's players are champions of England — yes, that is a phrase we're all going to have to get accustomed...

  30. SAN DIEGO. (AP) — Hours after Junior Seau was buried in his hometown, thousands of fans got their chance to cheer one...

  31. T.O. reportedly broke into tears as he described how he’d blown nearly the entire fortune he earned during his...

  32. NEW YORK (AP) — In business, you're only as good as your last good deed. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, in...

  33. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One of the two charges against two Penn State administrators will likely be dismissed now that...

  34. CHICAGO (AP) — They didn't look or act like the police officers in the famous black-and-white film clips, wading...

  35. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two Penn State administrators trying to get their charges thrown out may be helped by a...

  36. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Maybe Davey Johnson should hold all his team meetings on days Stephen Strasburg is pitching. The...

  37. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Garrett Jones knew what was coming. So did the rest of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Problem is, Stephen...

  38. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Stephen Strasburg struck out a season-high 13 over six innings and the Washington Nationals...

  39. LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 60 former NFL players have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles, joining hundreds of others...

  40. HEMINGWAY, S.C. (AP) — There has been plenty of NFL talent to come out of the state of South Carolina — many from...

  41. HEMINGWAY, S.C. (AP) — There has been plenty of NFL talent to come out of the state of South Carolina — many from...

  42. In recent years, several deceased football players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. CTE is...

  43. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Thursday gave Jerry Sandusky's lawyers some of the information they sought through...

  44. It has taken college football's elite more than 100 years to be dragged toward a playoff system that will likely...

  45. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky is getting some of the information his lawyers sought through subpoenas, but...

  46. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Members of Florida A&M University's famed Marching 100 band may soon know when they might...

  47. GDANSK, Poland (AP) — Gdansk offers a chance for visitors to take in scenes of sea, ships and spires set in a magnificently...

  48. MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United says striker Javier Hernandez will not play for Mexico at the London...

  49. NEW DELHI (AP) — In fields along a northern Indian highway, mountains of grain have turned black with mildew after...

  50. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the U.S. government and two FBI agents are asking a federal judge to throw out the remaining...

Legal Headlines

  1. The dangers of driving an automobile are made apparent every day. Grave and serious car accidents occur much too often.

  2. Police arrested former North Carolina football player last week. The arrest stems from an incident involving a May 3...

  3. Massachusetts football fans were shocked when the wife of former National Football League star Joe Senser was...

  4. Miami mourns the death of Ray Easterling, a 62-year-old former safety for Atlanta's professional football team who...

  5. In the latest development concerning the Jerry Sandusky sex case, Michael Muskal reports for the Los Angeles Times...

  6. Two former Louisiana State University football players who were accused of assaulting four men last August are being...

  7. Brandon Meriweather was recently in the news for suspicion of impaired driving. He was treated by police just as if...

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    Two former football players for Louisiana State University are defendants in a Baton Rouge civil lawsuit filed by...

  9. The end of a relationship between any couple can be highly emotional. When it is the end of a marriage, in Illinois...

  10. The criminal defense attorney representing former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has requested another...

  11. Maryland residents who have faced sexual harassment at work will be interested to read about two young women who...

  12. In light of Junior Seau's suicide, the question of brain injuries and its relation to blows in the head while...

  13. Recently, Maryland sports fans learned that sportscaster and former professional football/baseball player, Deion...

  14. Last week, Junior Seau, a long-time member of the San Diego Chargers professional football team, committed suicide...

  15. With the strong football tradition in New York, there may be many people in Nassau County who are following the...

  16. Last week on our Philadelphia personal injury law blog, we began discussing how Chidi Iwuoma's career with the...

  17. If you hurt your back while working at a construction site in Philadelphia, or fall while walking into your office...

  18. Being arrested for domestic violence can have life changing consequences, but if you are a celebrity figure, the...

  19. "In life, you can't control what card you're dealt," says one young man who has had a lot of time to think about the unpredictable...

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    This morning, football fans awoke to the shocking news that former National Football League star Junior Seau had...

  21. In Centre County court this week, a former Notre Dame football player reportedly pleaded guilty to charges that he...

  22. Spinal cord injuries are devastating. To be suddenly left paralyzed in a car crash or some other type of accident is...

  23. Three football players from Central Michigan University in the town of Mt. Pleasant have been arrested. The players...

  24. Whenever someone receives a blow to the head, they are in danger of suffering a possible brain injury if the brain...

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    You don't have to be a football fan to understand that the hits that players regularly take to their heads and...

  26. The decision to pursue a divorce is not an easy one to make. However, it is sometimes the only option for couples who...

  27. With the recent media attention on the Penn State sexual abuse scandal, many states are reporting an increase of...

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    Texas parents may be able to commiserate with a child support case currently making headlines. Antonio Cromartie, a...

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    In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the immediate and permanent injury caused by high-impact sports.

  30. As detailed in previous posts, the link between concussions and permanent brain injury is becoming more readily...

  31. The actor was reportedly in his Malibu home when a 17-year-old driver lost control of his Fort Mustang. The teen's...

  32. For the first time since the 1950s, the largest manufacturers of football helmets in the United States are working...

  33. In the United States, many sports leagues have built an empire based largely on team rivalries --for example,...

  34. Many high school students in California play football. While professionals in that sport have received increasing...

  35. It must have been a harrowing sight for witnesses of what is being called a "death race," but it was made even more...

  36. As discussed in the previous post, the recent discovery that the NFL team, the Saints, had a bounty system in place that...

  37. Whether a team close to South Carolina like the Falcons or the Panthers or a team from elsewhere in the nation, NFL players,...

  38. We have written about the acrimonious divorce between ex-football star Deion Sanders and his estranged wife Pilar on...

  39. In any motor vehicle accident there exists the potential for severe and life altering injuries. The forces involved...

  40. As we mentioned earlier this year on our Philadelphia personal injury law blog, several former National Football League...

  41. There has been increasing awareness among the parents and coaches of youth sports players as well as among...

  42. With insurmountable debts, some living in Dayton, Ohio, have turned to bankruptcy. Though many would expect this to...

  43. It is no secret that professional football is a tough contact sport however, a slew of lawsuits against the NFL...

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    An 18-year-old high school senior, just weeks from the end of the school year, died from his injuries following a...

  45. Should children younger than 14 play contact sports like football? Two of the world's leading experts on concussion...

  46. Many fans of the National Football League are aware of the concussion troubles the league is facing. NFL players hurl...

  47. After 27 years, Frank O'Connell is finally taking a new breath, as a free man, at least for the moment. Last month, a...

  48. National Football League wide receiver Randy Moss has made his way around the league and the country. He has used his...

  49. Approximately 1,200 former professional football players and their family members are suing the NFL, claiming that...

  50. With football season far away, Minnesota residents rarely hear about NFL players. However, in recent news, the nephew...

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