Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two weeks, odds are you have heard of Jeremy Lin and the Linsanity bringing Madison Square Garden to its feet.  Thanks to Lin, the Knicks have won eight of their last nine games (the Knicks face the Nets tonight).  Lin’s story is one for the [...]

The Sports Blawg with the Fordham Sports Law Forum This past summer, an extended work stoppage threatened to wipe out the entire 2012 NBA season.  Not wanting to risk missing a year’s worth of paychecks, some NBA players began to warm up to the idea of playing basketball overseas.  Naturally, NBA league officials did not [...]

The Fordham Sports Law Forum is dedicated to bringing interesting issues in sports law to the Fordham legal community. Each week, in conjunction with the Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, members of the Fordham Sports Law Forum write posts about current sports law issues and events. AIR BALL: NBA Players Union Could Decertify [...]