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U.S. legislators, Utah AG challenge BCS

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Lester Munson writes that legal and legislative challenges to the BCS will mount in 2010. Plus, a new negotiating skill lawyers representing athletes should have.

Story | Conversation | December 11, 2009

Scandal, slurs, sex … Happy Holiday!

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

UEFA's Gianni Infantino has plenty on his mind these days, like trying to keep a European soccer match-fixing investigation from becoming the worst sports scandal ever. Here's the Courtside Seat view.

Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

NFL lawyers on a losing streak

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

The NFL's drug-testing program is massive, random and strict, or so they say. But it's also failing in court, thanks to Will Smith and others.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Unions, coaches join fight against NFL

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Are you ready for some football … on Friday night? It could happen if the NFL wins a landmark antitrust case.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Chaos, cabal and catastrophe. Oh my!

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

RichRod needs some cool new rules, and the NFL takes a legal shot across the bow. Where else but in Lester Munson's wacky world of sports and the law?

Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009

Roethlisberger suit: Duel of the lawyers

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

This will not end well. The sexual assault civil lawsuit filed against Ben Roethlisberger has devolved into claims, counterclaims, demands and duels between the attorneys.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009

Did Burress blunder in testimony?

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Plaxico Burress had more to lose than win in his risky grand jury appearance on Wednesday.

Story | Conversation | July 29, 2009

Antitrust case could be Armageddon

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

The future of sports as we know them -- or, at least, the financial underpinning of sports as we know them -- is at stake in a Supreme Court case. Are you alarmed? You should be.

Story | Conversation | July 17, 2009

A tale of two troubled wideouts

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

One accepted responsibility for his actions; the other is fighting the charges against him. Lessons can be learned from the way wide receivers Donte Stallworth and Plaxico Burress have dealt with off-the-field adversity.

Story | Conversation | June 17, 2009

NHL can relax about Coyotes, for now

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

For now, Monday's court decision preserves the status quo for hockey in Phoenix. But the jury is still out on whether that's a good thing.

Story | Conversation | June 16, 2009

Vick: The unraveling of a future

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Michael Vick gets out of prison this week, but his life is in disarray and his financial affairs are badly in need of rehabilitation. Lester Munson's ESPN.com investigation examines the unraveling of a fortune and a future.

Story | Conversation | May 19, 2009

Bad advice, bad decisions: the loss of Michael Vick's fortune

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

It isn't just Michael Vick's football career wasting away while he's in Leavenworth. He's losing his fortune, too, thanks to a series of shady financial advisers, writes ESPN.com's Lester Munson.

Story | Conversation | August 15, 2008

Schultz's effort to get Sonics back is a legal long shot

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Are there other approaches former Sonics owner Howard Schultz might use to get the Sonics back? Yes, and ESPN.com senior writer Lester Munson explains.

Story | Conversation | April 16, 2008

Storm clouds gather and lockout looms large in NFL labor strife

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Hope you enjoyed the last 15 years of relative peace between NFL owners and players because those days appear to be over. In fact, a lockout looms large down the road, writes ESPN.com's Lester Munson.

Story | Conversation | March 11, 2008

Specter's inquiries put NFL's lucrative broadcast structure in play

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

What's at stake in Sen. Arlen Specter's sudden public interest in the NFL's investigation of spying by the Patriots? Only the single most important factor in the league's success, writes ESPN.com's Lester Munson.

Story | Conversation | February 01, 2008