Lester Munson

Lester Munson

MLB

Lester Munson, a Chicago lawyer and journalist who has been reporting on investigative and legal issues in the sports industry for 18 years, is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

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The Book Of Basketball's lost pages

Bill Simmons, ESPN The Magazine

In the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Bill Simmons reveals 15 nuggets that didn't make it into his best-selling "The Book Of Basketball."

Story | December 15, 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

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

Justin Wolfers on the Quality of an NBA Denial

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...despite the NBA's protestations. He plans to publish those findings at some point. ESPN's Lester Munson did an excellent job, at the time, detailing the situation. Why did the NBA suddenly give...

Blog | June 12, 2008

Seattle Update

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A treasure trove of private emails exposed! More lawsuits! Nationwide blog campaigns! The key NBA vote tomorrow! A lot of moving pieces to what could ...

Blog | April 17, 2008

Tim Donaghy Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

ESPN's Lester Munson, who is an actual lawyer and knows a lot more about this kind of stuff than...

Blog | August 16, 2007

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...malinformed, claiming they have better (but private) information that proves him wrong. In a must-read Lester Munson article on ESPN.com, Wolfers says: "I told them I would come into their office, do...

Blog | May 07, 2007

Cuban case dismissed, for time being

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban can breathe easier now that a judge has dismissed an insider trading civil lawsuit against him. But for how long?

Story | Conversation | July 17, 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

Unveiling your 2010 TV lineup

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons' mailbag returns with questions about funny athletes, Michael Jackson, "The Bachelorette" and your 2010 TV lineup.

Story | July 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

Cuban's defense faces tough sell

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Mark Cuban has some of the top lawyers and law professors in the country on his team, but his defense against insider trading charges looks like an uphill battle.

Story | Conversation | June 01, 2009

An MVP race for the ages

Bill Simmons, Page 2

From No. 450 all the way down to No. 1, Bill Simmons sizes up the entire NBA MVP race. Let's just say this will be the first of many for our winner.

Story | April 14, 2009

Attorney general nominee's NFL past could interest Senate

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Eric Holder likely will be the next U.S. attorney general, but he might have to answer some questions about his relationship with the NFL first, writes ESPN.com's Lester Munson.

Story | Conversation | December 23, 2008

Insider trading charge could get more serious for Cuban

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

What's a paltry $750,000 to Mark Cuban? A life-altering event, if the insider trading charge continues to follow the path that landed Martha Stewart in jail. ESPN.com's Lester Munson analyzes Monday's development.

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2008