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A lawsuit filed against the NHL by Derek Boogaard's family offers a look at the fastest-growing addiction in the U.S. and at one of the nation's leading cause of accidental deaths.

O.J. Simpson apparently has decided he'll try to get out of prison by blaming his former attorney for putting him there instead of blaming the concussions he suffered when he played football. Simpson will walk into a Las Vegas courtroom Monday and tr...

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, the subject of what the FBI calls "rebate fraud" in the sale of diesel fuel at his 650 Pilot Flying J truck stops, has reached out directly to at least one of his customers and pledged to make things right.

A blog reader, Michael from Phoenix, asked: With the FBI raiding Pilot Flying J's headquarters, what are the chances that Jimmy Haslam won't be the Browns owner in the near future? That question was posed to ESPN.com legal analyst Lester Munson, w...

As the NFL's battery of lawyers walked into a federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, there were five words they did not want to hear: "Kline v. Security Guards Inc."

Eric Murdock says he was fired as a Rutgers University basketball staff member because he blew the whistle on the coaching abuses of Mike Rice, and he has filed a lawsuit demanding monetary damages. In the days since "Outside the Lines" interviewed M...

Lance Armstrong's decision to tell the truth about his doping exposed him to two major problems -- the risk of a $90 million debt and the renewed possibility of a criminal charge and time in the penitentiary.

The rape case of a former Montana quarterback is complex but also central to an ongoing scandal that has some residents believing no athlete can get a fair trial and others believing women routinely have been discriminated against.

There were moments of seemingly sincere contrition as Lance Armstrong described his years of doping and lying in the interview with Oprah Winfrey. It was difficult for Armstrong to describe his suggestion to his son that the 13-year-old boy should "s...

Whether Manti Te'o was a victim of a hoax or one of its participants, the bizarre scenario involving a nonexistent girlfriend raises the possibility of legal repercussions. Some legal questions surrounding the case and their answers: Q: Is anyone i...

ESPN.com senior writer/legal analyst Lester Munson tackles some tough questions in a FAQ designed to give readers a better understanding of just what's going on in Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit against the NCAA. Munson writes that the la...

In a federal lawsuit filed on Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett attacks the NCAA and the sanctions applied to Penn State as a result of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Corbett and his lawyers claim the NCAA violated the nation's antitrust laws whe...

Apparel-maker Oakley has sued golfer Rory McIlroy and Nike, saying the world's top-ranked golfer and Nike breached his existing contract with Oakley when he recently signed a new deal with Nike.

In 22 single-spaced pages of pedantic, pretentious and occasionally patronizing prose, Paul Tagliabue blames the New Orleans Saints coaches for everything in the bounty scandal and offers his own unique ideas on the theory and practice of player disc...

The logical and reasonable way to end the NHL lockout is mediation. It is a process that is private, efficient, conciliatory and inexpensive. And it's already underway. The other way to end it is public, explosive, confrontational and expensive. It...

If Keegan Bradley, Ernie Els, Webb Simpson and Carl Pettersson are serious about a legal challenge to a potential rules change that would ban anchoring of long putters, they have the time and the money that would be required in major litigation. The...