99 Results for maurice clarett

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Sonia Sotamayor and her record in sports law. McCann was on the legal team that represented Maurice Clarett when he sued to join the NFL. There is an interesting prediction in the paper: "...

Blog | July 14, 2009

Punishing Isiah

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...quotes his colleague, attorney Alan Milstein (McCann was once on a legal team with Milstein, representing Maurice Clarett), who says that sports leagues should disregard civil verdicts and settlements because the burden of proof...

Blog | September 25, 2007

"The Psychopathology of Athlete Worship"

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...sports blogosphere's go-to lawyer, Michael McCann, is one of many attorneys who has represented Maurice Clarett. I have been curious if he would address Clarett's latest situation at all, and indeed...

Blog | August 24, 2006

Thom Loverro's Apocalypse Now

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...don't get hit by stray bullets. He runs through a lot of recent arrest, including Maurice Clarett, Brett Myers, and several of the Cincinnati Bengals. Then he concludes like this: No baseball team...

Blog | August 17, 2006

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...more legal perspectives. By the way, McCann's in a club called "former attorneys of Maurice Clarett" that just got two new members. Some J.R. Smith highlights. Some Kobe Bryant lowlights...

Blog | July 26, 2006

More On 18 Yr. Olds Getting Drafted

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Sports Law Blog. He was part of the legal team that represented Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett in his (unsuccessful) legal challenge of the NFL's age restriction. "Billy Walker should be...

Blog | July 11, 2006

Lawyer Michael McCann: NBA Getting More Controlling

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Lawyer Michael McCann (he was one of Maurice Clarett's lawyers) will deliver a paper this afternoon called "The Reckless Pursuit of Dominion: A Situational...

Blog | January 27, 2006

Small World: Leon Rose Works with Alan Milstein

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...I posted an article in which sports lawyer Alan Milstein recommended abolishing the draft. Milstein was Maurice Clarett's lead counsel, and also represented Eddy Curry when the Bulls wanted to test his DNA...

Blog | January 04, 2006

More Rumblings About Suing Over the NBA Age Limit

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Attorney Michael McCann, who was part of Maurice Clarett's legal team when he sued the NFL, is dangling the idea again on the Sports...

Blog | January 04, 2006

Top Sports Lawyer: Abolish the Draft

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the bad teams, and keep some kind of parity in the league. Alan Milstein, who was Maurice Clarett's lead counsel, writes in a guest piece on the sports law blog that that's...

Blog | December 29, 2005

The Forgotten High-Schoolers--the Undrafted

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Maurice Clarett's former lawyer Michael McCann has been assembling evidence that the NBA's new age restriction...

Blog | August 05, 2005

More Enemies of the NBA Age Limit

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...NBA--is achieving all sorts of new enemies. Chief among them is Michael McCann, one of Maurice Clarett's former lawyers, who is waging a blog war against the age limit that might well...

Blog | July 26, 2005

Maurice Clarett's Lawyer: NBA Age Rule in Trouble Already

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...heard from attorney Michael McCann. He's a visiting researcher at Harvard, and was part of Maurice Clarett's legal team that tried and failed to overturn the NFL's restrictions against young players...

Blog | July 15, 2005

Study: High Schoolers Most Effective

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...that high schoolers don't have a seat at the table. Doubtless, at some point, a Maurice Clarett of the NBA will challenge the new age limit. If the player succeeds and the rule...

Blog | July 08, 2005

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