Representing coaches a slam-dunk for Boston lawyer
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Barbara Robb has gone from making plays on the basketball court to making pitches in the courtroom. Now an employment attorney for Perkins Smith &amp; Cohen LLP in Boston, Robb is a far cry from being the Jerry Maguire of sports negotiators, but she is starting to combine sports knowledge with legal erudition.
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Consider it a bit of advice from one hoops player to another.
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Two weeks after the fact, lawyers for the NBA and the players&#39; union had their own little brawl. Attorneys for the two sides fought before an arbitrator and in federal
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Mike Gorman is only a few weeks away from beginning his 24th season of calling Celtics games on TV, but he has had a bit of personal basketball business to tend to beforehand.
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There's a sophomore at UMass-Boston with a familiar last name and the scoring touch to match it.
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Baseball A lawyer for Roger Clemens's accuser was told by a congressional committee staff member that his client was unlikely to be granted immunity for his deposition and testimony. Brian McNamee , the former personal trainer who accused the seven-time Cy Young Award winner of using performance-enhancing drugs, reached an agreement with San Francisco-based federal prosecutors last year that he ...
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OK, Kiki, you&#39;re on the clock. This is how pro sports works, after all - if you enter a season with a coach who has no backing from the front office, that coach is set up to fail.
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A former high school coach told a federal jury Wednesday that he got offers of money, a job and free law school for his wife before he accepted a &#36;150,000 payoff to steer his best player to sign with Alabama.
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Being a lawyer isn't really about exciting "Law and Order" courtroom drama. It's about paperwork. Lots of it.
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One of the continuing trends in the major leagues is how diligent teams have become about safeguarding young pitchers like the Yankeesâ Joba Chamberlain and Bostonâs Clay Buchholz.
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With the school basketball tournament less than three weeks away, a dispute between game officials and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association over a new handshake rule could leave a shortage of officials and an altered postseason schedule.
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Bob Knight has made many memorable statements during his coaching career.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds told a judge Friday that he wants two top-notch Bay Area defense lawyers to lead his legal team even though they previously represented potential witnesses against the slugger.
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And it&#39;s not often you hear a head coach asked for his response to all the &quot;vultures&quot; who have shown up to witness his possible firing.
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CHICAGO -- Nothing good normally comes of a pitching coach wanting to assault his own starting pitcher. Nothing good, that is, unless they both work for the suddenly irrepressible Red Sox.
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Images of NBA coaches during games with red faces and steam pouring out of their ears don't really tell the story, according to Celtics mentor Doc Rivers. It's more the day-to-day churning that does them in.
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When the Super 8 Committee sits down Feb. 24 to select the 20 best boys' hockey teams in Massachusetts, there will be considerable passion and debate.