Credibility Of Plaintiff And Coach Questioned
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A season-ticket holder testified that he heard Isiah Thomas speak of Anucha Browne Sanders in terms she said were quite familiar to her and that made her increasingly uncomfortable.
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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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MONTREAL (CP) - The May 2 trial date for the former head of the federal sponsorship program is too close to a potentially damaging inquiry and may undermine his trial, his lawyer said Monday.
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Appearances can be deceiving. Take, for example, the case of Tom Brady, which was so thoroughly scrutinized last week.
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A federal judge said Wednesday that she would not immediately dismiss charges against four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes.
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A businessman and wrestling booster who has sponsored Olympic and school-age athletes is under investigation by state and federal authorities examining the distribution of steroids and human growth hormone.
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WICHITA, Kan. Dec 14, 2004 - A former junior college basketball coach was indicted on charges that he provided false academic information about his athletes to Division I schools looking to recruit the players.
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Lawyers for some of the seven Marines and a Navy medic charged with murdering an Iraqi man are questioning the credibility of their Iraqi accusers, suggesting they may have been motivated by money or sympathy for the insurgents.
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If Trevor Graham, a former coach for Olympic track stars, goes to trial in November, high-profile athletes may be forced to testify in public, and the names of other athletes may surface.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.  Â A lawyer who represented a Rutgers University women's basketball player complained to the school that her coach pressured the athlete to drop a lawsuit against Don Imus over the radio host's sexist and racist remarks about the team.
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A lawyer who represented Kia Vaughn, a junior on the Rutgers womenâs team, complained to the university that Coach C. Vivian Stringer pressured Vaughn to drop a lawsuit against Don Imus over his sexist and racist remarks about the team. Vaughn dropped her slander and defamation suit in September against Imus, who called Rutgersâs players ânappy-headed hosâ after the team lost in the N.C.A.A. finals.Vaughn had filed the lawsuit against Imus and CBS in August, saying his comments during his radio show damaged her reputation. In a Sept. 4 e-mail message and an Aug. 17 letter sent to university officials before the suit was dropped, Vaughnâs lawyer, Richard B. Ancowitz, said that Stringer and others put pressure on his client and other players not to seek legal action against Imus. Vaughn said Wednesday that no one pressured her and that she wanted to âfocus on school and basketball and everything else.â.
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SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge in San Francisco says she will not immediately dismiss charges against four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes.
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A former junior college basketball coach was indicted on charges in Wichita, Kan., that he provided false academic information about his athletes to Division I schools looking to recruit the players.
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When N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed questions about the leagueâs handling of the spying case on Friday, his responses left former prosecutors with lingering questions.
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By Ted Vaden, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 4--Most readers don't want The N&O to name complainants in sex crime cases. But most do want the paper to name the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case.
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The report exposing widespread use of  steroids in Major League Baseball raised more questions about  the depth of the problem in America's pastime and aroused  concerns on Friday about the credibility of its evidence.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - In a high-stakes drama of legal gamesmanship, prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation case are battling over still-secret evidence that might make or break the case against the pop star...