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March 25, 2011 FindLaw.com Sports Law Newsletter

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SELECTING A BARRY BONDS JURY WON'T BE EASY
(FindLaw's Tarnished Twenty) - It's not going to be a simple matter to seat a jury in the Barry Bonds case. San Francisco Judge Susan Illston is facing that problem as she prepares to attempt to seat 16 jurors from San Francisco to decide the fate of all time home run king and former Giant Barry Bonds, The New York Times reports. Bonds has been charged with knowingly lying to a federal grand jury in 2003 about his suspected use of steroids and performance enhancing drugs.

TEXAS WILL KEEP FELIZ CLOSING INSTEAD OF STARTING
(AP) - Neftali Feliz will keep closing games instead of starting them for the AL champion Texas Rangers. As for the Texas rotation, what seemed set Thursday morning was in flux within hours. Feliz, who set a major league rookie record with 40 saves last season, had been stretched out this spring in case the Rangers decided to use the hard-throwing righty as a starter. Instead, he will remain in his familiar role.

NBA REFEREE WILLIAM SPOONER SUES AP OVER TWITTER POST
(FindLaw's Tarnished Twenty) - Twitter is back in the news after an NBA referee filed a federal lawsuit against the Associated Press as well as a sportswriter the AP employs, Jon Krawczynski, over a Twitter post. The message suggested that veteran NBA referee William Spooner intentionally made a bad call to make up for an earlier bad call. Spooner is suing for defamation, the Associated Press reports. Jon Krawczynski's Twitter post said the following: "Ref Bill Spooner told Rambis he'd 'get it back' after a bad call.

CLEVELAND BROWNS FAN SUES OVER NFL LOCKOUT
(AP) - A Cleveland Browns fan has sued the National Football league and its teams over the player lockout, claiming it amounts to a breach of his contract to buy tickets through his personal seat license. Ken Lanci, a self-made millionaire who ran unsuccessfully last year for the top county government job in Cleveland, filed the lawsuit Thursday in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Common Pleas Court. The lawsuit seeks damages of more than $25,000 from the Browns on both breach of contract and bad faith counts and more than $25,000 from the league and its teams for alleged contract interference.

JAPAN STILL CONSIDERING 2020 OLYMPIC BID
(AP) - Japan is still considering a bid to host the 2020 Olympics despite the triple blow caused by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation crisis, a senior national Olympic committee official said Wednesday. The Japanese Olympic Committee said it was "very surprised" at the recent comments made by Italian IOC member Mario Pescante, who said he was told by Japan's ambassador in Rome that Japan had decided not to pursue a bid because of the disasters.

BOA LEADERS KICKED OFF 2012 BOARD IN MONEY DISPUTE
(AP) - The bitter financial dispute over the London Games escalated Thursday when organizers excluded the top two leaders of the British Olympic Association from 2012 board meetings. In another embarrassment for the host nation, the BOA also said it may withdraw from hosting a major global Olympic meeting in London next year because of money problems.

JERUSALEM HOSTS FIRST MARATHON, DAYS AFTER BOMBING
(AP) - More than 10,000 runners dashed alongside ancient sites Friday in the Jerusalem's first marathon, just two days after a bombing in the city killed a British woman and wounded dozens of others. Police deployed helicopters, observation units and special patrols to protect the runners, who took a route through the walled Old City, alongside the President's Residence and up Mount Scopus to circle the campus of Hebrew University.

SPANISH LEAGUE POSTPONES GAMES IN TV MONEY DISPUTE
(AP) - Spanish league games on April 2 and 3 have been postponed in a dispute between clubs and the government over television revenue. The league made the announcement after "the lack of progress" in negotiations with Spanish government officials over the clubs' demand to revoke a law guaranteeing one match per week is broadcast on free television.

PUBLIC MEMORIAL FOR EX-BUFFALO SABRE RICK MARTIN
(AP) - Buffalo is set to honor one of the city's most popular sports figures. A public memorial service is planned Thursday for Rick Martin, a member of the Buffalo Sabres' famed French Connection who died of heart disease March 13. The doors of HSBC Arena open at 10 a.m. for the 11 a.m. service. Martin family members are expected to attend.

STILL LOTS TO BE DECIDED IN NHL'S FINAL 2 WEEKS
(AP) - The Detroit Red Wings know what it's like to carry such expectations into the postseason. The Vancouver Canucks do not. That's what makes the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs as wide open as can be. While the top of the NHL standings seems settled, much is to be decided at the bottom of the Eastern and Western conferences.

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ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS:

MAN WHO KILLED UCONN PLAYER TO BE SENTENCED
(AP) - A man who stabbed University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard to death in 2009 during a fight outside a campus dance is set to be sentenced. Twenty-two-year-old John Lomax III of Bloomfield is scheduled to appear Friday morning in Rockville Superior Court. He faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading no contest to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter in January.


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