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A week after Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment accused him of reckless conduct, Oliver Luck on Friday struck back. Attorneys for the former XFL commissioner filed a…
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McMahon Claims Luck Shared XFL Info With NFL Agent Brother-in-Law
The $23.8 million legal fight between former XFL commissioner Oliver Luck and his onetime boss, WWE founder and Alpha Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon, expanded last…
Will the USPTO Love It? New XFL Owners Seek Trademark Registration for ‘He Hate Me’
It was a way the XFL—the first version of it, at least—attempted to distinguish itself from the more traditionalist NFL: XFL players could be identified by nicknames…
McMahon Countersues Luck in XFL Battle Over Breach of Contract and Misuse of iPhone
While the XFL has pivoted from version 2.0 to 3.0, two key figures from its past—former owner Vince McMahon and former commissioner and CEO Oliver Luck—continue to wage…
Top Ten Sports Law Controversies of 2020 Set to Shape Industry’s Future
The past year has been one of the most trying in the country’s 244-year history. The sports world, and the many industries that serve it, won’t forget 2020 anytime…
Football Players Outside NFL Form Advocacy Group for Benefits, Transparency
When the Alliance of American Football abruptly collapsed in April 2019, many players were left stranded. Literally. Stuck in road game cities, their contracts had been…
The Rock Announces XFL Return for 2022 as League Sets Sights on Media Deal
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XFL Sale Closes as The Rock and RedBird Turn to Television Next
The Rock now owns the XFL. The pending deal closed Friday to acquire the once bankrupt pro football league with Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and RedBird Capital Partners…
XFL Sale Meets Court Approval With Closing Date in Two Weeks
The pending sale of the XFL met a crucial benchmark on Friday as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein approved the transaction. The approval follows a brief…
XFL Defends Auction and Cites Second Bid Ahead of Sale Approval Hearing
Did Alpha Entertainment, the Vince McMahon-backed company that has agreed to sell the XFL to a group headlined by former WWE star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson…
`The Rock’ Has Former XFL Employees Yearning for Another Shot
A few hours after Dwayne Johnson, the sports and entertainment icon known as The Rock, was revealed as part of the group buying the XFL out of bankruptcy, some of the…
XFL’s New Owners See Acquisition as “Relatively Cheap Option” Play
On Monday, Sportico EIC Scott Soshnick broke the news that Dany Garcia, Dwayne Johnson (aka ‘The Rock’) and RedBird Capital Partners had acquired substantially all of…
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