Sep 24, 2021
By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Contributor and Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu In October of 2020, Fresno State administrators announced plans to cut three sports – men’s tennis, men’s...
Jun 7, 2019
Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer & Professor, Department of Sport Management, Drexel University, ejs95@drexel.edu Allegations of intimate partner violence led to the suspension of former University of Southern California (USC) football player,...
Mar 29, 2019
A magistrate judge from the Middle District of Alabama has granted, for the most part, Alabama State University’s summary judgment motion in a case in which it was sued by a former coach, who claimed she was discriminated against on the basis of her gender. The judge...
Nov 14, 2014
For the second time this year, a federal judge has dismissed the claim of a former Jackson State University employee against JSU and the school’s athletic director related to an allegation of sexual harassment. Last spring, a judge dismissed the claim of...
Jun 1, 2012
A federal judge from the Western District of Pennsylvania has granted, only in part, a school district’s motion for summary judgment against a plaintiff, who was relieved from her coaching position after she resigned as a teacher and subsequently sued for...
Dec 2, 2011
A New Jersey state appeals court has vacated the ruling of a trial judge, who had granted summary judgment to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and its employee Michelle Edwards in a case in which the defendants were sued by a student manager of a Rutgers...
Dec 2, 2011
A New Jersey state appeals court has vacated the ruling of a trial judge, who had granted summary judgment to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and its employee Michelle Edwards in a case in which the defendants were sued by a student manager of a Rutgers...
Nov 18, 2011
A federal judge from the Middle District of Pennsylvania has sided with a school district and its athletic officials in a case in which they were sued by a female student athlete, who claimed that she was harassed by her teammates on the basketball team and that the...
Aug 26, 2011
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan has granted Central Michigan University’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a case in which two student athletes sued the school for violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IV of the...
Aug 26, 2011
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan has granted Central Michigan University’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a case in which two student athletes sued the school for violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IV of the...
Jun 3, 2011
A federal judge from the Eastern District of New York has granted summary judgment to Hofstra University, dismissing the sexual harassment and retaliation claims of a woman who served former student manager of the football team In the summer of 2006, plaintiff...
Mar 11, 2011
A federal judge from the Eastern District of New York has denied a parent’s bid for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on behalf of her daughter in a case in which that daughter was ruled ineligible from athletics because she gave alcohol to a...
