Ronald Blum

December 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Five current and former members of FIFA's ruling executive committee were among 16 additional men charged with corruption in an indictment unsealed Thursday as part of U.S. prosecutors' widening investigation into soccer corruption.

By Graham Dunbar, Eric Tucker and Ronald Blum

6 minute read

December 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Five current and former members of FIFA's ruling executive committee were among 16 additional men charged with corruption in an indictment unsealed Thursday as part of U.S. prosecutors' widening investigation into soccer corruption.

By Graham Dunbar, Eric Tucker and Ronald Blum

6 minute read

May 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Hank Aaron will take on an increased role with the Atlanta Braves following the team's sale Wednesday from Time Warner Inc. to Liberty Media Corp.The deal, which Braves chairman Terry McGuirk said values the franchise at $450 million, was unanimously approved by baseball owners at a special meeting called Wednesday night to beat a midnight change in tax laws.

By Ronald Blum

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December 13, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By RONALD BLUM

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September 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - The remainder of Roger Clemens' defamation suit against Brian McNamee in Texas has been dismissed, leaving the pair to fight their legal battle in New York.U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison, who threw out most of Clemens' case in February, dismissed the remainder of the suit on Aug. 28.The dismissal was with prejudice, meaning Clemens can't refile, but he plans to ask the 5th U.

By RONALD BLUM

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April 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By RONALD BLUM

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August 01, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Sonia Sotomayor traded benches for a day, joining the New York Yankees' Bleacher Creatures.

By Ronald Blum

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December 07, 2007 | Daily Report Online

NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP _ Indicating how baseball might treat players named in the Mitchell report, Jose Guillen and Jay Gibbons were suspended for the first 15 days of next season for violating baseball's drug policy.Guillen and Gibbons were accused in media reports of receiving human growth hormone after January 2005, when it was banned by baseball.

By Ronald Blum

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May 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Long before she was a Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor was an umpire between baseball players and team owners.Her decision as a U.S. District Court judge to issue an injunction against owners on March 31, 1995, ended a 7-month strike that had wiped out the World Series for the first time in 90 years.

By RONALD BLUM

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December 21, 2007 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit.Roger Clemens wasn't one of them, despite a published report last year that singled him out. He was, however, prominently mentioned in last week's Mitchell Report on doping, but has denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs.

By RONALD BLUM

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