Women Winning in Sports: Leadership, Perspective, and Progress in Professional Athletics

Michael BaldocchiNews & Insights, Sports Law

On February 20, 2026, Loyola Law School’s Entertainment Law Review held its annual symposium, where various “power players” throughout the entertainment legal profession spoke on their current functions and expectations for their practice areas moving forward. The symposium’s first panel …

Friendly Communication or Fraudulent Gambling: How Modern Sports-Betting Has Blurred the Line Between Friendship and Felony

Michael BaldocchiEntertainment Law, Sports Law

The 1919 Chicago Black Sox, the 1949-1951 College Basketball point-shaving scandal, Pete Rose, and Operation Slapshot are just a few examples of the plethora of instances where professional athletics’ integrity has been compromised by the ever-expanding sports gambling industry.[1]  Today, …