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FILE - Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, leaves the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 21, 2022. A Los Angeles jury has rejected a claim by the widow of a former USC football player who said the NCAA failed to protect him from repeated head trauma that led to his death. The jury found Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, that the NCAA was not negligent in the death of Matthew Gee. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Jury: NCAA not to blame in ex-USC football player's death

By Brian Melley Nov. 22, 2022 07:27 PM EST

Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, leaves the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Matthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Trial starts in concussion case of dead USC football player

By Beth Harris Oct. 21, 2022 01:08 AM EDT

FILE - A Southern California helmet sits in the end zone prior to an NCAA college football game against UCLA, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Pasadena, Calif. A Los Angeles jury could be the first in the U.S. to decide whether the NCAA failed to protect college football players from repeated blows to the head that cause serious brain injuries. Opening statements are scheduled Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in the case of a former University of Southern California linebacker who had significant brain damage when he died at age 49. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Concussion lawsuit against NCAA could be first to reach jury

By Brian Melley Oct. 20, 2022 04:45 PM EDT

FILE - Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson warms up before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Houston. Deshaun Watson stepped away from legal depositions and allegations of sexual misconduct on Thursday, March 24, 2022, to meet his new team. Watson arrived at Cleveland's headquarters in Berea, Ohio, the first step for him and a franchise investing in a player who has been accused by 22 women of sexual misconduct. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File)
Watson visits Browns as 2nd grand jury declines to indict

By Tom Withers Mar. 24, 2022 01:54 PM EDT

Grand jury declines to indict Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson over harassment, sex assault allegations

Mar. 11, 2022 04:39 PM EST
HOUSTON (AP) — Grand jury declines to indict Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson over harassment, sex assault allegations. ...

Man cleared in Alabama shooting of NFL player's brother

Jan. 28, 2022 08:05 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A 24-year-old man was acquitted Friday of fatally shooting the brother of an NFL football player in 2019. After two days of...

Lawsuit over Rams' move from St. Louis delayed to 2022

Mar. 11, 2021 12:13 PM EST
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge intends to push back until early 2022 the trial for St. Louis' lawsuit over the departure of the NFL's Rams to Los Angeles. ...

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2012, file photo, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith appears before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. Cardell Hayes, who fatally shot former NFL star Smith following a 2016 traffic collision, has a bond hearing scheduled Thursday, March 4, 2021, seeking freedom after his manslaughter conviction in Smith's death was overturned because his trial jury's vote was not unanimous. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
Bond hearing for man who killed ex-Saints star Will Smith

Mar. 04, 2021 01:06 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Oakland Raiders offensive tackle Trent Brown (77) protects a gap in the offensive line during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, in Oakland, Calif. Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock says the “jury is still out” on whether highly paid right tackle Trent Brown will be back in 2021 after being limited by injuries in his first two seasons with the team. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit, File)
Raiders GM Mike Mayock: 'Jury is still out' on Trent Brown

By Josh Dubow Mar. 03, 2021 06:20 PM EST

FILE - This 2013 file photo shows New York Jets running back Joe McKnight. An appeals court granted a Louisiana man a new trial because he was convicted by a split jury of fatally shooting McKnight during a road rage incident. Ronald Glasser's 30-year sentence and manslaughter conviction were vacated Wednesday, July 15, 2020, by the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal, news outlets reported.  (AP Photo/File)
Court drops split-jury verdict in killing of NFL's McKnight

Jul. 16, 2020 08:13 AM EDT

Jury awards $6M in Drew Brees diamond-fraud lawsuit

Jun. 21, 2019 10:24 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $6 million to New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees in a lawsuit that claimed a San Diego County jeweler sold him...

FILE - In this May 20, 2019 file photo Former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial in Vista, Calif.  Prosecutors are expected to announce, Friday, June 14,  whether they will retry Winslow Jr. on eight criminal charges left undecided by the jury that convicted the former NFL player of rape. Winslow was convicted Monday of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman and two counts of lewd conduct involving two other women. The jury deadlocked on remaining charges, including two counts of rape involving a hitchhiker and an unconscious teenage girl.  (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool,File)
The Latest: Ex-NFL player will face new rape trial

Jun. 14, 2019 02:25 PM EDT

Calif. jury that convicted ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr of rape deadlocks on other counts; mistrial declared on those

Jun. 11, 2019 02:32 PM EDT
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Calif. jury that convicted ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr of rape deadlocks on other counts; mistrial declared on those. ...

Sitting in Superior Court in Vista, Kellen Winslow, Jr., is flanked by two of his three defense attorneys, Brian Watkins, left, and Elizabeth Bahr, right, as he listens to closing arguments to jury from Deputy District Attorney, Dan Owens on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Vista, Calif.  (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. convicted of rape

By Julie Watson Jun. 10, 2019 07:22 PM EDT

Closing arguments given in rape trial of Kellen Winslow Jr.

Jun. 04, 2019 08:01 PM EDT
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys for former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. say five women who accused him of rape and lewd conduct invented the allegations to prey on...

The Latest: Trial begins for ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr

May. 20, 2019 02:41 PM EDT
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the rape trial of Kellen Winslow Jr. (all times local): 11:30 a.m. A jury in Southern California has...

File-This Jan. 27, 2019, file photo shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft addressing the crowd during an NFL football Super Bowl send-off rally for the team, in Foxborough, Mass. Kraft now says he wants his misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution charge tried by a jury, not a judge. Kraft’s attorneys filed a court notice Tuesday, March 26, 2019, also waiving his arraignment, which had been scheduled for Thursday. His lawyer’s also reiterated his not guilty plea, which he made last month. Kraft and 24 other men were charged in Palm Beach County as part of a multicounty crackdown on massage parlor prostitution. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Patriots' Kraft now wants jury trial on prostitution charge

Mar. 26, 2019 04:58 PM EDT

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