Michael McCann (born March 28, 1976)Mississippi College School of Law
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Early career

McCann was admitted to the

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in 2002. He served as legal counsel to Rep. Marty Meehan of Massachusetts and as a communications aide to Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly. In 2004 McCann represented former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett in his attempt to enter the NFL Draft. Although Clarett initially won his case, the decision was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.See ''Clarett v. Nat'l Football League'', 369 F.3d 124 (2d Cir. 2004), cert. denied, 125 S. Ct. 1728 (2005) Clarett ultimately participated in the NFL Draft the following year.

Academics

Prior to joining the University of New Hampshire School of Law faculty, McCann taught at Mississippi College School of Law, Yale Law School, Boston College Law School and Vermont Law School. At Yale McCann oversaw a sports law and analytics reading group, the first course of its kind offered at any law school. He also co-founded The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School.Director of Sports Law Institute, Professor of Law - Vermont Law School
Vermont Law School. (accessed 8 August 2013) In 2015, McCann taught a course on the Deflategate scandal at UNH. McCann has authored over 15 articles for nationally recognized law review journals, including the ''

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'', '' Wisconsin Law Review'', and '' Boston College Law Review''. In 2008 he chaired the section on law and sports for the Association of American Law Schools. McCann is also the editor and co-author of ''The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law'', as well as co-author of the book ''Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA'' with Ed O'Bannon.

Sports journalism

McCann has written several hundred columns for ''Sports Illustrated'' and its online edition, SI.com, since joining its staff in 2007. At ''Sports Illustrated'' in 2012, McCann was instrumental in exposing former Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino's hiring of his mistress as a player development coordinator. McCann was the first journalist to interview Lance Armstrong after the disgraced cyclist publicly admitted to

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during a January 2013 television program hosted by

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. McCann also wrote extensively on the 2011-12 Penn State child sex abuse scandal. McCann serves as a legal analyst for NBA TV.Condotta, Bob
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'' The Huffington Post'', November 19, 2012. (accessed 8 August 2013) Since June 2020, McCann has been a legal analyst and writer for Sportico.

References

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