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Interesting blog entry about why lawyers are more likely to experience depression than the rest of the general population. Why lawyers get depressed

Get ready to start the voting for the Top Sports Law stories for 2011. It has been an interesting year with some interesting results. We look forward to your input.

One more week of the drama.  More details to follow.

Here are 11 stories expected to take the spotlight in 2011. We will take a look back later in the year to see how we did. Happy 2011 Roy Kessel (rkessel@sportsloop.com) We will add one each day until we have … finish reading Roy Kessel’s Top 11 stories to watch in 2011

John Bond, the former Miss. St. QB who broke some of the offers on the Cam Newton “sale” apparently spoke to the FBI.  In the report Bond declined to make any further comments. It will be interesting to see how … finish reading Newton source Bond talks to FBI

The Islanders dismal start cost Scott Gordon his job.  Their 10 game losing streak led to the dismissal.  The report has more details on how poor the Islanders have been.

Lane Kiffin’s grievance seeking unpaid salary he felt he was owed after being fired by the Raiders has been denied by an NFL arbitrator.  The Raiders’ countergrievance for lawyer and arbitration fees was also denied. Kiffin’s grievance was filed through … finish reading Kiffin grievance denied

Apparently unaware play was going to resume, Phil Mickelson returned to his hotel and then failed to get back to the course in time while playing in the tournament at Singapore Open. According to the report, Mickelson’s failure resulted in … finish reading Mickelson hit with 2 stroke penalty

NHL Executive Director of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell was defended by the league in the wake of the release of emails that show a variety of negative statements made by him.  The statements relate to both players and officials. Despite the … finish reading NHL defends Colin Campbell emails

Well okay, maybe it was not exactly a vote of confidence, but Vikings Coach Brad Childress is allegedly safe after Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said that he would not fire Childress. This raises the question of whether this statement holds … finish reading Childress gets dreaded vote of confidence

England is trying to distance its bid from the British media which opened the investigation into the bid scandals. According the AP Report, the letter to FIFA attempted to minimize damage that the English big committee feels might be held … finish reading England tries to distance itself from cause of FIFA investigation

Just hours after a big win over Central Florida, 3 So. Miss. players were shot outside a nightclub after a fight in the nightclub spilled into the parking lot. As most coaches preach, nothing good is going to happen at … finish reading Three So. Miss football players shot

Memphis and freshman guard Jelan Kendrick have agreed to part ways.  Coach Josh Pastner announced the move in a release which did not elaborate other than to say that they decided it was best to part ways. Kendrick missed two … finish reading Kendrick and Memphis agree to part ways

The NHL suspended Minnesota Wild defenseman Brent Burns for 2 games for “careless use of his stick” in an incident that fractured the orbital bone of Florida Panthers forward Steve Bernier.    It is somewhat surprising that the NHL didn’t impose a … finish reading Wild defenseman Burns suspended 2 games

The Broncos have punished starting LB D.J. Williams following his arrest early Friday morning for driving while under the influence and being ticketed for not having his headlights on in the dark.  The team announced today that he won’t start Sunday, has … finish reading DJ Williams stripped of captaincy and won’t start

The NFL acknowledged to the Steelers that two penalties were wrongly called against the Steelers during their win over the Bengals, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The calls were the same ones that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin complained about: a … finish reading NFL ackowledges officials’ mistakes to Steelers