Michael McCann

Michael McCann is a Legal Analyst and Senior Sports Legal Reporter at Sportico. He is also a Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, where he is Founding Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute. McCann is a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in the 2023-24 academic year. He is an attorney with more than 20 years of practice. McCann was on the legal team for Maurice Clarett in Clarett v. NFL and has represented clients in antitrust, employment and IP matters. McCann was a Legal Analyst and Staff Writer for Sports Illustrated from 2007 to 2020, authoring more than 1,000 stories. He is the Editor of the "Oxford University Press Handbook of American Sports Law" and, with Ed O'Bannon, co-author of "Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA." McCann has also authored more than 20 book chapters and law review articles, including placements in the Yale Law Journal and Boston College Law Review, and has testified before the U.S. Senate as a legal expert. He holds degrees from Harvard Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law and Georgetown University. McCann resides in Andover, Mass., with his wife and their daughter.