* On Tuesday, a Major League Baseball game had fewer than 6,000 in attendance. At the same time, the Second Circuit has to grapple with the fact that we still give this sport an antitrust exemption. [Law360]
* Justice William O’Neill of the Ohio Supreme Court took to Facebook to blast Cleveland Browns players for staging a silent, reverential protest of racial violence in America. With that, O’Neill successfully completes the first step in running for governor. [ABA Journal]
* “How do you go from the sixth-largest media market to the 40th and call it a win?” Antitrust attorney James Quinn on the NFL’s decision to move the Raiders to Las Vegas. [New York Law Journal]
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* The battle between the St. Louis Cardinals and an animal welfare organization has stepped up a notch. I promise there’s non-sports legal news after the jump. [Deadspin]
* Hilarity ensues when Jeff Flake holds a hearing on splitting the Ninth Circuit and the hard-core Trump people use it to troll him. [The Recorder]
* Children conceived from frozen sperm can’t get survivor benefits. Well, this is a wacky one. [Law.com]
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* Department of Education outlines the options available to Charlotte Law students. [Inside Higher Ed]
* Ministry objects to SPLC “hate group” label issued over a history of staunch anti-LGBT activism. [Sun-Sentinel]