Books By Rich Nichols, Sam Yip - Author

Rich Nichols is a premier pioneering sports lawyer with decades of experience as a businessperson and lawyer in the sports industry. Along with leading the equal pay collective bargaining negotiations for the USWNT, he has represented a plethora of iconic athletes. He practiced law for several years at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and in the early 1980s founded and operated a sports marketing company. In 1988, Nichols purchased, owned, and operated the City of San Francisco Marathon before selling it in 1991 to the International Management Group (IMG). Finally, Nichols has considerable experience in broadcast media as a sports analyst and most recently a television pundit on high-profile issues in the news and sports. He resides in Keller, Texas.

Sam Yip, a sports journalist with USA Today's HoopsHype, has covered a wide range of sports, from Olympic sports like women's beach volleyball to the NBA, for outlets like The Guardian, SLAM, and others. He covers games