Shropshire, Kenneth (L.)

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SHROPSHIRE, Kenneth (L.)

SHROPSHIRE, Kenneth (L.). American, b. 1955. Genres: Sports/Fitness, Law. Career: Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, summer law clerk, 1978; Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney, Los Angeles, CA, summer law clerk, 1979, associate, 1980-82; Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, Los Angeles, assistant vice-president and sports manager, 1982-85; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, assistant professor, 1986-92, associate professor of legal studies and real estate, 1992-, acting director of Afro-American Studies Program, 1998-98. Southwestern University, Los Angeles, adjunct professor, 1981-86; University of San Diego, visiting professor, 1990; lecturer at colleges and universities and at National Sports Law Institute; guest on radio and television programs. Publications: Agents of Opportunity: Sports Agents and Corruption in Collegiate Sports, 1990; Careers in Sports Law, 1990; The Sports Franchise Game: Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises, Events, Stadiums, and Arenas, 1995; In Black and White: Race and Sports in America, 1996. EDITOR: (with T. Boyd, and contrib) Basketball Jones, in press; (with T. Davis and A. Mathewson) A Sports Law Anthology, in press. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to law journals and other periodicals. Address: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]