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Today, women basketball players rack up points on the court, make impossible shots, and play thrilling games just as much as men do. However, it took a long time to get here—the first women playing basketball were doing so in floor-length dresses and corsets. In honor of March Madness and Women’s History Month, we’re using HeinOnline, and especially our Business and Legal Aspects of Sports and Entertainment (BLASE) database, to alley-oop into the fascinating history of women’s basketball.

Many of us know the names of Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Harriet Tubman, but there are countless other women who have played significant roles in advancing women’s rights and social status throughout history. In this blog post, we will highlight four lesser-known women who may not have received widespread recognition but have undoubtedly made a lasting impact on the world.

With more than 205 million pages, HeinOnline contains scholarly articles, case law, government documents, and so much more. But today, we’re going to bring you some of the most bizarre hidden gems you can stumble across in your research. Let’s take a look at some of HeinOnline’s little-known treasures that our employees have found throughout the years.

Black history is filled with heroes who have overcome unspeakable obstacles in the fight for racial equality, civil rights, and social justice. Every day, and especially this month, these leaders serve as inspiration for the ongoing struggle in the Black community in the face of police brutality, economic disparities, and other inequities. In this blog post, we use HeinOnline to explore five Black leaders who you may not have heard of, or know much about, to illustrate some of the rich and often untaught history of Black America.

After a four-year break from touring, on November 1, 2022, Taylor Swift announced that she would again be hitting the road in her much-anticipated Eras Tour. Tickets would be sold via Ticketmaster, with special presales. The entire sale was, in short, a disaster on a scale similar to the Three Mile Island meltdown. This isn’t the first time Ticketmaster has found itself in hot water. Using HeinOnline, let’s explore past Ticketmaster controversies to potentially gain insight into the current situation.

Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and prodigious WNBA player, was detained, arrested, and imprisoned in Russia after airport authorities found a gram of cannabis oil inside of her luggage. Her situation drew national and international attention to the plight of wrongful detainees in foreign countries, as well as prompted renewed support to bring home another American detainee, Paul Whelan. Keep reading to learn more about how Brittney made it back to American soil in December 2022.

The murder of JonBenét Ramsey set off a national media frenzy that fueled supermarket tabloids for decades, its twists and turns and unanswered questions casting suspicion onto strangers, JonBenét’s parents, and even her nine-year-old brother.

Although they don’t usually draw as large of a turnout as presidential elections, midterms are important in determining the agendas and priorities of the U.S. government for the next two years. Several important issues were on the ballot in various states. Check out our recap of the results!

You may remember the story of the first Thanksgiving from your elementary school days, when you listened to the tale of the Pilgrims while you turned construction-paper cutouts of your hands into turkeys. But how much of that story is actually true? And how did Thanksgiving come to be an annual, national holiday? Feast with us on all of the information we dug up in HeinOnline regarding the history and controversy of Thanksgiving.

On September 25th, the Buffalo Bills played the Miami Dolphins in a much anticipated NFL game between rivals. However, the game itself isn’t what sparked controversy. Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins starting quarterback, was tackled late in the first half of the game. Fast forward to four days later, when the Miami Dolphins played the Cincinnati Bengals in a Thursday night game. Tagovailoa was sacked and cameras zoomed in to show his arms and fingers flexed unnaturally, which has been referred to as a “fencing response,”[1] that can indicate a brain injury.