Sports 9 Law & Order episodes
Athletes, coaches, agents and gamblers, and the money and pressure that turn competition into crime.
- Season 4 · Episode 18
Wager
A rising baseball star’s father is killed over huge gambling debts, and the bookie charged with the murder may not be the one who struck the fatal blow.
- Season 4 · Episode 21
Doubles
When a world-ranked teenage tennis player is attacked before a tournament, the case moves from an obsessed fan to her rival and finally to the player herself.
- Season 11 · Episode 14
A Losing Season
A pregnant bank loan officer is found shot in the trunk of a stolen car, and the case moves from two car thieves to a drug dealer, a hired gunman and a professional basketball player.
- Season 14 · Episode 21
Vendetta
A baseball fan hated for touching a foul ball is killed in a bar fight by a man recently freed after 20 years for a murder he did not commit, and the case leads to the officer who framed him.
- Season 15 · Episode 16
The Sixth Man
A reclusive basketball fan is found with a broken neck in his rent-controlled apartment, and the trail leads to the visiting star he spent two seasons taunting from the stands and over the phone.
- Season 21 · Episode 4
Fault Lines
A family court judge is beaten to death in his garage, and the evidence points to a tennis star whose life, money and marriage plans he had placed under her father’s control.
- Season 24 · Episode 3
Big Brother
The murder of a star college basketball coach leads to a bar owner with mob ties, and the case depends on whether Riley’s brother, facing his own gun charge, will testify against his friend.
- Season 24 · Episode 18
Inherent Bias
A rookie basketball star is shot in a tunnel at Madison Square Garden, and the case against her former business partner divides Riley and Shaw over what each saw him throw into the East River.
- Season 24 · Episode 21
Tough Love
When a demanding sports agent is knifed during his dawn run, the trail leads to his younger son, whose messages to a chatbot therapist reveal years of punishing training.