Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is denying a 2011 allegation of sexual assault after a weekly alternative newspaper in Oregon
published details of a case that prosecutors didn’t
pursue
Dolphins
Albert Wilson Jersey , saying they didn’t believe there was evidence to
support the claim.
The report in the Willamette Week in Portland, Oregon, came two weeks after a Sports Illustrated account that portrayed a hostile work environment for women
in the front office of the Mavericks.
The woman claimed Cuban reached inside her pants and penetrated her vagina with his finger while they were taking a picture in a Portland nightclub. In an
email to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Cuban wrote, ”It didn’t happen.”
In a report explaining why they weren’t pursuing the case, prosecutors wrote that ”there is no evidence to corroborate the complainant’s statement and there
is evidence contradicting the claim.” The report also said the woman didn’t want
to proceed with the allegation.
BASEBALL
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – The Arizona Diamondbacks are bringing back the bullpen cart.
The Diamondbacks announced the team will use an OnTrac bullpen cart to transport relief pitchers from both bullpens at Chase Field prior to entering a
game.
The last known use of a motorized vehicle in Major League Baseball was in 1995
Bengals Game Jerseys ,
when the Milwaukee Brewers used a motorcycle with a sidecar. Mike Fetters,
Arizona’s bullpen coach, was the closer for the Brewers that season.
Baseball historians have tracked the use of bullpen carts to 1950, when the Cleveland Indians first used a ”little red wagon.” The first official use came
in 1951 with the Chicago White Sox. The Kansas City A’s added one in 1955 and by
the 1960s, the carts could be found across the majors and minors.
PRO FOOTBALL
Five NFL players have been given the franchise tag, with only Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell getting the exclusive tag.
Bell, who has been adamant about not playing under the tag for a second straight
season
Youth
M.J. Stewart Jersey , can’t negotiate with any other teams. Pittsburgh
must offer him the average of the top five running backs’ salaries. Both sides
plan to continue negotiating.
Also getting franchise tags were Miami wide receiver Jarvis Landry, Detroit defensive end Ezekiel Ansah, Dallas DE DeMarcus Lawrence, and Los Angeles Rams
safety Lamarcus Joyner. They can talk with other teams, but their current team
would get compensation if they leave.
The only player given the transition tag was Chicago cornerback Kyle Fuller.
MIAMI (AP) – Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross says he won’t force his players to stand for the national anthem, even though he believes kneeling is a
counterproductive way to promote social justice.
Ross’ comments in a statement released by the Dolphins came after the New York Daily News reported that he said all of the team’s players will stand for
the anthem in 2018. Ross was in New York on Monday to be honored by the Jackie
Robinson Foundation and receive its ROBIE Lifetime Achievement Award.
”I have no intention of forcing our players to stand during the anthem, and I regret that my comments have been
misconstrued
Authentic
Francisco Rodriguez Jersey ,” Ross said in his statement.
”I’ve shared my opinion with all our players: I’m passionate about the cause of social justice, and I feel that kneeling is an ineffective tactic that
alienates more people than it enlists.”
SPORTS MEDIA
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A former on-air personality at ESPN has filed a lawsuit alleging she was subjected to sexual harassment at the cable television
sports giant and then ostracized for complaining about it.
The lawsuit filed Sunday in federal court in Connecticut by Adrienne Lawrence describes an atmosphere in which male employees openly watch pornography on
their computers and keep ”scorecards” naming female colleagues they are
targeting for sex.
The network said in a statement that it investigated the allegations raised by Lawrence and they are without merit.
Lawrence, who served a fellowship at ESPN, said in the lawsuit that she was subjected to unwelcome advances from anchor John Buccigross. She says he sent
her unsolicited shirtless photos and used inappropriate nicknames like ”doll”
for her.
DOPING
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) – IAAF president Sebastian Coe says Russians could be stopped from competing as neutral athletes if the country fails to shows
”dramatic progress” in the fight against doping.
Russia has been suspended since 2015, when the World Anti-Doping Agency found evidence of widespread doping. The only Russians allowed to compete at IAAF
events since then have been designated as neutral athletes.
Coe says ”unless dramatic progress is made we
http://www.buccaneersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-vita-vea-jersey ,
and we genuinely hope it is being made, then we will have to review at our
council meeting in July the status of the neutral competitors and the potential
for the congress to decide upon the ultimate sanction, I guess, which is
expulsion.”
Coe says the world needs to know Russian athletes are in a ”system of confidence and trust.”
New York Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue has pleaded guilty to DWI charges in connection with a wrong-way crash in the Lincoln
Tunnel.
Donahue entered the plea Wednesday in Weehawken Municipal Court. As part of a plea deal, three other charges were dismissed. Donahue also will have to drive
with an ignition interlock device for a year after his license is
reinstated.
Police say Donahue was drunk when he drove the wrong way in the tunnel on Feb. 26 and collided with a jitney bus, injuring four of the 15 people on board.
It was his second DUI.
The 25-year-old checked into rehab earlier this year.
Donahue was a fifth-round draft pick of the Jets last year and played in four games before he suffered a season-ending elbow injury.
.
