Thứ Hai, 2 tháng 3, 2015
Thứ Bảy, 28 tháng 2, 2015
Travis Kvapil’s car was stolen outside his hotel Friday morning, the day before the race. Police estimate the total value of the stolen items is between $350,000-400,000.
Kvapil and his Team Xtreme Racing were scheduled to compete in the Sprint Cup Series this Saturday in Atlanta, and had until 5:45 p.m. on Friday to register the vehicle. Team Xtreme owner, John Cohen, told USA Today Sports that they hope to enter the Sprint Cup next week.
The Nascar team was staying at the Drury Inn in Morrow, and the trailer was in the parking lot.
Oglesby said that the stolen truck connected to the trailer was a black Ford truck with New Jersey license plates.
Thứ Sáu, 27 tháng 2, 2015
The decision vacates a December ruling by arbitrator Harold Henderson.
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Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been reinstated after a judge ruled in favor of the National Football League Players Association's lawsuit against the NFL.
Peterson was suspended in November for his involvement in a child abuse case. Peterson appealed Goodell's decision but a month later arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld the league's suspension. The NFLPA argued Henderson was biased in favor of the NFL because he is a longtime league executive.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled that Henderson "simply disregarded the law of the shop and in doing so failed to meet his duty under the [collective bargaining agreement]." The decision vacates Henderson's December ruling.
"This is a victory for the rule of law, due process and fairness," NFLPA's Executive Director Demaurice Smith said in a statement. "Our collective bargaining agreement has rules for implementation of the personal conduct policy and when those rules are violated, our union always stands up to protect our players' rights. This is yet another example why neutral arbitration is good for our players, good for the owners and good for our game."
In his investigation, Henderson concluded the NFL's new policy on domestic violence personal conduct was basically the same as the old, therefore upholding Peterson's suspension handed down by NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell in November.
Judge Doty disagreed, writing, "Henderson's conclusion that the New Policy is consistent with the previous Policy is contradicted by the Commissioner's own statements in which he acknowledged that the New Policy included "changes" to the Policy."
This is the second time the NFLPA successfully overturned an NFL suspension claiming the league's commissioner, Roger Goodell, acted outside his authority. In November, a judge overruled Ray Rice's indefinite suspension, claiming Goodell punished Rice twice for the same crime.
It is unclear if Peterson will return to the Vikings. In recent interviews he expressed reluctance to return to Minnesota. According to ESPN, Peterson will earn a base salary of $12.75 million and count $15.4 million against the salary cap in 2015. He has said that he doesn't think he should have to take a pay cut.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport said the NFL will review the judge's decision.
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Shortly after a video of Lebron James Jr.’s skills went viral, his dad revealed that colleges have already reached out to his son with offers.
At 10 years old, Lebron James Jr. has already shown promise as a successful athlete, and scouts are already expressing interest in recruiting him for college ball.
Seriously, the kid is GOOD. Here he is dominating at John Lucas All-Star Weekend, one of the most competitive youth basketball tournaments in the country.
The video was posted on Feb. 23 and has more than 4.7 million views on YouTube.
In an interview with a local radio station in Detroit on Tuesday, Lebron James admitted that his son has recently garnered the attention of some university athletic departments.
"Yeah, he's already got some offers from colleges," he said. "It's pretty crazy. It should be a violation. You shouldn't be recruiting 10-year-old kids."
That's not to say the Cleveland Cavalier forward does not recognize his son's prowess on the court, and how similarly the two play the game.
"It's crazy, he plays just like I did. He has great awareness and he'd rather pass first and set guys up. Most kids nowadays just want to score."
The elder James did not specify which colleges had reached out to his son, or discuss the scholarships they offered.
Guess we'll have to wait another eight years before finding out where Lebron James Jr. decides to take his talents. In the meantime, he and his younger brother, Bryce, will continue to rock cool kicks and backpacks at school.
Ex-Louisville guard Chris Jones was charged with raping one woman and sodomizing another. Jones pleads not guilty.
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The Journal-Courier reports that the warrant for Jones' arrest says that the alleged sexual assaults occurred on Sunday, February 22, and that the accusers were hospitalized and identified Jones as an assailant.
The woman recognized Jones "as a University of Louisville basketball player" according to the warrant.
Another warrant says that Jones, along with two others, forced a woman to perform oral sex and intercourse. She was taken to the hospital where she also identified Jones.
One of the women is 19 and another woman is 20, according to the warrant.
Two other men are charged along with Jones, Tyvon Walker and Jalen Tilford, each charged with one count of rape and one count of sodomy.
Jones plead not guilty to the charges on Thursday. His lawyers said in court that he is falsely accused.
Thứ Năm, 26 tháng 2, 2015
Commissioner Rob Manfred says the league is still working to set a well-structured domestic violence policy.
Commissioner Rob Manfred
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The Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, and Chicago Cubs will be the first teams to attend the courses, which will be coordinated by Futures Without Violence, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that takes a multi-point approach to ending violence against women.
Futures Without Violence was founded by Esta Soler, a leading advocate for the Violence Against Women Act during its passing in 1994. Futures Against Violence has existing programs specifically aimed to educate and motivate men to prevent domestic violence.
Players who are not on the 40-man roster during spring training will attend a separate domestic violence education program.
In December 2014, representatives from professional sports leagues, and their respective players unions, attended a Senate hearing to address domestic violence in sports. Though the NFL took most of the heat during the hearing, Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri pointed out that during his 22 years as MLB commissioner, Bud Selig never once punished a player for domestic violence.
On Tuesday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league is working with the MLB Players Association to implement a new disciplinary policy for incidents of domestic violence.
Per the Associated Press , "Baseball's collective bargaining agreement...allows the commissioner or a team to impose discipline, but doesn't say of what sort, if a player is charged with a crime 'involving the use of physical force or violence, including but not limited to, sexual assault, domestic violence, resisting arrest, battery, and assault.'"
The teams from Riverdale High School and Smyrna High School, both in suburbs of Nashville, were removed from the playoffs, placed on probation for a year, and fined $1,500 by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.
Two Tennessee high school girls basketball teams have been removed from the postseason after they both tried to intentionally lose a game against each other.
In letters to both schools, the TSSAA said that the programs were being punished because the teams made a "mockery of the game" by trying to lose on purpose.
The TSSAA said they did so because neither wanted to be seeded third in the post-season tournament.
According to an account by the game's referee, Riverdale started out in a 2-3 zone, which was not usual for the team.
The Smyrna coach soon realized what was going on, according to the referee, and decided to swap in his second team. Riverdale then did so as well.
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