(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Oklahoma City 145, New York 135
Washington 102, Memphis 92
Minnesota 129, Cleveland 124
Philadelphia 105, Utah 98
Denver 126, Chicago 103
Sacramento 122, Golden State 115
LA Lakers 116, Brooklyn 103
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Dallas 5, Philadelphia 1
Boston 5, Vancouver 2
San Jose 3 Minnesota 2 (SO)
NY Rangers 4, Arizona 1
Tampa Bay 6, Washington 3
Winnipeg 3 Seattle 2 (OT)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 21, Seattle 16
Detroit 31, Chicago 30
Kansas City 27, Jacksonville 17
Miami 39, Cleveland 17
Minnesota 33 Buffalo 30 (OT)
NY Giants 24, Houston 16
Pittsburgh 20, New Orleans 10
Tennessee 17, Denver 10
Indianapolis 25, Las Vegas 20
Arizona 27, LA Rams 17
Green Bay 31 Dallas 28 (OT)
San Francisco 22, LA Chargers 16
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Colorado 78, Tennessee 66
(WASHINGTON) — The District of Columbia filed a consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, team owner Daniel Snyder, the National Football League and league commissioner Roger Goodell, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Thursday.
The defendants are being sued “for collusion to deceive residents of the District of Columbia about their investigation into a toxic workplace culture that impacted employees, especially women,” Racine said at a press conference.
The D.C. AG alleges in his complaint that “The Commanders, Snyder, the NFL, and Goodell misled fans about what was being done to address decades of sexual harassment and toxicity in the Commander’s organization.” He also alleges “Snyder and the Commanders lied to consumers when they denied knowing anything about the long-standing hostile work environment and culture of sexual harassment.”
Racine, who is leaving the office on Jan. 2, 2023, said the lawsuit will continue regardless of the team’s ownership.
Attorneys for the Washington Commanders told ABC News in a statement Thursday, “Over two years ago, Dan and Tanya Snyder acknowledged that an unacceptable workplace culture had existed within their organization for several years and they have apologized many times for allowing that to happen.”
The statement added, “We agree with AG Racine on one thing: the public needs to know the truth. Although the lawsuit repeats a lot of innuendo, half-truths and lies, we welcome this opportunity to defend the organization — for the first time — in a court of law and to establish, once and for all, what is fact and what is fiction.”
Brian McCarthy, the vice president of communications for the NFL, told ABC News in a statement that the independent investigation into workplace misconduct allegations at the Washington Commanders was “thoroughly and comprehensively conducted” by attorney Beth Wilkinson and her law firm, Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz.
“Following the completion of the investigation, the NFL made public a summary of Ms. Wilkinson’s findings and imposed a record-setting fine against the club and its ownership,” the statement said.
He added, “We reject the legally unsound and factually baseless allegations made today by the D.C. Attorney General against the NFL and Commissioner Goodell and will vigorously defend against those claims.”
Racine’s office began looking into Snyder’s team and the NFL in the fall of 2021 related to allegations of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct. He says his office has reviewed thousands of internal documents from the Commanders and the NFL.
The lawsuit is based on D.C.’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA), which prohibits unfair and deceptive trade practices, Racine said. OAG has broad authority under the CPPA to hold accountable any company or any head of a company if they mislead or lie to District consumers, regardless of where they are located.
A spokesperson for the Washington Commanders told ABC News on Wednesday ahead of the scheduled press conference, “the Commanders have fully cooperated with the AG’s investigation for nearly a year. As recently as Monday, a lawyer for the team met with the AG who did not suggest at that time that he intended to take any action and, in fact, revealed fundamental misunderstandings of the underlying facts.”
The attorney general told reporters Thursday, “What Mr. Snyder sought to do is what he does all the time. Deflect attention from his own misconduct. impute a motivation or intention onto someone else.”
Former team employees Meghan Imbert and Melanie Coburn spoke to reporters after the press conference.
Coburn, who testified in February at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the allegations against the Commanders, was a former director of marketing and cheerleader with the team.
“These allegations have also been going on for quite some time,” she said. “And of course, the [House Oversight] committee has been working on this for a very long time and I have full confidence that they’re gonna come out with some sort of information for the public. That’s what they intended to do.”
Imbert, a former production manager for the team’s TV department, told reporters that the issues when it comes to workplace culture aren’t just with the NFL but with society. She says the announcement Thursday proves to her that there might be a path for accountability.
“This is bigger than the NFL. This is a societal issue. The NFL is a microcosm of society,” she said.
The House Oversight Committee declined to comment Thursday.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Washington 113, Dallas 105
Atlanta 104, Philadelphia 95
Miami 117, Charlotte 112
Portland 106, New Orleans 95
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NY Rangers 8, Detroit 2
Boston 3, Calgary 1
Columbus 5, Philadelphia 2
Carolina 7, Edmonton 2
Vegas 7, Buffalo 4
New Jersey 4, Ottawa 3 (OT)
Arizona 2, NY Islanders 0
St. Louis 5, San Jose 3
Colorado 5, Nashville 3
Los Angeles 2, Chicago 1 (OT)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Carolina 25, Atlanta 15
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas 82, ND State 59
Texas Tech 78, Texas Southern 54
Indiana 101, B-CU 49
Creighton 96, North Dakota 61
Texas 82, HBU 31
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Orlando 94, Dallas 87
Portland 105, Charlotte 95
Denver 122, Indiana 119
Utah 125, Atlanta 119
Brooklyn 112, New York 85
Boston 128, Detroit 112
Toronto 116, Houston 109
Phoenix 129, Minnesota 117
Final New Orleans 115 Chicago 111
Memphis 124, San Antonio 122 (OT)
Milwaukee 136, Oklahoma City 132 (2OT)
Sacramento 127, Cleveland 120
LA Clippers 114, LA Lakers 101
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Florida 3, Carolina 0
Pittsburgh 4, Washington 1
Montreal 5, Vancouver 2
Minnesota 4, Anaheim 1
(NEW YORK) — WNBA star Brittney Griner, who’s been detained in Russia since February and is facing nine years in a Russian prison, has been transferred to a penal colony.
The move was decried by White House officials.
“Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement early Wednesday. “As the Administration continues to work tirelessly to secure her release, the President has directed the Administration to prevail on her Russian captors to improve her treatment and the conditions she may be forced to endure in a penal colony.”
Griner’s lawyers said in a statement that she was transferred on Nov. 4 from a detention center in Iksha. She’s now on her way to a penal colony in an undisclosed location.
“We do not have any information on her exact current location or her final destination,” the lawyers, Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, said in a statement. “In accordance with the standard Russian procedure the attorneys, as well as the U.S. Embassy, should be notified upon her arrival at her destination.”
The White House said it had made a “significant offer” to Russian officials to “resolve the current unacceptable and wrongful detentions of American citizens.”
“In the subsequent weeks, despite a lack of good faith negotiation by the Russians, the U.S. Government has continued to follow up on that offer and propose alternative potential ways forward with the Russians through all available channels,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
She added, “The U.S. Government is unwavering in its commitment to its work on behalf of Brittney and other Americans detained in Russia — including fellow wrongful detainee Paul Whelan.”
Griner, a 31-year-old Houston native who plays professional basketball for the Phoenix Mercury, was detained on Feb. 17 at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki as she returned to Russia to play during the WNBA’s offseason after she was accused of having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country.
(NEW YORK) — WNBA star Brittney Griner, who’s been detained in Russia since February and is facing nine years in a Russian prison, has been transferred to a penal colony.
The move was decried by White House officials.
“Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement early Wednesday. “As the Administration continues to work tirelessly to secure her release, the President has directed the Administration to prevail on her Russian captors to improve her treatment and the conditions she may be forced to endure in a penal colony.”
Griner’s lawyers said in a statement that she was transferred on Nov. 4 from a detention center in Iksha. She’s now on her way to a penal colony in an undisclosed location.
“We do not have any information on her exact current location or her final destination,” the lawyers, Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, said in a statement. “In accordance with the standard Russian procedure the attorneys, as well as the U.S. Embassy, should be notified upon her arrival at her destination.”
The White House said it had made a “significant offer” to Russian officials to “resolve the current unacceptable and wrongful detentions of American citizens.”
“In the subsequent weeks, despite a lack of good faith negotiation by the Russians, the U.S. Government has continued to follow up on that offer and propose alternative potential ways forward with the Russians through all available channels,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
She added, “The U.S. Government is unwavering in its commitment to its work on behalf of Brittney and other Americans detained in Russia — including fellow wrongful detainee Paul Whelan.”
Griner, a 31-year-old Houston native who plays professional basketball for the Phoenix Mercury, was detained on Feb. 17 at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki as she returned to Russia to play during the WNBA’s offseason after she was accused of having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Vegas 4, Toronto 3 (OT)
NY Islanders 4, NY Rangers 3
Montreal 4, Detroit 2 (SO)
Arizona 4, Buffalo 1
Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 1
New Jersey 3, Calgary 2
Vancouver 6, Ottawa 4
Edmonton 3, Tampa Bay 2
Winnipeg 5, Dallas 1
Seattle 5, Nashville 1
LA Kings 1, Minnesota 0
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Washington 108, Charlotte 100
Houston 134, Orlando 127
Detroit 112, Oklahoma City 103
Indiana 129, New Orleans 122
Philadelphia 100, Phoenix 88
Atlanta 117, Milwaukee 98
Portland 110, Miami 107
Chicago 111, Toronto 97
Boston 109, Memphis 106
New York 120, Minnesota 107
Denver 115, San Antonio 109
Dallas 96, Brooklyn 94
Golden State 116, Sacramento 113
Utah 139, LA Lakers 116
LA Clippers 119, Cleveland 117
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Boston 3, St. Louis 1
NY Islanders 4, Calgary 3 (OT)
Washington 5, Edmonton 4
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Baltimore 27, New Orleans 13
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
North Carolina 69, UNC-Wilmington 56
Gonzaga 104, North Florida 63
Houston 83, N. Colorado 36
Kentucky 95, Howard 63
Baylor 117, MVSU 53
Kansas 89, Omaha 64
Duke 71, Jacksonville 44
Creighton 72, St. Thomas (MN) 60
Arkansas 76, N. Dakota St. 58
Tennessee 75, Tennessee Tech 43
Texas 72, UTEP 57
Indiana 88, Morehead St. 53
TCU 73, Ark.-Pine Bluff 72
Auburn 70, George Mason 52
Villanova 81, La Salle 68
Arizona 117, Nicholls 75
Virginia 73, NC Central 61
Alabama 75, Longwood 54
Michigan 75, Fort Wayne 56
Illinois 87, E. Illinois 57
Dayton 73, Lindenwood (Mo.) 46
Texas Tech 73, Northwestern St. 49
UCLA 76, Sacramento St. 50
San Diego St. 80, Cal St.-Fullerton 57
Oregon 80, Florida A&M 45
(HOUSTON) — Thousands of Houston Astros fans are expected to line the streets of downtown Houston on Monday as the city celebrates the 2022 World Series champions with a parade.
The parade will begin at 1 p.m ET and travel down Smith Street, beginning at the intersection with Preston Street and ending at the intersection with Taum Street.
#WorldSeries parade will be tomorrow at 12pm‼️
Please utilize @METROHouston or ride share to get to the Parade. Services from @METROHouston will be free tomorrow. ⚾️⚾️🥳🥳
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Cleveland 114, LA Lakers 100
Toronto 113, Chicago 104
Memphis 103, Washington 97
Utah 110, LA Clippers 102
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Toronto 3, Carolina 1
Detroit 3, NY Rangers 2 (OT)
Florida 5, Anaheim 3
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 42, Carolina 21
Detroit 15, Green Bay 9
Jacksonville 27, Las Vegas 20
LA Chargers 20, Atlanta 17
Miami 35, Chicago 32
Minnesota 20, Washington 17
NY Jets 20, Buffalo 17
New England 26, Indianapolis 3
Seattle 31, Arizona 21
Tampa Bay 16, LA Rams 13
Kansas City 20, Tennessee 17 (OT)
