Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Andy Gray Fired Over Sexist Comments
Filed under: English Premier League, Sports Business and Media
LONDON (AP) -- One of British soccer's leading television commentators was fired Tuesday, a day after being taken off the air and temporarily suspended for making sexist remarks about a female match official.Andy Gray, the face of Sky Sports' soccer coverage for the past two decades, was dismissed by the broadcaster after "new evidence of unacceptable and offensive behavior" that took place off-air last month.
The former Scotland striker and broadcast colleague Richard Keys had been reprimanded and removed from duty Monday for making derogatory comments about lineswoman Sian Massey, former referee Wendy Toms and West Ham executive Karren Brady.
"Andy Gray's contract has been terminated for unacceptable behavior," Sky Sports managing director Barney Francis said Tuesday. "We have no hesitation in taking this action after becoming aware of new information today."
Source: http://soccer.fanhouse.com/2011/01/25/andy-gray-fired-over-sexist-comments/
WAC Readies to Build on New Foundation
Filed under: WAC
Last week, the members of the new Western Athletic Conference -- Idaho, San Jose State, Utah State, New Mexico State, Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Texas San Antonio and Denver -- were all in the same room for the first time.They shared a meal and talked about their vision of what their new conference could look like come 2013. It was a positive meeting despite an overwhelming amount of uncertainty looming over a conference that has been raided of its top teams by the Mountain West and is struggling to hold on to its current members while trying to find new associates.
It's been a delicate line commissioner Karl Benson has walked for the past few months while trying to keep everyone happy and the rumors in check, but finally, during the dinner, the WAC was able to celebrate good news.
The NCAA passed legislation abolishing its continuity of membership clause and ultimately allowing the WAC to keep its automatic bids to all NCAA tournaments when the league goes through its membership transition after the 2012 season.
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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2011/01/20/wac-readies-to-build-on-new-foundation/
Moscow Briton 'was due to marry'
The British victim of the Moscow bombing, Gordon Cousland, was the father of a six-month-old daughter and was due to get married at the end of April.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-12278369
Stafon Johnson Suing USC Over Weightlifting Incident
Stafon Johnson is taking his alma mater to court over a year after a weightlifting incident at USC could have taken his life.Johnson filed a lawsuit Monday in L.A. County Superior Court against USC, alleging that weightlifting coach Jamie Yanchar recklessly struck the bench press bar Johnson was lifting, causing it to go off balance and fall on Johnson's neck.
According to Johnson, he was lifting 270 pounds in Sep. 2009 when Yanchar's "negligent, careless and reckless" action "substantially increased the risk inherent in Mr. Johnson's bench pressing." The exercise was part of a mandatory regimen.
Johnson underwent complicated surgery after the incident, ending his college career. It was believed his football career as a whole was done, but Johnson recovered and opted for the NFL draft. The Titans signed Johnson as an undrafted free agent, but a severe leg injury ended his rookie campaign in the preseason.
Johnson is suing for unspecified damages, including loss of future earnings.
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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2011/01/24/stafon-johnson-suing-usc-over-weightlifting-incident/
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