Legal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and others agreed to a $2.5 million settlement to end their part of a lawsuit brought over Rhode Island’s disastrous $75 million deal with 38 Studios, his failed video game company.
If approved by the judge overseeing the lawsuit, the agreement filed Monday with four 38 Studios officials brings an end to Schilling’s involvement in the case. Schilling has strenuously denied wrongdoing and said the company failed in 2012 because the state didn’t do enough to help. Neither he nor the other company officials admit liability in the settlement with the Rhode Island Commerce Corp., the state’s economic development agency.
Retired Superior Court Judge Francis Darigan, who was acting as mediator in the case, said during a news conference that none of the defendants would pay out of pocket. Instead, 38 Studios’ insurance company would pay.
About $2 million from Monday’s settlement will be applied to paying back bonds, according to the Commerce Corp. It said Rhode Island taxpayers would still owe about $28.2 million on the bonds.
NFL
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer tells local radio station KFXN-FM that running back Adrian Peterson has a torn meniscus in his right knee.
After recording his weekly appearance on the show, Zimmer told reporters Monday that Peterson was meeting with team doctors and athletic trainers to discuss his options.
“We are going through the evaluation process to figure out what the next procedure will be,” Zimmer said. “We are still going through all the options.”
Zimmer told the station he has not yet ruled out Peterson for the game Sunday against Carolina. A torn meniscus often calls for several weeks of rehab.
Peterson, the 2012 NFL MVP, was injured in the third quarter of Minnesota’s 17-14 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night. He needed crutches to exit U.S. Bank Stadium, but it does appear Peterson will be able to return at some point this season after initial fears that he tore his ACL.
Peterson has rushed for just 50 yards on 31 carries in the first two weeks.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk says the NFL fined the team’s owners for not conforming to the league’s majority ownership rules.
Strunk confirmed to The Tennessean after the Titans’ 16-15 win in Detroit that the NFL levied the fine when she took over as controlling owner for her sister, Susie Adams Smith, in March 2015. The six-figure fine was reported by CBSSports.com.
She and her sister each own 33 percent of the franchise founded by their father, the late Bud Adams. The remaining third is split among other family members.
MLB
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Tim Tebow has arrived at the New York Mets’ instructional league.
The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback got to the Mets’ complex early Monday, with his first workout to begin later in the morning.
Tebow’s last time playing true organized baseball was in his junior year of high school. Hoping to become an outfielder, Tebow worked out for scouts in Los Angeles last month and not long afterward the Mets signed him to a deal that included a $100,000 bonus.
The Mets say Tebow will be excused Friday and Saturday for his broadcasting duties with the SEC Network.
Associated Press
