Arena Football
League shuts two teams down to cut size to 10
LAS VEGAS – The Arena Football League folded franchises in Las Vegas and New Orleans.
A league announcement Sunday said the Las Vegas Outlaws and New Orleans VooDoo organizations had ceased operations immediately. The decision leaves the league with 10 teams.
The league board removed the Las Vegas team from postseason play after a 5-12-1 season and moved the 5-13-0 Portland Thunder into the playoffs.
The league said Las Vegas and New Orleans players under continuing contracts with either team would be reassigned during the offseason.
Cycling
Feds detail why they want Armstrong medical records
AUSTIN, Texas – The federal government said it wants Lance Armstrong’s medical records from his 1996 cancer treatments because they could prove how far he was willing to go to conceal his performance-enhancing drug use from the public and his sponsors.
Armstrong is vigorously fighting release of his records from the Indiana University School of Medicine as part of a federal lawsuit to recover more than $30 million in sponsorship the U.S. Postal Service paid to him and his teams.
Court documents filed last week show the government is still pursuing one of the key allegations that dogged Armstrong for years: whether he told doctors he used a host of performance-enhancing drugs and later sought to bury any evidence of the conversation through lawsuits, threats and charitable donations.
NHL
Source: Kane investigation involves woman in her 20s
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A person familiar with the police investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane told The Associated Press that it involves something that happened between the player and a woman in her 20s.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because authorities have not revealed any details of the investigation being conducted by Hamburg police.
Hamburg Police Chief Gregory Wickett confirmed the investigation last week, saying it involved something that may have happened at Kane’s home outside of Buffalo on Aug. 2. Wickett said police were gathering information and awaiting results of forensic tests.
NHLPA files grievance over Brad Richards’ termination
LOS ANGELES – The NHL Players’ Association filed a grievance on behalf of center Mike Richards, contesting the termination of his contract by the Los Angeles Kings.
The Kings terminated the final five years of Richards’ contract on June 29, saying the two-time Stanley Cup champion committed “a material breach” of his deal.
The team and Richards have said nothing else about the circumstances of his termination. But Richards was expected to fight it, since he was due another $22 million.
Soccer
U.S. women line up match with Brazil for victory tour
ORLANDO, Fla. – The U.S. women’s national team added an October match against Brazil to its World Cup victory tour.
Officials in Orlando announced Monday that the reigning champions will face the Brazilians in a friendly Oct. 25 at Citrus Bowl stadium. It is the latest addition for a 10-game tour following the World Cup. The United States claimed the title with a victory over Japan last month.
The Americans will open the tour Aug. 16 against Costa Rica at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. There are also matches set for Chattanooga, Tennessee; Detroit and Birmingham, Alabama.
Associated Press
