NHLPA names Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as executive director
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh was named executive director of the NHL Players' Association on Thursday, putting an experienced union leader and the former Boston mayor in charge at a time of growing revenues in hockey and with collective bargaining talks a few years away.
The NHLPA said its executive board with representatives from all 32 clubs unanimously approved Walsh's appointment. Walsh will begin his new role in mid-March, succeeding longtime executive director Don Fehr, who had been in the job for more than a decade.
Walsh, 55, said in a statement that by accepting this offer he's committing to do all he can to advocate on players' behalf.
“My years of experience in the labor movement and in public life has taught me that the job is never about me,” Walsh said. “It's about us. It's about the people we serve. So I look forward to working with players and the NHLPA staff to make the NHLPA the best and most effective team we can be to advance and protect the interests of our players and their families.”
NFL
KAMARA, LAMMONS INDICTED IN 2022 VEGAS NIGHTCLUB FIGHT >>
A grand jury in Nevada has indicted New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara, Cincinnati Bengals newly acquired cornerback Chris Lammons and two others on two criminal counts in connection with an alleged beating at a Las Vegas nightclub last February.
The Clark County grand jury handed up the indictment in Las Vegas on Wednesday on the same two battery charges prosecutors filed last year against the NFL players and two other men, KLASTV
in Las Vegas Thursday.
Kamara was arrested Feb. 6, 2022, after he played in the NFL Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Police say he told officers he punched a man after he thought he had done something to someone in his group and was trying to run away.
Skiing
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AMERICAN SKIER SHIFFRIN WINS GOLD IN GIANT SLALOM AT WORLDS >> American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women's giant slalom at the world championships.
Shiffrin held on to her first-run lead to beat Italian skier Federica Brignone by 0.12 seconds. Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway took bronze.
It's Shiffrin's seventh world title and 13th medal overall from 16 career world championship races.
Shiffrin's victory came a day after an unexpected split with longtime coach Mike Day.
NBA
LOVE DISCUSSING POSSIBLE BUYOUT FROM CAVS >>
Kevin Love's long, winding
run with the Cleveland Cavaliers could be ending after nearly nine years.
The five-time All-Star forward has discussed the possibility of a contract buyout with the Cavs after being dropped from their rotation, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Love is in the final year of a $120 million, fouryear extension he signed in 2018.
The 34-year-old hasn't played in the last 12 games and his representatives approached the Cavaliers about the buyout, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because negotiations continue.
CELTICS REMOVE INTERIM TAG, NAME MAZZULLA HEAD COACH >> The Boston Celtics named Joe Mazzulla their full-time head coach, removing the interim tag he has held throughout the season after stepping in for Ime Udoka.
Udoka was initially given a yearlong suspension before training camp for having an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the organization. The 34-year-old
Mazzulla, a assistant under Udoka last season, will now replace his former boss, who will not return. Mazzulla is the NBA's youngest head coach.
Terms of his new deal were not immediately available.
Horse racing
VEITCH, TRAINER OF TRIPLE CROWN RUNNER-UP ALYDAR, DIES >>
John Veitch, who trained Alydar to narrow losses in all three Triple Crown races against rival Affirmed in 1978 during a Hall of Fame career, has died, his family said. He was 77.
Veitch died Tuesday of natural causes at home in Lexington, Kentucky, said Michael Veitch, his second cousin who spoke to Veitch's daughter, Shannon.
During his training career from 1974 to 2003, Veitch had 410 winners from 2,340 starts and earnings of $20,097,980, according to Equibase.
He was born into a family that had been training horses for three generations. His father, Sylvester, is in the Hall of Fame and the younger Veitch started out as his assistant.