House alleges Commanders tried to intimidate witnesses
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder conducted a “shadow investigation” that sought to discredit former employees making accusations of workplace sexual harassment, hired private investigators to intimidate witnesses, and used an overseas lawsuit as a pretext to obtain phone records and emails, according to a document released by a House committee on Wednesday.
The Committee on Oversight and Reform is investigating the Commanders’ workplace culture following accusations of pervasive sexual harassment by team executives of women employees. It released the memo ahead of a hearing Wednesday in Washington that featured testimony from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, appearing remotely from New York.
The 29-page memo alleges Snyder tried to discredit the people accusing him and other team executives of misconduct and also tried to influence an investigation of the team.
GRINER, IONESCU WNBA STARS
Brittney Griner will have a place at the WNBA All-Star Game, being named an honorary starter Wednesday by commissioner
Cathy Engelbert.
Griner has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17 after authorities at an airport outside of Moscow said she had vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her bag.
Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson received the most votes from fans and were selected as co-captains. They will be joined by Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles, who both have announced they will retire at the end of the season.
Joining Wilson, Stewart and Fowles in the frontcourt are Connecticut’s Jonquel Jones, Los Angeles’s Nneka Ogwumike and Chicago’s Candace Parker. The starting guards, in addition to Bird, are the Liberty’s Sabrina
Ionescu and Las Vegas teammates Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young.
l Stefanie Dolson scored 16 points, including one of the Liberty’s 13 3-pointers with 1:29 left, to help the visiting Libs beat the Connecticut Sun, 81-77, Wednesday night.
BUCKEYES TRADEMARK ‘THE’
Ohio State University has won its fight to trademark the word “The.”
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the university’s request Tuesday. The school says it allows Ohio State to control use of “The” on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels, such as T-shirts, baseball caps and hats.
Ohio State started pursuing a trademark in August 2019 after fashion retailer Marc Jacobs had filed an application for the word a few months earlier. The company and the university reached a deal in August 2021 that allows both parties to use the branding.