U. S. Soccer president says women paid more
U. S. Soccer said the players on the World Cup champion women’s national team were paid more than their male counterparts from 2010- 18.
According to a letter released Monday by U. S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro, the federation has paid out $ 34.1 million in salary and game bonuses to the women as opposed to $ 26.4 million paid to the men. Those figures do not include the benefits received only by the women, like health care.
Players for the women’s team filed a federal lawsuit in March alleging “institutionalized gender discrimination” that includes inequitable compensation when compared to players on the men’s team. The two sides have agreed to mediation to settle the lawsuit.
Molly Levinson, a spokeswoman for the players in matters involving the lawsuit, called the letter “a sad attempt by USSF to quell the overwhelming tide of support the USWNT has received from everyone from fans to sponsors to the United States Congress.
Golf
The World Golf Championships event ( St. Jude Classic) is changing dates, moving to July 2- 5, and will be played between the final two majors next year. That was part of the 2019- 20 PGA Tour schedule that features only four empty weeks from the Sept. 12 start at The Greenbrier to the Aug. 30 end at the Tour Championship.
Pro basketball
The Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics’ game that was suspended by an earthquake earlier this month will be finished Monday at T- Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The game was suspended July 5, with Washington leading 51- 36, when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Southern California just before halftime, with the effects felt in Las Vegas. WNBA officials suspended the game out of an abundance of caution.
Hockey
Alex Meruelo, 55, completed his purchase of the Arizona Coyotes, taking over from Andrew Barroway and becoming the only Hispanic controlling owner of an NHL team. The Board of Governors approved the sale in June. Meruelo founded the Californiabased Meruelo Group, and his portfolio of businesses includes casinos, real estate, television and radio stations, and food services.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning rewarded goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Vezina Trophy winner this past season, with an eightyear, $ 76 million contract extension.
• The New Jersey Devils acquired left winger Nikita Gusev, who has spent his entire professional career in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League, from the Vegas Golden Knights for two future draft picks and signed him to a two- year contract with an average annual salary of $ 4.5 million.
• Hall of Famer Denis Potvin, 65, announced his retirement as a television broadcaster for the Florida Panthers. Potvin, a former captain for the New York Islanders, was part of the Panthers’ first broadcast team in 1993- 94 and spent 21 seasons as their TV analyst.
College football
Running back Tavien Feaster, who was part of Clemson’s national championship teams in 2016 and last season, is transferring to South Carolina for his final college season. Feaster, a 5- foot- 11, 220pound senior, rushed for 1,330 yards and 15 touchdowns in three seasons with the Tigers.
Elsewhere
Max Falkenstien, the affable and silver- tongued “Voice of the Jayhawks” who brought Kansas football and basketball into the homes of fans for six decades, died at the age of 95. He’s the only non- player to have a jersey — No. 60 — hanging in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse.