6 women sue USA swimming — abuse

Six women have filed civil lawsuits against USA Swimming, its local associations in California and three nowbanned coaches claiming the national governing body failed to protect them from abuse.

Debra Grodensky, Suzette Moran and Tracy Palmero, along with three other women who remain anonymous, filed three lawsuits this month — two in Alameda County Superior Court and one in Orange County Superior Court. Among individuals named in the suits are former U.S. Olympic and national team coach Mitch Ivey, former U.S. national team director Everett Uchiyama and former coach Andrew King, who is serving a 40year prison sentence after pleading no contest to 20 child molestation charges in 2010.

The lawsuits are believed to be the first major filings under a new California law that allows sexual abuse victims to confront in court their abusers and the organizations that protected predators.

Soccer: Major League Soccer is resuming its season amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 8 with a World Cupstyle tournament in Florida that won’t include fans in the stands.

U.S. Soccer’s board of directors voted to repeal a 2017 policy that required national team players to stand during the national anthem.

Tennis: Roger Federer will miss the rest of the 2020 ATP season because of a setback in his recovery from knee surgery.

Obituary: Harry Glickman, the founder of the Portland Trail Blazers and general manager of the franchise’s only NBA titlewinning team in 1977, died Wednesday at 96.