A new twist in Columbus
The lawyer that sent the emails to coach Jim Tressel – telling him that players were selling memorabilia – is a former player.
The Columbus News Dispatch, citing three unidentified sources, is reporting the lawyer, Christopher Cicero, lettered in football at Ohio State in 1983.
And that Tressel was an assistant coach.
Cicero said in a statement he voluntarily cooperated with university representatives and the NCAA about e-mails he exchanged with Tressel.
Earlier this week, Ohio State suspended Tressel for the first two games of 2011 and fined him $250,000 for failing to notify the school about the players’ involvement.
Love’n this news
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love played against Indiana despite a bruised left knee. The MRIs were negative so he started tonight, wearing a knee brace, and passed Moses Malone for the longest double-double streak since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976.
He grabbed 10 rebounds in the first 16 minutes of play and then scored his 10th point with 6:51 to play in the first half.
He now has racked up a double double in 52-consecutive games.
NFL Labor update
The NFL players’ union asked Judge David Doty to release information the NFL wants kept confidential. The lawyers for the NFLPA filed a motion to unseal evidence and testimony from the broadcast revenues proceedings in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
Last week, the Judge ruled the league illegally secured $4 billion from TV contracts – something the players argue was collected to fund a lockout
The NFLPA argues that the NFL hasn’t explained why the material should be sealed.
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