Padres schedule Gwynn tribute
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have scheduled a public tribute to Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn for June 26 at Petco Park.
Gwynn died of cancer Monday. He was 54.
The tribute will start at 7:19 p.m., symbolic because Gwynn made his Padres debut on July 19, 1982. Gwynn also wore No. 19.
S. Sterling seeks protections for witnesses
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shelly Sterling’s attorneys will ask a judge Thursday to order Donald Sterling and his attorneys to stop threatening, harassing or intimidating his wife’s legal team and the doctors who determined the Los Angeles Clippers’ co-owner was mentally incapacitated.
A person with knowledge of the legal proceedings told The Associated Press that the urgent request seeks protections for witnesses including three doctors who could testify in next month’s scheduled trial to determine if Shelly Sterling can sell the Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
The individual wasn’t authorized to comment and spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity.
The decision to go to court was precipitated by several incidents in which Donald Sterling’s attorney or Donald Sterling himself contacted the two doctors who examined him in May and determined him to be mentally incapacitated, the individual said.
Spurs get their championship parade
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Fans screamed “Go Spurs Go!” in unison at the slightest glimpse of a San Antonio Spurs’ player or coach floating down the River Walk.
It was reminiscent of last season when the Spurs walked off their team charter to those chants, except the tone Wednesday night was much sweeter.
The victory parade for Spurs’ fifth NBA title was part celebration and part exorcism.
After falling 25 seconds shy of capturing the title last season in falling in seven games to the Miami Heat, the Spurs made another run to the NBA Finals. This time, they closed out the Heat in five games for the team’s first title since 2007.
Redskins stripped of TM protection
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled that the Washington Redskins’ name is “disparaging of Native Americans” and should be stripped of trademark protection ”“ a decision that puts powerful new financial and political pressure on the NFL team to rename itself.
By a 2-1 vote, the agency’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board sided with five Native Americans in a dispute that has been working its way through legal channels for more than two decades.
The ruling doesn’t directly force the team to abandon the name, but it adds momentum to the campaign at a time of increasing criticism of Redskins owner Dan Snyder from political, religious and sports figures who say it’s time for a change.
Seahawks practice gets heated
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Tempers flared during the second day of the Seattle Seahawks’ minicamp, with cornerback Richard Sherman and wide receiver Phil Bates getting in the middle of a heated scuffle after offensive and defensive players exchanged some heated words.
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