NFL: Players seek new arbitrator
The players’ union and the four players suspended in the Saints’ bounties case filed motions yesterday to have former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue removed from hearing their appeals.
They asked in U.S. District Court in New Orleans that Tagliabue recuse himself because of a conflict of interest, and also asked for a neutral arbitrator to be appointed by the court. The hearings are scheduled for next Tuesday, subject to any court rulings.
Browns starting linebacker Scott Fujita will be placed on injured reserve with a neck injury, ending his season — and perhaps his football career.
Fujita, one four players suspended by Commissioner Roger Goodell for his role in the Saints’ bounty scandal, last played Oct. 7 in a game against the Giants.
MLB: Schilling selling memorabilia
The remnants of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s defunct video game company — from graphic animation equipment to model airplanes — are being sold off at the company’s former Providence, R.I., headquarters.
The second of two auctions of 38 Studios’ assets is set to begin next week at the firm’s old office building downtown, where Schilling and nearly 300 employees used to work. About 2,100 lots are scheduled to be sold off during an auction expected to run at least a full day.
NBA: Kobe out for rest of preseason
Kobe Bryant is sitting out of the Lakers’ preseason game against the Clippers tonight, and also won’t play the Kings tomorrow. Bryant has a strained and bruised right foot and missed an exhibition game earlier this month to rest a sore right shoulder.
76ers center Andrew Bynum remains sidelined with right knee pain and is a long shot to play in the Oct. 31 opener. The Sixers had pegged yesterday as his potential return date, but Bynum was on the sidelines.
The Cavaliers exercised the option on Byron Scott’s contract for the 2013-14 season. The 51-year-old coach is 40-108 in his two seasons with Cleveland.
ETC: Lance to lose marathon result
Lance Armstrong’s results in the New York City Marathon likely will be expunged, once organizers are sure any appeals of the disgraced cyclist’s lifetime ban are complete.
The event, sanctioned by national and international governing bodies for its sport, will honor the ban first imposed by the US Anti-Doping Agency and confirmed on Monday by the sport’s global governing body the International Cycling Union (UCI). Armstrong finished in 868th place in 2006.
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, firing a four-under par 67 to beat US Open champion Webb Simpson by one stroke in the four-man, 36-hole event in Bermuda. Masters champion Bubba Watson carded a 71 and former PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley a 67 to share third on 139.
Charlie Elwood, who has served as Fordham’s director of athletic administration for the past 11 years, was promoted to deputy director of athletics, the school announced.