BRIEFLY : UNION DROPS COMPLAINT.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services In a sudden and surprising shift in strategy, the National Basketball Players Association decided Thursday to withdraw its unfair-labor complaint with the National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right . The move came just a few hours before the board's regional director was to issue his recommendation on the union's contention that NBA owners illegally imposed a lockout before bargaining to an impasse as required by federal law. ``I assume they came to the recognition that this was a loser,'' deputy commissioner Russ Granik said. ``This is obviously a defeat for the union strategy of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. instead of negotiation.'' The union's about-face came exactly one week after commissioner David Stern, Granik and six owners abruptly walked out of a negotiating session after receiving the players' latest offer. Cheryl Miller, coach of the Phoenix Mercury, was fined $2,500 by the WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego for derogatory comments about the officiating following the team's loss to the New York Liberty The New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in New York City. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history. on Tuesday. TENNIS: Pete Sampras was the model of efficiency in beating Jan-Michael Gambill 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 to move into the quarterfinals of the $2.45 million ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Championship in Mason, Ohio. Sampras overwhelmed Gambill in the first-set tiebreaker, winning the first six points, then broke Gambill once in the second set and served out the rest of the way. MOTOR SPORTS: In Brooklyn, Mich., Jeff Burton won the pole for Saturday's Busch Grand National Pepsi 200 with a speed of 177.052 mph in a Ford, one of 12 drivers breaking the Michigan Speedway record of 175.511 set last year by Hermie Sadler. Gary Laton suffered apparent head and neck injuries when he wrecked his car during qualifying. FOOTBALL: Former Antelope Valley Christian High standout Darvell Bivens has rejoined Northwestern Louisiana's football team but will serve an opening-game suspension after pleading guilty to misdemeanor theft in Natchitoches, La. Former Notre Dame booster Kimberly Dunbar, 29, accused of giving Irish football players gifts and cash out of the more than $1 million she embezzled em·bez·zle tr.v. em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling, em·bez·zles To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust. from her former employer, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft in South Bend, Ind. SOFTBALL: Former Cal State Northridge standout Jennifer Parker has been named coach at Valley College. Parker left CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge in 1997, when she was named the school's Female Athlete of the Year Athlete of the Year
CYCLING: World cycling's governing body said it will impose a ``medical follow-up'' for riders and a new drug-detection system as part of a raft of new measures to crack down on doping. |
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