IN BRIEF
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The NFL was still without labor peace after team owners met for most of the day Tuesday without reaching any agreements.
Yet another deadline looms today, with owners trying to decide whether to accept the union's latest proposal.
A decision on whether to extend the collective bargaining agreement was unlikely to come down until close to the latest deadline of 8 p.m. today. Before making a deal with the union, the owners must resolve their own differences over expanded internal revenue sharing. If they don't get that straight, a CBA deal is unlikely.
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Valley Conference barred certain cheerleading stunts during this week's women's basketball tournament, a precaution taken after a Southern Illinois cheerleader plunged 15 feet and landed on her head.Cheerleaders may not be launched or tossed and may not take part in formations the during tournament.Salukis cheerleader Kristi Yamaoka was left with a concussion and a cracked neck vertebra when she fell during a timeout in Sunday's MVC men's championship game.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Former NHL player Steve Moore Tuesday filed another lawsuit against Todd Bertuzzi for his on-ice hit two years ago.The lawsuit seeks general, special and punitive damages. Moore's parents, Jack and Anna, also are named in the lawsuit. They were watching the game on TV in their home in Thornhill, Ontario, and are asking for damages for shock and distress. The Vancouver Canucks and parent company Orca Bay also were named defendants.Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to assaulting Moore in Vancouver on March 8, 2004, after knocking him to the ice with a roundhouse punch. Moore, then with the Colorado Avalanche, was left with three fractured neck vertebrae, a concussion and other injuries.
