by dap | Oct 23, 2024 | The Guardian
A judge has granted preliminary approval for a settlement between the MMA promotion and fighters who claim they were underpaid. Here’s what happened
Nearly a decade after filing a federal antitrust lawsuit against the Ultimate Fighting Championship, almost 2,000 former and current professional mixed martial artists should begin receiving payments from a pool of $260m starting next June.
Federal judge Richard F Boulware granted preliminary approval of a negotiated settlement between the two parties on Tuesday. Once final, the $375m agreement would end the proceedings in Le, et al v Zuffa LLC, one of two classes Boulware certified last year that cover UFC fighters from the end of 2010 through the present day. The other, Johnson, et al v Zuffa LLC, represents the interests of fighters beginning in July 2017, and is ongoing.
by dap | Oct 23, 2024 | The Guardian
- Cushing won WSL title with Manchester City in 2016
- The 39-year-old is now New York City men’s coach
The former Manchester City women’s manager Nick Cushing is among the shortlisted candidates to be the next Arsenal women’s head coach.
Cushing has been in charge of the New York City FC men’s team since 2022, having moved to the MLS side initially as assistant coach in 2020. The 39-year-old was quickly identified as a target by Arsenal to replace Jonas Eidevall,
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Cushing led Manchester City to the Women’s Super League title in 2016 and is one of only three coaches to have managed a WSL title-winning side in the past decade, together with the former Chelsea manager Emma Hayes and the former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro.
Arsenal’s interest in Cushing, first reported by the Athletic on Wednesday, comes with New York City in playoff action in the climax of the MLS season. They face Cincinnati on 28 October and will hope to still be in the playoffs in early December. Cushing is understood to be under contract with New York City for a further 12 months, until the end of the 2025 MLS campaign.
However, Cushing is not the only coach Arsenal have identified as a strong candidate to replace Eidevall. The club are understood to be in no rush to make an appointment, with senior staff believing that they are in safe hands with the interim head coach, Renée Slegers. The Dutchwoman has overseen two wins from two games in caretaker charge so far.
The Arsenal sporting director, Edu, and director of women’s football, Clare Wheatley, are leading the search for their next head coach and are believed to have already had a clear idea of the profile of coach they would want to recruit, before Eidevall’s resignation.
Asked if she would be applying for the permanent job herself, when speaking at a press conference last week, the former Arsenal youth player Slegers said: “That is not on my mind.” She later added: “I just know I am appointed as interim coach and that is where my focus is now. The future, I have no idea.”
Arsenal are next in WSL action on 3 November, when they are away to Manchester United.
As well as the 2016 WSL title, when Manchester City completed an unbeaten, “invincible” campaign, Cushing also won the Women’s FA Cup with the club in 2017, plus two League Cups, in 2014 and 2016.
by dap | Oct 23, 2024 | The Guardian
Thomas Gallegos, 56, arrested for allegedly breaking into 8-year-old’s home and attempting to abduct her from bed
A 56-year-old man in
has been charged with attempting to kidnap an 8-year-old girl from her bedroom while wearing a clown mask, according to authorities.
Police in Sterling, Colorado, announced in a recent press release that they have charged Thomas Gallegos with first degree burglary, second degree assault, second degree attempted kidnapping, third degree assault and child abuse after he allegedly broke into the girl’s home and tried to abduct her.
by dap | Oct 23, 2024 | The Guardian
Comment evoking Trump’s frequent references to jailing or prosecuting political adversaries sparks rightwing backlash
appeared to suggest
should be locked up then quickly clarified he meant “politically”, though not before triggering a rightwing backlash.
In a speech to Democrat campaign workers in Concord, New Hampshire, where he appeared to speak without the aid of a teleprompter, Biden argued that Trump represents a threat to democracy: “This is a guy who also wants to replace every civil servant, every single one; thinks he has a right under the Supreme Court ruling on immunity to be able, if need be … to actually eliminate – physically eliminate, shoot, kill – someone who … he believes would be a threat to him.
by dap | Oct 23, 2024 | The Guardian
Residents of Las Vegas have endured a string of record-breaking heatwaves in summer with a very warm fall
By now, the canvassers at
know how to prepare themselves for the record-breaking heat.
Members of the progressive group – which focuses on mobilising Black and Latino voters – layer on white, UPF-protective shirts, and sweat-wicking performance wear. They fill their 50-quart coolers with ice-cold water. And they pack lots and lots of chips – barbecue Lays, and Cheetos and Doritos – for the road. The salt helps stave off dehydration.
