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Diabierna 7 Mei 2021

NHL fines Rangers $250K for criticizing Slugger Albert Pujols

player safety call designated for assignment

The New York Rangers in less than 72 in the first five minutes were the most of any by Angels
hours lost their best player to injury, game in league history.
fired their president and general manag- ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) late 2011 after 11 successful
er, and will likely see another player sus- Buchnevich was thrown out of the game for — Albert Pujols has been seasons with the St. Louis
pended. They are also out a quarter-mil- cross-checking Capitals forward Anthony designated for assign- Cardinals. He won three NL
lion dollars in the latest chaotic chapter Mantha in the second period and had his own ment by the Los Angeles MVP awards and two World
for the storied franchise. hearing with the department of player safety Angels, abruptly ending Series rings in St. Louis while
Thursday. He could be suspended for the fi- the 41-year-old super- establishing himself as one of
The NHL fined the Rangers an extraodrinary nal two games of the season. star slugger's decade with the greatest sluggers of his
$250,000 on Thursday for what Commis- his second major league generation.
sioner Gary Bettman called demeaning per- The Rangers have even bigger issues to ad- team.
sonal comments made publicly about head of dress: Owner James Dolan abruptly fired Angels owner Arte Moreno
player safety George Parros. It's believed to be team president John Davidson and general The Angels announced the persuaded Pujols to leave for
the largest publicly announced fine of its kind manager Jeff Gorton on Wednesday and move Thursday, a day after the West Coast with a lavish
in NHL history. turned those jobs over to former assistant Pujols wasn't in their lineup $240 million contract, but
Chris Drury. for their fourth consecu- the Angels have not won a
"While we don't expect our clubs to agree with tive loss. He was in the final playoff game during the con-
every decision rendered by the department of It was not clear how much the Wilson-Pan- season of a 10-year contract current tenures of Pujols and
player safety, the extent to which the Rangers arin incident and statement had to do with with Los Angeles. three-time AL MVP Mike
expressed their disagreement was unaccept- Dolan's decision. He said simply that "in or- Trout at the heart of their
able," Bettman said. "It is terribly unfair to der for the team to succeed in the manner Pujols is fifth in major league lineup.
question George Parros' professionalism and our fans deserve, there needs to be a change history with 667 career hom-
dedication to his role and the department of in leadership." ers, and he is 13th in major Pujols hasn't performed at a
player safety." league history with 3,253 level commensurate with his
Drury will get a hand from longtime hockey hits. The oldest active player pay for many years, although
The uproar dates to Monday, when Washing- executive Glen Sather in his transition. With in the majors, he is batting Moreno knew the conse-
ton's Tom Wilson was involved in a scrum a new regime in place and growing expecta- .198 this season with five quences of such a long con-
against the Rangers that left New York star tions for the Rangers in their rebuild, a coach- homers and 12 RBIs. tract. Pujols is making $30
Artemi Panarin injured and unable to finish ing change could be next with more moves million in salary this season
the final three games of the season. Wilson coming this summer. Pujols joined the Angels in in the final year of the deal.
was fined $5,000 for roughing against Pavel
Buchnevich but not suspended, prompting "We're going to look everything and try to
the Rangers to issue a statement calling the figure out how best to take the next step for-
decision a dereliction of duty and saying Par- ward," Drury said. "It's been well-document-
ros was unfit to remain in his job. ed everything the team has gone through
on and off the ice, and we're going to take a
Playing two nights after Wilson threw Panarin look at every aspect of the organization when
to the ice, the Rangers and Capitals racked up things end and we'll start that process next
a combined 141 penalty minutes in a fight- week."
filled game Wednesday night. The six fights

Floyd Mayweather returning

for June 6 exhibition fight

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. In the 26-year-old Paul,
(AP) — At age 44, Floyd Mayweather will face a star
Mayweather is returning created on the internet. Fol-
to the ring for an exhibi- lowed by more than 20 mil-
tion fight. lion on YouTube, Paul began
boxing in 2019 with a six-
The boxing Hall of Famer round bout against fellow
will face Logan Paul in a pay- YouTube star KSI. A former
per-view event on June 6 at high school wrestler, Paul
Hard Rock Stadium in Flor- will have a 6-inch height ad-
ida. vantage over Mayweather,
but obviously gives away
Mayweather had a 50-0 re- plenty in ring experience and
cord with 27 knockouts dur- mastery.
ing a career in which he won
world titles in five weight The undercard will feature
divisions over three decades. heavyweights Jean Pascal
Among the opponents he against Badou Jack, and super
beat were Canelo Alvarez, welterweight Jarrett Hurd
Manny Pacquiao and Oscar vs. Luis Arias. Former NFL
De La Hoya before he re- wide receiver Chad Johnson
tired in 2015 — though he will make his boxing debut.
stopped mixed martial arts
fighter Conor McGregor in The pay-per-view telecast
2017. will be on Showtime.