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Friday 5 May 2023

New York, California probing workplace discrimination at NFL

By KAREN MATTHEWS One former NFL executive,
Associated Press Theresa Locklear, who held
NEW YORK (AP) — The attor- the position of director of
neys general of New York business intelligence and
and California announced optimization, told the Times
Thursday that they are in- that after the Rice video
vestigating allegations of became public, managers
workplace discrimination were told to speak to their
at the NFL, citing lawsuits staffs about the video and
filed by employees that de- the league’s response to it.
scribe sex, racial and age Locklear said that when she
bias, sexual harassment, met with her team, a male
and a hostile work environ- employee, Aaron Jones,
ment. argued that Rice’s fiancée
Attorneys General Letitia was partly at fault because
James, of New York, and she had egged Rice on,
Rob Bonta, of California, and other men on the call
said they have issued sub- seemed to agree.
poenas to NFL executives Jones told the Times that he
as part of an examination had never spoken to Lock-
into the workplace culture lear about Rice and would
at the the league’s corpo- never have argued that a
rate offices in both states. woman was to blame for
The officials, both Demo- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell meets with fans during the first round of the NFL football draft, her assault.
crats, said they are exercis- Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The attorneys general also
ing their legal authority to Associated Press cited a lawsuit filed this
seek information from the place,” James said in a tent with the NFL’s values by more than 30 former fe- year in Los Angeles Supe-
NFL regarding allegations statement. and practices.” The NFL of- male NFL employees. rior Court by Jennifer Love,
of gender pay disparities, Bonta said he and James fices are places where em- The women described a a former director for NFL
harassment, and gender have “serious concerns ployees of all genders, rac- sexist culture at the NFL Enterprises, who attributed
and racial discrimination. about the NFL’s role in cre- es and backgrounds thrive. that they said persisted her 2022 layoff to retaliation
The investigation focuses ating an extremely hostile We do not tolerate discrimi- despite promises of reform for her complaints of “per-
on the league’s corporate and detrimental work envi- nation in any form,” league that Commissioner Roger vasive sexism” and a “boys’
offices, not specific teams ronment.” officials said in a statement. Goodell made after the club” mentality.
or players. The league said it would James and Bonta cited a 2014 release of a video NFL spokesperson Alex Ri-
“No person should ever cooperate with the inves- 2022 New York Times story that showed Baltimore Ra- ethmiller said the league
have to endure harass- tigation but called the al- that detailed allegations vens running back Ray Rice had no comment on the
ment, discrimination, or legations “entirely inconsis- of gender discrimination punching his fiancee. Love’s lawsuit.q
objectification in the work-

Rengifo homers, drives in 4 as Angels sweep Cardinals 11-7

By JOE HARRIS inning and gave the An- third that featured seven Matt Thaiss had a pair of the season 8-23.
Associated Press gels a 4-2 lead. He drove hits all of which were sin- RBI singles in the second Cardinals outfielder Lars
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Luis Ren- in another with a sacrifice gles. Zach Neto, who left and third and scored a Nootbaar recorded his first
gifo homered, drove in four fly in the fourth and scored Wednesday’s game in the pair of runs for Los Angeles. career four-hit game.
runs and finished a triple twice. fifth inning with a right fin- Anthony Rendon reached TRAINER’S ROOM
shy of the cycle, as the Los The Angels blew the game ger contusion, capped the safely four times and also Angels: LHP José Quijada
Angeles Angels beat the open by sending 11 bat- inning with a two-run single scored twice. (left elbow) will undergo
St. Louis Cardinals 11-7 on ters to the plate in a six-run to make it 10-2. Cardinals starter Jack Fla- Tommy John surgery.
Thursday to complete a herty (2-4) gave up a ca- Cardinals: RHP Adam Wain-
three-game sweep. reer-high 10 runs in just 2 1/3 wright (groin) will make
The Angels won for the innings. The Angels went his first start of the season
fourth straight time to im- 7 for 10 with two strikes on Saturday against De-
prove to four games above against Flaherty, who left troit. The 41-year-old made
.500. The Cardinals lost their the game after getting hit three rehab starts and al-
sixth in a row and have by a Rengifo comebacker. lowed nine runs on 18 hits
dropped nine of their last The Cardinals took a short- over 13 innings.
10. lived lead in the bottom of UP NEXT
Griffin Canning (2-0) gave the first on Willson Contre- Angels: LHP Tyler Anderson
up five runs in five innings ras’ two-run double. Tom- (1-0, 5.74 ERA) gets the start
to earn his second-straight my Edman hit a three-run Friday night as Los Angeles
decision for the Angels. homer in the fourth and returns home to face the
Canning allowed six hits, Paul Goldschmidt added a Rangers, who have not of-
struck out three and walked two-run double in the sixth ficially named a starter.
three. Los Angeles Angels’ Luis Rengifo (2) reacts after hitting a three- for St. Louis, which at 10-22 Anderson is 1-0 with a 2.45
Rengifo’s three-run homer run home run in the second inning of a baseball game against is off to its worst start since ERA in five career appear-
capped a four-run second the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday May 4, 2023, in St. Louis. the 1973 squad opened ances (four starts) against
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