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Marseille crowd violence injury tally: 17 officers, two fans

MARSEILLE, France officers were lightly injured.
(AP) — The crowd vio- Seventeen people were de-
lence at the Champions tained.
League game between The latest incidents of stadi-
Marseille and Eintracht um violence in France came
Frankfurt resulted in in- just days after 32 people were
juries to 17 police officers injured in a mass brawl be-
and two German fans, one tween ultras from Nice and
of whom sustained a seri- German club Cologne last
ous neck injury after be- Thursday before a Europa
ing hit by a flare, national Conference League match.
police said Wednesday. Tuesday’s match in Marseille
was classified as very high
Riot police intervened twice risk, considering violent ele-
— shortly before Tuesday’s ments among both groups of
game and then late on — supporters, and a large-scale
when opposing fans launched police operation successfully
flares and fireworks at each contained the risk of fan vio-
other from close range for lence in the city itself.
several minutes inside Stade
Velodrome. Tensions were elevated by a huge police escort took a fans — called “ultras” — long road to a designated fan
National police said 11 of the late Tuesday afternoon when group of Frankfurt hardcore numbering around 500 up a zone.

NBA considered suspending Sarver for more than 1 year

Had that not been the case, would be considered work-
Silver indicated, Sarver's Another reason Silver, who place bullying.
punishment — a one-year was the ultimate decider
suspension and $10 million of the penalty in this case, Sarver did, and issued an
fine — would have been far stopped short of suspend- apology Tuesday, though not-
more severe. ing Sarver for longer or even ed he did not agree with all of
banning him: He said he took the report's findings.
And that, to Silver, is one of into account a number of
the key distinctions between anonymous details that could The report said Sarver "re-
the Sarver case and the one not be revealed in the inves- peated or purported to repeat
surrounding then-Los Ange- tigative report that was pub- the N-word on at least five
les Clippers owner Donald lished Tuesday, along with occasions spanning his ten-
Sterling in 2014, when he other elements of Sarver's ac- ure with the Suns."
was banned for life and fined tions in his 18 years owning
$2.5 million for racist com- the Suns and the WNBA's Sarver will be welcomed back
ments. Phoenix Mercury. in 2023, though Silver made
clear that his words and ac-
NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Adam Sil- The NBA had the option of A 10-month investigation tions going forward will be
Phoenix Suns owner ver said Wednesday. giving Sarver a longer ban into Sarver's behavior con- highly scrutinized.
Robert Sarver was likely than the one-year suspen- firmed he had used racist
spared even stronger sanc- The law firm that spent near- sion. The $10 million fine language, made sexually in- Sarver's punishment is also
tioning by the NBA for his ly a year digging into the situ- was the maximum allowable, appropriate comments, left similar to others levied in
racist, misogynistic and ation determined Sarver's use as was the case with Sterling's some employees — male and past high-profile examples
hostile words and actions of slurs "was not motivated $2.5 million fine eight years female — feeling uncomfort- of wrongdoing, either words,
because of one key con- by racial animus." ago; NBA rules on maximum able with his words and ac- actions or both.
clusion by investigators, fines were changed in 2019. tions, and took part in what

Still no timetable for La Russa’s return to White Sox dugout

CHICAGO (AP) — White Just not in the dugout for The 77-year-old La Russa coach Miguel Cairo is month to repair a tear on the
Sox manager Tony La the team’s game against is on the mend after dealing running the team while La middle finger of his left hand.
Russa was back at his Colorado. with a heart issue, but he is Russa is out.
home ballpark Tuesday. awaiting clearance in terms of Anderson is batting .301 with
returning to his usual duties. Chicago won 10 of its first six homers, 25 RBIs and 13
La Russa rejoined the team in 14 games after Cairo took steals this season. The White
Oakland on Sunday and then over, strengthening its bid for Sox signed veteran shortstop
flew home with the club for a third consecutive playoff Elvis Andrus after Anderson
the two-game set against the appearance. got hurt, and Andrus hit .305
Rockies. with five homers and 20 RBIs
Hahn said it’s “too soon” to in his first 23 games with his
There is no timetable for the address how La Russa’s health new team.
Hall of Famer when it comes affects the team’s managerial
to returning to the stress of situation for next year. Center fielder Luis Robert
in-game managing. Chicago went 0 for 4 in his return to
begins a four-game trip on All-Star shortstop Tim the starting lineup against
Thursday in Cleveland. Anderson moved closer to Colorado after missing five
a potential return when he games because of left wrist
La Russa is in the second was cleared Tuesday to begin soreness. Robert is batting
season of his second stint as ramping up his baseball .292 with 12 homers and 56
White Sox manager. Bench activity. He had surgery last RBIs in 93 games.