Bonds: Intentional Walk; Judge Nelson in Minnesota; Iowa transfer
April 7, 2011
Bonds case: The defense rests
During the 2004 MLB season Barry Bonds drew an incredible 120 intentional walks; teams just did not want to face him. Wednesday, in his perjury trial, Bonds did not want to face himself- electing not to testify. In fact, Bonds' defense team did not call a single witness to testify. Thus, closing arguments should begin today, and then the matter will be sent to the jury.
The action in Minneapolis
Judge Susan Nelson held center stage Wednesday in Minneapolis, urging the two sides to go back to the bargaining table. Nelson also went on to say that it will take her a couple weeks to rule on the matter. Of course, the players were in court to ask that the NFL lockout be lifted because of the irreparable harm being done to their careers. The NFL contends that the court does not have the jurisdiction to consider the injunction because the National Labor Relations Board is currently considering an unfair labor complaint. The NFL's complaint is that the union's decertifying is a "sham".
More NFL-NFLPA
ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio had a nice piece previewing the NFL-NFLPA court action in Minnesota that looked at ten things to know about the case.
Hawkeye "headaches"
The "national media" really never examined or explored the problems at the University of Iowa related to the 13 hospitalized football players back in January. However, one of the players that was hospitalized has announced that he is planning to transfer to another school. A few weeks ago a panel made up of University of Iowa personnel failed to place any blame on coaches or trainers who were involved with the workouts that caused the 13 players to be admitted to an Iowa City hospital in January.
Bonds case: The defense rests
During the 2004 MLB season Barry Bonds drew an incredible 120 intentional walks; teams just did not want to face him. Wednesday, in his perjury trial, Bonds did not want to face himself- electing not to testify. In fact, Bonds' defense team did not call a single witness to testify. Thus, closing arguments should begin today, and then the matter will be sent to the jury.
The action in Minneapolis
Judge Susan Nelson held center stage Wednesday in Minneapolis, urging the two sides to go back to the bargaining table. Nelson also went on to say that it will take her a couple weeks to rule on the matter. Of course, the players were in court to ask that the NFL lockout be lifted because of the irreparable harm being done to their careers. The NFL contends that the court does not have the jurisdiction to consider the injunction because the National Labor Relations Board is currently considering an unfair labor complaint. The NFL's complaint is that the union's decertifying is a "sham".
More NFL-NFLPA
ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio had a nice piece previewing the NFL-NFLPA court action in Minnesota that looked at ten things to know about the case.
Hawkeye "headaches"
The "national media" really never examined or explored the problems at the University of Iowa related to the 13 hospitalized football players back in January. However, one of the players that was hospitalized has announced that he is planning to transfer to another school. A few weeks ago a panel made up of University of Iowa personnel failed to place any blame on coaches or trainers who were involved with the workouts that caused the 13 players to be admitted to an Iowa City hospital in January.
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