Morning Sports Update: Cowboys coach scolds Greg Hardy after Gisele, gun remarks
The backlash to Greg Hardy’s comments about Gisele continues, a Bruins star took an illegal hit in their opener and more trouble for the daily fantasy industry.
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett scolds Greg Hardy: “Well, we just addressed it immediately,’’ Garrett said Thursday. “That’s not how we want to operate as an organization. Players and coaches in our organization understand that. We want to distinguish ourselves with our play, not with what we say.’’ [USA Today]
FanDuel, DraftKings face class action lawsuit for insider trading: “Fantasy football player Adam Johnson sued both sites Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court. Johnson alleges that participants in both sites’ daily games were unfairly disadvantaged by employees of each company being allowed to play the other’s game. The daily, salary-based team-assembly games at DraftKings and Fanduel are highly similar in concept.’’ [SI.com]
Bruins coach Claude Julien thinks Winnipeg’s Burmistrov deserves further punishment for hit on Bergeron: “Burmistrov dropped Bergeron with a high elbow late in the first period of Boston’s season-opening loss. The Jets center was whistled for an illegal check to the head, and Bergeron and Winnipeg winger Adam Lowry each were given two minutes for roughing in the scrum that ensued.’’ [NESN.com]
Former Red Sox teammates Jon Lester and John Lackey to face off in MLB playoffs: “Lack is one of my better friends in baseball, better friends in life, I love his family, I love him,’’ Lester said. “But come Friday, we’re not friends anymore. He’ll say the same thing. I love Lack, he’s one of the best competitors I’ve ever gotten to play with, ever gotten to be around.’’ [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Watch former BU standout Jack Eichel score a goal in his NHL debut: “It was a special moment. It’s something I’ll never forget.’’ [Boston.com]
Cowboys’ Jeremy Mincey explains the Patriots as a cheeseburger: “It’s a little different,’’ Mincey said of playing in New England. “Secret sauce, I mean shoot, they just do everything high in details pretty much like what we’ve been doing. Got a lot of great leadership. Then on top of that, secret sauce is Tom Brady. You take him off it’s like taking cheese off a cheeseburger. You see what I’m saying? So he is the secret sauce.’’ [ESPN.com]
Remember when they tore down the Boston Garden?
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