A civil-rights complaint against the Univ. of Minnesota filed on behalf of the men's and women's track teams claims that the $190M Athletes Village project set to break ground in September "violates federal gender equity laws." The complaint states that "the project 'discriminates on the basis of sex' because it will temporarily leave the school's track teams without an outdoor facility and ultimately move them off the main campus." The complaint "perpetuates a recent pattern of favoring men's sports" (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 6/12).
NAMES: NASCAR driver DALE EARNHARDT JR. on Monday "will fly to Germany in hopes of tracing his family's lineage, which dates there to more than three centuries ago." He will be accompanied by girlfriend AMY REIMANN, sister KELLEY EARNHARDT and brother-in-law L.W. MILLER. Genealogy "has been an ongoing hobby for Earnhardt" (USA TODAY, 6/12)....USL Oklahoma City Energy FC Owner TIM MCLAUGHLIN is "being sued" by the league for $2.5M. NASL last week in New York Supreme Court filed a complaint claiming that McLaughlin "was in breach of a contract he signed" in July '13 when he and OKC Pro Soccer "were in the process of being awarded" a NASL franchise (OKLAHOMAN, 6/12)....Thunder F KEVIN DURANT and CFP Exec Dir BILL HANCOCK will be inducted into the Oklahoma state HOF (OKLAHOMAN, 6/12)....Youngstown State Univ. President JIM TRESSEL was announced Wednesday as a member of Ohio State Univ.’s Varsity “O” HOF class of ’15. Tressel “was forced to resign” as OSU football coach in ’11 amid an NCAA investigation (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 6/11)....ESPN’s JEREMY SCHAAP on Saturday became the father of a baby girl (TWITTER.com, 6/11).
