USWNT coach JILL ELLIS "received $90,000 in bonus and incentive compensation" for winning the '15 World Cup, "less than a fifth" of what former USMNT coach JURGEN KLINSMANN collected for guiding his team to the second round a year earlier. After winning the '15 championship, Ellis "signed a new deal" with the USSF, running through the '19 World Cup. Salary and bonus details were not disclosed. Ellis’ previous salary "was $216,407," meaning the $90,000 bonus was 42% of her base earnings. Klinsmann’s base salary in '15-16 "grew to $3,050,000," a 12.7% increase from the previous FY (WASHINGTON POST, 6/15). The USSF "incurred a 'one-time, non-cash accounting charge'" of $6.2M "related to the firing" of Klinsmann and his staff last November (ESPNFC.us, 6/14).
AWARDS & HONORS: The National Football Foundation and the College HOF named UCLA AD DAN GUERRERO the '17 John L.Toner award recipient (NFF)....Austin Mayor STEVE ADLER proclaimed June 13, 2017 as "Kevin Durant Day" in the city. Durant attended the Univ. of Texas for one year before going to the NBA (MYSTATESMAN.com, 6/14)....Gold Medal-winning U.S. swimmer MICHAEL PHELPS has been chosen by Nickelodeon to receive the Legend Award at this year’s “Kids’ Choice Sports 2017” (Nickelodeon)....The Green Sports Alliance will present its annual Environmental Leadership Award to NFL Environmental Program Dir JACK GROH (Green Sports Alliance).
NAMES: Cavaliers G KYRIE IRVING and his sister, ASIA, teamed up to give their father, DREDERICK, the “ultimate Father’s Day gift.” The two gave him a “surprise extreme makeover” of his New Jersey home, and the gift is the “subject of an episode of the online series ‘MY HOUZZ’ from producer ASHTON KUTCHER"(CLEVELAND.com, 6/14)....Redskins QB KIRK COUSINS joined PRESIDENT TRUMP and two others for a round of golf Saturday at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminister, N.J. Cousins said that CSN-Midatlantic Dir of Strategic Partnerships ERIC SHUSTER “had something to do with the pairing” (WASHINGTON POST, 6/15)....Buccaneers WR DESEAN JACKSON is a producer for “ALL EYEZ ON ME,” a biopic of TUPAC SHAKUR that “opens in 2,450 theaters in North America” tomorrow (TAMPABAY.com, 6/14)....Saints superfan JARRIUS ROBERTSON will be “honored with the Jimmy V Perseverance Award during the 25th annual ESPY’s next month” (New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, 6/15).
IN MEMORY: Former Yankees and Giants PA announcer JAMES HALL died Monday at the age of 84 (NEWSDAY.com, 6/14).
