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U.S. District Judge GARY FEINERMAN yesterday "dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit" filed by the family of late former NHLer DEREK BOOGAARD, who "blamed the league for their son's brain damage and addiction to prescription painkillers." Boogaard "died of an accidental overdose of pain medications and alcohol" in '11, and his parents later sued, "arguing the NHL knew or should have known Boogard ... wasn't complying with treatment." Feinerman in his opinion noted Boogaard's parents "didn't prove the NHL was negligent" and also "weren't appointed trustees of their son's estate, a requirement to sue on its behalf." Feinerman was "careful not to comment on the allegations against the NHL, which is currently involved in a class-action lawsuit involving more than 100 former players" (AP, 6/5).

THE GOOD STUFF
: Orioles 3B MANNY MACHADO held his fourth annual BaseBowl Tournament charity event on Sunday. The event benefits the Baltimore City Recreation & Parks Play Baseball Program. The event "raised $90,000 last year and this year's event raised a rough estimate of $80,000, though final figure won't be known until silent auction events are added up" (Baltimore SUN, 6/6)....Oakland Univ. men's basketball coach GREG KAMPE's two-day Coaches Beat Cancer charity event over the weekend in Michigan "raised $180,00" as of yesterday morning benefiting the American Cancer Society" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 6/6).

FAME & FORTUNE: NFL Cardinals Owner BILL BIDWILL was selected for induction into the Georgetown Prep Athletic HOF, his high school alma mater (Cardinals)....Former MLBer VLADIMIR GUERRERO will be inducted into the Angels HOF before their Aug. 26 game against the Astros (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 6/6).

NAMES
: Ohio State "doesn’t plan to use a search firm to find a replacement" for THAD MATTA, which suggests that AD GENE SMITH "already has zeroed in on a possible successor as men’s basketball coach" (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 6/6)....California Gov. JERRY BROWN has appointed Warriors co-Owner PETER GUBER to the Cal Board of Regents (MERCURYNEWS.com, 6/5)....AL PACINO will star as late Penn State football coach JOE PATERNO in the BARRY LEVINSON-directed feature about the school’s scandal involving JERRY SANDUSKY (EW.com, 6/5)....Comedian JON STEWART has “been tapped as the emcee for the opening ceremony and concert” for the Department of Defense Warrior Games at Soldier Field, scheduled to begin at 7:00pm CT on July 1 (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 6/6)....The marriage certificate from Baseball HOFer JOE DIMAGGIO’s “nine-month fling” with MARILYN MONROE sold for $122,500 on Sunday (ESPN.com, 6/6).

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