USA Gymnastics is "asking a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to approve $88,000 in holiday bonuses to its employees," including National Teams Manager AMY WHITE, who allegedly acting on the orders of then-USAG CEO STEVE PENNY "removed from the Karolyi Ranch documents relevant to law enforcement investigations" of LARRY NASSAR. White is one of 40 employees USAG "wants to pay annual bonuses to." The NGB "filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Southern District of Indiana on Dec. 5" (OCREGISTER.com, 1/8).
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AND THE WINNER IS...: MICHAEL PHELPS is the recipient of the Ruderman Family Foundation's fifth annual Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion. The foundation said it picked Phelps to "recognize his advocacy for people with disabilities and 'his own journey with mental health'" (AP, 1/8)....Washington Times columnist THOM LOVERRO was named the 46th winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America's Nat Fleischer Award for "excellence in boxing journalism" (WASHINGTONTIMES.com, 1/8).
NAMES: ESPN's CHRIS EVERT has been chosen to chair the USTA Foundation's BOD, replacing JAMES BLAKE (AP, 1/8)....Golfer MORGAN PRESSEL's annual charity event raised more than $1M toward the fight against breast cancer for the fourth straight year. Fellow golfers PAULA CREAMER, BRITTANY LINCICOME and LEXI THOMPSON attended the event (GOLFWEEK.com, 1/8)....Broncos RB PHILLIP LINDSAY will "serve as an NFL social media correspondent during Pro Bowl weekend" (DENVERPOST.com, 1/8)....The Atlantic's JEMELE HILL in March is "launching her own podcast titled 'UNBOTHERED' in a partnership" with Spotify. Hill said that the podcast "won't 'stick to sports'" (NYDAILYNEWS.com, 1/8)....Miami-Dade County Mayor CARLOS GIMENEZ is "meeting with management" from La Liga club Real Madrid. Miami-Dade County Senior Advisor & Communications Dir in the Office of the Mayor MYRIAM MARQUEZ said that the meetings were part of the county's effort to "promote Miami as a destination for global soccer matches and not related" to DAVID BECKHAM's MLS expansion franchise Inter Miami CF (MIAMIHERALD.com, 1/8)....Mavericks Owner MARK CUBAN was seen "walking through" the Hart Senate Office Building in DC yesterday. He was also seen entering U.S. Sen. AMY KLOBUCHAR's (D-Minn.) office (POLITICO.com, 1/9)....The Green Sports Alliance is holding a Sports & Sustainability Symposium at Arizona State on Jan. 17 (THE DAILY)....The nonprofit PeacePlayers Int’l is growing its presence in America and is hiring a U.S.-based Exec Dir. PeacePlayers will hold MLK Day celebrations on Jan. 19 in Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and Brooklyn (THE DAILY).
