Sports Desk
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BASKETBALL
MSG ASKS JUDGE TO REDUCE $11.6 MILLION AWARD
Madison Square Garden and Knicks coach Isiah Thomas have asked a judge to reduce the $11.6 million in punitive damages a jury awarded to a former team executive after concluding she was sexually harassed and fired out of spite.
Anucha Browne Sanders was awarded the damages this month after a three-week trial that portrayed the Knicks’ offices as a dysfunctional clubhouse where Browne Sanders endured profanity-laced conversations with Thomas before he turned unwanted affection toward her.
In court papers filed late yesterday, lawyers for MSG and chairman James Dolan said constitutional limits require the punitive award be trimmed from a “grossly excessive” amount to a figure in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, in line with comparable awards.
“Comparing the $11.6 million award in this case with other cases in which juries have awarded punitive damages … reinforces that this award is far greater than the Constitution allows,” the lawyers wrote.
SOCCER
BRADLEY SCORES TO LEAD U.S. OVER SWITZERLAND, 1-0
Michael Bradley stopped the United States’s longest losing streak in 13 years and gave the Americans a rare victory in Europe. Bradley scored his first international goal in the 86th minute and the United States beat Switzerland 1-0 Wednesday night in a sloppy game played in rain.
“We need these kind of games,” said his father, U.S. coach Bob Bradley. “The credit goes to the team for sticking together, being organized and not giving too much away and finding a way to win the game.”
The coach’s son knocked in a loose ball from close range after Clint Dempsey deflected a cross into the air from Danny Szetela, who entered two minutes earlier in his national team debut.
“That’s soccer sometimes,” said Bradley, who made his 13th international appearance. “It’s not always beautiful. It’s not always that you can play pretty all over the field.”
BECKHAM COULD BE SUBSTITUTE AGAINST RED BULLS
If David Beckham is available for the Los Angeles Galaxy’s game against New York today, he would enter as a substitute.
Beckham trained on consecutive days yesterday for the first time since October 2.
Coach Frank Yallop said if Beckham can play in tonight’s final home game against the New York Red Bulls, he would not start.
“We’re not going to mess with the starting lineup,” Yallop said. “If he’s available, he’ll be one of the subs.”
ENGLAND COULD MISS EUROS; GREECE, CZECHS, ROMANIA IN
England wasted a second-half lead in a 2-1 loss at Russia last night, jeopardizing its chances of making next year’s European Championship.
Defending champion Greece, the Czech Republic and Romania clinched berths with victories, while Scotland’s bid was damaged with a 2-0 loss at Georgia. Germany secured a spot last weekend, becoming the first nation to join co-hosts Austria and Switzerland. Thierry Henry scored twice to break Michel Platini’s French national team scoring record in a 2-0 qualifying victory over Lithuania.
FOOTBALL
NFL REINSTATES PACKERS’ KOREN ROBINSON
The NFL reinstated suspended Green Bay Packers wide receiver Koren Robinson yesterdday.
“He received notification today,” agent Alvin Keels said in a telephone interview. “He was excited to be given another chance. He’s just ready to get back and help the Packers win the Super Bowl.”
Robinson has been working out in Arizona and did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Keels said he expects his client to fly to Green Bay last night.
STEROIDS
BROOKLYN PHARMACY TARGETED BY STEROIDS INVESTIGATION
A Brooklyn pharmacy targeted in a state steroids investigation transformed itself from an old-fashioned neighborhood druggist to a national supplier of substances used to enhance athletic performance, according to investigators and court records.
Investigators with the state health department’s Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement said they seized $7.5 million of dollars worth of human growth hormone and anabolic steroids on Monday and yesterday from Lowen’s Pharmacy, a decades-old shop in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge section.
The pharmacy’s vice president, Edward Letendre, was arrested during the raid. Police initially planned to charge him with diverting controlled substances, but he was released by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office and has not been charged in the case.