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NEW ORLEANS - As Anthony Davis soaked in the crescendo of cheers punctuating an intense but triumphant struggle with Dallas, the Pelicans All-Star noticed a fan standing before him with his arms invitingly extended to each side.So Davis gave the friendly stranger a hug.When youre out there having fun, theres no telling what youre going to do, Davis said. I didnt expect to go in the crowd. My body just walked me over there. When youre out there having fun and playing as hard as we play, your best emotions come out.Davis capped a 28-point, 10-rebound outing with go-ahead free throws in the final seconds and a pivotal steal, and New Orleans won its third straight game, 109-106 over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.The victory not only gave the Pelicans a season-long winning streak in what has been a frustratingly inconsistent season, but also ended a nine-game skid in their series with Dallas.We talked about how if we can beat a team like this it would be a big step for our program, Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. We knew it would be a tough, playoff-type game.Tyreke Evans had 24 points, including a running hook in the final half-minute, to go with a season-high 12 assists for New Orleans. Ryan Anderson added 18 points.Monta Ellis scored 36 points, giving Dallas a 106-105 lead with a running scoop over Quincy Pondexter and Omer Asik with 12.3 seconds left, but Davis drew a foul from Tyson Chandler while receiving Evans inbound pass and hit the go-ahead free throws.Then Davis, who had five steals, intercepted Rajon Rondos inbound pass intended for Dirk Nowitzki and added two more free throws.Davis said Williams had instructed the Pelicans to deny Ellis the inbound pass.Dirk was the only one left who can score ... so I just tried to deny him the ball and make (Rondo) force a hang-time pass, knowing that I could probably get a piece of it, Davis said.Nowitzki said Dallas was hurt by being out of timeouts on the play.We just had to throw it up, Nowitzki said. Its hard to lob it up over one of the longest guys in the NBA.Ellis had one more chance to tie it, but his 27-foot shot missed in the final seconds.Nowitzki scored 24 points for Dallas, which has lost two straight.Nothing is going to be given to us on the road, Nowitzki said after questioning the late foul call against Chandler that led to Davis go-ahead free throws. We still had enough chances. We just have to be better.Dallas coach Rick Carlisle also cited the officiating as a factor, particularly the call on Chandler.The difference in the game was the whistles, really, Carlisle said. You never want to see a call like that made, but they made it. So we got to play through it.Pondexter scored 14 points for New Orleans, while Asik added 10 points and 11 rebounds.Rondo finished with 17 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. Dwight Powell had 10 points for Dallas.Putbacks by Davis and Asik — along with Davis technical free throw after Carlisle was whistled for arguing — helped New Orleans match its largest lead at 81-71 in the third quarter. But Ellis came right back with consecutive 3s.In the fourth quarter, Ellis hit another 3, then a floater over his shoulder and off the glass with his back to the basket, giving Dallas a 99-97 lead. Nowitzkis 3 put Dallas up 102-99 before Eric Gordons third 3-pointer tied it.TIP-INSMavericks: Chandler briefly left in the third quarter to get an X-ray after colliding with Davis, but it was negative and he returned in the fourth quarter. ... Carlisle (599-413) remained just short of 600 career regular-season coaching victories.Pelicans: After going 4-12 against the Southwest Division last season, New Orleans is 6-4 in divisional games this season. ... The Pelicans, who are two game behind Phoenix for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference, are 14-5 at home, where they play eight of their next nine games. Weve got to try to win all eight, Davis said.ANDERSONS RETURNAnderson had been given the Pelicans previous game off to rest sore ankles. In his return, he made 6 of 10 shots, including 2 of 3 from deep, and all four free throws in nearly 28 minutes.UP NEXTMavericks: host Memphis on TuesdayPelicans: host Philadelphia on Monday Cheapest Jordans Online . An in-person hearing allows for Garbutt to be suspended for five games or longer as per the leagues Collective Bargaining Agreement. Garbutt delivered a high hit to Penner in the second period of Sundays game. Wholesale Air Jordan Shoes . Curtis Davies and Robert Koren secured the victory with goals inside 35 minutes of the fifth-round replay against the second-tier side. http://www.airjordancheapsale.com/. "Ive still got it," Seattles ace said with a sly grin. 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In his $50-million case against the QMJHL, Walter alleges that the leagues teams conspired to rewrite standard player contracts last year to avoid paying players the legal minimum wage. In a second, $60-million case filed in Calgary against the WHL, Walter alleged that the work visa the Tri-City Americans secured for him to play for them is proof he had an employer-employee relationship with the team, and should be paid at least minimum wage. The lawsuits were both obtained by TSN. Over the past months, the Canadian Hockey Leagues three major junior leagues have come under fire by former players and union organizers over their working conditions for players. While few of the CHLs star players have complained, other lesser-known players contend that they are receiving a pittance while playing for leagues that have become big business. A recent lawsuit showed that former Oshawa Generals president Patricia Campbell was paid $150,000 during her first year on the job. Player agents say coaches and general managers of teams make some $200,000 each per year. So why are players, 95 per cent of whom wont have long careers in the NHL, expected to work for free? asked one NHL player agent. The CHL and its supporters say, fine, well pay minimum wage and you pay for your sticks and room and board. But thats a ridiculous argument. Does Ford make its workers on the line pay for tools? Its the cost of doing business. The agent also pointed out that room and board wouldnt be necessary if the CHL dropped its player draft and allowed players to play for teams near their family home. Walter, from B.C., played the 2013-14 season with the Saint John Sea Dogs. According to his statement of claim against the QMJHL, Walter signed a contract as a 20-year-old player with Saint John on Sept. 13, 2013. He was to receive $476 per week in compensation, and another $90 a week for accommodation, court papers say. Walter played 53 games as a forward for the Sea Dogs, primarily playing the role of an enforcer. He alleges that he was paid $8,314.29 for the six-month season, and that a record of employment shows that he officially worked 1,048 hours over that time for the team. Lukass bi-weekly pay was always the same, no matter how many hours each week he worked for the team, his lawsuit says. In some weeks, he did not receive a fee equivalent to minimum wage, nor did he receive any vacation pay, holiday pay or overtime pay as required under the applicable employment standards legislation. Walter alleged teams in the QMJHL have unlawfully, maliciously ... conspired and agreed together, the one with the other, to act in concert to demand or require that all players sign a contract which (they) knew was unlawful. Walter is asking that the Quebec court certify his case as a class action lawsuit and award damages of $50 million. Walters allegations have not been proven and the QMJHL and Sea Dogs have not filed a response in court. CHL commissioner David Branch did not respond to an email seeking comment. A QMJHL spokesman couldnt be reached for comment. A Sea Dogs spokesman referred calls to the QMJHL. In a second lawsuit filed later Friday, Walter said that he played the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons for the Tri-City Americans, earning (U.S.) $70 a week in his first season and (U.S.) $85 a week during his second season. Walter is Canadian and the Americans play in Kennewick, Washington. In order for him to travel to the team, its officials acquired him a P-1 work visa for internationally recognized athletes. The entire time he played for the Americans, he was not a student at any time, the lawsuit says. Walter has sued for $45 million worth of back pay, holiday pay and overtime, and $15 million in punitive damages. He is also seeking to certify the Alberta case as a class action. We have not yet had the opportunity to review the lawsuit received late this afternoon, said WHL commissioner Ron Robison in a statement. The WHL will hoowever vigorously defend our player experience and the extensive investment our ownership makes in our players.dddddddddddd. We will also be addressing those matters that are being taken out of context and used in lawsuits which have been orchestrated by individuals who have no association with the Canadian hockey system or the WHL. WHL players are amateur athletes who are registered in the Canadian amateur system and they receive an extensive benefit package while playing in our League. There is no indication from our current players or their families that they are being treated in any way but a highly fair and respectful manner. Walters lawsuits came days after another lawsuit was filed by former Ontario Hockey League player Sam Berg against the CHL, the governing body for 60 teams in the OHL, QMJHL and Western Hockey League. A statement of claim filed by Berg on behalf of himself and thousands of other players seeks $180 million in outstanding wages, vacation, holiday and overtime pay and employer payroll contributions, according to legal documents obtained by TSN. The documents filed by Berg show players in the OHL receive $50 to $120 a week in compensation, while players in the QMJHL get $35 to $150, depending on the age of the player. Those aged 16 to 19 get $50 a week in the OHL and $35 a week in the QMJHL. CHL president David Branch has repeatedly said that players in the CHL are student athletes, and are well compensated, thanks largely to an education program the league has in place that provides some players with university scholarships when they are done playing. That description of players as student athletes is now under fire in Walters lawsuit. In past years, players were described as independent contractors by teams in their contracts. But in 2013, at the same time as questions were being raised in the U.S. over whether NCAA student athletes receive their fair share of compensation, the CHL redrafted contracts to remove references to fees, Waltons lawsuit alleges. Instead the players fees were recast as an allowance. QMJHL teams have reworded the former contract to describe the fee as an allowance and to recast the status between players and clubs as one of student athletes in an attempt to avoid minimum-wage laws, Walton says. In the wake of Bergs lawsuit and as the union, Unifor continues efforts to start a players union for major-junior hockey, several player agents told TSN that its common practice for teams to give players T-4 tax slips, which they say is evidence that players are employees, not student athletes as Branch describes them. On Oct. 23, before Walton filed his lawsuit, TSN sent Branch a series of emailed questions. One question was: Some OHL teams issued T4 slips for the 2013 tax year ... doesnt that establish an employee-employer relationship? Branch replied on Oct. 24 that we are not currently issuing T4s and we are not certain what the past practices of our Clubs may have been. The teams are responsible for filing their own tax documents and the league doesnt have access to their detailed information. While TSN has learned that the CHL also has a new TV contract with Rogers Communications that is worth at least $5 million a season (the previous TV contract was a barter deal with no rights fee), Branch declined to discuss terms of the CHLs TV contract. The CHL teams also have relationships with video game companies, as noted by Walter in his lawsuit against the Americans and the WHL. The (WHL) used images of Luke for their own profit, including, but not limited to selling the use of his image and name to video game companies for use in a video game which Luke purchased at full price with his own money, Walters lawsuit says. Branch, meanwhile, was also asked about recent changes to the standard players agreement (SPA) in the OHL. I will reiterate that 97 per cent of our players are represented by agents, in addition, the players and their parents are required to sign the SPA and to either provide a certificate of independent legal counsel or a waiver of such, Branch wrote. China NFL Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Online Stitched Hockey Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys Football Jerseys Outlet College Jerseys For Sale Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys For Sale Wholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' ' |
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