Zoom calls for VP KAMALA HARRIS' presidential campaign featured an “until-now secret three-person committee," which included NHLPA Exec Dir MARTY WALSH. Walsh and Harris “grew close during his time in the Biden administration." Walsh was on the Zoom calls to “help answer a question very much on Harris’s mind after her own experience as vice president” (CNN.com, 8/6).
TAKING IT TO COURT: A lawsuit was filed against Ole Miss football coach LANE KIFFINon Tuesday over Kiffin's social media activity. The plaintiff, DR. KEITH BELL, a Texas-based swimming psychologist, authored a book published in 1981 entitled "Winning Isn't Normal" -- for which he owns the copyright. The lawsuit “seeks damages from Kiffin on one count of copyright infringement resulting from a pair of posts on X.” Kiffin “retweeted” a passage from "Winning Isn't Normal" in 2016, and Bell responded by “sending him cease-and-desist letters.” Kiffin then took down the post. On March 20, 2022, Kiffin's X account posted a photo of a "seven-paragraph passage" under the heading "WINNING ISN'T NORMAL." Bell's lawsuit claims the post is “nearly an exact copy of a passage from Winning Isn't Normal.” Bell sent another cease-and-desist letter to Kiffin, and claimed that the coach “failed to comply with the demand” (Jackson CLARION-LEDGER, 8/7).
NAMES: The court-appointed trustee overseeing the bankruptcy estate of Colorado S SHILO SANDERS has asked to “hire a special counsel in the case” after reaching an “impasse” with Sanders’ legal team over the "turnover of business information related to" his NIL. The trustee, DAVID WADSWORTH, essentially asked the bankruptcy court to “grant him extra help in a bankruptcy proceeding that has gotten difficult.” Federal bankruptcy Judge MICHAEL ROMERO then approved that request Tuesday as Sanders “continues to try to free himself from more than” $11M in debt (USA TODAY, 8/7)....Basketball HOFer SHAQUILLE O’NEAL’s fast-casual chicken chain Big Chicken plans to open six new restaurants in the Chicago area (CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS, 8/7)....The Univ. of Cincinnati Athletic HOF announced three Olympians who competed at the Paris Games will be inducted Sept. 20: Silver Medal-winning U.S. hammer thrower ANNETTE ECHIKUNWOKE, Canadian soccer player VANESSA GILLES and U.S. volleyball player JORDAN THOMPSON (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 8/7).
