NWSL OL Reign MF ALLIE LONG "has built a solid reputation in the gaming world." During the pandemic, she has become a "Twitch celebrity, playing with NBA stars MEYERS LEONARD and JOSH HART in a tournament for charity." She also has teamed up with Real Sociedad F ALEXANDER ISAK on a LaLiga Twitch tournament, "raising money for Feeding America." She now has "added Facebook Gaming for her weekly Warzone Wednesday events" (USA TODAY, 6/25).
NAMES: Dolphins Owner STEPHEN ROSS has committed an additional $13M over the next four years to RISE, the organization he founded to combat systemic racism (RISE)....A family of Dodgers fans is seeking $17M in damages over "claims that they were racially profiled and treated with excessive force by the team's security personnel during a game last October." The suit, filed in L.A. Superior Court on Thursday, stems from an incident that took place after the Dodgers' season-ending loss to the Nationals in Game 5 of last year's NLDS. It claims that seven members of the VERDIN family were "accosted, assaulted and battered" by Dodgers security employees despite being innocent bystanders near another fan "acting erratically, pushing and yelling at plaintiffs and their family members" (ESPN.com, 6/25).
