The Ontario Hockey League approved the transfer of ownership of the Niagara IceDogs to a group consisting of majority owner DARREN DEDOBBELAERalongside minority stakeholder and Hockey HOFer WAYNE GRETZKY. DeDobbelaer's connection with Gretzky is they "share an accountant" (St. Catharines STANDARD, 7/8).
MEDAL STAND: PRESIDENT BIDEN awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 recipients, including USWNT/NWSL OL Reign F MEGAN RAPINOE and Gold Medal-winning U.S. gymnast SIMONE BILES on Thursday at the White House. Biles at age 25 is the "youngest person to ever receive the honor, which is the highest awarded to civilians by the federal government." Biden: “Today, she adds to her medal count. I don’t know how you’re going to find room.” Rapinoe during the ceremony wore a "jacket with 'BG' embroidered on the lapel in honor of WNBA star BRITTNEY GRINER, who remains detained by the Russian government" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 7/7).
