SPORTS digest
Mamanet tournament comes to YSU gym
Youngstown
The Jewish Community Center of Youngstown will host the area’s first Mamanet Tournament at YSU’s Stambaugh Gymnasium on Sunday. Mamanet is a modified version of volleyball played by thousands of women across the globe.
The Mamanet league is the largest social-sports project in Israel specifically targeting mothers. The game promotes exercise, education, professional networking, and is a great chance to build community with other women.
The Jewish Community Center of Youngstown was the first to bring Mamanet to the area. There are six teams competing in the tournament including a team of women traveling all the way from Israel. There is also a team competing in the JCC tournament that competed in an international competition in Israel and took third place.
Games begin at 9 a.m. at YSU’s Stambaugh Gymnasium (577 5th Ave, Youngstown). The championship game is scheduled for 6 p.m.
For more information contact Laura Weymer 330-746-3250 ext. 299 or lweymer@jewishyoungstown.org.
Police announce arrest of man behind shooting
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Authorities in the Dominican Republic announced Friday that they have arrested the man behind the shooting of baseball great David Ortiz in an apparent case of mistaken identity.
Police said Victor Hugo Gomez was detained in the Caribbean country. No further details were immediately released.
Authorities had said last week that they believed Gomez was living in the U.S. and described him as a dangerous fugitive, adding that he was an associate of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.
He is accused of ordering the killing of his cousin, Sixto David Fernandez. Authorities say hit men confused Ortiz with Fernandez during the June 9 shooting at a bar in the capital of Santo Domingo. The two men are friends and were sharing a table.
Carlos Rubio, Gomez’s attorney, did not immediately return a message for comment. However, he posted a seven-minute video on YouTube on Friday in which his client talks about the case.
“I would never do something like this,” Gomez said, adding that he did not try to kill his cousin, “and least of all David, ‘Big Papi.”’
NBA coaches may challenge calls
The NBA told teams on Friday that coaches may challenge one call per game next season, provided the measure gets expected approval from the board of governors.
According to the memo, coaches will be allowed to challenge a called foul, an out-of-bounds violation, goaltending violation or basket interference violation.
A copy of the memo was obtained by The Associated Press. Its contents were first reported by ESPN.
The NBA already has a call-challenge program in place in the G League and tinkered with it at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas last year. It will be part of all three summer leagues this year in Sacramento, California; Salt Lake City; and Las Vegas.
The move must be ratified by the board of governors next month and will be considered a one-year pilot program.
AC Milan backs out of Europa League
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
AC Milan’s decision to voluntarily remove itself from next season’s Europa League to pay for UEFA financial fair play breaches has received the consent of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
UEFA had already fined Milan 12 million euros ($13.5 million) of Europa League prize money in the case, which included a CAS ruling to overturn a ban from last season’s Europa League.
Milan hopes that this wipes the slate clean ahead of ongoing monitoring of its often troubled finances.
Although Milan is a seven-time European champion, its finances have taken a hit during a six-year failure to qualify for the Champions League.
Staff/wire report