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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The Chicago Blackhawks Monday turned their backs on Antti Niemi, the goalie who helped them win the Stanley Cup this season, rather than pay him $2.75 million.
Chicago General Manager Stan Bowman, trying to create some salary cap elbow room, decided the one-season price determined by an arbitrator Sunday was just too confining.
Instead, he signed Marty Turco, 34, for a reported $1.3 million.
Niemi, 26, is now an unrestricted free agent.
The Blackhawks also have under-performing goalie Cristobal Huet, who signed a four-year deal two years ago for $22.4 million.
Huet lost his starting job to the rookie Niemi last season and now faces the prospect of backing up the veteran Turco.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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