Washington NFL team plans review of allegations of sexual harrassment

Owner Dan Snyder has hired a District of Columbia law firm to review the Washington NFL team's culture and policies amid allegations of workplace misconduct.

Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh LLP confirmed to the Associated Press on Thursday that the firm had been retained to conduct an independent review.

The Washington Post reported Thursday that 15 female former employees said they were sexually harassed while with the team. In a statement, the team said it has policies to deal with such employee conduct. "When new allegations of conduct are brought forward that are contrary to these policies, we address them promptly," the statement said.

In the past week, three members of the front office have left the organization. Director of player personnel Alex Santos, assistant Richard Mann II and broadcaster and senior vice president Larry Michael are no longer with the team. Michael announced Wednesday he was retiring.

Santos, Mann, Michael and former business executives Dennis Greene and Mitch Gershman were mentioned in the Post story.

College basketball

Coaches tackle issue of standardized tests

The proposal Thursday came out of a committee on racial reconciliation formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The committee is led by South Carolina coach Frank Martin and Harvard coach Tommy Amaker.

Martin and Amaker said in a joint statement that standardized tests "no longer have a place in intercollegiate athletics or education at large" and that eliminating them would be "an important step towards combating educational inequality."

WNBA

League won't force Loeffler to sell

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league has no plans to insist that Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler sell her stake in the team.

Loeffler, a Republican U.S. senator running for re-election in Georgia, objected to initiatives to honor the Black Lives Matter movement and asked that teams put an American flag on uniforms instead.

AROUND THE HORN

NHL: Parts of Rogers Place were flooded early Thursday, but the Edmonton Oilers said the damage wouldn't affect plans to use the arena as an NHL hub when the season resumes.

NBA: New Orleans rookie Zion Williamson has left the NBA's Orlando, Fla., campus to deal with an "urgent family matter," the Pelicans said. It wasn't known when or whether he will return.