Panel Affirms Dismissal of Former NBA Employee’s Claim against Auriemma

A panel of judges in a New York state appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a former NBA employee against University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma.   Plaintiff Kelley Hardwick, the league’s former director of security, alleged that Auriemma had followed, grabbed and tried to kiss her in Russia in 2009 during a basketball tournament there.   Hardwick alleged specifically that Auriemma “stalked, assaulted and battered” her “by