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TORONTO -- NHL meetings are set for this week to discuss whether the league will participate in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.League officials will meet with the International Ice Hockey Federation in New York on Wednesday. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the NHL hopes to learn if any traction has been made between the IIHF and the International Olympic Committee with regard to potential sticking points, including money issues. NHL officials have expressed concerns that the IOC is not willing to cover out-of-pocket payments it took care of at the past five Olympics.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said those costs were upward of $10 million during a two-week hiatus next season.I cant imagine the NHL owners are willing to pay for the privilege of shutting down for 17 days, Bettman said Monday at the Prime Time Sports Management Conference in Toronto. I just dont see that.If the IOC is not willing to figure out the expenses, Daly said, the NHL and NHL players association will have to jointly determine whether to proceed with participation in a sixth consecutive Winter Games.Bettman said a decision would need to be made by early January at the latest. He also took aim at the restrictive policies of the IOC with regard to the Olympics.Were not allowed to be associated with the Olympics. Were not allowed to promote that were there. Were not allowed to use the trademarks and logos. Were not allowed to use the footage, he said. The IOC says this is the way were going to do it. `Were not going to pay. You cant do this. You cant do that. It doesnt give you the warm and fuzzies.NHL and NHLPA officials recently visited the Olympic site in Pyeongchang, believing it to be suitable for international competition.Adidas Nmd Outlet . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. 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Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Demaryius Thomas used the Denver Broncos celebratory White House visit in June to deliver a handwritten note to President Barack Obama thanking him for commuting Thomas mothers drug sentence last year and then asked him to do the same for his grandmother.The Broncos wide receiver is ready to pen another thank you note after he was told the president fulfilled his wish. Minnie Pearl Thomas was among 214 federal inmates whose sentences were cut short Wednesday by Obama.Im kind of jacked up right now. I dont really know what to say, Thomas said after the Broncos morning workout. I kind of just want to talk to my granny. I havent talked to her in a couple of weeks. Im excited for her.Thomas grandmother, who was serving life for a drug offense, is to be released on Dec. 1.Last year, Obama commuted the sentence of Thomas mother, Katina Smith, as part of his push to reduce the prison population of non-violent drug offenders. She was in attendance when the Broncos defeated Carolina 24-10 in Super Bowl 50, and she was on Thomas mind when Obama hosted the champions in June.After briefly talking with the president, Thomas had a sense his grandmother had a chance to have her sentence shortened.I still remember when we were at the White House, I was talking about my mom and I was saying thank you, Thomas said. The fact that he mentioned my grandmother, I knew something was going to happen.Smith was convicted on drug trafficking charges for her role in a crack cocaine ring she and her mother operated out of their Georgia home.ddddddddddddMinnie Pearl Thomas, 60, and Smith shared a cell in a federal prison in Florida before Smiths sentence was commuted last summer. Smith spent time in a halfway house before being released in November.She was sad when my moms left, Thomas said of his grandmother. She used to cry when she was in there by herself. Im excited for her and I want to thank Obama for what he did for her and everyone else.Patrick Smyth, the Broncos vice president of public relations, gave Thomas the news after he finished lifting weights.It was a shock. I had to go to my phone and make sure it was true, he said. He showed me the text messages, `Minnie Pearl Thomas, Demaryius Thomas grandmother, got commuted.Thomas said he believes his grandmother will spend time in a halfway house before going back to Georgia on Dec. 1.Game notesCoach Gary Kubiak said G Max Garcia didnt practice after rolling his ankle in Mondays walkthrough. Kubiak said Garcia may practice Thursday. ... WR Marlon Brown was having his back evaluated and didnt practice. Brown dealt with back issues while with Baltimore last year and Kubiak said the team wants to find out why his back continues to flare up on him.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '