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Feds Accuse NFL Team Employee Of Embezzling $22M

The Huffington Post reports: A former Jacksonville Jaguars employee faces wire fraud and illegal monetary transaction charges after allegedly stealing more than $22 million from the football franchise over the span of a few years. According to documents filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Amit Patel used his position overseeing the NFL …

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DeSantis Budgets $1M To Sue Over FSU Playoffs Snub

Meidas Touch reports: Ron Desantis, who loves spending millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to enrich his lawyer friends to fight his culture war issues in court, is at it again. In his new budget unveiled today for 2024, he included an item to allocate $1 million dollars to the state university system to fund a lawsuit against the College …

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FL Republicans Rage Over FSU Football Playoff Snub

Florida Politics reports: Florida leaders are ripping into the decision to leave Florida State University out of this year’s College Football Playoff with some demanding answers about the snub. FSU is the first undefeated Power 5 conference champion to be left out of the playoff or its predecessor in the past 25 years. The selection committee — after ranking FSU …

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College Football Bowl Game To Feature Edible Mascot

Sports Illustrated reports: College football fans might have thought that food celebrations at bowl games reached their zenith at the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, where the winning coach gets a tub of mayonnaise dumped over his head. However, the bar has now been raised. (Or lowered, depending on your opinion.) The new Pop-Tarts Bowl won’t just have a mascot that interacts …

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NFL Renews Deal With Trevor Project, Donates $100K

Metro Weekly reports: The National Football League and The Trevor Project have renewed their partnership through 2024, with the intent of providing educational and advocacy training to NFL staff on LGBTQ issues. As part of the partnership, which first began in 2021, the NFL will donate $100,000 to The Trevor Project, whose services include a crisis hotline, which LGBTQ youth …

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Fox Sports Reporter: I’ve Invented Quotes Many Times

The Washington Post reports: Charissa Thompson of Fox Sports and Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” garnered criticism Thursday when a clip went viral in which she admitted to inventing quotes from coaches while working as a sideline reporter. “I’ve said this before, so I haven’t been fired for saying it, but I’ll say it again. I would make up the …

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Hockey League Rescinds Ban On “Pride Tape” On Sticks

CBS Sports reports: Arizona Coyotes defenseman Travis Dermott recently became the first player to challenge the NHL’s ban of Pride Tape when he used it on his stick in a game against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. Following Dermott’s decision, the NHL has rescinded its ban on players using Pride Tape, the league announced on Tuesday. During the summer, the …

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Astros Fans Blame “Jinx” Ted Cruz For Playoffs Loss

The Huffington Post reports: The Houston Astros were eliminated from the MLB playoffs at home on Monday night in a blowout loss to the Texas Rangers ― and unhappy fans are blaming Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Some had taken to social media even before the decisive seventh game of the American League Championship Series to beg the lawmaker to stay …

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College Suspends Staffer Behind Hitler Trivia Question

The Associated Press reports: Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller said he has suspended an employee involved in allowing Adolf Hitler’s image to be shown on videoboards before playing No. 2 Michigan. The employee, who was not named, will be paid pending an investigation that will help to determine potential action in the future. Haller said no one in the …

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College Sorry For Hitler Trivia Question On Scoreboard

Michigan Live reports: Michigan State is apologizing after an image of Adolf Hitler appeared on a Spartan Stadium video board Saturday night prior to its game against Michigan. Multiple images circulating on social media on Saturday show an image of the Nazi leader’s face on the stadium’s largest scoreboard, alongside a trivia question answer about his birthplace. Michigan State said …

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National Hockey League Bans “Pride Tape” On Sticks

Outsports reports: The NHL’s decree that players and teams are no longer allowed to wear rainbow-colored Pride jerseys to celebrate the LGBTQ community was bad enough. Now comes word that the league front office has sent all 32 teams a series of memos that include alleged “clarification” on this policy. On top of this — and most egregious of all …

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OH High School Coach Resigns After “Nazi” Play Calls

The Associated Press reports: An Ohio high school football coach resigned Monday after his team used racist and antisemitic language to call out plays during a game last week. Brooklyn High School coach Tim McFarland and his players repeatedly used the word “Nazi” as a play call in a game against Beachwood High School. Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb, is roughly …

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World Cup Champion Megan Rapinoe Retires

USA Today reports: There are some goodbyes that are heavy and sad, the weight of the emotions almost too much to bear. Then there are the goodbyes that are joyous, a celebration of what’s been rather than regret over what’s about to be lost. Megan Rapinoe’s final game with the U.S. women Sunday was very much the latter. Any tears …

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Pete Buttigieg Completes Michigan Ironman Triathlon

Politico reports: Buttigieg is no stranger to endurance sports (such as running in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary). He’s finished a number of half marathons, notching a personal best of 1:42 in Bagram, Afghanistan, when he was deployed as a Navy counterintelligence officer — nailing an average pace of 7:46 per mile. In D.C., he has been spotted at open-water …

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Rodgers: “Dolphin Love-Making Noises Are Healing”

Sports Illustrated reports: Aaron Rodgers has always been one to seek out the unorthodox. Whether it be ayahuasca or a darkness retreat, the four-time NFL MVP isn’t afraid to employ outside-the-box methods to whatever situation might be in front of him. Now facing a daunting recovery from an Achilles tendon tear that he suffered on the fourth play of his …

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Billionaire NFL Owner Lobbies Megadonors For Trump

CNBC reports: Billionaire and New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is part of a very small group within former President Donald Trump’s inner circle: Wealthy supporters who are willing to invest their own personal capital to convince Republican megadonors to donate to Trump’s presidential campaign. Not only is Johnson backing Trump himself, he is also doing something even more important: …

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NFL Confirms: Star Anti-Vax QB Is Out For The Season

NFL.com reports: Aaron Rodgers’ aspirations for resurrecting the New York Jets lasted just four snaps. Rodgers’ and the Jets’ cruelest fears were realized on Tuesday as an MRI revealed he suffered a torn left Achilles in Monday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills and will miss the remainder of the 2023 season. It’s a crushing blow at the onset of …

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Notoriously Anti-Vax NFL Star Needs Doctors After All

CBS Sports reports: New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ 2023 season may be over before it ever really got started. After the quarterback was injured on his fourth play of the year, head coach Robert Saleh told reporters following the Jets’ 22-16 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills that they fear the four-time NFL MVP tore his Achilles. There’s an …

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MLB Stadium Tests “Facial Authentication” Entry System

AM New York reports: Major League Baseball is testing facial authentication-based entry that would allow ticketed fans to walk directly into stadiums — a convenient new arrival method that the league says won’t compromise on safety and security. The Philadelphia Phillies have partnered with MLB to use their stadium as the site of a pilot program called Go-Ahead Entry, which …

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Phillies Pitcher: I Threw A No-Hitter Thanks To Jesus

From the far-right Charisma News: Michael Lorenzen, a Major League Baseball player who recently joined the Philadelphia Phillies, accomplished a remarkable feat by pitching a no-hitter, a rarity in the sport, during a recent game against the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. Lorenzen’s exceptional performance on the field left fans and commentators in awe, but it was his remarks …

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