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‘Roodypoo’ to ‘Rockpocalypse’—Dwayne Johnson Now Owns the Words He Made Famous 

A year ago, after the Chiefs beat the Bengals in the AFC championship game, earning a spot in Super Bowl LVII, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce had some words for Cincinnati mayor Aftab Pureval, who...

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Utah Bill Mirroring Old NCAA Rules Would Ban NIL Deals Tied to Alcohol,...

A Utah bill headed to the governor’s desk would introduce the country’s strictest name, image, and likeness rules, requiring college athletes to disclose to their school any partnership worth more...

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NFL, MLB, NHL Unions Come to Defense of ‘Sports Illustrated’ Guild

While its future as a publication hangs in the air, Sports Illustrated’s guild got a push of support from a surprising place: the pro sports unions representing the players SI covers.  SI’s guild...

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Felipe Massa Files Lawsuit Over 2008 F1 Title Loss

A 16-year-old title is heading to court.  Former F1 driver Felipe Massa has filed a lawsuit in London against FIA (the auto racing governing body), series owner Formula One Management, and its former...

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WWE President Nick Khan, COO Brad Blum Revealed As Key Figures in Vince...

WWE president Nick Khan and COO Brad Blum are the men identified as Corporate Officers No. 1 and No. 2 in a sex-trafficking lawsuit filed in January in federal court in Connecticut against the...

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QB Dak Prescott Sues Woman Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault

Dak Prescott filed a defamation lawsuit Monday in Collin County, Texas, in response to a demand letter sent by lawyers for a woman who says the Cowboys’ quarterback sexually assaulted her in 2017....

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NAACP Encourages Black College Athletes to Look Outside Florida

The head of the NAACP asked Black college athletes to reconsider playing at public colleges in Florida in light of state schools recently eliminating their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs,...

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Former Jaguars Employee Sentenced to Prison for Theft of $22 Million

Amit Patel, the former Jaguars employee who stole $22 million from the team, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison Tuesday in a U.S. district court.  The sentence ends a long, wild ordeal in...

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New Names Attached to the Vince McMahon Sex-Trafficking Suit

An investigation from Front Office Sports reveals the identities of the executives accused of facilitating and covering up alleged exploitation by longtime WWE boss Vince McMahon. The story shines a...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Seeping Into Sports

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate known for his historic lineage and longtime advocacy of conspiracy theories about public health, is slowly seeping into the sports world...

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Athletes Sue NCAA Over Trans Policies

The NCAA is being sued by a dozen female athletes for letting transgender athletes compete against and share a locker room with them. The lawsuit alleges the NCAA violated Title IX, the federal law...

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DOJ Finds UMBC Failed to Protect Athletes From Sexual Assault for Years

On Monday, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice released a damning letter to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, finding the school violated Title IX from 2015 to ’20....

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Clemson Files Lawsuit Against the ACC, Following FSU’s Lead

The ACC is now officially embroiled in a legal battle for its own survival: It faces multiple lawsuits from current members that could invalidate the very contracts binding the conference together....

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Disgraced Ex-Spanish Soccer Chief Raided by Cops in Corruption Probe

Police in Spain raided the home of disgraced former soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Wednesday, investigating potential corruption and money laundering related to the federation’s 2020...

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The Brian Kelly ‘Hit Job’ Kim Mulkey Ripped Is Barely About Brian Kelly at All

LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey became the main character of March Madness yet again, briefly taking over the spotlight this weekend to complain about a forthcoming Washington Post story. In a...

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It Remains Unclear Which Authorities Shohei Ohtani Has Reported Theft of...

It’s been a week since Shohei Ohtani’s representatives accused his now former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, of stealing $4.5 million from the Dodgers’ star to cover his gambling debts—and yet no one...

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NFL Arbitrator Awards Former Cardinals Exec $3 Million for Defamation

The NFL season doesn’t kick off for another five months, but the Cardinals have already tallied their first loss, this one in court.  An NFL arbitrator appointed by commissioner Roger Goodell awarded...

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Former Tottenham Owner Avoids Jail Time in ‘Brazen’ Insider Trading Case

Joe Lewis, the former longtime owner of Tottenham Hotspur who pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in January, avoided prison time in his sentencing by a federal judge in New York on Thursday....

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‘Baseless Corporate Conspiracy’: Hedge Fund Heats Up Feud Between NBA Owners

Mortgage billionaires Dan Gilbert and Mat Ishbia have quietly hated each other for years. The two NBA owners and Michigan natives—Gilbert bought the Cavaliers in 2005, while Ishbia bought the Suns...

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Texans Minority Owner Accused of Rape Resolves Case With $100 Fine

E. Javier Loya, a minority owner of the Texans, paid a $100 fine by a Kentucky court for a misdemeanor charge of harassment with physical contact as part of an agreement after Kentucky prosecutors...

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