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Stealing signs has been going on in baseball forever, peaking with the Houston Astros’ scandal in 2017 and 2018. However, players don’t help the opposition by giving them the pitches that are coming. That happened to Derek Bender, the Minnesota Twins’ minor-league catcher who has been released for telling hitters what pitches were coming up next. While it is frowned upon, teams and pla...

Wynn Resorts had been accused by the Justice Department of allowing gamblers to use unauthorized money transfer systems to receive funds. This was done by foreign gamblers to bypass United States laws for transferring money. Wynn has agreed to pay $130 million to avoid going to court, which is the largest forfeiture amount ever for a casino. Wynn Resorts intended to have an exciting 20...

The NFL has had legal troubles with their players throughout the league’s history, and it continues heading into the 2024 season. Tyreek Hill was arrested as he was driving to Miami’s first game against Jacksonville on Sunday. Cleveland’s DeShaun Watson has had another lawsuit levied against him. NFL players have been under the microscope for years, due to many legal issues off the fie...

Bill Belichick is arguably the greatest head coach in NFL history, as he won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots. Belichick and the Patriots parted ways following the 2023 season, and now Belichick is working in media for the 2024 campaign. Reports have surfaced that Belichick would like to get back on the sidelines next season. Bill Belichick will go down in NFL history as o...

Alex Morgan has been a stalwart on the United States women’s national team since 2010. Morgan has scored 123 goals in 224 appearances for the USWNT. Morgan recently announced she is pregnant with her second child, and she’ll play her final professional game on September 8 with San Diego Wave FC. The United States women’s national team has been at, or near, the top of international wome...

Damar Hamlin is a safety for the Buffalo Bills, and the sixth-round pick was drafted in 2021 by the Bills after playing at Pittsburgh in college. The NFL world was mortified after Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field against Cincinnati in January 2023. Hamlin was cleared for a return to football in 2023, and will make his first start for the Bills in their NFL Week 1 opener agains...

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever has been the recipient of some physical plays this season in the WNBA. A tweet revealed that she had been flagrantly fouled five times this season, which is 17% of the league’s flagrant-foul total. Four of those fouls have been by the Chicago Sky. However, a more in-depth look by the Sporting News shows that it might not be targeting, for the most part. ...

Brandon Aiyuk and the San Francisco 49ers have been locked in a contract dispute the entire offseason. As of Wednesday, August 28, Aiyuk had not participated in any practices with the 49ers. On Thursday, August 29, the two sides agreed on a four-year contract worth $120 million, including $76 million in guaranteed money, for the wide receiver. It has been a testy situation between wide...

Contracts for NFL wide receivers have dramatically increased, particularly in 2024 as a number of top wideouts got new, lucrative deals. San Francisco’s Brandon Aiyuk and Cincinnati’s JaMarr Chase have been at their team facilities, but are not practicing as they want new contracts. Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson, Dallas’ CeeDee Lamb, and Philadelphia’s A.J. Brown led the way for new wide-re...

Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce is busy this week, with Week 1 of the NFL season just over a week away. Kelce and his brother, Jason, just signed a deal for their podcast, “New Heights”, with Amazon’s Wondery that is worth over $100 million. Kelce then bought a stake in a racehorse named Swift Delivery with the Zoldan family, who also had a stake in 2011 Kentucky Derby winner An...

Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals are huge in college sports right now, allowing athletes to get paid while they’re in school. While Nike’s Jordan Brand already has NIL athletes, USC’s Zachariah and Zion Branch are the first college football players for the brand. The Branch brothers have to wear Nike-brand apparel on the field, but Jordan Brand off the field. The world of college ...

Babe Ruth is one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and one of the first popular athletes in history. Ruth memorabilia is a big draw in that industry, and the jersey in which he called his famous home run in 1932 recently sold for over $24 million. This is a record in the world of sports collectibles and memorabilia. When you’re talking about the biggest names in baseball hi...

Stephen Nedoroscik went viral at the Olympics as the gymnast looked like he was sleeping before his events. Nedoroscik came back to the United States with a pair of bronze medals. Nedoroscik will now join the cast of the 33rd season of Dancing with the Stars. Olympic betting sites are now quiet, and will be for the foreseeable future with the next Games in Los Angeles four years away. ...

Adam Sandler confirmed in July 2024 that there would be a sequel to the 1996 classic, Happy Gilmore. There have been theories on which pro golfers or celebrities would make an appearance in Happy Gilmore 2. Sandler confirmed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce would have at least a cameo in the movie. It has been over 28 years since...

The NFL and its owners will meet next week to decide on allowing private equity firms to invest in its teams. However, it seems it has already been fated, and the meeting is simply to figure out the details of this major change. The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, and the National Women’s Soccer League have already allowed investment from private equity firms. Whi...

Flag football is approved for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles as a discretionary sport, along with baseball, softball, cricket, lacrosse, and squash. The NFL and its Players Association are currently in talks to allow the players to participate at Los Angeles 2028, leading to comments from a US national flag-football team member. With the Olympics being held in the United States, there wi...