NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NCAA said that protecting the “integrity” of its athletics is “of the utmost importance” for the organization after at least 26 people were charged Thursday in connection with fixed college basketball games, and urged states to “ban risky bets.” Prosecutors said the alleged participants bribed Chinese…
At least 20 people allegedly colluded with known gamblers to fix basketball games, according to a federal indictment filed Thursday. The indictment filed in Philadelphia cites charges of “bribery in sporting contests” and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, to fix men’s college and Chinese professional basketball games. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing on trans athletes in women’s sports inspired confidence that the majority of justices will side with the legal defense to “Save Women’s Sports” and uphold state bans against biological males in those sports. But some activists are far from satisfied with how the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Bill Courtney, a longtime college basketball coach who was serving as an assistant for the Temple Owls men’s team, has died, the school announced Tuesday. He was 55. Courtney’s cause of death was not revealed. Temple described it as a “sudden passing” in its announcement. CLICK HERE…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jim Hartung, a former U.S. Olympic gymnast who won gold in 1984 and was a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers national championship teams, has died, the school said. He was 65. Nebraska announced Hartung’s death on Monday. He was an assistant gymnastics coach for the Big Ten…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LSU Tigers football is reportedly set to land a coveted transfer on Monday to start Lane Kiffin’s tenure as head coach. Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt will likely transfer to the Tigers and play in Baton Rouge next season, ESPN reported. Leavitt is one of the top…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dylan Raiola, a top quarterback in the NCAA transfer market, announced on Monday he will join the Oregon Ducks after the team was bounced from the College Football Playoff. Raiola posted photos of himself in Oregon gear and with his family at Autzen Stadium. CLICK HERE FOR…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach Marcus Freeman was accused of battery in a police report filed earlier this month by an Indiana high school wrestling coach. Freeman was at the Al Smith Wrestling Invitational to support his son, Vinny, who competes for Penn High School. Freeman…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lane Kiffin was not allowed to coach Ole Miss in the college football playoffs after ditching the team for LSU, but he was sure tuned into his former squad. One reason may have been that he stood to earn bonuses for every playoff win the Rebels had…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Curt Cignetti was not going to take Friday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal victory for granted. For the first time in school history, the Indiana Hoosiers will be playing for a national title after walloping Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl. Eventually, the Hoosiers will sit down…