Some of the major North American sports have pretty much embraced gambling as a part of the culture, even partnering with some companies, as long as it doesn’t compromise the integrity of the game or what viewers see on the playing field. Little League Baseball, whose World Series started this week in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, wants nothing to do with gambling, ...
Friday’s matchup between the Indiana Fever (18-15) and Washington Mystics (14-18) is a must-win for both teams. After going on a five-game win streak, Indiana’s longest in over a decade, the Fever have lost three of their last four games. During that stretch, the Fever lost guards Sydney Colson (left ACL tear) and Aari McDonald (broken right foot) to season-ending injuries, creating a glaring ...
AI-assisted summary Domestic violence charges against boxer Gervonta Davis have been dropped due to lack of cooperation from the alleged victim and witness. The alleged victim, Davis’s former girlfriend and mother of his children, declined to prosecute, according to the Miami State’s Attorney Office. The alleged witness, the victim’s mother, also failed to cooperate and did not appear for a ...
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is launching an investigation into Meta after reports found that the company green-lit internal rules that allowed AI chatbots to have ‘romantic’ and ‘sensual’ exchanges with children. Hawley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, wrote in a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that his committee will dive into whether Meta’s generative-Al ...
The 2025 Little League Baseball World Series is back in action on Friday, Aug. 15 with another slate of group-stage games in the United States and International brackets. The tournament began on Wednesday, Aug. 13 with four games on opening day, with another four on Thursday, Aug. 14. Friday’s schedule features two games apiece in the United States and International ...
Case closed. The NCAA announced on Friday that Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore will not face further suspension in 2025 from the governing body for college athletics for his involvement in the Wolverines’ sign-stealing scandal that surfaced during their 2023 season, which ended in their national championship, but he will miss a game next season. Moore, who was suspended by ...
Jason and Travis Kelce are the role models we need right now. Young men, especially. For two hours Wednesday night, the world got a masterclass in uplifting women, treating partners with respect and approaching life with lightness and joy. This after two years of watching them celebrate their mother and Jason Kelce’s wife every chance they got. “Just dudes who ...
The Philadelphia Phillies had to stay overnight in the Cincinnati area because of plane trouble. The Phillies staff scrambled to find a hotel where the team could spend the night. The Phillies arrived in the D.C. area Thursday afternoon, and the Nationals clubhouse crew rushed to get their uniforms ready for gametime. WASHINGTON – It was already a long and ...
The NBA announced the full slate of games for the 2025-26 season on Aug. 14. There will be 247 nationally broadcast games in the upcoming season, up from 172 last season. Here are the top 25 nationally televised NBA games to watch in the 2025-26 season. The NBA schedule, after a week of gradual rollouts, is finalized. The league announced ...
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in person on Friday for the first time in six years when they get together in Anchorage, Alaska. Here is a history of Trump’s high-stakes interactions with Putin while being President of the United States: 2015 – Early mutual admiration between Putin and Trump Mutual admiration was publicly ...