2 officials convicted at FIFA trial; 3rd awaits verdict

NEW YORK (AP) — Two former South American soccer officials were convicted Friday of corruption charges at the first U.S. trial stemming from the FIFA bribery scandal, while deliberations will continue next week for a third official. A federal jury in New York deliberated a week before reaching the partial verdict. Jose Maria Marin and... Read More

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FIFA

December 22, 2017

USOC CEO apologizes, says he was unaware of Nassar abuse

The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee says in a letter he was not aware of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse allegations before law enforcement got involved, and that he had no knowledge of a settlement between USA Gymnastics and 2012 Olympic champion McKayla Maroney in a case involving the now-imprisoned former team doctor. CEO Scott... Read More

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Nassar, Sexual Abuse

December 21, 2017

Court: Charity stuck with fan payouts after holes-in-one

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Most golfers like short par 3s, but West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice probably wishes No. 18 at the Greenbrier Classic in 2015 was a little longer — 33 yards longer to be exact. In 2015, Justice’s charity promised fans at the 18th hole $100 for the first hole-in-one and $500 for... Read More

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Greenbrier

December 21, 2017

Ex-wife of slain NBA player Wright is fighting extradition

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright is fighting authorities’ attempt to extradite her from California to Tennessee, where she is charged with killing him in 2010. Sherra Wright made a very brief appearance Wednesday in Riverside County Superior Court. A judge explained that the only issue in her extradition... Read More

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Lorenzen Wright, Sherra Wright

December 21, 2017

Gymnast McKayla Maroney says settlement covered up sex abuse

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney was forced to sign a confidential settlement with the group that trains U.S. Olympic gymnasts to keep allegations that she was sexually abused by team doctor Larry Nassar a secret, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Maroney, who won a team gold and an individual silver... Read More

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Larry Nassar, Sexual Abuse

December 19, 2017

Report: Pistorius appeals sentence for killing girlfriend

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African media are reporting that Olympian Oscar Pistorius is appealing his recently lengthened prison sentence for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Broadcaster EWN reports that Pistorius filed an application to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. The Supreme Court of Appeal last month more than doubled Pistorius’ sentence to 13 years,... Read More

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Oscar Pistorius

December 18, 2017

Pete Rose defamation lawsuit dismissed after agreement

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A defamation lawsuit filed by Pete Rose last year against the lawyer who got him kicked out of baseball was dismissed Friday, federal court documents show. Rose said in the lawsuit that John Dowd damaged his reputation and endorsement deals during a July 2015 interview on an AM radio station in Pennsylvania... Read More

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Pete Rose

December 18, 2017

Woman who accused Sooners RB Anderson of assault speaks out

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A woman who accused Oklahoma running back Rodney Anderson of sexual assault says she’s dropping her protective order against him. The woman also says authorities’ handling of her case has diminished her faith in the justice system. The woman’s comments came in a statement released Friday by an organization that advocates... Read More

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Rodney Anderson, Sexual Abuse

December 16, 2017

FIFA suspends Brazilian soccer president Marco Polo del Nero

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Marco Polo del Nero was suspended as president of Brazil’s soccer confederation on Friday, two years after he was indicted in the United States on charges of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. FIFA said Del Nero was under an ethics investigation and has been banned for... Read More

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FIFA

December 14, 2017

Prosecutor says 3 soccer officials made fortune off bribes

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in closing arguments at the first U.S. trial stemming from the FIFA corruption scandal accused three former South American soccer officials on Wednesday of making themselves rich off a vast bribery scheme while their defense lawyers called the evidence too weak to convict. The high-ranking officials “took money for themselves... Read More

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FIFA

December 13, 2017

3 soccer officials’ bribery trial set for closing arguments

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments are set to take place in the New York trial of three former South American soccer officials charged in the corruption scandal engulfing the sport’s governing body. Ex-presidents of national soccer federations in Paraguay, Peru and Brazil have denied accusations they participated in a vast conspiracy involving tens of... Read More

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FIFA

December 13, 2017

NFL Network suspends analysts over sexual misconduct suit

NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Fame player Marshall Faulk and two other NFL Network analysts were suspended after a woman who worked as a wardrobe stylist at the network accused them of sexual misconduct in a lawsuit. The NFL on Tuesday identified the three as Faulk, Ike Taylor and Heath Evans. They have been... Read More

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NFL, Sexual Abuse, Sports

December 12, 2017

Expelled Yale hoops captain enrolls at Belmont University

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague, who was expelled from the Ivy League school in 2016 for sexual misconduct, has enrolled at Belmont University in Tennessee. Montague, who is still suing to be readmitted to Yale, complained in a court deposition last spring that he was unable to apply to other... Read More

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Basketball, Jack Montague

December 12, 2017

Defendant in football player’s death says he fired into air

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in a murder trial involving the 2015 death of a Tennessee high school football player who shielded friends from gunfire heard an interview Monday in which one defendant tells police he fired shots in the air without aiming at anyone that night. Members of the jury saw Knoxville police violent... Read More

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2 officials convicted at FIFA trial; 3rd awaits verdict

USOC CEO apologizes, says he was unaware of Nassar abuse

Court: Charity stuck with fan payouts after holes-in-one

Ex-wife of slain NBA player Wright is fighting extradition

Gymnast McKayla Maroney says settlement covered up sex abuse

Report: Pistorius appeals sentence for killing girlfriend

Pete Rose defamation lawsuit dismissed after agreement

Woman who accused Sooners RB Anderson of assault speaks out

FIFA suspends Brazilian soccer president Marco Polo del Nero

Prosecutor says 3 soccer officials made fortune off bribes

3 soccer officials’ bribery trial set for closing arguments

NFL Network suspends analysts over sexual misconduct suit

Expelled Yale hoops captain enrolls at Belmont University

Defendant in football player’s death says he fired into air

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