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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won just two medals at the World Championships in Jakarta this past week. It was the country’s lowest medal total in the international competition since 2001.  The U.S.’s only two medalists were Leanne Wong, who won an all-around silver, and Joscelyn Roberson, who won bronze on vault.  …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The eighth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels faced a tough task traveling to Norman to face No. 13 Oklahoma. Ole Miss squandered a 12-point lead in the third quarter, but it shut out the Sooners in the fourth quarter to come away with a 34-26 victory on the road. After the game, ESPN attempted …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones were arrested Thursday morning as part of FBI probes into alleged illegal gambling with ties to La Cosa Nostra crime families.  The allegations come despite both Billups and Rozier having made over $100 million each in career earnings, while Jones has made around $20 million. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Odd sleeping conditions did not stop Addison Barger from etching his name into Toronto Blue Jays‘ history Friday night. Barger was not in the starting lineup for Game 1 of the World Series, the first for the Blue Jays since 1993. He probably will not say it publicly, but perhaps that was …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Less than a full week after New York Jets owner Woody Johnson trashed Justin Fields and head coach Aaron Glenn refused to name a starting quarterback for a “competitive advantage,” the Week 8 decision has been made without much of a choice. Fields has struggled since signing a two-year, $40 million deal …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 of the World Series Friday night at the Rogers Centre. The Dodgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead with runs in the second and third inning, but Toronto tied it up in the fourth with a two-run homer by …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made his first public comments since the federal indictments of Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami guard Terry Rozier and former player Damon Jones in a wide-ranging gambling-related scheme. “My initial reaction was I was deeply disturbed,” Silver said in an interview during the Amazon Prime Video broadcast …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! At least three former Eastern Michigan men’s basketball players refused to cooperate with the NCAA’s investigation into questionable sports betting activities, the governing body of college athletics announced Friday. Several games from the 2024-25 season fall within the probe’s scope. The NCAA imaged the personal phones of Jalin Billingsley, Da’Sean Nelson and …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fans at the Rogers Centre in Toronto loudly booed Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani ahead of Game 1 of the World Series Friday.  While it is common for fans to jeer opposing players during pregame lineups, the boos that serenaded Ohtani were uniquely loud compared to those for his Dodgers teammates.  Ohtani didn’t …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congress is seeking information related to the recent FBI investigation into gambling and game fixing that resulted in the arrest of three current and former players.  The House Committee on Commerce Friday sent a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver requesting information and a briefing to obtain information related to the scandal …