Tag: Athletes

Raptors’ Porter facing NBA probe over prop bets Something eventually is going to have to give. Another pro athlete is being investigated for gambling, this time in the NBA. The NBA is investigating Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter for potential prop bet irregularities, according to sources from ESPN’s David Purdum, Brian Windhorst, and Adrian Wojnarowski.…

Basketball team votes to join the first college athletics union Members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team Tuesday became the first college athletes to vote to unionize. A significant milestone in the rapidly changing business for collegiate sports. The team members voted 13-2 in favor of the union, according to the National Labor Relations…

Today is the day On Thursday, more than 11,000 college football players can opt into EA Sports College Football, EA Sports College Football 25, and receive payment for it. EA Sports has completed its plan for using players’ names, images, and likenesses in the game and will now initiate the opt-in process. Initially, each school’s…

Over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation The Tennessee and Virginia AGs are suing the NCAA. The NCAA has been hit with an antitrust lawsuit by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia. The lawsuit challenges the association’s prohibition on the use of name, image, and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes…

Former lightweight champion, at 42, will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame Frankie Edgar reacts after getting in UFC Hall of Fame: “I found a way to win through heart and determination.” In a press release, UFC CEO Dana White broke the news of the induction: “Frankie Edgar is one of the greatest…