Natalie Cline, a Republican running for reelection to the Utah State Board of Education, was rebuked by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, civil rights groups, a school district and Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday for a social media post that targeted a high school student athlete. The now-deleted post depicted members of a girls basketball […]
College athletes around the country are now able to profit off their personal brand thanks to a policy change through the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in recent years. But questions remain about the rules for name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals because there is no national framework. Instead, there has been a patchwork of […]
College athletes around the country are now able to profit off their personal brand thanks to a policy change through the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in recent years. But questions remain about the rules for name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals because there is no national framework. Instead, there has been a patchwork of […]
Former San Jose police officer Mark McNamara, who resigned in early November as racist text messages emerged, had his private stockpile of weapons confiscated at the time due to a restraining order for allegedly threatening to shoot a Black lawyer, according to new reporting by the Mercury News. McNamara, who joined the force in 2017, […]
Read the full story on The Backfire News Underage College Athlete Gets Busted For DUI Living in a college town or even a big city in the area where university students frequent can be frustrating. One of the most dangerous problems caused by students blowing off steam is drunk driving, something we’ve seen end and […]
American basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom at the United Nations in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) Although he had been a member of the Boston Celtics earlier this year, veteran center Enes Kanter Freedom was not wearing the team’s signature green uniform as the National Basketball Association playoffs began in April. Traded to the […]
A transgender girl recently won a popular Irish dancing competition in Dallas and the result has ignited a firestorm online, with petitions being launched to advocate for both sides on the controversial topic. The transgender girl, who was born a male, won the under-14 girls’ category at the Southern Region Oireachtas competition earlier this month, […]
The obscene sums doled out by the Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in its quest to lure the world’s top golfers to its LIV Golf tour reached a pinnacle when Jon Rahm joined the league this week. Estimates on what Rahm was paid to jump from the PGA Tour range from $400 million to $600 […]