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Spain legal panel opens case against suspended soccer chief over World Cup kiss, reports say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish government legal panel is opening a case against suspended soccer chief Luis Rubiales, the state news agency Efe said on Friday.Rubiales has come in for a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation for kissing a player on the lips without consent after Spain won the recent Women’s World Cup final in Sydney.FIFA has already suspended Rubiales for 90 days while it studies the case.Spain is looking to remove him independently of the FIFA process. Rubiales is the president of the Spanish Football Federation and a vice president of UEFA.Efe said the legal panel said Rubiales’ behavior would be studied for two possible cases of serious misconduct.The government hoped the panel would recommend very serious misconduct, a category that would allow the state’s sport body to ban him provisionally with a view to eventually declaring him unfit to hold the job. Rubiales can be disqualified for up to two years if found guilty.Spain’s culture and sports min...

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades and certainly over the past year. It is no longer a surprise to see storied programs leave their longtime conference home in search of more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race.A look at football membership in the Power Five and the Group of Five, largely dating to the launch of the Big 12 in 1996:ACC1996 (9): Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, Virginia.2023 (14): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest.2024 (17): Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia T...

Top 5 Denver Broncos players with the highest average annual salaries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Broncos only won five games last year, and besides Russell Wilson, the team has some of the lowest-earning top players compared to the rest of the AFC West division. But even the lower-earning players are still making more than you. FOX31 looked through Spotrac's estimated salary rankings for the Denver Broncos and compared them to the rest of the AFC West. Can the Denver Broncos’ playoff drought come to an end? Just in case you wanted to find out how little you make, here are the top five players who make the most for their contract average annual value from each team: Denver BroncosWilson is the second-highest earner in the entire division. His contract AAV is even higher than Superbowl winner Patrick Mahomes. However, when it comes to the rest of the Broncos players, they are some of the lowest-paid top players in the division. Take that with a grain of salt, because the "lowest-paid" is still between $15 to 17 million.Russell Wilson (QB) $48,51...

Court hands win to defiant Spanish football chief over government

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

Spain’s highest court which deals with issues related to sports law on Friday decided football federation President Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss with forward Jenni Hermoso did not constitute a “very grave” violation of Spanish law.By opening an investigation into Rubiales for only a “grave” violation, as opposed to a more serious breach of the country’s Sports Law, the Administrative Tribunal for Sport made it impossible for the autonomous government agency that oversees all sporting activities in Spain to suspend the disgraced federation chief until a final verdict is issued. Secretary of State for Sport Víctor Francos, who presides over the country’s High Council for Sport, told Spanish media that the body would nonetheless request the court suspend Rubiales provisionally.The tribunal’s decision is a serious blow to Spain’s caretaker left-wing coalition government. Over the course of the week Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera, ...

Ohio police release video of fatal police shooting of pregnant 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

(CNN) — Newly released police body camera footage shows an officer firing through the windshield of a pregnant woman’s car after she was accused of shoplifting at a grocery store in a Columbus, Ohio, suburb last week.Ta’kiya Young, 21, was later pronounced dead at a hospital.The video shows a Blendon Township police officer approaching Young’s driver’s side window outside a Kroger in Westerville and repeatedly telling her to get out of the car.A second officer, who is also wearing a body camera, then steps in front of the vehicle.“They said you stole something….get out of the car,” the officer at the window says, telling Young not to leave.“I didn’t steal sh*t,” Young can be heard saying as the two argue back and forth with her window slightly ajar.Police previously said a grocery store employee had notified police officers a woman who had stolen bottles of alcohol was in a car parked outside the store.“Get out of the f**king car,” the officer standing in front of the car says,...

Rhode Island airport ends brief lockdown; police say security threat was unfounded

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island airport ended a brief lockdown Friday after police said the potential security threat that prompted it was unfounded.The Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick posted online about the lockdown shortly before noon. It said police determined there was no credible security threat about 45 minutes later.“Travelers are asked to check with their airlines regarding potential delays,” it said.Warwick Police Sgt. Jason Brodeur had said the investigation began following a phone call about a potential individual at the airport armed with a rifle.Gov. Dan McKee, who had been brief about the lockdown, released a statement thanking all emergency personnel who responded quickly to the scene.The lockdown happened during one of the busiest travel days of the year as travelers began the long Labor Day holiday weekend.The airport is about 60 miles south of Boston.

Former New Hampshire state senator accused of spending COVID-19 relief loan on luxury cars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former state senator was accused Thursday of lying in order to get a COVID-19 relief loan for his casino and using the money to buy luxury cars for himself and his wife, a Republican leader in the New Hampshire House.The allegations against former Sen. Andy Sanborn were announced by the attorney general’s office, which reviews the owners of charitable gaming businesses every five years. Sanborn owns the Concord Casino within The Draft Sports Bar and Grill in Concord and is seeking to open a much larger venue a few miles away, but the state lottery commission is now moving to permanently ban him from operating any such business.In an email, Sanborn said he strongly disagrees with the commission’s findings and welcomes the chance to challenge them at a hearing.“I have full confidence our actions were transparent and in complete accordance of the law,” he said.In the meantime, federal authorities have been notified, and the state has begun a criminal invest...

Revs midfielder Noel Buck to compete for England’s Under-19 team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

New England Revolution midfielder Noel Buck, 19, has frequently reiterated his ambitions to play in the English Premier League.The Revolution’s homegrown product from Arlington has been tendered a unique opportunity to present himself to the discerning British soccer public and gain an international cap in the process.Buck has been called up to compete for England’s Under-19 Men’s National Team for a pair of friendlies at Oliva Nova Sports Center in Valencia, Spain. England will face Germany on Wednesday and Switzerland on Sept. 9.Buck will be in uniform when the Revolution (13-5-7) host Austin FC (9-12-5) of the Western Conference on Saturday night (7:30) at Gillette Stadium.“I’ve been in talks with them a bit but there was nothing official until recently,” said Buck following Friday morning’s practice at the Revolution’s training facility in Foxboro.“It is pretty cool and obviously a big honor for me and I’m really excited. We will see what the level is, but I’m obviously expectin...

Ta’Kiya Young’s family urges officer’s arrest after video shows him killing the pregnant Black woman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON (Associated Press/Report For America)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car in what her family denounced as a “gross misuse of power and authority” against the pregnant Black mother.Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young’s family, said the video clearly shows that the Aug. 24 shooting of the 21-year-old woman was unjustified and he called for the officer to be fired and charged immediately. Walton also criticized police for not releasing the video footage for more than a week after the shooting. “Ta’Kiya’s family is heartbroken,” Walton said in an interview with The Associated Press. “The video did nothing but confirm their fears that Ta’Kiya was murdered unjustifiably … and it was just heartbreaking for them to see Ta’Kiya having her life taken away under such ridiculous circums...

Doctors and patients try to shame insurers online to reverse prior authorization denials

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:59:18 GMT

Lauren Sausser | (TNS) KFF Health NewsSally Nix was furious when her health insurance company refused to pay for the infusions she needs to ease her chronic pain and fatigue.Nix has struggled with a combination of autoimmune diseases since 2011. Brain and spinal surgeries didn’t ease her symptoms. Nothing worked, she said, until she started intravenous immunoglobulin infusions late last year. Commonly called IVIG, the treatment bolsters her compromised immune system with healthy antibodies from other people’s blood plasma.“IVIG turned out to be my great hope,” she said.That’s why, when Nix’s health insurer started denying payment for the treatment, she turned to Facebook and Instagram to vent her outrage.“I was raising Cain about it,” said Nix, 53, of Statesville, North Carolina, who said she was forced to pause treatment because she couldn’t afford to pay more than $13,000 out of pocket every four weeks. “There are times when you simply must call out wrongdoings,” she wrote on Inst...