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New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson was due in court Monday related to a felony arrest but the trial was postponed to Aug. 6, according to ESPN, citing court records. Anderson has been arrested twice in the past year.
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Terror and cyber-security threats to major global sporting events, including football's World Cup and the Olympics, are growing, Interpol's secretary general warned on Wednesday. Speaking on the fringes of a security conference in Doha, where the 2022 World Cup will be held, Jurgen Stock said "a spectrum" of threats, which also included hooliganism, now existed for…
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Russia says it will take extraordinary measures to combat any terrorist threat when it hosts the World Cup next year, as its military campaign in Syria makes the country a prime target for jihadists. A bombing on the metro in Saint Petersburg in April that left 15 people dead was among the recent high-profile terror attacks…
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Washington State’s upset victory over USC on Sept. 29 was one of the more intriguing results in the entire opening month of the college football season. Since then, the Cougars have disappointed in some ways, while the victory doesn’t look quite as impressive given USC’s own struggles. Still, it was a big win for Mike Leach…
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The national anthem controversy has riled up one Louisiana sheriff. Boussier Parish sheriff Julian Whittington has told his local Ford dealer that his office will no longer buy Ford police vehicles over the company’s stance with regard to NFL players kneeling during the anthem. Ford has long been a sponsor of the NFL. In a statement…
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Brazilian officials said Tuesday that the country's Olympics chief was the "lynchpin" in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee to award Rio de Janeiro the 2016 Games. Revealing a nine month investigation spanning several countries and dubbed "Unfair Play," police said Carlos Nuzman had been taken in for questioning and his house searched. Nuzman,…
