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December 04, 2025
Lawmakers Spar Over Plans To Overhaul Boxing Industry
An effort to revamp American boxing got underway on Capitol Hill on Thursday as lawmakers deliberated over legislation to provide better pay and workplace protections for fighters, with Democrats expressing concern over the potential for corruption to flourish in the sport.
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December 04, 2025
Ohio Football Player's Mother Drops Suit After NIL Approval
The football player's mother who sued the Ohio High School Athletic Association over a bylaw banning athletes from receiving name, image and likeness compensation dropped the suit after the association recently voted to rescind the ban.
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December 03, 2025
Oak View CEO Pardoned 5 Months After Bid-Rigging Charge
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke just five months after the U.S. Department of Justice charged him with rigging a bid to build and operate the Moody Center arena on the University of Texas at Austin campus.
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December 03, 2025
NASCAR Contracts Sped Up Team's Financial Woes, Jury Told
The longtime owner of a race team suing NASCAR for antitrust violations alongside fellow team owner Michael Jordan told a federal jury in North Carolina Wednesday that his team has never turned a profit in 22 years, with the losses allegedly worsening after the advent of the charter system.
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December 03, 2025
5th Circ. Skeptical Ex-NFL Player Can Keep $1.86M Fee Award
A Fifth Circuit panel expressed skepticism that ex-NFL running back Michael Cloud can collect $1.86 million in attorney fees from the National Football League's retirement plan, saying Wednesday that even if Cloud won a "moral victory," he needed a merits victory to collect the fees.
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