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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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December 22, 2025
Ex-UMich Coach Can't Shake ID Theft Charges
A former University of Michigan assistant football coach will face aggravated identity theft charges after a federal judge ruled Monday that the use of stolen passwords is "central" to the broader allegations of accessing thousands of students' intimate photographs.
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December 22, 2025
Mich. Festival Organizer Says Lions Stole Name
The producers of a Michigan music festival have gone to federal court to claim that the Detroit Lions used their slogan and logo without permission to promote a new "Motor City Muscle" football jersey design.
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December 22, 2025
$14.8M Deal Proposed In Genius Sports SPAC Chancery Case
Stockholders and defendants in a Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit challenging the merger that took sports data company Genius Sports Ltd. public through a special purpose acquisition company have reached a proposed $14.8 million cash settlement, according to a release by plaintiffs' counsel Monday.
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December 22, 2025
Ex-NBA Players' Adviser Can't Break Out Of Fraud Case
A former Morgan Stanley financial adviser will still have to face charges of defrauding three NBA players of more than $5 million in schemes involving three former co-defendants, a New York federal judge has ordered.
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December 22, 2025
Advocacy Groups Warn Against Kalshi's Gambling Push
A trio of nonprofits that advocate against gambling are fighting betting company Kalshi's efforts to curb Maryland gaming regulators' oversight, telling the Fourth Circuit that health consequences and threats to elections and youth sports would be significant if Kalshi succeeds.
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- Suits over stadium projects
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- Personnel moves
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