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  • November 04, 2026

    Riddell Beats Patent Infringement Suit Over Football Helmets

    NFL football helmet supplier Riddell Inc. has defeated a lawsuit in Illiniois federal court that alleged two lines of its head protection gear infringed a patent covering technology on energy dissipating helmets, after both sides stipulated that Riddell's products weren't infringing.

  • November 04, 2026

    Fake Sony Agent Who Stole $1M Gets 6½ Years In Prison

    A New York federal judge sentenced a film production worker from Brooklyn with a lengthy criminal history to 6.5 years in prison Wednesday, after he admitted posing as a sports and music agent from Sony and taking $1 million from victims.

  • November 03, 2026

    Sports And Betting On The Ballot: A Midterms Roundup

    Tuesday's midterm elections saw voters weigh in on a bevy of closely watched sports initiatives, with four states on track to approve new restrictions on transgender athletes and Nebraska voters rejecting two proposals to expand sports betting there.

  • November 03, 2026

    Democrat Nathan Johnson Wins Race For Texas AG

    Democratic candidate Nathan Johnson beat his Republican opponent in the race for Texas attorney general on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. 

  • November 03, 2026

    2nd Circ. Denies Kalshi, Coinbase Enforcement Shields

    A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday rebuffed separate bids by Kalshi and Coinbase to temporarily shield their sports contracts from New York and Connecticut gambling regulators after the judges appeared unconvinced by the platforms' attempts to draw lines between sports event contracts and sports bets.

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