Lightning forward Oliver Bjorkstrand (lower-body injury) will not play in the team's first-round playoff series against the Panthers, the team announced Saturday.
An independent investigation by an outside law firm found that Burns had received six figures in loans from Michael Awad, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
The loans began in 2023, after Burns said his house had flooded, and was struggling financially because he hadn’t sold his home in Minnesota. Burns began to pay the $109,000 in loans he had borrowed on Halloween 2023, and paid them off with nine checks over 14 months, according to the investigation.
There was no evidence that Burns paid interest on the loans.
While Burns received the loans from Awad, Awad helped him open a credit card with Hometown Bank. In 2024, Burns failed to make the minimum payments and exceeded the credit card’s limit and was sued by the bank, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
The bank’s suit against Burns was settled once the former Kent State coach had paid off what he owed.
The loans that Burns received might have violated the state's ethics laws, which prevent state employees from receiving benefits from boosters.
Burns was hired by Kent State prior to the 2023 season and saw little success as head coach. The team went 1-23 during his tenure, and they did not have a win over an FBS team.
Kent State has the longest active losing streak in NCAA Division I football.
New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was given a fine and one-game suspension after he lashed out at an umpire online and in-person after being ejected following a controversial call in the team’s win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.
MLB senior vice president of on-field operations Michael Hill announced the decision on Friday, citing a violation of the league’s social media policy.
Chisholm was ejected in the seventh inning after he argued a third strike call from plate umpire John Bacon. After arguing at the plate, Chisholm was thrown out of the game.
According to MLB.com, Chisholm then took to social media to share his difference of opinion. He sent a post on X at around 9:24 p.m. which read, "Not even f---ing close." The post was sent while the game was still going on, and was swiftly deleted.
The post was an apparent violation of Major League Baseball’s social media policy, which prohibits the use of electronic devices during games. According to the policy, "electronic equipment" may not be used 30 minutes prior to the start of a game until its conclusion.
Additionally, the policy prohibits any content "that questions the impartiality of or otherwise denigrates a Major or Minor League umpire." Chisholm’s actions on Thursday night appeared to violate both of those rules.
He was fined an undisclosed amount and was suspended for one-game. Because he appealed the decision, Chisholm was able to play in New York’s 1-0 victory over Tampa Bay on Friday night. He started at second base and went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.
"I'm a competitor, so when I go out there, and I feel like I'm right, and you're saying something to me that I think doesn't make sense, I'm going to get fired up and be upset," Chisholm said after his ejection.
"I lost my emotions, I lost my cool. So, at the same time, I still got to be able to stay out there and play defense for my team. That's why I'm here."
Night 1 of WrestleMania 41 will be about resetting the landscape of WWE heading into the rest of 2025 and potentially the biggest swerve of the weekend.
John Cena and Coy Rhodes had one final confrontation on Friday night in the final "SmackDown" episode before their WrestleMania 41 matchup at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Cena and Rhodes traded shots at each other, as they’ve been doing for weeks. For a moment, Rhodes was on the receiving end of some boos from the crowd at the T-Mobile Arena. Cen had a reminder for the "American Nightmare."
"On Sunday to beat you, I don’t have to wrestle," Cena told Rhodes as he chopped him in the head.
Cena then attempted to put Rhodes into his signature Attitude Adjustment maneuver but Rhodes countered and hit the 16-time WWE champion with a Cross Rhodes and left Cena on his back in the middle of the ring.
It was the final message sent before their epic match on Night 2 of WWE’s premier live event.
Rhodes told Fox News Digital in the days leading up to WrestleMania that facing Cena was a "first-time-ever" experience for him because of the turn Cena has made away from the fans.
"I look at a lot of stuff now, like John and my match at WrestleMania 41. I really look at it like it’s the first time ever," Rhodes explained. "John was somebody who came in and, not right away, but he did find his footing quickly in terms of who John Cena was going to be, and he waved that flag and carried his brand very firmly, very in a disciplined manner for as long as he did.
"Really helped pull the wagon at WWE during a transitional period as well. I feel like he’s always been that John for me – good guy or bad guy. You needed to work as hard, if not harder, and you need to get to his level, otherwise he was going to step over you and then leave you in the dust."
Rhodes added that he never would have thought Cena would have turned heel during his career, being that he’d been beloved by fans for so long.
"So, now, looking at the matchup, that’s why I say it feels like a first-time-ever for me, because early in my career, I hadn’t found my footing. I didn’t know who I was," he said. "And now, especially judging from these past several interactions in the ring, I feel like we do know who each other are now. . . . I couldn’t have put it in my wildest dreams that this would be a WrestleMania headline match and main event, especially under the circumstances it’s come under. But that’s the beautiful thing about pro wrestling; it’s too tough to call."
WrestleMania 41 Night 2 is set for Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. Should Cena win, it would be a record-breaking 17th WWE title for him.
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