Carter and James have been linked since high school. The two played basketball at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, and are also minority owners of the Boston Red Sox and the English soccer club Liverpool.
Records show the campaign had seven such "campaign event production" payments, each to a different recipient, including one to actress Jennifer Garner for $35,000.
The largest payment went to Production Management One, Inc. for $258,993.
The NBA's all-time leading scorer has long been critical of President Donald Trump, and James urged his followers to "vote Kamala Harris" the week before the election.
"What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!" James posted on X.
When former President Joe Biden decided on Harris as his running mate in 2020, James voiced support.
"Congrats and well deserved Sen. Kamala Harris!! Love to see and support it! Appreciate you JB," he wrote at the time.
The four-time MVP endorsed Hillary Clinton for president during the 2016 election and campaigned for her in Ohio while he was still with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
James previously called Trump a "bum" when Trump rescinded a White House invite to Stephen Curry.
"Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!" he said at the time.
Trump also once said it "wasn't easy" to make James "look smart."
When Trump said he was losing interest in the NBA after players knelt during the national anthem, James said, "I really don't think the basketball community are sad about losing his viewership."
LSU gymnast and social media star Olivia "Livvy" Dunne announced the end of her gymnastics career in a social media post Thursday after the Tigers failed to successfully defend their NCAA championship title.
The fifth-year senior shared a post on social media after LSU finished third in the NCAA semfinals at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday.
"[Peace] out gymnastics it’s been real… and of course forever LSU," she said in a post on X.
Dunne, 22, did not compete this week after revealing in an Instagram post last month that she had been sidelined with an "avulsion fracture of my patella."
"It absolutely breaks my heart not to get the opportunity to compete in the (Pete Maravich Assembly Center) one last time," Dunne wrote at the time.
The New Jersey native was injured after returning for her fifth year at LSU. She had an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dunne, who is dating Pittsburgh Pirates pitching sensation Paul Skenes, was one of the NCAA's top NIL earners and boasted millions of followers across several social media platforms. She played a role in helping LSU win its first NCAA title last year.
While LSU failed to defend its title as a No. 1 seed, Utah clinched its fifth straight Final Four appearance at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championship. It joins UCLA, Oklahoma and Missouri.
New Orleans Saints right tackle Ryan Ramczyk on Thursday announced his retirement after an eight-year career in the NFL, which saw the three-time All-Pro sidelined last season due to continued knee issues.
Ramczyk, 30, made his announcement in a lengthy post on social media, where he highlighted his unconventional path to the pros.
"What an incredible journey it’s been. My path to the NFL wasn’t a straight line, it wasn’t the story most people expect. There were moments when people doubted me, moments when I doubted myself," Ramczyk's post read.
"It’s funny how life works out. Sometimes the road less traveled leads to places you never expected, but it ends up being exactly where you were meant to be. Today I reflect on all the twists and turns that got me to this point, from technical college to become a 'welder' to All-Pro in the NFL. As I step into retirement, I’m filled with gratitude for everything this sport has given me."
Drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, Ramczyk was a three-time All-Pro and appeared in 101 regular-season games, starting every single one. He is just the second Saints tackle to be named an All-Pro in three seasons.
Ramczyk missed a significant amount of time during the 2021 season because of a knee injury. According to ESPN, he stayed healthy the following year but in 2023 missed the final four games due to knee issues. He was sidelined all of 2024 because of the same issue.
"To the amazing New Orleans Saints fans. Thank you for embracing me from day one. Your passion and energy are unmatched, you made New Orleans feel like home. To my incredible wife, thank you for being my rock through every high and low. And to my parents, who instilled in me the meaning of hard work and dedication," Ramczyk continued in his post.
"I’m excited for what the future holds, especially the opportunity to spend more time with my two boys and watch them grow. I’m looking forward to this next chapter in life and am forever grateful. Who Dat for life."
The NFL on Wednesday revealed that Ramczyk will announce the Saints' second-day draft picks in Green Bay, Wisconsin, next week.
"He could hardly walk when he came in. I don’t know if it was a spider or what," Rangers’ manager Bruce Bochy said. "Some kind of venom got in there. Not sure if it was a spider or what. He was 50/50 on whether he would make the start or not," Bochy said via MLB.com.
Corbin received treatment before the game and went on to make his start. He pitched 5 1/3 innings while he gave up just one run on five hits and struck out six batters and got the win.
The Rangers signed Corbin late in spring training as they dealt with injuries to their starting rotation. They signed the left-handed pitcher on March 18.
Corbin is in his 13th MLB season. He spent the first six seasons of his career with the Arizona Diamondbacks and made the National League All-Star team twice.
After six seasons with the Diamondbacks, Corbin spent the next six seasons with the Washington Nationals after he signed a six-year contract with the team prior to 2019.
Corbin was an integral part of the team’s pitching staff during their playoff run in 2019, when the Nationals won the World Series over the Houston Astros.
The Rangers' (12-7) next game is against the Los Angeles Dodgers (14-6) on Friday at 8:05 p.m. ET on Friday.
New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected from Thursday night’s win over the Tampa Bay Rays, but he could find himself in bigger trouble after he appeared to violate MLB’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 for his fifth career ejection.
But the argument would not end there, as Chisholm took to social media to further condemn Bacon’s call.
"Not even f---ing close," Chisholm wrote in a post on X before later deleting it.
Chisholm reportedly posted the message minutes after his ejection and while the game was still going on. 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" cannot 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 appeared to violate both of those rules.
After the game, Chisholm told the media that he did not believe that anything he had said prior to the ejection warranted his being kicked out of the game. He added that his comments after the call was made to eject him probably would have.
"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," he said.
"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."
Nico Iamaleava is becoming somewhat of a martyr, but yet a primary example, in today's NIL environment.
Iamaleava did not show up at Tennessee's spring practice last Friday, reportedly due to NIL contract discussions.
Iamaleava, 20, is reportedly set to earn $2.4 million this season but wants to renegotiate his deal to $4 million per year. However, reports are circulating that schools are offering less than half of his original pay.
The quarterback's essential holdout has brought upon much criticism, and an ESPN staple chimed in on Thursday, pleading with a school near his home to stay away.
"UCLA - don't do it. Don't take him. This kid is toxic," Bill Plaschke, a writer for the Los Angeles Times who often appears on "Around the Horn," said on Thursday's show.
"At some point, we have to talk about these kids. He had a $2.4 million salary, he wants to nearly double his salary even though he hasn't won a playoff game, and he walks out on the team on the first day of spring training. He's all about the money, he's not about the team. Two-and-a-half million dollars is not enough for him even though he's an average quarterback."
The 20-year-old was reportedly going to make $2.2 million with Tennessee for the 2025-26 season through the school's NIL collective and Spyre Sports Group.
The deal, which he signed as a high school junior, reportedly had the potential to exceed $10 million with incentives that included championship and Heisman Trophy wins.
But that all changed when ESPN reported that Iamaleava was seeking a deal of around $4 million for this season, which other quarterbacks transferring this year are getting. One of them was Carson Beck, who left the Georgia Bulldogs to join the Miami Hurricanes.
Tennessee moved on from the quarterback amid the controversy.
Iamaleava reportedly entered the transfer portal Wednesday with a "do not contact" tag by his profile, which indicates he has some idea where he'll be playing next. Oregon is a program that has been linked to Iamaleava since reports began to surface about his situation at Tennessee.
Fox News' Scott Thompson and Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.
The Democrat majority in the Maine House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that would codify the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA) in the state's constitution on Thursday.
The MHRA has been the state's tent pole legislation in allowing trans athletes in girls' sports during an ongoing feud with President Donald Trump's administration over the issue.
The law was amended four years ago to add gender identity as a protected class and specifically stated that denying a person an equal opportunity to participate in sports is discrimination against education. Last year, the Maine Principals’ Association updated its policy to allow athletes to compete against the gender they identify as.
The proposed bill to constitutionalize the MHRA passed with a slim simple majority in the House on Thursday but will need a two-thirds majority in both chambers before it can go before voters.
Meanwhile, the Republican minority in the House is backing a proposal to remove the term "gender identity" from the MHRA.
The vote came one day after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state for its ongoing defiance of Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order. Maine has faced immense federal pressure in the last two months over its refusal to comply, including two federal investigations, a funding freeze by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and now an official lawsuit.
But the Democrat leadership in the state, led by Governor Janet Mills, has remained steadfast in its commitment to defy Trump and ensure biologically male trans athletes can still participate in girls' sports and enter girls' locker rooms.
The MHRA has been the central law those Democrats have leaned on to justify their defiant stance.
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey justified his state's noncompliance with Trump by citing the MHRA in an interview on CNN Wednesday.
"Our position is that Title IX, consistent with the Maine Human Rights Act, so both federal and state law, supports that trans girls will be able to participate in high school sports consistent with their gender identity," Frey said. "So my contention is Maine is following Title IX, Maine is following the Maine Human Rights Act."
Fox News Digital previously obtained statements from the Maine Principals’ Association and the Maine School Administrative District 51, citing the MHRA for its refusal to comply with Trump's executive order.
"The Maine Principals’ Association is bound by the law, including the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), which our participation policy reflects," officials said. "We are unable to sign any resolution agreement that would mandate we create a new policy that would violate the law and MHRA."
The Maine School Administrative District 51, home to Greely High School, where a transgender athlete incited national controversy after winning a girls' pole vault competition in February, also pointed to the Maine Human Rights Act for allowing the athlete to compete.
"The MSAD #51 Board of Directors is guided by the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of our district. This includes promoting a safe, caring and ethical learning environment where each person will be treated with respect and fairness; and individuals are recognized, valued and supported," the district said in a statement.
However, the majority of Maine residents disagree with allowing trans athletes to compete in girls' sports.
A survey by the American Parents Coalition found that out of about 600 registered Maine voters, 63% said school sports participation should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed that it is "only fair to restrict women’s sports to biological women."
The poll also found that 60% of residents would support a ballot measure limiting participationinwomen’s and girls' sports tobiological females. This included 64% of independents and 66% of parents with kids under age 18.
And while Maine's Democrat leadership refuses to comply with Trump's executive order, one school district is taking matters into its own hands and defying the state anyway.
The MSAD #70 School Board voted unanimously on Monday night to comply with Title IX, "recognizing only two sexes - biological male and biological female and that all private spaces be separated by biological sex."
MSAD #70 superintendent Tyler Putnam told Fox News Digital that, due to this vote, he is now directed to amend the district's policies to prevent trans athletes from competing in girls' sports.
"Our board, similar to many people in Maine, have been following the back-and-forth communication between the federal government and the state. We are hoping for both sides to work together to help support local school districts like ourselves," Putnam said.
"The board and our staff's No. 1 priority is to provide our students with an education that will positively impact their future in our great state and country."
A school board meeting in California featured emotional debate over transgender athletes being allowed to share locker rooms with high-school girls. One girl who cried during a speech was told to "wrap it up" by the board president.
During the Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD) board meeting on Wednesday, a high-school junior girls' track athlete at Arroyo Grande High School named Celeste Diest took the podium to recount her experience of having to change in front of a biologically male trans athlete before practice, while that athlete allegedly watched her undress.
"I went into the women's locker room to change for track practice where I saw, at the end of my row, a biological male watching not only myself, but the other young women undress. This experience was beyond traumatizing," Diest said, as she began to choke up and cry.
"Adults like yourself make me and my peers feel like our own comfort was invalid, even though our privacy was and still is completely violated."
Diest then fought through her tears to argue that the trans athlete's XY chromosomes define the person as a male, adding, "That is basic biology."
But Diest was then interrupted by LMUSD board president Colleen Martin.
"Okay, please wrap it up," Martin said, gesturing to Diest to finish her point.
The teen then sniffled and continued speaking.
"I just want to ask ‘what about us?’ We can not sit around and allow our rights to be given up to cater to an individual that is a man, who watches women undress and is stripping away female opportunity that once was fought for us. Sadly we have to try and regain our rights back. I hope you put effort into the restoration of our school safety."
Diest then walked away from the podium to a roaring applause from the audience before Martin tried to silence the cheers.
Martin even began slamming her gavel down to try and temper the growing applause, but the cheers only got louder after that.
"No!" Martin yelled when the cheers got louder.
Then, Martin just sat there silently as the applause continued for several more seconds, before it finally tempered, and the next speaker gave another speech opposing trans inclusion.
Prior to Diest's speech, one of the other speakers, a woman named Shannon Kessler, who was scheduled to go after the teen, asked Martin whether she could give her speaking time to Diest. But Martin denied that request.
"We're not doing that," Martin said.
Several other parents gave speeches in opposition of trans athletes in attendance, while other community members spoke in support of trans inclusion.
California has been one of the many blue states in the nation to defy President Donald Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order, and has allowed trans athletes to compete with girls for over a decade.
A law called AB 1266 has been in effect since 2014, and gives California students at scholastic and collegiate levels the right to "participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records."
California Code of Regulations section 4910(k) defines gender as: "A person’s actual sex or perceived sex and includes a person’s perceived identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that identity, appearance, or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with a person’s sex at birth."
CIF Bylaw 300.D. mirrors the Education Code, stating, "All students should have the opportunity to participate in CIF activities in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on a student’s records."
These laws and the subsequent enabling of trans athletes to compete with girls and women in the state has resulted in multiple controversies over the issue over the last year alone.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) said it will continue to follow the state's law that allows athletes to participate as whichever gender they identify as, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
"The CIF provides students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete in education-based experiences in compliance with California law [Education Code section 221.5. (f)] which permits students to participate in school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, consistent with the student’s gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the student’s records," a CIF statement said.
The California state legislature's Democrat majority rejected two bills that would have changed state law to ban trans athletes from girls' sports on April 1.
The deadly campus shooting at Florida State University Thursday shocked the nation.
Several former star Florida State athletes spoke out in support of fellow Seminoles after at least two were killed and at least six were injured.
The grieving former FSU athletes included LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka, reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jared Verse and former Seminoles star quarterback and current New York Jets quarterback Jordan Travis.
The shooting began at around 11:50 a.m. The two people killed were not FSU students, according to authorities.
During a news conference Thursday afternoon, authorities identified the suspected shooter as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, a student at the school.
Ikner was transported to a hospital after being "neutralized" by authorities. Police also said his mother is a sheriff's deputy with the Leon County Sheriff's Office, adding Ikner used his mother's weapon in the killing.
FSU has canceled all classes through Friday and said athletic events in Tallahassee were canceled through the weekend.
"All Florida State athletics home events through Sunday, April 20, have been canceled," a statement said. "Further updates on events scheduled for next week will be communicated when available."
FSU President Richard McCullough issued a statement on X, calling the shooting "a tragic and senseless act of violence."
The cancellations will include a three-game series for the school's No. 7-ranked baseball team against Virginia starting Thursday, and the No. 4 softball team's final home series of the regular season against Georgia Tech, starting Friday.
The school's last two spring football practices have also been canceled.
"There will be more updates in the days ahead and more time to reflect and heal. But, now, we mourn together," the president said. "We lean on one another. And we remember who we are. We are Florida State. We are family. And we stand together."
Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf, Preston Mizell, David Spunt and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels have brought in another top talent for the 2025-26 season, and the player comes from Coach Prime’s program at Colorado.
Wide receiver Adrian Wilson told On3 he is transferring to UNC to join Belichick for his inaugural season at Chapel Hill.
Wilson was one of Deion Sanders’ top recruits for his Buffaloes program, but he entered the transfer portal Wednesday. Belichick jumped to land the four-star recruit ranked as the No. 32 wide receiver in the Class of 2025.
Belichick and his staff have been active building their roster through the transfer portal, and they nabbed former Nebraska and Missouri linebacker Mikai Gbayor earlier this week.
The Tar Heels also brought in three former Washington Huskies defensive players thanks to the coach's son, Steve Belichick, who served as defensive coordinator at Washington before joining his father at Chapel Hill.
Linebacker Khmori House, cornerback Thaddeus Dixon and safety Peyton Waters made their way east to join the former New England Patriots head coach.
Wilson, who hails from Texas, signed on with Colorado in December and enrolled early at the university after he verbally committed to Arizona State.
No one expects Belichick to be done in the portal either. Quarterback remains an important position to upgrade for the Tar Heels to compete the way their first-year coach would like next season.
South Alabama’s Gio Lopez is a QB North Carolina has been linked to.
Sanders and Colorado will be looking for the next wave of college superstars as his son, Shedeur Sanders, and two-way star Travis Hunter are both expected to be first-round picks next week in Green Bay at the 2025 NFL Draft.
Haley Cavinder, who starred for the Miami Hurricanes' women's basketball program with twin sister Hanna, announced her engagement to NFL boyfriend Jake Ferguson.
Cavinder posted a photo of herself flexing her engagement ring on her Instagram story with a beach in the background.
The photo did not feature any words, nor was a face shown. But ESPN posted a video of Ferguson and Cavinder on the beach together, and she flexed it even more.
The engagement comes roughly a month after the rumored breakup of her twin sister, Hanna, and incoming Miami quarterback Carson Beck.
Beck transferred to the U, where both Cavinders played basketball, after spending four years at the University of Georgia, where he replaced Stetson Bennett.
Last month, Hanna wiped Beck from her Instagram, and Haley went on an "unfiltered" tangent regarding the rumored breakup.
"I just want to say one thing, because I can't be too crazy unfiltered on here: If your sister comes to you or your friend or someone that's really important in your life, and they have a gut feeling about a relationship or a friendship, for example, and they just tell you that on a repeated basis, trust your dang sister. Trust her," Haley said. "She's always right. I promise, you or your mom, they're always right."
Cavinder said trolls emerged when they made their relationship public. During a YouTube Q&A session with her sister, Haley said she received negative comments about her looks when her relationship made the rounds.
"I was in Forever 21 having a great day with my mom and Hanna, and I got this post. And I just started looking at the comments about my face," Cavinder said.
But it seems like the negativity has not gotten to the couple.
Hanna had initially decided to forgo her final season of eligibility while Haley initially was transferring to TCU, but, in April 2024, they jointly announced a return to Miami to play their final season in 2024-25.
Ashton Jeanty doesn't have to worry like a lot of NFL Draft prospects heading into next week.
While many will be wondering if they will be taken, Jeanty is a sure bet to be taken in the first round. It's just a matter of when.
Jeanty, a Heisman Trophy finalist last season at Boise State, is the consensus top running back prospect in this year's draft class, and many believe he's not falling out of the top 10 next Thursday in Green Bay.
In case Jeanty's college-leading 2,601 rushing yards and 29 rushing touchdowns weren't enough to prove his worth, he wrote the perfect ending to his letter to NFL general managers in The Players' Tribune.
"I’d draft the guy they can’t tackle," Jeanty wrote in his article, "A Letter to NFL GMs."
Jeanty is expected to be a difference maker the second he gets to the league, especially with his ability to make tacklers miss in the open field.
And Jeanty clearly wants to be that difference maker after watching February's Super Bowl in New Orleans between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
He wants to be what Saquon Barkley was for the Eagles last season.
"Most people, they watched the Eagles win the Super Bowl a couple of months ago. They watched Saquon run through everyone in the playoffs, and they thought to themselves, ‘This is amazing,’" Jeanty began his letter to GMs.
"I watched it and I thought something different. I thought, ‘That can be me.’"
Jeanty explained his confidence starts with his family, with his father serving in the military and moving around with his brother and two sisters throughout his career. He noted the first time he was introduced to the game of football was in the backyard instead of an organized game.
But he quickly realized, "No one could touch me."
"You’d have these older kids out there, all trying to bring me down, doing whatever they could. And I’d just be making them look silly," Jeanty added.
Jeanty’s love for the game grew, especially when he joined his first organized rec league in fifth grade with his best friend, Mario. So, what differentiates Jeanty?
He said it was when his dad was stationed in Naples, Italy, when football wasn’t available in middle school for the young Jeanty. That’s the difference, and one of the main reasons why he believes NFL GMs should consider taking him.
"I actually think that time in my life where I couldn’t play football is a part of it," Jeanty explained. "A lot of people, they might flourish when things are going according to plan. But then, if they get thrown a curveball, they can’t adapt. Me, I feel like I’m the opposite. When I had to move across the world and pause football for a year, my attitude was, ‘Well, alright — I can’t control that. So let’s take what I can control, and make the absolute best out of it.’"
Jeanty eventually moved to Frisco, Texas. He was a star in the making throughout his three years in Texas, and he quickly realized that playing running back was instinctual for him, something that translated to the college level and likely to the pros.
"Once I’m running that football, I swear: my instincts just take over. This special gear kicks in, and it’s like I’m 10 years old again and I’m making the older kids look silly. I turn into this unstoppable beast," he said.
What team is expected to take this self-proclaimed "unstoppable beast?"
The Las Vegas Raiders pick at No. 6, and a number of mock drafts have them taking Jeanty. They could use an elite running back with Geno Smith aboard as the team's new signal-caller under Pete Carroll, who returns to the sideline as head coach in Sin City.
Either way, Jeanty's confidence is through the roof. He wants to do exactly what Barkley did for the Eagles last season by setting the tone on offense and becoming a human highlight reel, which he was in college.
"I’ve taken the long way. I’m done with that way," he wrote. "If you pick me, it’s simple: I’m coming to your franchise to do what Saquon and the Eagles just did. I’m coming to win, big, soon."
Roman Reigns demanded every city he visited "acknowledge" him and his greatness over the last five years, and he appeared to suggest his story may be entering the ninth inning.
Reigns told Vanity Fair in a wide-ranging interview published Thursday he has about two years left in him after his current deal with WWE is up.
Reigns’ contract with the company expires after WrestleMania 42, and he revealed plans for the rest of his full-time career.
"After I finish the contract that I’m in, we probably got another year or two max," he told the magazine days before his triple-threat match against CM Punk and Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. "Then it’s time to take on a less physical form of entertainment."
Paul Heyman, the longtime wiseman to Reigns’ "Tribal Chief," told Fox News Digital hours after the story was published it was always the plan for the WWE great to shift to the Hollywood side of entertainment, but it had to be the right time.
"I would also suggest, in the limited space that media is provided to tell the tale of the quotes that they are given, that a lot of people are missing part of the story, which is this is nothing new," Heyman said. "Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman have been offered roles, projects, films, TV series, reality shows for the past several years.
"I can show you my phone right now, and there are people begging to fly up from Hollywood to take in a meeting either before or after WrestleMania about directing films, writing films, this project. And I’m not knocking indie films — I’m a big fan of indie films — but I’m not talking $1-2 million budgets. I’m talking real, substantial studio budgets. And, because of the schedule and because of commitments, neither one of us have jumped on that."
Reigns, whose real name is Joseph Anoaʻi, has already dipped his toes into the waters of the silver screen. He appeared in "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw," "The Wrong Missy" and "Rumble." He also has a role in an Eddie Murphy film, "The Pickup."
"So, Roman saying that this is a consideration of his and that it is something that he would like to exploit is nothing new, but under the current contract, he doesn’t have the time and the amount of time in a block to pursue such goals," Heyman told to Fox News Digital.
"And as he looks at whatever the next deal may be, I’m sure he wants to carve out times that he can now expand his horizons and include that within his annual schedule."
Heyman will be a huge part of WrestleMania 41 and the events in Las Vegas. He'll be one of the guests for the Roast of WrestleMania featuring Tony Hinchcliffe after the second night of the event at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Billy Horschel was among them, but he found himself in an awkward situation.
On the par-4 10th hole, Horschel hit his tee shot too far to the right, and it wound up hitting a fan in the leg, bouncing back toward the fairway before settling in the rough.
He didn't know it at the time, but Horschel was informed as he approached the ball that it had hit the woman.
So, he signed her leg, and the two shared a hug.
It was just one of the shots of a tough day for Horschel, who shot an even round but is tied for 51st place with nine others.
Two-time PGA champion Justin Thomas led the way with a 10-under 61, while Russell Henley and 2022 and 2024 Masters winner Scottie Scheffler are three strokes back.
The RBC Heritage is the fifth signature event, so there is no cut line. So, Horschel still has an outside chance to make up some ground.
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used his speech at the Los Angeles Dodgers' commemoration of Jackie Robinson Day to call out President Donald Trump’s policies.
Robinson was honored, as always, Tuesday on the 78th anniversary of him breaking the color barrier in MLB. He did so with the Dodgers, who had a celebration for the late Robinson that involved Los Angeles Lakers great Abdul-Jabbar, who grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in New York.
In between telling stories about getting into fights with New York Giants and Yankees fans as a kid, saying he always made sure his Dodgers hat wasn’t knocked off, Abdul-Jabbar also called out Trump for wanting to "get rid of DEI," or diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
"I think it’s just a ruse to discriminate," Abdul-Jabbar told the crowd, via The New York Times. "So, I’m glad that we do things like this, to let everybody in the country know what’s important. They also tried to get rid of Harriet Tubman. But that didn’t work. There was just uproar about that. But you have to take that into consideration when we think about what’s going on today."
Trump issued an executive order last month to terminate DEI offices, positions and programs within the federal government. It also terminated equity-related grants and contracts, among other orders.
The White House provided a "fact sheet" for the executive order, saying it is "restoring the values of individual dignity, hard work, and excellence."
"President Trump believes that hiring in all parts of government should be based solely on merit," the fact sheet from the White House said.
The executive order, however, led to the scrubbing of many websites where DEI was involved, which included the Department of Defense website that highlighted Robinson’s military service. Abdul-Jabbar also brought up Tubman, whose page with the National Park Service had to be restored, just as Robinson’s with the Department of Defense.
For Robinson, a story titled "Sports Heroes Who Served: Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Was WWII Soldier," was taken down briefly before being restored. ESPN initially reported it was taken down, which led the media to pounce on the executive order.
The DOD released a statement saying a group was instructed to flag any pages considered DEI content. They were only given a week to examine thousands of documents, and human error came into play due to the condensed timeline. Mistakes were made, including the flagging of Robinson’s article.
"Over the past few weeks, we've taken action to identify and archive DEI content from our websites and social media platforms," Sean Parnell, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, said in a statement last month.
"Without question, this task was an arduous but incredibly important undertaking. We enforced an aggressive timeline for our DOD services and agencies to comb through a vast array of content, while ensuring that our force remains ready and lethal."
But it wasn’t just federal. MLB removed references to diversity in its career page in the past month, according to the Times.
Abdul-Jabbar believes what Robinson fought for in baseball is still being dealt with today.
"Jackie had an idea of what we had to confront," Abdul-Jabbar said. "We had to confront segregation. And, in many ways, we’re still confronting it. But it’s worth it. And it certainly makes people respect us as a country when they see that there is some tension there, and good people are trying to do the right thing."
The Dodgers were ridiculed by some for visiting Trump at the White House to celebrate their 2024 World Series victory.
Manager Dave Roberts explained the team’s reasoning for going to the White House Tuesday.
"I don’t personally view it as talking out of both sides of our mouth," he said. "I understand how people feel that way. But I do think that supporting our country, staying unified, aligned, is what I believe in personally. I just believe in doing things the right way, and I think people are going to have their opinions on what we did last week.
"But I do know that we all stand unified, and we all have different stories and backgrounds and economic, political beliefs. But I was proud that we all stood together."
Roberts was also peppered with questions about Robinson, DEI and more before facing the Colorado Rockies Tuesday.
"This country needs a wake-up call," Roberts said. "I kind of touched on it a little bit (during the remembrance). This is not a one-day situation. It’s Jackson Robinson’s day for breaking the color barrier, but this is like an everyday sort of mindset, appreciation."
The Yankees remain committed to diversity and inclusion despite the national rollbacks of DEI programs.
"We are continually working with the members of our Diversity and Inclusion Committee and are actively engaged with our neighbors and community partners," Yankees senior vice president of corporate and community relations Brian Smith told the New York Daily News on Jackie Robinson Day.
"Our dedication towards these efforts remains unchanged, and our Diversity and Inclusion Committee continues to do its work."
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
A five-year ordeal appears to be coming to a head after Aaron Donald was reportedly granted a restraining order against an alleged stalker.
The Los Angeles Rams legend reportedly filed for the temporary restraining order against Jenelle Anwar, who has allegedly been following him since 2020.
According to The Athletic, Donald received threatening emails from Anwar five years ago and has since sent him packages and gifts while stalking him and threatening the life of his 3-year-old son.
TMZ reports that Anwar must stay at least 100 yards away from Donald and his family. She also is not permitted to contact him or have guns.
Donald, the 13th pick of the 2014 NFL Draft, retired after the 2023 season after 10 years in the league, all with the Rams. He became one of the greatest defensive players of all time, winning the Defensive Player of the Year Award three times and winning the 2022 Super Bowl.
He was a first-team All-Pro eight times in his career and made the Pro Bowl in each campaign. His 20½ sacks in 2018 led the league.
Florida State University (FSU) told Fox News Digital it is canceling all sporting events through Sunday after a mass shooting on-campus injured at least six people.
"All Florida State athletics home events through Sunday, April 20, have been canceled," a statement read. "Further updates on events scheduled for next week will be communicated when available."
The cancellations will include a three-game series for the school's No. 7-ranked baseball team against Virginia starting Thursday, and the No. 4 softball team's final home series of the regular season against Georgia Tech, starting Friday.
The school's last two spring football practices have been canceled as well.
University police said they were responding to an "active scene" on the Tallahassee campus and were working to "get it under control." FSU later wrote on X that law enforcement had "neutralized the threat," but said that parts of the campus are still considered an "active crime scene."
A senior Florida law enforcement source told Fox News that at least one person was in custody, but could not confirm if the individual was a shooter. Additionally, the FBI's Jacksonville field office and Tallahassee resident agency office are on the scene.
Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf, Preston Mizell, David Spunt and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills released a statement justifying the state's enabling of trans athletes in girls' sports on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state over the issue.
Mills' response included a sentence that read, "I have fought tirelessly for the rights of women and girls, for the health and well-being of children and families."
Prominent GOP state representative Laurel Libby has spoken out against Mills for including mention of the sentence in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
"Let me be clear, Governor Janet Mills’ claim that she has always stood up for the rights of women and girls in Maine is completely false. The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Maine for refusing to comply with Title IX is proof of that, as it would not exist if she had. Her insistence that this issue has nothing to do with biological males in girls' sports is not only baseless—it’s absurd," Libby said.
"This isn't about states’ rights, as she claims; it’s about Governor Mills and Maine Democrats pushing far-left ideologies that ignore biological reality. By disregarding Title IX, they’ve discriminated against and endangered women and girls, and put Maine students and families at a disadvantage. Frankly, by promoting policies that erase the identities of women and girls in Maine, it’s hard to believe even Governor Mills believes what she’s saying."
Libby, who was at Wednesday's press conference where U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit, has been one of Mills' harshest critics over the last two months as the state has refused to comply with President Donald Trump's Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports executive order. After Trump signed the order on Feb. 5, Maine was one of the earliest states to show its intent not to comply with it.
Libby brought attention to the state's ongoing trans inclusion policies when she made a social media post that identified a biologically male trans athlete who won a girls' pole vault competition for Greely High School in mid-February.
Since the post, two federal agencies have launched investigations into the state. The Department of Agriculture has frozen funding to it, and now an official lawsuit by the DOJ has been filed. Maine has filed its own lawsuit against the Trump administration over the funding freeze and a federal judge has ruled the funding must be unfrozen.
Meanwhile, Libby was censured by the Democrat majority in the Maine House of Representatives for her social media post on the premise that she identified a minor. Libby has since sued House Speaker Ryan Fecteau to have the censure overturned, arguing that the minor she identified had already been publicized in other media.
Roman Reigns and Donald Trump have one surprising characteristic in common: They are both WWE legends.
Reigns, of course, is a former world champ in the business and will again be headlining WrestleMania this weekend. Trump? He's actually a WWE Hall of Famer.
Yes, before becoming president, Trump actually hosted WrestleMania IV and V, and he went against Vince McMahon in the Battle of the Billionaires at WrestleMania 23. That bout resulted in Trump assisting in shaving McMahon's head bald.
Eighteen years later, Reigns will battle CM Punk and Seth Rollins in a triple-threat match on night one of the event this Saturday in Las Vegas.
And ahead of that bout, Reigns, whose real name is Joe Anoa'i, said he "support[s]" Trump, despite being a registered Democrat in the state of Florida.
"I support our president. Trump is one of those guys where he’s got a vast history and a huge background," Reigns, who said the choice for the 2024 election was "very clear," told Vanity Fair. "He’s been in entertainment. He’s been in big business, politics. At this point, I’m supporting a bright future for our country. Positive and competent leadership. For us to be what we’re supposed to be, to be a world leader and carry that respect and do what a world power like us should be doing."
Reigns did criticize Trump for picking battles with political rivals, saying that Trump "needs that adversary."
"He needs that opposition to bounce off of. He needs that competitive motivation or something," he added.
This Saturday will mark the ninth time, a record, that Reigns will headline the WWE staple. He actually headlined both nights of the event last year in Philadelphia, losing his championship after holding the belt for over 1,000 consecutive days.
The Aarons’ final meeting did not end harmoniously.
Former New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers did not hold back on his final meeting with new head coach Aaron Glenn in his first public remarks since a series of rumors leaked following the end of his second season with the team.
During a Thursday appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show," Rodgers said he has had lots of "great conversations" with several teams during his first go at free agency. But the four-time league MVP was quick to point out that the Jets were not one of them.
"Not one of those was the Jets, because that was not a great conversation."
Rodgers later expanded on his comments, detailing the "confusing" and "strange" final conversation he shared with Glenn. According to Rodgers, he had flown to the Jets’ facility with the anticipation that he would have a long conversation with the team’s leadership about his future.
Instead, what he got was a brief talk about Glenn’s desire to move in a different direction.
"That was an interesting two years to say the least, but I figured that when I flew across the country on my own dime, that there was going to be a conversation. And the confusing thing to me – and the strange thing – was when I went out there I meet with the coach… we start talking, he runs out of the room."
Rodgers said Glenn returned with the team’s new general manager, Darren Mougey, but the conversation took a quick turn.
"We sit down in the office and I think we’re going to have this long conversation – I’ve flown across the country – and 20 seconds in he goes – I mean literally, I’m talking to the GM about something, and he leans to the end of his seat and goes ‘So do you wanna play football?’"
Rodgers responded that he did, but was quickly met by Glenn’s news.
"We’re going in a different direction at quarterback."
"I wasn’t upset about it, I was surprised," Rodgers added. "I felt like there wasn’t an ample amount of respect in that meeting. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised based on some of the things I saw over the two years."
Perhaps the most shocking revelation was Glenn’s explanation, according to Rodgers.
"I don’t want to be up in front of the room saying something and having guys look back at you," Rodgers claimed Glenn said. He called the exchange "a little rogue," on Glenn’s part, but admitted that he was still thankful for his two years spent with the organization.
Rodgers has been linked to several teams in the offseason, but he said Thursday that retirement is still on the table.
