Erin Blanchfield was set to fight Maycee Barber in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas over the weekend, but the bout was canceled moments before the bell was set to ring.
Barber, who competes in the women’s flyweight division, hadn’t fought since March 2024 because of an illness that she said led to a near-two-week hospital stay. Barber missed weight on Friday by a half pound and was already set to give up 20% of her purse to Blanchfield, according to ESPN.
Blanchfield said in the post-UFC Fight Night press conference that UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell told her Barber suffered a seizure minutes before she was set to walk to the Octagon, according to MMA Junkie. ESPN broadcasters said Barber suffered a medical issue.
"I feel like I'm still in pretty much disbelief right now," Blanchfield added, via MMA Junkie. "I feel like I was in disbelief yesterday when she missed weight because we knew about this fight since January. You could've been 50 pounds overweight and still missed weight.
"So, she missed weight, then she gets to Saturday. She gets to the locker room. I'm fully ready to go. She's supposed to be ready to go. Supposedly now she has all these health issues right when we're supposed to fight. I think it's pretty crazy. I think it's pretty unprofessional. I wouldn't want to fight her again."
Barber posted and re-shared videos on her Instagram page hyping up her return to the Octagon. But she did not address any alleged medical issues on social media.
Fox News Digital reached out to the UFC for comment.
Blanchfield was asked if she had advice for Barber.
"I don't know, she needs to look at another division," she said. "She needs to fix her life. She just needs to fix herself. I think she's a complete mess in every aspect of her entire life."
Blanchfield is 13-2 in her MMA career. She defeated Rose Namajunas in November via unanimous decision.
Formula 1 star Max Verstappen created a stir in the waning moments of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix as he appeared to purposely make contact with driver George Russell.
The issue began on the restart with about four laps to go in the race. Verstappen was attempting to catch some speed but got sideways on the front stretch. He saved his car from spinning and crashing but Charles Leclerc was able to get around him. Leclerc and Verstappen touched briefly as the Ferrari racer moved around the Red Bull driver.
As Leclerc zoomed past Verstappen, Russell was on the Austrian’s tail as well. Russell went to the inside of Verstappen in the first turn and the Red Bull racer was forced off the track. He ended up ahead of Russell for the time being. Replay showed that Verstappen and Russell made contact.
Verstappen was then told by his team to let Russell pass him to alleviate any possible concerns over whether he illegally got in front of the Mercedes driver.
On Lap 64, it appeared Verstappen was going to let Russell through, but the two ended up making wheel-to-wheel contact. Russell fell back and Verstappen pulled ahead.
"What the f---?… He just crashed into me," Russell was heard on the radio.
Verstappen eventually gave up the position to Russell before the race was over. Russell finished in fourth and Verstappen initially finished fifth but then was hit with a 10-second time penalty. He dropped to 10th after the discipline.
Oscar Piastri picked up another win for McLaren on the year. His teammate, Lando Norris, finished in second. Leclerc was third.
Tyrese Haliburton got the last laugh on Saturday night as he fired back at New York Knicks fan Ben Stiller on social media following Indiana’s Eastern Conference Finals victory.
Haliburton had 21 points, 13 assists and three steals as the Pacers won Game 6, 125-108. Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 31 points and Obi Toppin had 18 points off the bench.
Haliburton and his other Pacers teammates entered the Gainbridge Fieldhouse wearing all black, alluding to having a funeral for the Knicks and the series. He carried a black duffel bag with him as he walked through the arena’s corridor. Stiller had some words on X.
"Good thing he brought his duffel for the flight to NY," he wrote.
After the game, Haliburton fired back.
"Nah, was to pack y’all up," Haliburton wrote.
It will be the first time the Pacers will compete in the NBA Finals since 2000, when the Reggie Miller and Rik Smits-led team ran into the Los Angeles Lakers. The franchise has never won an NBA championship, but had three American Basketball Association titles before the merger.
Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle knows there’s still a major challenge ahead.
"This is no time to be popping champagne," he said. "When you get to this point of the season, it's two teams and it's one goal. So it becomes an all or nothing thing and we understand the magnitude of it."
The Pacers will meet the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Finals, starting on Thursday. The Thunder were the best team in the NBA all season long. Oklahoma City defeated Indiana in both matchups during the regular season.
The inclusion of transgender athletes has been hotly debated in the sports world and beyond.
NBA star Jonathan Isaac has previously shared his thoughts on the topic. Last year, the Orlando Magic forward appeared to take particular issue with the White House's commemoration of "Transgender Day of Visibility."
Events at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue took place on March 31, the same day as 2024 Easter Sunday. Isaac has a faith-based sports apparel and shoe line called "UNITUS" and he often pubically discusses his Christian conviction.
"They want you to hate! This helps no one and only promotes division," he wrote. "They know exactly what they are doing.. we should be angry but shouldn’t lose the spirit of what tomorrow means! Don’t lose focus. Because He is risen there is hope for all."
In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Isaac further explained his stance on transgender athletes' eligibility in girls' and women's sports.
"It's just a tough situation. There's an ethic… there's something that I believe is true. I believe that men and women are different. I believe that men do not belong in women's sports, that's a fundamental belief I hold. For reasons, one I'm a guy and I can understand the difference and the advantages that we have," Isaac said.
"But at the same time there is a reality of the situation… there are people who are not in sports who are transgender (who) are trying to live their life the best way they know how. And they have this feeling of what they believe is right and who else is to say they are wrong in some sense."
Isaac acknowledged the humanity of the complex situation, but said his belief in the fundamental differences between men and women ultimately prompted him to draw a line in the sand.
"But where I stake my flag is, I believe that in order to cater to the feelings of this group, I would have to trample on the feelings of women to get there. And that's where I say, 'OK, that’s where I believe this is wrong' and I would be willing to put my voice to it. I understand the humanity of the situation. I feel for the humanity of the situation. But at the end of the day, I believe it's right to stand on the truth of men and women are different. And I wouldn't want my daughter to have to compete against a transgender athlete (who) has gone through puberty or has testosterone."
Isaac shares two daughters with his wife.
Shortly after President Donald Trump's second term began, he signed an executive order effectively banning transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.
The executive order, "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," was based on Title IX, part of a civil rights law passed in 1972 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs.
The order instructed the Department of Education to investigate academic institutions that failed to comply. If a school is deemed to be in noncompliance, federal funds could be withdrawn.
Elsewhere, the International Olympic Committee has decided to allow global federations that govern a variety of sports to create their respective eligibility rules. Under Trump's executive order, the State Department is instructed to demand changes within the committee.
The NCAA reacted to the executive order by introducing a sweeping new policy. The organization's updated participation policy, which was announced in February, stated that only "student-athletes assigned female at birth" will be allowed to take part in intercollegiate athletic competitions.
The latest policy does permit "student-athletes assigned male at birth to practice with women's teams and receive benefits like medical care." However, those athletes are banned from any NCAA-sanctioned competitions.
In December 2024, NCAA President Charlie Baker told a Senate committee there were "less than 10" transgender college student athletes he was aware of at the time. Baker, who was the Republican governor of Massachusetts from 2015-2023, also confirmed that there are roughly "five hundred and ten thousand" athletes enrolled in more than 1,000 colleges and universities across all 50 states that the NCAA oversees.
A pair of girls' track and field athletes did not stand on the medal podium alongside a transgender athlete for high jump at the Oregon state championship on Saturday night.
Footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed the two high school seniors, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School, step down from their respective spots on the podium next to a trans athlete who represented Ida B. Wells High School.
Eckard, in fourth place, and Anderson, in third, each finished ahead of the trans athlete, who tied for fifth place. But the two females faced the opposite direction as the other competitors received their medals from officials.
The footage then showed an official confront the two young women, and gesture for them to move away. Eckard and Anderson were then seen walking away from the podium and standing off to the side.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Oregon School Activities Association for a response.
The trans athlete previously competed in the boys' category in 2023 and 2024, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Eckard and Anderson were praised for not standing on the podium on social media, and were even shouted out by prominent conservative activist Riley Gaines.
Girls and women making symbolic gestures to protest trans inclusion in sports has become a growing trend in 2025.
On May 17 at a California track and field sectional final, Reese Hogan of Crean Lutheran High School stepped from the second-place spot onto the first-place medal podium after her trans opponent, AB Hernandez stepped down from it. Hogan's stunt was lauded on social media by Gaines and others.
On April 2, footage of women's fencer Stephanie Turner kneeling to protest a trans opponent at a competition in Maryland, and subsequently getting punished for it, went viral and ignited global awareness and scrutiny against USA Fencing.
Oregon is one of many Democratic-controlled states that saw transgender athletes compete in girls' track and field championships this weekend, with other highly-publicized incidents taking place in California, Washington, Maine and Minnesota.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a nonpartisan research institute, filed a Title IX discrimination complaint against Oregon for its laws that allow biological males to compete in girls' sports on May 27.
The complaint was filed to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, which has already launched Title IX investigations against the high school sports leagues in California, Minnesota, Maine and Massachusetts.
"Every girl deserves a fair shot – on the field, on the podium, and in life," said Jessica Hart Steinmann, AFPI’s executive general counsel and vice chair of the Center for Litigation, in a statement.
"When state institutions knowingly force young women to compete against biological males, they’re violating federal law and sending a devastating message to female athletes across the country."
President Donald Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order on Feb. 5 and his administration has made combating the continued enabling of trans athletes in girls' sports by Democratic states a priority.
The U.S. Department of Justice has already launched a lawsuit against Maine for its defiance of Trump's executive order, and the president suggested on Tuesday that federal funding pauses could be coming against California amid the situation involving Hernandez.
Just days after President Donald Trump sent a warning to California about letting a transgender athlete compete in the girls' track and field state championship, the state allowed a trans athlete to take two titles against female competitors on Saturday.
AB Hernandez, a transgender student athlete for Jurupa Valley High School, took first place in the girls' high jump and triple jump at the state championship on Saturday at Veteran's Memorial Stadium in Clovis, California.
Hernandez also finished in second place in the high jump to Woodrow Wilson High School's Loren Webster, who was the only female to finish ahead of Hernandez in any competition the trans athlete competed in this weekend.
Hernandez previously took first place in all three events at the preliminary round on Friday.
However, the female competitors who finished behind Hernandez in the events were all bumped up one spot and received the medal they would have earned had the trans athlete not competed.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) made a series of sweeping rule changes in the days leading up to the event to ensure any females who finished behind a biological male would be appropriately rewarded a medal based on where they placed among female competitors.
So during the medal ceremonies for the three events, the female competitors who finished one spot behind Hernandez had to stand next to the trans athlete on the podium.
Still, Hernandez's presence in the girls' competition prompted controversy and a heavy protest presence throughout the weekend.
Conflicting protests plagued the championship starting on Friday with pro-LGBTQ protesters and pro-female protesters wielding signs, flags and clothing expressing their respective messaging.
On Friday, a plane flying a banner that read "No Boys in Girls' Sports!" even passed over the stadium.
However, the conflict between the protesters at one point became violent, when an LGBTQ protester allegedly struck local conservative activist Josh Fulfer with a flag pole on Friday. Footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows the LGBTQ protester Ethan Kroll appear to attack Fulfer through a car window, and Kroll subsequently getting arrested.
Police records obtained by Fox News Digital show that Kroll, a male, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, obstructing a public officer and vandalism.
Clovis Police Sgt. Chris Hutchison told Fox News Digital no other criminal incidents occurred at or near the track meet Friday night.
"Our stance is always to allow people to exercise their constitutional right to free speech and protest," Hutchison said. "They have a right to do it in a manner that isn't inciting violence or causing other problems. … We don't have room for violence or property damage or anything like that."
But on Saturday, California Family Council outreach director Sophia Lorey was escorted out of Veteran's Memorial Stadium by CIF officials for passing out "Save Girls' Sports" wristbands with pro-female messaging to spectators. Footage shared by Lorey on social media shows the confrontation between her and the CIF official as Lorey is gestured out of the venue.
Lorey told Fox News Digital that she had passed the messages out at previous events without any issues.
"We handed out half-page fliers at the prelims event and we were not told anything that we couldn't do that," Lorey said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the CIF for comment on Lorey's video.
Lorey and local conservative activist Beth Bourne told Fox News Digital that, unlike previous events, a man on a megaphone repeatedly ordered spectators not to make disparaging comments about any competitors, officials or other spectators on Saturday.
Lorey organized a press conference at the meet earlier that day where California 2026 gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton spoke in support of protecting girls' sports from trans inclusion.
Current Governor Gavin Newsom has been the subject of frequent local and national criticism throughout the track and field postseason for enabling the trans athlete to compete, despite previously admitting on his podcast that he believes males competing in girls' sports was "deeply unfair."
Trump singled out Newsom in a Truth Social post on Tuesday when he threatened to cut funding to the state if a trans athlete was allowed to compete in the girls' competition this weekend. But the state did not yield to Trump, and instead simply passed the rule changes to accommodate other female athletes.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced an investigation into the state over the issue on Wednesday, and the U.S. Department of Education has been investigating the state over the issue since February.
However, California is far from the only state that saw its girls' track and field championships overshadowed by trans athlete controversy.
This very same weekend, trans athletes reportedly competed and won state competitions in Maine, Washington, Oregon and Minnesota.
Trump signed his "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order on Feb. 5, but many Democratic states have openly defied the order, resulting in multiple controversial situations like the one involving Hernandez across the nation in 2025.
The Indiana Pacers are going to the NBA Finals after defeating the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, and they had a marquee fan in attendance to watch it all go down.
WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark sat courtside during the Pacers' 125-108 Game 6 victory alongside Indiana Fever teammates Sophie Cunningham and Aliyah Boston.
Clark is currently sidelined from the Fever due to a quad injury, but she has maintained a steady sports presence in the Indianapolis basketball scene during her absence.
Clark has been an occasional guest at Pacers games since starting her WNBA career in Indiana last year, and has developed a strong friendship with Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton. Haliburton helped lead the Pacers in Saturday's victory with a 21-point, 13-rebound performance, while Pascal Siakam had 31 points.
The Pacers are now a perfect 7-0 in games that Clark attends as a fan.
After the Pacers came back from 14 points in the final three minutes of Game 1 of the series, Clark sent a celebratory post on X writing "PACERS ARE THE GREATEST COMEBACK TEAM IVE EVER SEEN." She then posted a celebratory post after Saturday's game as well.
Now, she will get to watch the team compete against the Oklahoma City Thunder for a chance at the NBA championship.
Meanwhile, the Knicks will head into the offseason with a long list of "what-ifs" after blowing the 14-point lead in Game 1 and missing out on a chance to reach the finals. The Knicks reached the conference final for the first time since 2000 this year.
The Baltimore Orioles' Coby Mayo took some heat Saturday during his team's 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, with two outs and a runner on second, Mayo hit a single to left field for his first career MLB RBI.
When Mayo attempted to advance to second base after the hit, the White Sox threw the ball back in and caught Mayo in a rundown between first and second base.
Then Mayo appeared to try and draw interference when he ran out of the baseline to avoid the tag and ran into White Sox infielder Lenyn Sosa. Mayo fell to the ground on his back on the infield grass and was tagged out.
Mayo then exchanged words with White Sox infielders Miguel Vargas and Sosa, and umpires stood near them as the conversation intensified. Eventually, Mayo retrieved his helmet and returned to the O’s dugout on the first-base line, but he reached out his right hand and shoved Sosa in the chest on the way. Rojas then shoved Mayo from behind.
The shoving prompted both benches and bullpens to clear, and the teams converged in the middle of the field. Umpires eventually restored order before anything got physical, and both teams retreated.
Mayo was criticized for the stunt on social media, with many calling his actions "bush league."
"Obviously, just trying to get to second base and trying to get into scoring position for Heston [Kjerstad]. [They cut] it off and got into a rundown. Obviously, just being told in the minor leagues to try to stay in a rundown, and I thought he was in the baseline, and [I was] trying to get some contact. Didn’t mean for it to escalate. I wasn’t trying to do that, it just did," Mayo told reporters.
One security guard even got between Carrington and an official. The official backed away from Carrington while pulling the security guard by his shirt in front of Carrington for protection.
Carrington responded to the incident in a post on X Friday, suggesting the summoning of security was a "microaggression."
"Security… when I’m literally having a civil conversation is insane. Mind you, he called the "sEcUrItY" over there…" Carrington wrote over a clip of the incident with a misspelled "microaggression" hashtag.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the WNBA and the Sky for comment.
Former Dallas Wings player Cheryl Swoopes also spoke out against the referee who summoned security in a post on X.
"If this man was scared (of what, I don't know) and needed security, he should NEVER be able to ref again! This can't be real!" Swoopes wrote.
Carrington became a controversial figure in the WNBA last season.
As a member of Connecticut Sun in 2024, Carrington gave Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark a black eye after poking her during a game in the first round of the playoffs in September. Carrington laughed with teammate Marina Mabrey after the incident.
Carrington has said she didn't intentionally poke Clark in the eye and that she wasn't laughing about the incident. However, she appeared to make light of the controversy over Clark's black eye in an Instagram Live video in October.
In the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who plays for the Indiana Fever with Clark, were in their kitchen when Smith poked Carrington in the eye.
"Ow, you poked me in the eye," Carrington said. Smith apologized, and the two laughed.
"Did you do it on purpose?" Carrington asked.
During the "Unrivaled" league season in January, Carrington wore a shirt that said, "The F--- Donald Trump Tour" while walking into Wayfair Arena in Miami, Florida.
Then, during a press conference after another game that month, Carrington declared it was time for WNBA players to "take action" in response to President Donald Trump's policies.
"We see that some of the policies are already going into action, and, of course, that means that as the WNBA and being at the forefront of a lot of these movements, it's time for us to also take action," Carrington said.
"It definitely needs to happen as women, women's rights being taken away. Like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken away now. They haven't happened yet, but definitely in the works."
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and fiancée Sarah Jane Ramos announced the birth of their second child on social media Saturday.
The NFL star shared an endearing post on Instagram to announce the birth of their second daughter, Aurora Rayne, who was born May 22.
"Thank You God! Welcome, Aurora Rayne! May 22, 2025. God is Great," the caption of his post said. "I love you @sarahjane and the Family we’ve created."
Ramos responded to his post saying, "I love you and our sweet girls more than anything!"
She posted her own carousel of photos to Instagram, adding she is "so beyond grateful and in love" with their family of four.
The couple first became parents when they welcomed their daughter Margaret Jane Rose in February 2024. Later that year, in October, Prescott got down on one knee when the two were golfing together.
They have remained relatively private about their personal life but were first linked together in September 2023.
Prescott became the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL last season when the Cowboys signed him a four-year, $240 million contract extension. He missed the final nine games last season with a torn hamstring.
He finished the season throwing for 1,978 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
California's track and field state championship in Clovis, California, turned into a crime scene Friday as tensions rose between opposing protesters.
One LGBTQ protester was arrested after allegedly attacking a conservative protester outside Veteran Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High School, the Clovis Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The man allegedly attacked is California right-wing activist and content creator Josh Fulfer, who goes by the nickname "Oreo Express" on social media.
Footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows the LGBTQ protester, who police have identified as 19-year-old Ethan Kroll, striking Fulfer with a flag pole that had a large transgender pride flag attached.
Additional footage showed the LGBTQ protester being arrested by Clovis police after the incident.
Police records obtained by Fox News Digital show that Kroll, a male, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, obstructing a public officer and vandalism.
Fulfer told Fox News Digital the incident happened after he left the meet, was driving with his wife and came up to a red light. He says Kroll was there wearing black face coverings.
"They were yelling something, and they recognized me right away. And they said something. I don't even know, I can't understand what they were saying, but I said something in the nature of, 'If you're so proud and you're not ashamed of your cause, why don't you show your face? Why are you so embarrassed to show your face?'" Fulfer said.
"And then they yelled something. And when they yelled something, they started going right across the street onto the center divide. And then they said, ‘You're Josh Fulfer,’ and started hitting me with the pole. They put the pole in the car and started jabbing me with the pole."
Fulfer said he sustained bruising and scrapes on his arm from the strikes. Fulfer then pepper-sprayed Kroll's eyes, he and police said.
Fulfer alleges that after pepper-spraying Kroll, the LGTBQ protester pulled the pole out of the car and started smashing the roof and door of his car. Fulfer says he then drove away and alleges Kroll smashed the back of his car as he drove off.
Photos provided by Fulfer show slight denting to the vehicle.
Fulfer says nearby police officers watched and rushed in to intervene.
Clovis Police Sgt. Chris Hutchison told Fox News Digital no other criminal incidents occurred at or near the track meet Friday night.
"Our stance is always to allow people to exercise their constitutional right to free speech and protest," Hutchison said. "They have a right to do it in a manner that isn't inciting violence or causing other problems. … We don't have room for violence or property damage or anything like that."
Hutchison and Fulfer told Fox News Digital police set up designated "free speech zones" for activists in attendance this weekend.
The competition has seen a sizable presence of protesters due to the participation of transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School competing in the girls long jump, high jump and triple jump. The athlete finished in first place in all three events during the preliminary round Friday night. Saturday, Hernandez will compete in the final round and look to take all three state titles.
Witnesses told Fox News Digital there were more than 50 protesters at the competition Friday, with many planning to return to Saturday for the finals.
Women's athlete activists held a protest early Saturday morning, organized by California Family Council Outreach Director Sophia Lorey.
During Friday's event, a plane flew over the stadium with a banner that said, "No Boys in GIrls' Sports!"
Hernandez dominated the girls' postseason this spring, attracting national attention in recent weeks as President Donald Trump called out the state for allowing it to happen and threatening federal funding cuts if it continues.
Then the Department of Justice announced Wednesday it would launch an investigation into the California Interscholastic Federation and California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the state's law that allows biologically male trans athletes to compete with girls and women.
The CIF announced a pair of rule changes Tuesday and Wednesday in response to the backlash, expanding the size of the competitor pool and even handing out medals to any "biological female" athlete displaced by a transgender athlete at the meet.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Aaron Rodgers have been linked for months in free agency, but that doesn’t mean a union is imminent.
Rodgers, 41, reportedly has not given the Steelers any guarantee he'll sign with the team.
Rodgers "has not affirmatively told the Steelers that he's coming," NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said during a recent appearance on "The Rich Eisen Show."
The four-time NFL MVP said he has not closed the door on retirement.
"I’m open to anything and attached to nothing. Retirement could still be a possibility, but right now my focus is and has been and will continue to be on my personal life. … There’s still conversations that are being had," Rodgers said on "The Pat McAfee Show" in April.
"I’m in a different phase of my life. I’m 41 years old. I’m in a serious relationship. I have off-the-field stuff that requires my attention. I have personal commitments I’ve made not knowing what my future was going to look like after last year that are important to me.
"And I have a couple of people in my inner, inner circle who are really battling some difficult stuff. So, I have a lot of things that are taking my attention — and have, beginning really in January — away from football."
Voluntary offseason practices are underway, but it remains to be seen whether Rodgers decides to play football and sign with the Steelers or if he will decide to call it a career after 20 seasons.
With the New York Jets last season, Rodgers threw for 3,987 yards, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 17 games.
The Steelers last season went 10-7 with Russell Wilson and Justin Fields as their starting quarterbacks. However, Wilson and Fields departed in free agency.
Fields left for the Jets, and Wilson left for the New York Giants.
The Steelers have three quarterbacks on their roster — Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and sixth-round draft pick Will Howard.
A New York Yankees fan was injured during Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, when he claims a piece of concrete from inside Dodger Stadium fell on him, hitting the man in the back.
The Athletic first reported the incident on Saturday.
Ricardo Aquino of Mexico City was watching his favorite team lead during a rematch of Game 5 of the 2024 World Series when he was suddenly struck in the back with what appeared to be a piece of debris from above.
"He’s in some pain, but all it was, was the hit. He’s not bleeding, but he’s in some pain," Alvaro Baeza told The Athletic, translating the outlet’s interview with Aquino.
According to the report, Aquino was sitting in section 10 – an area between home plate and first base. The piece of concrete fell on him during the third inning.
The Athletic’s Brendan Kuty shared photos on X showing the size of the debris that reportedly hit Aquino and the area of the stadium from where he claims it fell.
Witnesses sitting around Aquino corroborated his account to the outlet.
"We’re spending a lot of money up here," one person said. "We should at least be safe."
The Dodgers did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment, but told The Athletic in a statement, "We are aware of the report. We cannot say anything more until we have all of the information, which we are currently gathering."
The Dodgers host the Yankees again on Saturday night at 7:15 p.m.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were without star Mookie Betts in the team’s 8-5 win over the New York Yankees due a freak toe injury he reportedly sustained walking to a bathroom.
Betts, 32, said he banged his toe into a wall as he walked to the bathroom in the dark, according to the Los Angeles Times.
X-Rays revealed Betts fractured the toe, according to ESPN.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Betts will miss games against the Yankees Saturday and Sunday, but he doesn’t expect the eight-time All-Star to go on the injured list.
"I feel confident saying it’s day to day," Roberts said, "but putting on a shoe today was difficult for him."
Betts is having a down year, relative to his career numbers. The 2018 AL MVP has a .254 batting average with eight home runs and 31 RBIs and a .742 OPS in 53 games this season.
In his 12-year career, Betts has a batting average of .293 and an .891 OPS.
Betts’ freak injury is not the first for the Dodgers this season. First baseman Freddie Freeman had a similar incident that caused him to miss nine games after he slipped in the shower and aggravated his surgically repaired right ankle.
"Mookie’s toe, that’s kind of freaky, like what happened to me," Freeman said after the Dodgers' win. "You hit the speed bumps along the way. We did it last year, and we did all right. Hopefully, we can do that again this year."
The Yankees (35-21) and Dodgers (35-22) will play the second game of their three-game series Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET on FOX.
NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning was a source of entertainment for reigning PGA Championship winner Scottie Scheffler when the two partnered up for the 2025 Memorial Tournament Pro-Am this week.
The two were all smiles as they walked the course at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. Ohio on Wednesday, but it was Manning who was the subject of Scheffler’s amusement after the Indianapolis Colts great took a wild shot that resulted in potentially some damage for one homeowner.
Video shared on social media showed Manning yelling, "Fore!" several times after one of his tee shots. Almost immediately after the sound of the ball hitting something could be heard. The ball reportedly made contact with a house.
The camera then pans over to Scheffler, who leans over in laughter.
"Good morning, sir," he quipped. "That’s too much."
Former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning didn’t miss an opportunity to highlight his brother’s errant shot, and shared the video on X.
"I'm so proud," he said in the post.
Scheffler is the defending champion at the Memorial and is attempting to join Tiger Woods as the only repeat winners at Muirfield Village. He entered the third round on Saturday in fourth place, three strokes behind leader Nick Taylor.
Henderson State's Jamarion Brown was killed last week at the age of 23 in an incident that left two others injured, according to the Camp County Sheriff's Office.
"It is with deep sadness that Henderson State Athletics mourns the death of junior men’s basketball student-athlete Jamarion Brown," the university said in an online statement. "‘Jo’ spent just one season in Arkadelphia, but his impact on our campus was profound."
"No words can express our sadness for Jamarion’s family, friends, and teammates," added head coach Jimmy Elgas. "Jo’s impact was felt not only on the basketball court, but throughout the fabric of Henderson State University, and we all grieve together. His loss leaves a tremendous void on our campus, but Jo will be remembered and honored in our hearts forever."
KLTV reported that authorities responded to a pool party in Camp County in Texas after multiple calls reported a shooting. Henderson was found seriously injured, while the others who were injured had gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening.
A helicopter arrived on the scene, but Brown was too injured to be flown away immediately. He was brought to a nearby hospital, then flown to another in Tyler, where he was pronounced dead.
The Camp County Sheriff's Office arrested Onterrian Jamour Newton, 17, earlier this week in connection to the deadly shooting. He faces a murder charge and other additional pending charges, law enforcement said.
"He was a shining light to all who knew him, remembered for his warm spirit, deep commitment to family, and passion for basketball," an obituary for Brown read.
"Basketball was one of Jamarion’s greatest passions, a game he played with heart, discipline, and joy. His other passion was family – the center of his life and the source of his strength. Whether on or off the court, Jamarion’s kindness, determination, and dedication were evident in everything that he did. . . .
"Though his time with us was far too short, Jamarion’s life was filled with purpose and love. He leaves behind countless cherished memories, and a lasting impact on all who had the privilege of knowing him."
Brown averaged 6.5 points and 3.6 rebounds this past season. It was his first year with the Reddies after he spent two years at Southwestern Christian College.
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in a World Series rematch 8-5 on Friday night at Dodger Stadium in a game that felt like the last time the two teams played against one another.
The last time the Yankees and Dodgers shared a field was at Yankee Stadium, when New York blew a 5-0 lead in Game 5 of the World Series – losing the championship in catastrophic fashion.
On Friday night, the Yankees once again blew a lead, albeit not as badly as in the now-infamous Game 5.
The game started with fireworks, as both Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani hit home runs in the first inning to make it 1-1. Judge and Ohtani became the first reigning MVPs to homer in the first inning of the same game.
In the top of the second inning, the Yankees continued to mash off of Dodgers starting pitcher Tony Gonsolin. Catcher Austin Wells hit a solo home run, and center fielder Trent Grisham added a two-run shot in the second to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead.
The Dodgers also scored a run in the second inning, but Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo home run to make it 5-2 to restore the three-run lead.
That would be the last run the Yankees would score on Friday night.
Ohtani hit a second home run off Yankees starter Max Fried in the sixth inning and kicked off a four-run inning for the Dodgers. Teoscar Hernández and Will Smith singled before Freddie Freeman's RBI double chased Fried from the game.
Jonathan Loáisiga replaced Fried and allowed a game-tying RBI single from Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages. Hill then relieved Loaisiga and walked Michael Conforto with the bases loaded to give the Dodgers a 6-5 lead.
The Dodgers tacked on two more in the seventh. Will Smith singled, Freeman doubled, and both scored on Pages' two-run single off Yankees reliever Yerry De Los Santos.
The Yankees (35-21) and Dodgers (35-22) will play the second game of their three-game series on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET on FOX.
Former LSU gymnast Olivia "Livvy" Dunne says she’s fearful she’s being "stalked" by apparent superfans that seem to know the social media influencer’s every move.
Dunne, who boasts over 13 million followers across several social media platforms, posted a video on TikTok Friday explaining uncomfortable encounters she continues to have with "middle-aged men" at airports.
"I fear that I’m being stalked, and I don’t know what to do. It’s gotten to the point that every single time I go to the airport there’s a group of at least 10 middle-aged men waiting for me, and they harass me," she explained in the video with over a million views.
"It's these men that want my autograph," she continued.
"They have a stack of like 40 pictures of me or my magazines, and they will run after me down the TSA pre-check line and yell at me if I don’t give them my autograph. It’s insane."
Dunne included a video from her most recent trip to the airport that left her in tears after she claimed they "circled me at the baggage claim and were like in my face."
"It’s something with the airline, and it's weird," she speculated before adding, "It needs to stop, because it's scary for girls. It’s weird."
Just last month, Dunne announced the end of her gymnastics career after LSU failed to successfully defend the NCAA championship title. The fifth-year senior did not compete in the competition after she was sidelined in March by an "avulsion fracture" in her patella.
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.
A plane that flew a banner that read "No Boys in Girls' Sports!" over the California track and field state championship prelims at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis on Friday set the internet ablaze.
The display, which was organized by the women's outreach groups, Women are Real and the Independent Council for Women's Sports (ICONS), drew strong reactions amid national controversy over trans athlete AB Hernandez competing in the girls' competition.
Many supporters of the movement to protect women's and girls' sports praised the stunt on social media, including former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines.
Hernandez went on to claim first place in long jump, triple jump and high jump, beating out all the female competitors, and will now compete for the state title in the finals on Saturday.
However, due to recent CIF rule changes, the girls who would normally finish one spot out of advancing to Saturday's finals will qualify since Hernandez took a spot.
The CIF instituted these rule changes in the days leading up to the event amid mass backlash, threats of federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump and a Department of Justice investigation against the state.
Friday's events also featured one arrest, as police confirmed to Fox News Digital that a pro-LGBTQ protester was apprehended after breaking the car windows of another attendee.
"This afternoon at 3:55PM, a disturbance between two adults occurred at the intersection of Nees/Minnewawa. One adult on the sidewalk and one in a vehicle at the intersection became involved in a disturbance that turned physical. During the disturbance, one of them used pepper spray against the other. EMS was called and one of the adults was arrested," a statement read.
The person has been arrested for assault with a weapon and obstructing police, according to Sergeant Chris Hutchison.
"We don't have room for violence or property damage or anything like that," Hutchison.
Activists on both sides will return to Veteran's Memorial Stadium on Saturday for the final round, as Hernandez looks to finish off a dominant and controversial postseason run under a heated national spotlight.
It all started when Mellencamp took offense to McAfee calling out celebrity Knicks fans during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals between New York and the Indiana Pacers.
After calling out Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, and Timothee Chalamet, which prompted boos in Indianapolis, McAfee implored fans to "turn this s--- up" and "send these sons of b------ back to New York with their ears ringing."
Mellencamp, though, said in a statement that he was "embarrassed" that "somebody" used "poor sportsmanship" - without mentioning McAfee by name. McAfee replied on X that "I am somebody."
But on his own show Friday, McAfee fired back at the singer.
"When the Knicks are playing in Gainbridge, I believe there is going to be some boos. There might be some negative things said toward the other team. That's kind of how sports work, I think," McAfee began. "We are going to be an agent of only good things at sports stuff happening. Only positive cheers going forward, because that will make John Cougar Mellencamp happy."
The former Indianapolis Colt added, "I don't know what he thought he was doing."
"He puts out this horrendous quote tweet, horrendous graphic. John, can't tell you how bad everything you did here was. The graphic, the quote, the timing, your two days late, John… John, shut the f--k up…
"You thought you were gonna bury me? I don’t think so, John! Hey Coug’. Suck it buddy. Hope I get the chance to see you real soon. I think we’re probably gonna be at the same place pretty soon. I don’t want any of your bulls--t, I don’t like you."
The Pacers won Game 4 after McAfee took the mic to take a commanding 3-1 series lead, but the series is headed back to Indiana after the Knicks wiped the floor with the Pacers in Game 5.
Stiller challenged McAfee to attend Game 5 at New York's Madison Square Garden Thursday, but McAfee said he was "not paying $70,000 for a ticket."
Neither team has made the NBA Finals in the 21st century. The Knicks beat the Pacers in the 1999 conference finals, but the Pacers returned the favor the following year.
Game 6 will be played Saturday night in Indiana, where it appears likely that the two new foes will both be.
The winner of the series will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder, who will be playing for a championship for the first time since 2012.
