Raiders general manager John Spytek said he is a strong believer in taking running backs high in the draft, but added that he is 'open-minded' to taking a quarterback.
Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer received a second cortisone shot in his right thumb and will try playing catch again when he rejoins the team in Houston next week.
John Rocker didn't tussle with Patrick Mahomes' father on their since-canceled fight day Friday, but he still used the day to take a shot at the famous family.
Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan opened up about the mental health struggles causing his break from the game and also admitted he could yet withdraw from the World Snooker Championship at short notice
Wilson has accused Murphy of ‘unprofessional’ behaviour between sessions of the Masters final bu the latter claims he has no idea what the world champion is talking about
Dominik Mysterio will enter WrestleMania 41 with the odds stacked against him as he tries to win the first main-roster singles title of his career in a fatal four-way match for the Intercontinental Championship.
Mysterio will go up against Penta, his Judgment Day stablemate Finn Balor and champion Bron Breakker. He’s had quite a tough time trying to get a leg up on the competition in any of the matches he’s been in with the three competitors.
Rey Mysterio will be on hand to watch Dominick compete. The father and son have been on-screen rivals and even squared off against each other at WrestleMania 39 and 40. Even as the two have been locked in a bitter feud, Rey said he couldn’t be prouder.
"Man, it’s incredible," he told Fox News Digital at LIV Fontainebleau in Las Vegas for WrestleMania After Dark. "Words can’t express how I feel — I try to separate the storyline from how I actually feel as a father. The amount of pride that I feel to see his growth and everything he’s done in such a short amount of time is incredible.
"He must know that I’m very proud of him. I don’t get tired of telling him… The execution and discipline that he has inside the ring and with his peers comes from the raising his mom did. The talent that he has inside the ring, that’s just genetics. It’s been around his whole life, and I think there’s no doubt that he’s meant to be a WWE superstar."
Dominik won a tag-team championship with his father and is a two-time NXT North American champion.
Breakker has held the Intercontinental Championship since Oct. 21, 2024, when he defeated Jey Uso for it.
Paul "Triple H" Levesque, WWE’s chief content officer will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on Friday night, and it will be the second time he is a part of the ceremonies.
Levesque first went into the Hall of Fame as a member of the D-Generation X stable in 2019, but at the beginning of the year, WWE executives Nick Khan and Shawn Michaels surprised him with the revelation that he will be honored as a singles competitor, as well.
Paul Heyman was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame before WrestleMania 40 last year and called himself a "Paul Levesque guy." He spoke glowingly about Levesque in an interview with Fox News Digital ahead of the ceremonies.
"The company was in a very unique situation at the time," Heyman said, referring to Vince McMahon’s departure as chairman months before WrestleMania 40 following sexual misconduct allegations and the rise of Khan and Levesque into greater executive roles. "The leadership was still very new. Nick Khan’s reign of running the company was still very new. Paul Levesque’s reign of running the creative was still very new. And this was the first Hall of Fame and WrestleMania completely put together under the oversight and management of Paul Levesque.
"Everyone was looking around waiting for the old administration to come back in and take the board over a second time and that wasn’t going to happen. And someone from within whose voice carries weight in the locker room had to tell everyone else, ‘We’re in a new era, we have new bosses, they’re doing OK — in fact, they’re doing really good. And we should all follow them because, so far, they’ve proven themselves to be worthy of the kingdom that they have inherited."
Heyman said that was the reason why he spoke highly of Levesque during his own Hall of Fame induction speech last year in Philadelphia.
He praised Levesque’s prowess as the company’s creative chief.
"I understand the level of control that position affords a human being, and the manner in which Paul Levesque collaborates creatively with everyone and delegates creatively with those who’ve earned his respect is mind-boggingly different than anybody else I’ve ever worked with, including outside of this industry," Heyman said, adding the closest comparison is having watched Rick Rubin produce music.
"So, for him to get his moment, both as a talent and also, I’d suggest, for what he’s doing now, is richly deserved, long overdue and happy for him and proud of him."
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and President Donald Trump met at the White House Wednesday, MLB confirmed to Fox News Digital.
What Manfred and Trump discussed is unclear. The Washington Post was the first to report on the meeting.
"President Trump is a longtime fan of baseball. As he has done in the past, Commissioner Manfred was pleased to visit the White House again to discuss issues pertaining to baseball with the president," an MLB spokesperson told Fox News Digital of the visit.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
One thing Trump and Manfred may have discussed is the subject of Pete Rose's Hall of Fame candidacy. Trump said he would pardon Rose posthumously after he died at age 83 in September 2024.
"Major League Baseball didn’t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into the Baseball Hall of fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the thrill of being selected, even though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than most of those who made it, and can only be named posthumously. WHAT A SHAME!" Trump posted to Truth Social in February.
"Anyway, over the next few weeks I will be signing a complete PARDON of Pete Rose, who shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING. He never betted against himself, or the other team. He had the most hits, by far, in baseball history, and won more games than anyone in sports history. Baseball, which is dying all over the place, should get off its fat, lazy a--, and elect Pete Rose, even though far too late, into the Baseball Hall of Fame!"
Rose is MLB’s hit king with 4,256 career hits. He was the National League MVP in 1974 and was a 17-time All-Star, a three-time World Series champion and a three-time batting champion.
However, the Cincinnati Reds star became a polarizing figure when news of his gambling on games rocked the sports world. Rose received a lifetime ban from MLB in 1989.
The meeting between Trump and Manfred also comes after a feature story about Jackie Robinson's military service was briefly taken down from the Department of Defense's website for a day before being restored.
MLB celebrated Jackie Robinson Tuesday, April 15, the 78th anniversary of Robinson breaking MLB’s color barrier.
A school board meeting in California Thursday night included protesters chanting "Hail Satan!" in support of transgender athletes in girls sports.
The Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) board meeting in San Bernardino County featured opposing protesters delivering impassioned speeches on the issue, and many speeches cited biblical scripture. At one point, police escorted a woman who was there to oppose trans inclusion, citing the Bible.
Footage from the meeting shows several protesters there to support trans inclusion, chanting "Hail Satan!"
"Yes, public comments did include speakers saying, ‘Hail Satan,’" the school district said in a statement.
CVUSD school board President Sonja Shaw condemned the protesters's chants.
"At last night’s board meeting, we passed several pro-parent and pro-female athlete resolutions that provide measures that protect girls sports and uphold the fundamental rights of parents to raise and guide their children without government interference or radical agendas," Shaw told Fox News Digital.
"In response, a small but loud group of outside agitators descended on our meeting, screaming, cussing and even chanting phrases like ‘Hail Satan’ all in front of families and children.
"According to what was shared with me from their own social media posts, they tried to rally tons of outside groups to overwhelm our district, but what a complete embarrassment. That’s all they got? A handful of angry, disruptive individuals trying to bully a community that’s working to protect kids and ensure that education remains focused on learning, not divisive ideologies."
Shaw added that she received a death threat via email in the days leading up to the meeting in response to her stance opposing trans inclusion in girls sports.
"Just a few days before this meeting, I received a violent and graphic death threat in my email. This is the level of hatred and evil we’re up against. But no threat, no mob and no political machine will scare me into silence," Shaw said.
Multiple parents who attended the meeting told Fox News Digital what they witnessed.
"What we witnessed was deeply unsettling — adults behaving in a sadistic and hateful way, all in the name of equality," said Christina Salazar, who's daughter Isabel's speech at the meeting was interrupted by the chants.
"There was even a teacher from my daughter’s school who was interrupting the meeting yelling and said ‘Hail Satan’ as he walked out and flipped everyone off."
Fellow San Bernardino County mother Nichole Vicario claims some of the opposing protesters identify as "Satanists."
"I also witnessed extreme and inappropriate behavior from the opposing side. Some individuals shouted "Hail Satan," identified themselves as Satanists and used vulgar, aggressive language throughout the meeting, even with children present," Vicario said.
"Despite the chaos, the board remained composed and strong, clearly committed to protecting girls sports, not just for Chino Valley, but as a stand for girls across California and potentially the entire country."
The state has seen multiple chaotic occurrences at school board meetings in recent months related to debates over trans athlete inclusion.
During a Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD) board meeting Wednesday, a high school junior track athlete at Arroyo Grande High School named Celeste Diest cried during a speech recounting her experience of having to change in front of a biological male trans athlete before practice while that athlete allegedly watched her undress. But her speech was interrupted when she was told to "wrap it up" by the board president.
After her speech, the audience erupted in a roaring applause, and the board president began slamming her gavel down to try and temper the growing applause, but the cheers only got louder after that.
In December, a Riverside Unified School District board meeting drew national attention and massive opposing protests outside the meeting. Multiple witnesses from the meeting previously told Fox News Digital pro-trans activists at the event were harassing the anti-trans protesters on the other side and disrupting a women's prayer group during a prayer circle prior to the meeting.
The prayer group, Young Women for America (YWA)'s Inland Empire chapter in California, alleged pro-transgender activists showered them with insults.
"Members of the pro-LGBTQ groups started heckling and harassing the people in line who were speaking in opposition of their values. Some of these adult protesters were even coming up to the young girls that were going to be speaking and were yelling at them close to their face," YWA Inland Empire Chapter President Tori Hitchcock alleged.
A new bipartisan survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found the majority of California residents oppose biological male trans athletes competing in women's sports.
"Most Californians support requiring transgender athletes to compete on teams matching the sex they were assigned at birth," the poll stated.
"Solid majorities of adults (65%) and likely voters (64%) support requiring that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with. An overwhelming majority of public school parents (71%) support such a requirement."
The Trump administration announced Monday it would be freezing $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts for Harvard University after university President Alan M. Garber announced the same day the school would not be complying with the Trump administration's demands to combat antisemitism.
In response, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt for a news conference Tuesday night.
"Is something going on?" he jokingly asked, drawing laughter from the media.
"[Harvard coach] Tommy Amaker is a friend of mine. He sent me this shirt, and it felt like a great day to wear it," Kerr added. "I believe in academic freedom. I believe it’s crucial for all of our institutions to be able to handle their own business the way they want to, and they should not be shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard, but it's kind of par for the course right now. This is me supporting Harvard.
"Way to go, way to stand up to the bully."
Kerr, whose father Malcolm was a professor in the Middle East and was assassinated in 1984, has long opposed Trump. Kerr endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 election.
Kerr spoke to reporters after his Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in tournament to earn the seventh seed in the Western Conference.
Garber said the federal government has threatened partnerships with several universities, including Harvard, over accusations of antisemitism on campuses. He also noted that the Trump administration issued an updated and expanded list of demands, saying if the school plans to maintain a financial relationship with the federal government, it must comply.
"It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner," Garber wrote. "We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement."
Earlier this month, a federal antisemitism task force announced a review of Harvard's federal grants and contracts, worth nearly $9 billion, as the university faces an investigation into campus antisemitism.
Fox News' Greg Wehner, CB Cotton, Alexis McAdams and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
