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.
WrestleMania 41 will feature some of the best and brightest talent the WWE roster has to offer.
Throughout the year, WWE stars have jockeyed to be in position to either headline WrestleMania or at least be on the card. There is no wrestling event like WrestleMania in the industry.
WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque made it clear after the Elimination Chamber that nothing was set for the main events, stressing the value of making the most of the television spots each competitor received.
As the cards for each night of the event were put together and the main events were put into focus, some fans were disappointed about not seeing their favorites in Las Vegas.
There will be plenty of time over the next year for those who didn’t get on the card to be there.
Here are seven WWE stars who weren’t on the WrestleMania 41 card and should be on the WrestleMania 42 card in New Orleans.
Chelsea Green may have been the most underrated performer of the 2024-25 season between WrestleMania 40 and 41. Green was close to winning the women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match but took a huge bump through multiple tables, which allowed Tiffany Stratton to win.
Green later became the first-ever women’s United States champion and has carried that into WrestleMania 41. She also may have the most underrated storyline going on "Friday Night SmackDown" with the Secret Hervice protecting her at all costs.
She was not on the WrestleMania 41 card but should definitely be in the mix next year.
Roxanne Perez’s season ran from last year’s Stand & Deliver to this year’s Stand & Deliver event as NXT’s premium live event during WrestleMania weekend occurs before the first night. Perez defeated Lyra Valkyria to become the youngest two-time NXT women’s champion, and she did her best to keep the title around her waist all year long.
Perez’s second title reign lasted 276 days, ending at New Year’s Evil against Giulia. But she saved her best performance for the Royal Rumble.
Perez was the No. 2 entrant in the women’s Royal Rumble match and made it all the way to the end before eventually losing to Charlotte Flair.
Perez will be on the Stand & Deliver countdown show this year, but her WrestleMania moment is coming very soon.
Sami Zayn was an integral part of the Bloodline storyline going back to the buildup to WrestleMania 39, where he and Kevin Owens won tag team titles over the Usos. At WrestleMania 40, Zayn ended Gunther’s reign as intercontinental champion. But this year, Zayn doesn’t have a spot on the WrestleMania card.
Zayn has been in the world title picture and had a bitter feud with Owens come to an end at Elimination Chamber. He’s been out of action since that match. But if there’s anyone who needs some rest and relaxation after putting in work, it would be Zayn.
Could the 2025-26 season see Zayn finally win a world title in WWE? Only time will tell.
Technically, Chad Gable isn’t on the WrestleMania 41 card. Despite allegations he’s El Grande Americano (along with the evidence against him), Rey Mysterio specifically challenged the luchador from the Gulf of America to a match.
Gable turned heel this season, separating himself from Otis and Maxxine Dupri. He nearly won the WWE Speed Championship against Dragon Lee but couldn’t get the win.
His talent has been largely praised, and he competed against Zayn for the intercontinental championship at Clash At The Castle.
Surely, there will be room for Gable and El Grande Americano next year.
Ray Fenix may have entered a WWE ring two months too late, or he would have been on the card along with Penta. Fenix is the latest luchador to take the WWE Universe by storm, and he’s been building a rivalry with the members of Legado del Fantasma.
It will be interesting to see how his first few feuds play out and if the crowd will get behind him for a major push.
The Wyatt Sicks’ debut was the most compelling and scariest storyline that emerged during the summer. It was cool to see the buildup and the calls back to the late Bray Wyatt. Bo Dallas was spilling his soul to the WWE Universe each Monday, and then things came to a halt, reportedly due to injuries.
Alexa Bliss made her stunning return to WWE during the women’s Royal Rumble and, in subsequent appearances on "Friday Night SmackDown," it appeared the Wyatt Sicks were set for a return with Bliss being involved.
But things came to a sudden stop after her Elimination Chamber appearance.
Whatever the case may be, a healthy Wyatt Sick along with a healthy Bliss is what’s good for business.
Montez Ford could be the most athletically gifted superstar on the WWE roster. Ford and Angelo Dawkins are tag-team champions on the SmackDown roster, but it doesn’t appear they will be making the WrestleMania 41 card.
Ford is ripe for a singles title shot down the line as he has not had a shot since the 2023 Elimination Chamber when the United States Championship was up for grabs.
Former New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers publicly addressed the swirling free agency rumors for the first time on Thursday, saying that nothing is off the table for the four-time league MVP.
Rodgers, however, added one caveat that will greatly influence his decision to play in 2025.
Appearing on "The Pat McAfee Show" for the first time since the season concluded, Rodgers was asked to clear up many of the rumors that have linked him to several teams, including the New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers.
"I’ll set it all straight," Rodgers said with a smile. "I’ll set it all straight, I have no problem."
Rodgers said he spoke with the Giants’ head coach Brian Daboll and is in regular contact with Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell. He also noted that he spoke with Mike Tomlin and even visited the Steelers’ facility in secret.
"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 dismissed the narrative surrounding his next move, saying that length of contract and money are non-issues for him. He also said that what teams decide to do in the draft next week will also have no bearing on his decision.
"I’m not out there putting s--- out just to put s--- out, that’s just not how I operate. There’s been a lot of people assuming they have information about me – that’s just not true. I’ve been straight up with these teams from the start about where I was at, starting with the money thing."
What Rodgers does know for sure is that his decision to play will be largely based on where he is in his personal life.
"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.
"To make a commitment to a team is a big thing, whether you’re a first-year player or a 20-year vet," he added.
Las Vegas will play host to WrestleMania 41 this weekend as the city has been transformed into a pro wrestling haven for fans across the globe ahead of the WWE’s premier live event.
WrestleMania will take place across two nights, Saturday and Sunday, at Allegiant Stadium – the home of the Las Vegas Raiders. Additionally, WWE’s flagship shows, "Friday Night SmackDown" and "Monday Night Raw," will bookend the major event.
In between, WWE will host its Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday night and WWE’s developmental brand, NXT, will also host Stand & Deliver on Saturday prior to Night 1 of WrestleMania at the T-Mobile Arena. NXT will also run its weekly Tuesday show at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Steve Hill, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority president and CEO, shared with Fox News Digital what fans can expect the moment they arrive at Harry Reid International Airport.
"No city offers the opportunity for an event to really take over the city like Las Vegas does," Hill said. "There’s a number of reasons for that. One is we do it on a pretty regular basis. There will be activations at the airport, there are activations both outside and inside a number of properties on The Strip.
"You’ll just see it and feel it in a way that’s hard to replicate elsewhere and we’re just kind of built as a platform for these major events. Then, the fans come and WrestleMania takes over a city, too, you can feel the excitement, you feel the energy and it’s unlike you’ll see any other place."
The atmosphere around the city is akin to Super Bowl week. Fans from all over have flocked to the city to see their favorite wrestlers perform on "The Grandest Stage of Them All." All the excitement will eventually lead to the match for the Undisputed WWE Championship between Cody Rhodes and John Cena.
A special animated "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign that will also show Cena’s signature "You Can’t See Me" catchphrase will be featured at the airport.
WWE’s ultimate fan experience, WWE World, will open at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday afternoon. WWE legend The Undertaker will hold his "1deadMAN SHOW" at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. But that’s far from the only event happening at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
WrestleMania After Dark will debut at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Thursday with events at LIV running through the weekend. It will end with Gronk Beach at LIV Beach on Sunday hosted by Rob Gronkowski. The Roast of WrestleMania featuring comedian Tony Hinchcliffe will take place there on Sunday night as well.
Casinos in downtown Las Vegas will also have pro wrestling events going on as well.
Busted Open Radio will host "The Master’s Class" at Circa Resort & Casino for fans to watch the SiriusXM Show on Thursday afternoon. Chris Van Vliet, a premier wrestling podcast host, will have a special show at the hotel as well later that night.
Living Colour, the band behind the "Cult of Personality," will take the stage at the Fremont Street Experience on Friday night.
WWE Hall of Famers Nikki and Brie Bella will hit the OYO Hotel & Casino on Saturday afternoon and host a complimentary tasting of their wine, Bonita Bonita, at Hooters Saloon.
Not to mention the countless number of independent wrestling shows that are taking place at several hotels and facilities across the city. The events don’t even scratch the surface of what’s to come for the entire weekend.
"We’re starting to feel that headed into this weekend," Hill said. "I’ll point out that this is Easter weekend, which is typically not one of the busiest weekends in Las Vegas. Understandably, it’s often a weekend that’s spent with family and not necessarily here. And so, (WrestleMania) really elevates this weekend for us in a number of different ways.
"You’re starting to see marquee takeovers on The Strip. You’re starting to see the presence. We’ve got big WrestleMania belts on iconic figures at Caesars and the lion at the MGM Grand and those kind of things. So, you start to see those types of Super Bowl and Formula One feel as you’re just starting to walk around and that’s what really elevates the excitement."
Hill told Fox News Digital he wasn’t really a pro wrestling fan growing up but has gotten more interested in it over the last year or so.
He revealed who he’s looking forward to watching come the weekend.
"John Cena – obviously, the spotlight is on him. And you kind of grow up with these older wrestlers and having them still around and I kind of relate to that," Hill said. "He’s kind of gone to the dark side here. We’re pretty interested to see how that works out."
New York Rangers star forward Artemi Panarin and Madison Square Garden Sports, the company that owns the Rangers, paid financial settlements to a former team employee last year after a woman alleged Panarin sexually assaulted her, per The Athletic.
The employee alleged that Panarin sexually assaulted her in a hotel room in 2023, according to the report.
The woman’s agreement with Panarin and MSG Sports included non-disclosure and no admission of wrongdoing clauses. The woman was not identified in the report and left the company following the agreements.
"The matter has been resolved," the woman said, according to The Athletic.
The alleged assault occurred in December 2023, when the team was on a road trip, per the report. The woman was a regular part of the team’s traveling party and was at a post-game gathering with players and staff members.
Panarin, 33, allegedly took the woman’s phone and said he would give her the phone back if she went and got it from his hotel room. When she arrived at Panarin’s hotel room to gather her phone, he allegedly pinned her down on the bed.
She then allegedly pushed him off, took her phone back and left the room.
"The Club retained an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation, which the League was fully apprised of. We consider the matter closed," the NHL said in a statement via The Athletic.
"The matter has been resolved," an MSG Sports spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The NHL and the Rangers declined to say if Panarin was subject to any discipline for the alleged sexual assault, according to the report.
At the time the alleged sexual assault occurred, Panarin was in the midst of his best season with the Rangers after he signed with the team in 2019. In the 2023-2024 season, Panarin scored 49 goals and had a career-high 120 points and played in all 82 games.
This season, Panarin has 37 goals and 89 points in 79 games played. On Wednesday, the Rangers announced he was the team’s MVP for the 2024-2025 season.
On Wednesday, Panarin was also given the Good Guy Award by the media for his accountability and cooperation with the media.
The Rangers play the final game of their regular season on Thursday against the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Rangers did not qualify for the playoffs as they struggled this season, going 38-36-7.
Head coach Peter Laviolette spoke to reporters on Thursday morning and declined to say if Panarin would play against the Lightning, according to the New York Post.
Legendary college football analyst Lee Corso, 89, announced Thursday that after nearly four decades on the air with ESPN, he will retire after one final "College GameDay" broadcast later this summer.
"My family and I will be forever indebted for the opportunity to be part of ESPN and College GameDay for nearly 40 years. I have a treasure of many friends, fond memories and some unusual experiences to take with me into retirement," he said in a statement provided by ESPN.
"ESPN has been exceptionally generous to me, especially these past few years. They accommodated me and supported me, as did my colleagues in the early days of College GameDay."
Corso will officially enter retirement after his last broadcast with "College GameDay" on Aug. 30. He will be 90 when he takes the stage one final time.
Corso first joined the network 38 years ago in 1987 and remains, at least for a short while, the only remaining original on-air personality for "College GameDay." He became a full-time analyst in 1989, working alongside many greats, but in his final goodbye, Corso thanked one person in particular.
"Special thanks to Kirk Herbstreit for his friendship and encouragement. And lest I forget, the fans... truly a blessing to share this with them. ESPN gave me this wonderful opportunity and provided me the support to ensure success. I am genuinely grateful."
Corso became known for his popular headgear picks over the years, which began in October 1995 at a game at Ohio State, and his popular slogan, "Not so fast, my friend."
Tributes for Corso poured in online Thursday as the college football community reacted to the news of his retirement.
"I just wanted to say I love you," Herbstreit said in a video posted on X. "I thank you for so many lessons you taught me. Almost 30 years together, I’ve enjoyed sitting next to you watching you do your thing. So much fun. We’ve had so many great moments on the show, off the show.
"You’re an icon," he added. "You’re a once-in-a-lifetime person, once-in-a-lifetime broadcaster."
Serena Williams has cleared the air on her controversial Super Bowl halftime appearance, revealing in an interview this week that her dancing during Kendrick Lamar’s performance was in no way a dig at her ex, Drake.
Williams, 43, found herself at the center of controversy after Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans after millions of viewers saw her do the crip walk during Lamar’s performance of "Not Like Us," a diss track aimed at Lamar’s rival and Williams’ ex, Drake.
Some took issue with the dance itself because of its gang affiliations, and others raised questions as to why Williams, who is married with two children, would take aim at an old flame.
During an interview with Time magazine, Williams, who was named The 100 Most Influential People of 2025, said her participation was in no way meant to throw shade at her ex.
"Absolutely not," she said during the interview.
"I would never do that. And that was sad, that anyone would ever think that. I respect how they could. Obviously, I can see how someone would think that. But absolutely not. I have never had negative feelings towards him. We’ve known him for so many years."
Among Williams’ most notable critics was ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith, who said he would divorce his wife if she was "trolling her ex." Williams saw the comments, but told Time that he was entitled to his opinions.
"I thought it was hilarious," she said. "He’s allowed to have his personal opinion. But did you see my husband’s remark? It was so eloquent."
Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, defended her in a post on social media, saying, "Some of y'all have no idea how criticized Serena was for this same dance at Wimbledon 13 years ago and it shows.... This is bigger than the music."
The 23-time Grand Slam champion said thinking back to her participation, she doesn’t know if "I regret it or not."
Jordon Hudson celebrated boyfriend Bill Belichick’s 73rd birthday with an endearing post on social media Wednesday, calling the UNC head football coach her "twin flame."
In a series of photos shared on Instagram, the Miss Maine USA Beauty Pageant contestant wished the longtime football coach a happy birthday.
"Wishing the happiest of birthdays to my twin flame," the caption of her post read.
The photos showed Hudson and Belichick posing for photos near a cake, which, instead of candles representing his age, had a topper that read "Who gives a s---." It was not clear if the celebration was from Wednesday – Belichick’s actual birthday.
The couple was first linked romantically last year but first met on a flight headed to Boston in 2021, when they seemingly hit it off. According to Page Six, Belichick, 73, and Hudson, 24, have recently "discussed marriage."
The age gap between Hudson and Belichick recently became a topic of conversation when emails obtained by The Athletic showed that Belichick had emailed UNC officials showing his concern about potentially being called a "predator" online.
"Is there anyone monitoring the UNC Football page for slanderous commentary and subsequently deleting it / blocking users that are harassing BB in the comments?" Hudson reportedly asked on Feb. 13.
Belichick reportedly followed up the next day, "I cannot believe that UNC would support my being called a ‘predator.'"
Robbi Pickeral Evans, UNC senior associate athletic director for external affairs and strategic communications, replied that the social media team hides or erases comments about personal life and would "never" support those actions.
Fox News Digital’s Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey addressed the lawsuit filed against his state by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday over the state's stance regarding transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports.
In an interview with CNN, Frey defended his state's continued support for trans inclusion, insisting that "there are no issues of safety" for letting biological males compete with girls.
"We’ve been working though to understand what, if any problem, exists with the participation. If some of the harms that are being alleged really are of some concern and what we’ve identified, there really are no concerns of safety," Frey said.
Frey also said there are "no concerns" about trans athletes who are "just choosing" to compete in the girls' category.
"There are no concerns about individuals who are just choosing which gender they want to give themselves in order to participate. So that too is really after a lot to work on whether or not there’s any issue here that warrants this intrusion by the federal government on what’s going on in Maine schools," Frey said.
National awareness of trans athletes in Maine was ignited when state Rep. Laurel Libby identified a pole vault jumper who won a girls' competition for Greely High School after competing in the boys' category in previous seasons.
Safety concerns over trans inclusion in girls' and women's sports were heightened nationally after former high school volleyball player Payton McNabb suffered a concussion, brain bleed and permanent whiplash after getting struck in the face with a volleyball hit by a trans athlete.
Still, Frey insists that safety and competitive concerns are not on the radar of the Democratic officials in Maine, claiming they are only currently aware of two trans athletes competing in girls' sports in the state.
"There is just a small number of trans students who are participating in sports, that two number is all that we've come up with," Frey said. He also suggested that Maine is following both state and federal law by allowing trans inclusion in girls' sports.
"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."
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit at a press conference on Wednesday morning.
Bondi said they were seeking an injunction and have titles returned to the girls who "rightfully" won competitions in which trans athletes participated in. The Justice Department accused the state of "openly and defiantly flouting federal anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions designated exclusively for girls," according to a complaint obtained by Fox News.
"By prioritizing gender identity over biological reality, Maine’s policies deprive girl athletes of fair competition, deny them equal athletic opportunities, and expose them to heightened risks of physical injury and psychological harm," the complaint added.
The complaint also said the U.S. will seek "judgment granting declaratory injunctive, and damages relief for Defendant’s violations of Title IX and the federal funding contracts it signed promising to comply with Title IX and its implementing regulations."
Maine Gov. Janet Mills released a statement later on Wednesday in response to the lawsuit.
"Today is the latest, expected salvo in an unprecedented campaign to pressure the State of Maine to ignore the Constitution and abandon the rule of law. This matter has never been about school sports or the protection of women and girls, as has been claimed, it is about states rights and defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing its will, instead of upholding the law. Federal Judge Woodcock's ruling of last Friday awarding the state a temporary restraining order reinforces our position that the federal government has been acting unlawfully," the statement read in part.
Meanwhile, a school district in Maine is moving to comply with Trump instead of the state over the issue. The MSAD #70 School Board voted unanimously on Monday night to comply with Title IX, and Superintendent Tyler Putnam told Fox News Digital that he will amend the district's policies to prevent trans athletes from competing in girls' sports.
