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Odell Beckham Jr slams online rumors he's retiring: 'Ain't over yet'
Print Close By Ryan Gaydos Published August 13, 2025 NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. slammed online rumors that he was going to call it quits. A fake social media account pretending to be an ESPN NFL insider posted on X that Beckham was going to call it a career after 11 years in the league. The photo along with the post showed Beckham with his child outside MetLife Stadium – where he started his NFL career. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Beckham caught wind of it and appeared to be unhappy. "LOL WTF… when was that announced and by who? That's funny , appreciate the concerns but this Shxt ain't over yet," he wrote in response to the fake account. He then implored NFL fans to be wary of what they're reading on the internet. "No seriously. Plz stop reading everything on the internet, and stop texting me happy retirement b4 u p--s me off," he added. "That will get no response. I promise u the day I'm done I will let u kno. Again if u text me happy retirement im just gon have to block u. Thanks." DREW BREES TALKS SAINTS EXPECTATIONS, BO NIX'S SOPHOMORE SEASON WITH SEAN PAYTON, AND REVIVAL OF NFL PRESEASON The Giants selected Beckham out of LSU with the No. 12 pick of the 2014 draft. He quickly made a huge impact on the field – and at one point was being compared to Jerry Rice with some of the numbers he was putting up. He had 390 catches for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns in 56 games with the Giants. However, Beckham's antics on the field didn't appear to please Giants ownership. He was traded to the Cleveland Browns before the 2019 season and bounced around the league from there. He helped the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl in 2021, but an injury in the game had him on the mend for the entire 2022 season. He played for the Baltimore Ravens in 2023 and the Miami Dolphins in 2024. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He's still a free agent heading into the 2025 season. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Print Close URL
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29-07-2025
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NFL's Roger Goodell praises NYPD officer was who killed in NYC shooting
Print Close By Ryan Gaydos, Scott Thompson Published July 29, 2025 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised NYPD Officer Didarul Islam in a memo to employees who were at the building where a crazed gunman killed four and injured others in a shooting. Goodell said in the memo, obtained by Fox News Digital, that one NFL employee was "seriously injured" but in stable condition. He mentioned Islam and thanked him for sacrificing his life to save others. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON "We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers who responded to this threat quickly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to protect others," the memo read. The 36-year-old had been on the force for four years before he was gunned down Monday evening. He was a married father to two young boys, and his wife is pregnant with their third child, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who was assigned to the NYPD's 47th Precinct in the Bronx, was one of two uniformed officers in the Park Avenue high-rise when the shooting occurred. LIVE UPDATES: NYPD OFFICER KILLED, 4 OTHERS DEAD IN MIDTOWN BUILDING HOME TO BLACKSTONE, NFL Both of the officers were working there as part of the paid detail program, which allows companies to hire uniformed officers as extra security, Tisch said. The NYPD said Islam "represented the very best of our department." "He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today," the NYPD added. "We join in prayer during this time of incomprehensible pain. We will forever honor his legacy." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP New York City Mayor Eric Adams wrote on Tuesday that flags on all governmental buildings and stationary flag staffs will be raised to half-staff to honor Islam. Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Print Close URL
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26-06-2025
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John Smoltz optimistic about American Century, explains why golf is more 'nerve-racking' than baseball
Print Close By Ryan Gaydos Published June 26, 2025 John Smoltz will be in the field for the American Century Championship next month at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club in Nevada, and he is looking to leave as the champion. The Baseball Hall of Famer and FOX Sports MLB broadcaster finished fourth in the celebrity tournament in 2024 and tied for 12th in 2023. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Smoltz explained to Fox News Digital in a recent interview he has "no excuses" this year for him not to at least be in contention to win the tournament. "I've been doing it now, I don't know, 13-14 years, I got two brand new hips, I training getting stronger and no longer losing 30 yards to all these young whippersnappers who just bomb it. So, there is no excuses for me not win at some point even though I am 58. I'll be the oldest winner to ever win the American Century Championship. I am already proclaiming it, I'm not going to say it is this year but I will be the oldest winner at some point." Smoltz suggested he would be even more sure of himself if he was able to "figure out how to put those greens." "I finished second a couple times, I finished top 10 a lot, top five, but it comes down to you have to make birdies, and I just haven't made enough birdies," he said. "If it came down to stroke play there is no doubt I would always be right there, but you still have to make birdies. So I'm working on some these things as we speak, I am doing all these interviews and Zooms from my golf club, Hawks Ridge, putting in the time putting in the work, and putting in my shoulders have been horrible until two months ago, I'm getting stronger, I am training for that. GOLF LEGEND ANNIKA SORENSTAM TALKS CHARITABLE EFFORTS AHEAD OF AMERICAN CENTURY CELEBRITY TOURNAMENT "I have no excuses, I can walk 16 miles now with two new hips, in the past I was broken down trying to play a 5-and-half-hour golf round, and it was very difficult to do, and I know that sounds like a bunch of excuses, but I can't go through the airport without the thing going off, so I got new metal in my body." Smoltz, like many athletes and celebrities who have participated in the tournament, circles it on his calendar each year. "I think this is the greatest time of the calendar in the middle of what I do and probably everybody else does," he said. "An event that brings together 91, or whatever it is, different personalities, different walk of life, and we all get to test our skills and mingle together at Lake Tahoe, it is fantastic. American Century does an incredible, incredible job putting this on well past 30 years, and I'm fortunate to be a part of it. I love it, and obviously I want to win it." Smoltz won a World Series in1995 with the Atlanta Braves and the National League Cy Young Award in 1996. When an out was needed, he would be called upon to get it. However, he admitted there is a pressure that comes with playing golf that he has never really experienced on the mound. "It is not even close – golf is more nerve-racking than anything I have ever done in baseball," he said. "You can load the bases up and get a 3-0 count on the greatest hitter and I still rather be there than necessarily losing your swing coming down the stretch and everybody wondering why you hit that shot. So, golf is all about you and mother nature and there's no teammates to bail you in or out. "And, you know, I played a team sport my whole life, so some of the mixed results. You can pitch bad and win, you can't play golf bad and win so I think golf has its own mental toughness that it ranks by itself even though it isn't a physical demanding sport that some would argue, and I would argue it is physically demanding. But it is not in the realm of basketball, baseball, hockey or football. So, the issue is everybody who played the physically demanding sport want to play this game as long as they can and play it a lot longer than their sport allowed them to play." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The festivities for the American Century Championship begin on July 9 and run through July 13. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Print Close URL
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25-06-2025
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California found to be in violation of Title IX after trans athlete uproar, Education Dept says
Print Close By Ryan Gaydos, Jackson Thompson Published June 25, 2025 The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and the California Department of Education (CDE) were found to be in violation of Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Wednesday. The announcement came weeks after transgender high school track and field athlete AB Hernandez won medals in girls' competitions during the California state championships. The transgender athlete's participation in the events sparked nationwide outrage, specifically from President Donald Trump after he signed the "No Men in Women's Sports" executive order, which prohibited transgender athletes from competing against biological girls and women in sports. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON "Although Governor Gavin Newsom admitted months ago it was 'deeply unfair' to allow men to compete in women's sports, both the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation continued as recently as a few weeks ago to allow men to steal female athletes' well-deserved accolades and to subject them to the indignity of unfair and unsafe competitions," Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement. "The Trump Administration will relentlessly enforce Title IX protections for women and girls, and our findings today make clear that California has failed to adhere to its obligations under federal law. The state must swiftly come into compliance with Title IX or face the consequences that follow." The Education Department said the CIF and the CDE will have 10 days to agree to the agency's proposed resolution agreement, part of which stated, "to each female to whom an individual recognition is restored, CDE will send a personalized letter to that girl or woman apologizing on behalf of the state of California for allowing her educational experience to be marred by sex discrimination." LAW FIRM THAT WORKED TO KEEP SJSU TRANS PLAYER ELIGIBLE ALSO CLEARED ATHLETE OF CONSPIRING TO HARM TEAMMATE Additonally, "The CDE will issue a Notice to all recipients of federal funding (Recipients) that operate interscholastic athletic programs in California requiring them to comply with Title IX. This will specify that Title IX and its implementing regulations forbids schools from allowing males from participating in female sports and from occupying female intimate facilities, and that Recipients must adopt biology-based definitions of the words 'male' and 'female.' "The CDE and CIF will rescind any guidance that advised local school districts or CIF members to permit male athletes to participate in women's and girls' sports to reflect that Title IX preempts state law when state law conflicts with Title IX. "The CDE will require each Recipient and CIF to submit to CDE an annual certification that the Recipient and CIF have complied with Title IX. Accordingly, CDE will also propose to OCR a Monitoring Plan to ensure that Recipients are fully complying with Title IX." The U.S. Department of Education and the Justice Department's Title IX Special Investigations first started its probe into the CDE on April 4. Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom, the CIF and CDE for comment. Newsom previously talked about transgender participation in girls' sports back in March with prominent conservative Charlie Kirk. WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PROBE OF SJSU TRANS ATHLETE ALLEGEDLY CONSPIRING TO HARM TEAMMATE "The young man who's about to win the state championship in the long jump in female sports, that shouldn't happen," Kirk said. "You, as the governor, should step out and say no. Would you do something like that? Would you say no men in female sports?" "I think it's an issue of fairness. I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness — it's deeply unfair," Newsom told Kirk. "I am not wrestling with the fairness issue. I totally agree with you." Kirk pressed Newsom on whether he would condemn the athlete in question from Jurupa Valley High School after the athlete won another event at the time. Newsom did not directly address the win but said "it's a fairness issue." "So, that's easy to call out the unfairness of that," he said. "There's also a humility and a grace. … These poor people are more likely to commit suicide, have anxiety and depression. And the way that people talk down to vulnerable communities is an issue that I have a hard time with as well. "So, both things I can hold in my hand. How can we address this issue with the kind of decency that I think, you know, is inherent in you but not always expressed on the issue?" Newsom further explained his point of view in a press conference on April 2 when asked whether there should be a law to prohibit males from competing in girls' and women's sports. "And I'm about as transparent about this as anybody out there, particularly in my party, on this, and to the extent someone can and do it in a way that's respectful and responsible and could find a kind of balance, then I'm open to that discussion. ... You're talking about a very small number of people, a very small number of athletes, and my responsibility is to address the pressing issues of our time. "And this, I think, has been colored in and weaponized by the right to be 10 times, 100 times bigger than it is and so my focus is on a myriad of other issues in this state. And to the extent that someone could find that right balance, I would embrace those conversations and the dignity that hopefully presents themselves in that conversation, meaning the humanity around that conversation, not the politics around that conversation." McMahon said in an appearance on "Fox & Friends" that California would be at risk of losing its federal funding for its K-12 schools if the requirements are not met. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "It's interesting to hear Governor Newsom say it's a matter of fairness," McMahon said. "It's easy. Talk is cheap. I think he needs to put his money where his mouth is." Riley Gaines cheered the Education Department's decision. "Today's decision is a long-overdue victory for women and girls," Gaines said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "California knowingly violated Title IX, and the Department of Education is right to hold them accountable. Restoring titles, records, and dignity to female athletes is just the beginning. "I applaud Secretary McMahon and the Trump administration for standing up for women and girls everywhere. I hope more blue states are next." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X , and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Print Close URL
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01-04-2025
- Politics
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Sen Collins makes stance on trans athletes in women's sports clear as Maine bucks Trump's executive order
Print Close By Ryan Gaydos Published March 31, 2025 Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, made her stance clear on whether transgender athletes should compete in girls' and women's sports on Monday. Collins said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital that a Maine state law that allows biological males to compete against girls and women is the antithesis to the "spirit and intent of Title IX." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON "I believe that the State of Maine is under scrutiny because of the state law that allows biological males to play in girls' sports. And that is contrary, not just to the President's executive order, but what I believe is the very spirit and intent of Title IX, which was to provide sports and other athletic activities to girls in a safe and fair way," Collins wrote. The state refused to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to keep biological males from competing in girls' and women's sports. The Health and Human Services Department's Office of Civil Rights referred the state's "noncompliance with Title IX" to the Justice Department on Friday. "It is critically important to treat people who are transgender with respect and dignity. But that does not change the fact that Title IX, which was passed in 1972, has greatly expanded opportunities for girls and young women to participate in organized sports at the high school and college levels," Collins added. "It did so, in part, by mandating equal access to athletic resources and facilities on the basis of sex – not on the basis of gender identity. Safe and fair athletic competition has been one of the keys to the success of Title IX. That is why I do not believe that transgender athletes should compete in girls' and women's athletics. "I will continue to advocate for Maine to receive its fair share of federal funding, something I have done successfully so far, but I support the original intent behind Title IX." Maine school officials explained why they refused to comply with Trump's executive order on Monday. "The Maine Principals' Association is bound by the law, including the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), which our participation policy reflects," officials wrote. "We are unable to sign any resolution agreement that would mandate we create a new policy that would violate the law and MHRA. "As such, we have not signed and will not sign the resolution agreement sent by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. With respect to the Federal Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, resolution agreement, we were not a direct recipient of that agreement, so we are not required to respond." MAINE SCHOOL OFFICIALS EXPLAIN WHY STATE WAS IN 'NONCOMPLIANCE WITH TITLE IX' AFTER REFERRAL TO DOJ Maine School Administrative District 51 also pointed to the Maine Human Rights Act. "The MSAD #51 Board of Directors is guided by the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of our district. This includes promoting a safe, caring and ethical learning environment where each person will be treated with respect and fairness; and individuals are recognized, valued and supported," its letter reads. "To our students: Thank you for your maturity, perseverance, and dedication to learning through these distractions. Please continue to lead the way. "To our teachers and staff: We deeply appreciate your unwavering commitment to our students. Your dedication makes a profound impact, and we are grateful for your resilience and compassion. Please note that no Board policies have changed at this time. We encourage you to continue supporting every student, socially and academically, as you always have." The Maine Human Rights Act was amended four years ago to add gender identity as a protected class and specifically stated that denying a person an equal opportunity to participate in sports is discrimination against education. The Maine Principals' Association updated its policy to allow athletes to compete against the gender they identify as last year. A University of New Hampshire poll released Thursday showed that 64% of Maine residents believe transgender athletes "definitely should not" or "probably should not" participate in girls' and women's sports. Only 29% of Maine residents believed that transgender athletes "probably should" or "definitely should" compete against girls and women in sports. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Maine's Education Department have not responded to requests for comment. Fox News' Julia Johnson and CB Cotton contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Print Close URL
