By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has unleashed a widespread assault on suspected corruption within FIFA and other soccer organizations on Wednesday. The National Journal reports that the Justice Department unsealed a 47-count indictment that includes racketeering, corruptions and conspiracy. The indictment outlines 12 different schemes over the past 25 years. One includes a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is reportedly investigating the theft of money from Dallas Mavericks forward Richard Jefferson. The New York Post reports that Jefferson accused his former business manager of stealing $2 million from his bank credit line. Jefferson recorded a covert call to Ted Kritza in which he confessed. Jefferson reported the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As far as threats go, this isn’t the FBI’s most dire. The bureau launched an investigation into an anonymous letter that threatened someone would damage trees and shrubs in the Center of Ole Miss’ campus, the USA Today reports. “What’s going to happen to y’all on the field Saturday Aint nothing…
The DEA is investigating claims that NFL teams have mishandled prescription drugs.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just two weeks after New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez issued a statement in which he adamantly denied using performance enhancing drugs, the baseball player admitted to the DEA and prosecutors that he had in fact used the ban substances, the Washington Post reports. “I have been clear that I did…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security raided a lingerie boutique for selling panties celebrating the Kansas City Royals’ presence in the World Series, Pitch.com reports. “We’ve had so many cops come in and buy these,” the artist at Birdies, Peregrine Honig, said. The panties were selling for about $30. Homeland Security agents issued a cease-and-desist…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying the 20-year federal ban on sports betting is unconstitutional, New Jersey is challenging the law in hopes of legalizing sports betting at casinos and racing tracks, NJ.com reports. But the U.S. Department of Justice struck down the argument Friday, saying New Jersey can’t challenge the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act,…
