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Toledo police name suspect Ka Nye Taylor in festival shooting that injured 12, hunt second gunman
Authorities on Wednesday identified a suspect in the shooting that injured 12 people near Toledo's Old West End Festival and said they are searching for a suspected second gunman.
The Toledo Police Department said a manhunt is underway for Ka Nye Taylor, who is wanted on 11 counts of felonious assault in connection with the June 6 shooting near the popular Old West End Festival, an annual event featuring live music, food vendors and home tours.
Police described Taylor as a Black male standing approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Investigators also released a photo of a second suspected gunman who has not been publicly identified.
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Authorities responded around 5:37 p.m. Saturday to reports of a shooting near Delaware Avenue and Glenwood Avenue, close to the festival grounds.
When officers arrived, they found multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds, police said.
Authorities later confirmed that all 12 victims were in stable condition. The victims ranged in age from 14 to 61, with most in their early 20s.
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Investigators are asking anyone with information about Taylor's whereabouts or the identity of the second suspected shooter to contact Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111.
Authorities are offering a combined reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to arrests. Crime Stoppers is offering $10,000, while the U.S. Marshals Service has offered an additional reward of up to $5,000.
Toledo Deputy Chief Joseph Heffernan said investigators believe at least two gunmen were involved.
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"They were probably shooting at each other," Heffernan said during a news conference.
Police said the gunfire erupted after a foot chase and assault involving two rival groups at the festival, according to WTOL 11.
Authorities said the shooting stemmed from a dispute between the groups.
Earlier this week, Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates vowed that "justice will be swift and strong."
"Those who were frightened, traumatized or harmed by this violence will remain at the forefront of our efforts," Bates said in a statement. "I’ve felt outrage before, but this is personal. This is my home. These are my friends and neighbors. It is not OK."
Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
Despite public dismissals, why Trump and his team were privately obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal
Even if you’re sick of hearing about Jeffrey Epstein – and who among us hasn’t felt that way at times – President Donald Trump and his team have been far more fixated on the relentless controversy than they have ever acknowledged.
That (and plenty of other juicy revelations) is based on three years of reporting for a forthcoming book. "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump" is by New York Times correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan and slated to be published in two weeks.
Whether you’re a Trump supporter or detractor, the book is packed with facts that make clear that most or all of the major participants cooperated with them. The president also granted Haberman and Swan an hour-long interview in March.
One major takeaway: Even as Trump and White House officials repeatedly tried to dismiss the endless brawl, which stems from Trump’s long-ago friendship with the late pedophile and sex offender, as old or irrelevant news, they repeatedly met in the Situation Room to try to manage the crisis.
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In the initial meetings, Vice President JD Vance argued strenuously that more detailed allegations about Trump – some suspect or totally unconfirmed – were going to surface eventually, and they should get out ahead of the story.
Some argued that Vance "appeared panicked," according to the book, and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who led the meetings, told others he was a conspiracy theorist. But Vance said Congress would force the release of the complete Epstein files no matter what they did.
In my view, the vice president was proven right.
At another meeting, talk turned to whether Trump should pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s enabler, who has defended Trump and is now serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking of a minor.
"Pardoning Maxwell, a trafficker of young girls, would create a huge P.R. problem," Communications Director Steven Cheung warned.
Trump posted that he had asked his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to seek release of grand jury testimony – which is almost never approved – "based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein."
At a session last summer, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, who had demanded release of the files as a podcaster, started shouting at Bondi, according to the book.
"You f----- this thing up from the start," he declared. "The way you’ve been talking about this — that dumb f------ charade with the Epstein files, the ‘They’re on my desk’ nonsense, all the promises to the folks out there."
Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel told a White House official that Bondi needed to resign.
At a meeting with Wiles meant to smooth things over, Bongino accused the White House of ignoring his warnings, in which he predicted what would happen, and burst out of the Situation Room.
Bongino resigned in December and returned to his podcasting business, where he felt he’d given up millions of dollars. Trump fired Bondi in April.
Separately, Trump scolded conservative activist Charlie Kirk for allowing one of his events to turn into a "grievance fest" over the Epstein files. Kirk was tragically murdered in September.
One other allegation is drawing media attention and is almost certainly untrue, given the accuser’s lack of credibility. It comes second-hand from a woman who had already made claims about sexual abuse and then retracted them.
This woman, who was named by the Times, had claimed in an email that she knew a second woman who alleged that Trump had a special focus on nipples. One official called these discussions "surreal."
Here’s my analysis:
Donald Trump did not want to do what his advisors wanted him to do. He resisted at every turn.
By last summer, the president started calling the Epstein matter a "SCAM" and a "hoax" by Democrats, and attacked some pro-release members of his own party as "weaklings" – while later helping to oust them in primaries.
His public stance was that the whole thing was a nuisance, even as his private frustrations kept growing.
Part of the behind-the-scenes friction focused on whether average voters cared about the mess.
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What Trump seemed to have difficulty grasping is that his MAGA base indeed cared deeply about the issue. There was something about it that touched a raw nerve. Some podcasters, such as Megyn Kelly, were criticizing the president for not releasing all the documents.
Trump aides debated putting it all on a website, but as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche pointed out, the files included child porn that obviously could not be made public.
A memo from Trump’s pollster, Tony Fabrizio, said "Epstein files" was the sixth most important issue named, and discussed negatively, by focus groups – behind such matters as inflation and foreign policy but ahead of such issues as crime and the military.
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The fiasco was back in the news yesterday when Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates testified on the Hill that he had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes but showed poor judgment in associating with him – and, according to Politico, said he was pressured by Epstein, who had discovered he had been unfaithful to his wife. They are now divorced.
What’s clear is that the publication of this book will add further fuel to the fire.
Victor Wembanyama admits Spurs, on brink of tying NBA Finals, 'weren’t the most hungry' to close out game
The New York Knicks outscored the San Antonio Spurs by 28 points after the Wu-Tang Clan's halftime performance to complete the largest comeback in NBA Finals history.
Down by 29 at one point, the Knicks stormed all the way back, putting Madison Square Garden into a frenzy.
But before that, just about every ounce of momentum was in the Spurs' hands - and the Knicks had few answers.
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So, how did they just become the victims of one of the greatest collapses in the history of sports?
"We clearly weren’t the most hungry in the second half," Victor Wembanyama admitted.
Wembanyama was once again Public Enemy No. 1 in New York, getting booed in intros and treated to expletives from the crowd. When a defensive foul on him early was reversed to an offensive foul he drew, he again was jeered. It obviously continued throughout the night.
But after Mitchell Robinson was called for a flagrant foul for hitting Wembanyama, he appeared to relish the moment.
"I'm in your head!" cameras caught Wembanyama saying.
Wembanyama was in the Knicks' heads. Wembanyama was in the Knicks' fans' heads. And after winning two games on the road to begin the series, losing all the momentum was in the Knicks' heads.
But the Spurs scored just 30 points in the second half and turned the ball over nine times in the final 24 minutes. A 20-point lead in the fourth quarter vanished in minutes.
"To put as much good work into that first half as we did and get the lead that we had and not finish the job, it's disappointing to say the least..." Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said after the game. "We got away from playing the brand of basketball that got us the lead. And then you saw at times, the aggressiveness and conviction that we played with early on dissipated and they made some shots. We needed a couple of more tough-minded plays to finish the job."
"It was painful, of course. It feels like we worked too hard and give up our leads. It's as simple as that. It just hurts," Wembanyama added.
Now, the Spurs have no choice but to be the hungrier team, as they need to win three games in a row to avoid the Knicks winning their first NBA championship since 1973.
"It’s going to go one of two ways: a bad one and a good one. The bad one will be giving up. The good one will be getting stronger through this, getting more together and that’s what we’re going to do," Wembanyama said.
"Holding each other accountable, communicating, not pointing fingers. After that, we either got it or we don’t. We’ve proven that we can surpass these difficulties but even though we haven’t been there it before, I’m convinced we are built this way. We’re going to get better from this and It’s going to tighten us up."
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Knicks miraculously overcome 29-point deficit to take commanding 3-1 lead in NBA Finals over Spurs
The New York Knicks do not die.
After trailing by as many as 29, the Knicks had yet another comeback — this one perhaps the greatest of all-time, to steal a 107-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs and take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
The winning moment came at the fingertip of OG Anunoby, whose tip-in off a missed Jalen Brunson three-pointer put Madison Square Garden in an absolute frenzy.
But it sure was a grind to get to that point.
Karl-Anthony Towns was hit with two fouls in just the first 62 seconds of the game, one which the Knicks faithful were not happy with. And while there was plenty of ball left after that, the game changed from that moment.
The refs certainly did not help the case, but the Spurs opened the game on a 41-20 run, mostly while Towns was off the floor. Combine that with the team knocking down 54% of its three-pointers in the first half, and you have a 76-49 Spurs lead at halftime, and they got up to a 29-point lead.
But we've learned to never count out New York. As they cut the deficit to 15 to close out the third quarter, the crowd that was dying to pounce was finally alive. A slow start to the fourth put San Antonio up 20, but the Knicks went on a 13-2 run to cut it to just nine with a little less than seven minutes to go. And then it was seven with 5:15 to go.
And then it was four with 4:32 to go.
Then one with two minutes.
And then the lead with just 90 seconds left.
Pandemonium.
The Spurs hit two free throws to regain the lead with 30.3 seconds left. Yet again — it’s the Knicks.
Then came what head coach Mike Brown dubbed the greatest play in the history of Knicks basketball.
San Antonio was unable to get a shot off the inbound, and Madison Square Garden was the loudest it may have ever been, as the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history was complete.
After the game, head coach Mike Brown dubbed Anunoby's tip-in the biggest play in the history of Knicks basketball.
The Knicks outscored the Spurs 58-30.
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FBI headquarters welcomes UFC fighters for training sessions ahead of historic White House MMA event
The FBI got a UFC-style makeover as Washington prepared to host one of the most unique sporting events ever staged on White House grounds.
In a video released on Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau had partnered with the UFC, putting roughly 300 federal agents through hand-to-hand combat training ahead of UFC Freedom 250.
"Thanks to the great partnership with @ufc we've seen about 300 agents come through and learn amazing tactics so they can safeguard American lives," Patel wrote on X while sharing footage from the training sessions.
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The FBI's Rapid Response team appeared equally enthusiastic about the partnership, sharing video of the training sessions and stating: "Greatest fighters in the world meet greatest cops in the world!"
It was also the kind of collaboration that's only possible when the FBI director has UFC chief Dana White on speed dial.
UFC lightweight contender Justin Gaethje also made an appearance in the footage. Earlier this year, Gaethje helped train FBI agents and academy personnel at the bureau's Special Agent Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
More recently, footage released Wednesday showed Gaethje using the FBI Headquarters as part of his preparation for his lightweight title fight against Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250.
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Fighters were expected to use the Eisenhower Executive Office Building as locker rooms before making the walk toward "The Claw," the massive Octagon structure erected on the South Lawn.
Adding to the festivities, adrenaline junkie Travis Pastrana is preparing a surprise stunt to open the main card broadcast. A video shared by White on Tuesday indicated the stunt could involve back-flipping his dirt bike over the South Lawn.
Federal agents training alongside UFC fighters, a title contender working out inside FBI headquarters and a UFC event on White House grounds would have sounded like satire just a few years ago.
Now it's the hottest ticket of the weekend.
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Victor Wembanyama kept telling Mitchell Robinson 'I'm in your head' after taking forearm to face
Anyone watching this NBA Finals could have told you this was coming for Victor Wembanyama.
Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson, playing with one healthy hand this series, got a little "revenge" on Wemby in Game 4 with a nasty forearm to his face that earned a Flagrant 1 foul.
The young star learned nothing comes easy at Madison Square Garden. And if we're keeping score, Wembanyama has had his own share of questionable moments this postseason.
After the forearm, Wembanyama appeared to keep taunting Robinson by telling him he was "in his head."
Mitch Robinson saw extended action early after Karl-Anthony Towns picked up two first-quarter fouls. That early whistle thrust the Knicks fan favorite into a collision course with the Frenchy.
Robinson wasn't the only Knick who seemed fed up with Wembanyama.
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Jose Alvarado also got physical in Game 4, grabbing one of Wembanyama's legs during a hard foul.
The hostile Garden crowd has embraced Wembanyama as Public Enemy No. 1, showering him with boos throughout the series.
The bad blood had already been brewing before Game 4.
In Game 3, Wembanyama shocked Knicks fans by pushing Jalen Brunson to the floor without drawing a foul. The play sparked outrage inside the arena and across social media. An NBA review determined that Wembanyama did not commit a flagrant foul on the play, but that ruling did little to change opinions in New York.
The Spurs star might've had a point as San Antonio took a 76-49 lead into halftime.
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Trump questions no-call after Victor Wembanyama sends Jalen Brunson to floor in Game 3
San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama avoided adding a third flagrant point to his postseason total. Under NBA policy, players are automatically subject to suspension once they receive four flagrant foul points.
Wembanyama made contact with Jalen Brunson’s upper body while the New York Knicks guard was attempting to set a screen in the first quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday. When the Spurs center turned around during the play, he pushed Brunson, who fell backward to the floor.
Referees did not blow the whistle for a foul on the play, despite forceful objections from the Knicks bench. ESPN reported Tuesday, citing sources, that Wembanyama would not retroactively be assessed a "flagrant upgrade on the uncalled foul."
The play sparked debate across the sports world, and President Donald Trump, who attended Monday’s game, was among those weighing in.
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"I thought it was a very bad call. Absolutely. I thought it was a very bad call, personally. But I’m not the ref, you know?" Trump told the New York Post on Wednesday.
Trump watched the Knicks’ first NBA Finals game in 27 years from a suite with his granddaughter Kai Trump and was seen sitting next to team owner James Dolan. Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game.
The Spurs outlasted New York 115-111 in Game 3, trimming the Knicks’ series lead to 2-1 entering Wednesday’s Game 4.
"Look, they’re pretty evenly matched, right? It’s two great teams. I’ll tell you, that Brunson is some player," Trump added. "I think Brunson is amazing, [Stephon] Castle [of the Spurs] is amazing, Wemby is amazing, [Karl-Anthony] Towns [of the Knicks] is amazing. They’re like great players. That’s why they’re there, right?"
A New York native, Trump regularly sat courtside alongside other celebrities over the years before entering politics. "If you grow up in New York, you’re a Knick fan," he noted.
Taylor Swift, who is engaged to NFL star Travis Kelce, headlined Wednesday's star-studded celebrity row at Madison Square Garden.
The Spurs came out hot for the second consecutive game Wednesday, racing to a 41-22 lead by the end of the first quarter. Wembanyama paced San Antonio with 13 points in the opening period, while OG Anunoby led New York with seven.
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Ohio approves nearly billion dollar payment after court ruled state shortchanged nursing homes
Ohio lawmakers approved an $875 million payment package Wednesday after the Ohio Supreme Court found the state used the wrong formula to calculate certain Medicaid reimbursements for nursing homes, shortchanging providers by hundreds of millions of dollars.
The funding, included in a budget correction bill that now heads to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's desk, is intended to resolve a dispute over payments to skilled nursing facilities that dates back to the 2024-25 budget cycle.
"This is the most egregious thing we could have done to individuals that help our elderly live a quality, comfortable life," state Rep. Jean Schmidt said. "And today we are correcting that wrong."
In a September 2025 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court said state officials used the wrong methodology when calculating certain Medicaid quality payments, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in underpayments to nursing homes. The court ordered the state to recalculate what providers were owed.
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Lawmakers' solution carries a larger price tag than the amount identified in the ruling. The package sets aside $875 million, including roughly $310 million from the state and $565 million in federal funding, to settle the issue.
Ohio pays nursing homes a daily rate for Medicaid residents and provides additional payments to facilities that meet certain quality benchmarks. Nursing home operators argued the state failed to properly account for the medical complexity of residents when calculating those payments, reducing reimbursement for facilities caring for some of the sickest patients.
Lawmakers later revised the formula, but the state remained responsible for payments tied to earlier budget cycles.
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The financial stakes grew as the case moved through the courts. In legal filings, Ohio Medicaid warned that recalculating the payments under the court's interpretation could cost about $285 million more per year than lawmakers originally intended, potentially approaching $1 billion over two budget cycles.
The legislation requires providers that accept the money to waive future legal claims related to the disputed formula.
Scott D. Wiley, CEO of the Ohio Health Care Association, urged DeWine to sign the bill.
"These funds are critically important to Ohio’s providers and the families they serve, and we urge Governor Mike DeWine to sign HB 479 into law without delay," Wiley said.
Tourist breaches safety barrier at world’s largest waterfall system to recover cellphone
A tourist was caught on video climbing into the waters above Iguazu Falls after dropping a cellphone near one of South America's most famous natural attractions.
The incident occurred Saturday on the Brazilian side of the falls in Foz do Iguaçu, according to news agency Jam Press.
Video recorded by other visitors showed the man climbing over a safety barrier and lowering himself into the river in an attempt to recover the device.
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The stunt took place just yards from the waterfalls, where fast-moving water rushes toward steep drops.
The man managed to retrieve the phone and climb back onto the walkway without being injured.
The visitor was later confronted by firefighters stationed at the attraction and escorted from the site, the agency reported.
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Iguazu Falls, which spans the border between Brazil and Argentina, is one of South America's most popular tourist attractions.
The attraction drew an estimated 1.5 million visitors last year, according to Travel and World Tour.
Officials prohibit visitors from crossing, climbing or sitting on safety barriers on both sides of the falls, Jam Press noted.
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Visitors who drop personal belongings into the water are instructed to notify onsite emergency personnel, who can determine whether recovery is possible, according to Urbia Cataratas, which manages the Brazilian side of the attraction.
The latest incident is one of several risky encounters reported at Iguazu Falls this year, the agency said.
In January, a tourist on the Argentine side of the falls reportedly crossed protective barriers near the Devil's Throat viewpoint to retrieve a hat that had blown away.
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The individual walked near the edge of the falls before returning safely to the viewing platforms, reports said.
A month later, visitors recorded a man lifting a baby over safety barriers near the same viewpoint while another person took photographs nearby, according to reports.
The incidents have sparked renewed concerns about visitor safety at one of the world's most powerful waterfall systems.
Cody Campbell threatens lawsuits against CFB Playoff, warns other conferences against avoiding Texas Tech
Out of seemingly nowhere, the Texas Tech Red Raiders have become the center of the college football world. Thanks to the wild back-and-forth swings in the case of star quarterback Brendan Sorsby.
Sorsby, who admitted to placing a number of bets on games involving his own team, was initially deemed ineligible to play in the upcoming 2026 season. But a newly-granted injunction from a Texas judge has cleared the way for him to return to the gridiron.
Unsurprisingly, some rival schools and conferences, even Tech's own Big 12 Conference, haven't exactly been pleased with this outcome.
Pete Thamel from Yahoo! Sports reported this week that the Big Ten Conference is set to meet this week to discuss a "league-wide mandate to not play Texas Tech in any sports."
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Other prominent figures, including Nebraska Athletic Director Troy Dannen, have already issued such directives to their staffs, preventing future scheduling between the two schools. There's also been speculation that the College Football Playoff could get involved, potentially excluding Texas Tech, should they be in position to reach the tournament at the end of the season.
Well, Texas Tech's most prominent booster, Cody Campbell, has some very pointed comments for those schools, conferences, or institutions considering taking action against the program. In an appearance on "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich" Wednesday morning, Campbell addressed those meetings directly. Very directly.
"Big Ten talking about not playing Texas Tech," Dakich said. "The SEC you're on and these are talks..."
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"I love it when the Big Ten or the K-State AD comes out and says, 'hey, we've all gotten together and we've talked about how we're not going to play Tech,' because guess what? That's collusion," Campbell said. "You know, that's an antitrust violation. So, you know, have fun with that one guys. You can't do that."
Dakich followed up by asking about the College Football Playoff selection committee, whether the school would be ready to sue if they ban Texas Tech.
"100%," Campbell said. "I mean, like, again, they can't collude together and say, we're not going to allow you to play. That's an antitrust violation. I don't know if you've seen the litany of cases that the NCAA has lost over the last few years, they've been lost on those grounds."
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark reportedly told the other member institutions on a conference call that they were evaluating their options with the Red Raiders and Sorsby. But Campbell has a point; legally, those trying to ban the Red Raiders from the playoff, or refusing, en masse, to schedule them, could be subject to accusations of collusion.
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Campbell also believes that Sorsby's behavior doesn't rise to the level that would justify such action anyway, telling Dakich that schools have let players with much worse transgressions play.
"There are kids that are playing and have gotten DUIs that have beaten up women, their kids that have committed horrible acts," Campbell responded. "You know, I mean, nobody boycotted to play Penn State a few years ago when that horrible situation happened there."
Still, that doesn't justify gambling on your own team. A cardinal sin in the sports and sports betting landscape. And claims that other schools don't want Texas Tech to be successful, that the reaction is a "know your place" issue, also fall flat. The Big 12 is thrilled that Tech has become a nationally relevant program. The more teams that are legitimate playoff contenders each year in that conference, the better. Yormark would love nothing more than to have the Red Raiders win a championship. But even within the Big 12, there are reportedly significant concerns about the Sorsby situation.
Where this goes from here? Who knows. Initially, it seemed like there was no possibility Sorsby would play in 2026. So maybe this will all end in lawsuits between Tech and most of college football. Expect the unexpected has become the motto of this sport in recent years, and it doesn't seem like that's ending anytime soon.