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Pat McAfee invokes Charlie Kirk killing as Utah post sparks 'uncomfortable' GameDay visit
ESPN star Pat McAfee appeared to reference the killing of Charlie Kirk as he ripped the University of Utah over a social media post he says made him feel "very, very uncomfortable" before Saturday’s "College GameDay" broadcast.
McAfee said he saw a video on the university’s Instagram account shortly before going on air in Salt Lake City. The post asked students to do impressions of him, he said, and included comments calling him "corny" and "creepy."
The video has since been removed from the university’s social media accounts.
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The former NFL punter said he would not have minded if students had shared the remarks themselves, but he took issue with the university posting them before he walked in front of thousands of fans.
"The university puts that out, like as I’m about to go out and do an infomercial for the place, and then I’m walking in front of thousands of these people," McAfee said Monday on "The Pat McAfee Show."
"This is how the university feels about it. It’s an uncomfortable feeling."
McAfee said the post "set me off a little bit" and made him feel "a little weird." He then appeared to reference the September 2025 shooting of Kirk, the conservative activist who was killed during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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"Has anything like really scary happened at like a college gathering in the state of Utah recently?" McAfee asked. "Like, do we think we should be amplifying reasons for why people hate my guts as a university?"
Later in the segment, McAfee again pointed to "what happened 40 miles south of Salt Lake City a little over a year ago," saying the university’s post added to the hostility he faces just before he went on air to promote the school.
"I was very, very uncomfortable," he said. "I think it made me not have the greatest morning."
The University of Utah apologized in a statement posted to its official Instagram account, saying its goal was to create "lighthearted engagement" about McAfee’s return to campus, but it "missed the mark."
"University staff are responsible for reviewing and posting content on official social media accounts and we take full accountability for that decision," the school said.
The university said officials had reached out to McAfee to express their appreciation and regret.
"We sincerely apologize for creating any perception that Pat was unsafe or unwelcome on our campus. Nothing could be further from the truth," the statement said.
The school added that McAfee and the entire "College GameDay" crew are always welcome at the university. It said ESPN’s pregame show has visited its campus seven times and that it has enjoyed a positive relationship with the crew.
McAfee said he knew some people believed the students’ comments were not particularly harsh, but he kept coming back to who posted the video.
"It was the university putting that out. It’s not like a blog. It’s the actual place that we’re at," he said.
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The Instagram post was not the only part of McAfee’s visit that appeared to frustrate him. He also took issue with a student participating in his weekly "Kicking Is Easy" contest, which gives a contestant a chance to kick a field goal for $1 million.
McAfee said the student questioned why the prize was "only $1 million" after the potential prize reached $3 million for the previous week’s Notre Dame-BYU game.
"It’s my money! Only $1 million. It’s like, all right, I hate this place. I hate this place," he said.
McAfee said he hopes he never has to return to the university and joked that he might have COVID if "College GameDay" goes back.
Despite his frustrations, he praised Utah’s football team and called its student section "incredible." He also thanked the fans who attended Saturday’s broadcast.
"It was a phenomenal GameDay. Thank you to everybody that showed up," he said.
Utah went on to defeat Houston 21-13 on Saturday.
Florida mom arrested after Vegas trip left 4 kids without overnight supervision: deputies
A Florida mother returning from Las Vegas was met by deputies as she stepped off a plane and arrested after authorities say she left her four children home alone while she traveled for work.
Body camera video shows deputies approaching Irene Miller as she exited the plane Friday morning, escorting her through the airport terminal and placing her in handcuffs.
The arrest came two days after one of Miller’s children called 911 to report that a dumbbell had fallen on her 9-year-old brother’s head, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the Kissimmee home shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 and found four children, ages 9, 11, 12 and 14, with no adults present, the sheriff’s office said. Fire rescue crews took the injured boy to Celebration Hospital, where he was treated and discharged.
A deputy reached Miller by phone, and she said she was working in Las Vegas and planned to return Oct. 23, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies learned she had left Florida on Oct. 18.
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Miller told deputies she had arranged for a babysitter to travel from Tampa in the mornings to help the children get ready for school and check on them afterward. The sitter was not required to stay overnight, the sheriff’s office said.
Authorities contacted the children’s father, who agreed to take all four to his home while detectives made plans to meet Miller when her flight landed.
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Deputies arrested Miller, 50, on four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm and booked her into the Orange County Jail.
"The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office will not tolerate child neglect," Sheriff Chris Blackmon said. "These cases will be investigated, and charges will be brought against the parents who are not properly supervising or caring for their children."
Brewers ride ridiculous, record-setting eight-run inning to dominant 3-0 World Series lead over Rays
The Milwaukee Brewers moved one step closer to their first ever World Series title on Monday night, taking a 3-0 series lead with a dominant 10-1 win.
That's the short version of the story. The long version? The Tampa Bay Rays will be kicking themselves over a disastrous top of the fifth inning, and historians will one day use a clip of that inning, and the entire 2026 Brewers' postseason run for that matter, as proof of how powerful luck is in Major League Baseball.
Game three meant the series shifted to Tampa Bay, and Tropicana Field was packed to the rafters with Rays fans and a sizable contingent of Brewers supporters. But as has typically been the case this postseason, only those in Milwaukee blue and gold had much to cheer about.
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At least defensively, the Rays put up a fight. In the top of the second, outfielder Chandler Simpson made a tremendous running catch in the left field corner, crashing into the fence to rob Sal Frelick of a hit. Then catcher Nick Fortes caught Garrett Mitchell trying to steal second base to end the inning. It was all downhill from there.
In the third inning, the Milwaukee superteam machine kicked into high gear. Jackson Chourio started things off with a ground ball single. Jake Bauers followed with a walk. That's when the Brewers' incredible penchant for outperforming on batting average on balls in play reared its gigantic head yet again.
Christian Yelich popped up a 71 mph blooper that fell in for an RBI single. William Contreras followed with another 79 mph blooper that fell in to drive in the second run of the game.
Still, a 2-0 game in the third inning wouldn't normally mean that much, but the Brewers had Robert Gasser on the mound. Who's Robert Gasser you might be wondering? Well, essentially the epitome of a league average pitcher, someone who had a 4.27 "expected" ERA in the regular season, then turned into a Cy Young candidate in the playoffs. Because baseball.
Gasser entered his game three start with just one run allowed in the playoffs, but the Rays couldn't muster even that on Monday night. Rarely getting swings and misses, Gasser relied on his best friend in October: the opposing team having exceptionally poor luck on batted balls put in play. Prior to Monday, opposing hitters had just a .185 BABIP against him. Then he went six shutout innings with just three strikeouts and only one hit allowed. How? Because the Rays had an .071 BABIP. Gasser will likely end his postseason with just seven hits on 55 balls put in play, an incredible .127 batting average allowed, when league average is around .300.
Gasser's start was the first time a lefty had gone six shutout innings while facing the minimum number of hitters in the World Series since Sandy Koufax.
Next time you want your favorite team to acquire the big name starting pitcher in free agency or at the trade deadline, just remember that one of the most effective starters on the team that won the World Series was Robert Gasser. That he did something that hadn't been done in the World Series by a lefty since one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the sport. In large part because of BABIP. There's no luck in baseball, because everything must have an explanation, no matter how absurd.
Gasser didn't need much support, obviously, but the Brewers unstoppable offense provided it anyway. In the fifth inning, Milwaukee put together one of the most absurd innings you'll ever see, and a near-perfect reminder of the immense amount of variance and randomness inherent in baseball.
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It started innocently enough, with Chourio once again singling with one out. Jake Bauers flew out for the second out, then Christian Yelich walked to put runners at first and second. Then, the play that will haunt Rays fans forever.
William Contreras grounded one in the hole between second and third, and third baseman Junior Caminero went to second base for the force out, unable to see that he had plenty of time to get Contreras at first. But Yelich beat the throw out, loading the bases for Brice Turang. Then, the floodgates opened.
Turang hit a grounder to short that Taylor Walls couldn't make the play on, scoring two. Then Garrett Mitchell slapped another single through the infield, directly where the shortstop typically plays. 5-0 Milwaukee. Cooper Pratt followed with a grounder that somehow clipped the foul line for a double, making it 7-0. Sal Frelick hit a soft line drive that fell in to left field to make it 8-0. David Hamilton, having an incredible postseason after a career of being a very bad hitter, drove in the ninth run of the game with a single. Finally, Jackson Chourio added his fourth hit of the game and second of the inning to make it 10-0. Why not?
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That fifth inning was the first eight-run inning in World Series history. The Brewers went 9-18 with runners in scoring position, had a .471 BABIP and 16 hits against a typically strong Rays pitching staff. Tampa's BABIP? .130. That's only half of it. Per the league's Statcast page, Milwaukee's expected batting average in the game was .254. Their actual batting average was .390. Tampa's expected batting average was .236, and their actual was .107. And that's been Milwaukee's luck all postseason.
The Rays added a meaningless garbage time run in the bottom of the ninth, but Milwaukee takes a commanding 3-0 series lead, and is well on their way to the organization's first ever championship. Potentially as soon as Tuesday night's game four.
Should the Brewers close it out with a fully rested bullpen, they'd become the first team in the history of the sport to sweep both the NLCS and World Series. They're 10-1 in the playoffs thus far, with a chance to go 11-1 and win ten of nine straight to win a title. Baseball-ruining superteam indeed.
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Not all of these results are down to luck, of course, and it's hardly a criticism of the Brewers' team or players to say they've had fortune on their side in the playoffs. Every team that wins the playoff tournament in Major League Baseball has luck go their way. The Dodgers in 2024 and 2025 had plenty of breaks, as did the Rangers in 2023 and Astros in 2022. And the Braves in 2021 and so on.
But there's an inescapable conclusion from this World Series, and the whole postseason, as a matter of fact: there is no way to "ruin" baseball. Or build a superteam. Or guarantee a championship. Because at the end of the day, the gaps between teams are so small that a few bounces either way over a short series can, and often does, determine the outcome. Having a rotation filled with Cy Young level pitchers is great and all, except that when it comes down to it, Robert Gasser can become Sandy Koufax over 15 innings. There's no way to predict who will get hot, who will be cold, and which teams will have luck on their side. Which is what baseball has always been, and always will be. No matter how much fake complaining owners do.
Cowboys, Dak Prescott get back on track at the expense of reeling Eagles in key NFC East win
The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles NFC East bout on "Monday Night Football" in Week 7 wasn’t supposed to feature two 2–4 teams dealing with inauspicious starts to the season.
The NFL can be cruel in that way for some teams, but Week 7 turned into a situation where one team could get back on track in a division that seems up for grabs.
The Dallas Cowboys, who had quite a different narrative entering this contest on the road despite the same exact record as the team hosting them, did at least turn the ship toward the right direction on Monday night with a 38-21 win over the Eagles.
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The narrative for Dallas was that they have the pieces, but is the coaching all there? Head coach Brian Schottenheimer’s name has been brought up in hot seat discussions, as the Cowboys lost back-to-back games in Primetime, and certainly didn’t want to make it a third against a struggling Philadelphia squad.
Nick Sirianni, despite winning a Super Bowl with this team recently, has also been on the wrong side of Philly fandom to begin this 2026 campaign, but there’s at least the injury excuse. Quarterback Jalen Hurts is out for the season, as he deals with blood clots. And though he was back on Monday night in a limited capacity, running back Saquon Barkley just hasn’t been healthy enough this year.
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With the Eagles losing four straight after a 2-0 start to the season, some fans have already resorted to the tanking conversation for a top draft pick. The Cowboys certainly are not at that stage – fans just think the coaching staff needs to get this group playing in sync on both sides of the ball.
For Dak Prescott and the offense, they continued to put points on the board, and they did so with a big lift from the run game. This isn’t a team that wants to pass the ball 45 times a game despite their veteran signal caller having done so many times throughout his career.
Javonte Williams produced 155 on the ground on 25 carries with a touchdown at the end of the game, weaving his way through the Philadelphia defense for big chunk plays, including a 34-yard burst through the line. That opens everything for this offense that proclaims itself the "G.O.T.I." – greatest offense there is.
CeeDee Lamb may have caught just five of his 12 targets, but two of those were touchdown grabs from Prescott. He finished the game with 74 yards, while his counterpart George Pickens had a touchdown himself on a 21-yard connection with his quarterback. And wide receiver three, Ryan Flournoy, totaled 70 yards on four grabs.
All was well for Dallas’ offense, but once again, the defense was questionable against McKee and the Eagles’ offense at home.
The first drive of the game brought hope to the crowd at Lincoln Financial Field, as the rabid fan base had been waiting for Barkley, the former Offensive Player of the Year, to return to the backfield after a hamstring injury. In just four plays, including a 29-yard run for Barkley, they remembered what it’s like to have a threat like him leading the way.
Barkley bounced outside on first-and-5 from Dallas’ eight-yard line for the Eagles’ first touchdown of the game, and it looked like they would compete against a Cowboys' defense that keeps trying to find its identity, or better yet, key stops. But the injury bug continued to halt Barkley from being 100%, as he tried battling through a back injury this time in this game. He was noticed stretching on the sideline and trying to keep his back loose with trainers, but to no avail.
Still, it was a back-and-forth battle in this latest chapter of a storied division rivalry, with long drives resulting in touchdowns on both sides. Dameon Pierce, who took over the lion’s share of carries, scored for the Eagles, while rookie Makai Lemon secured his first career touchdown to give the Eagles a 21-20 lead in the third quarter.
But as Prescott does, he responded with a touchdown of his own – the second for Lamb – and the Cowboys were eventually able to separate themselves after forcing an Eagles punt and DeMarvion Overshown making an incredible interception on a ball intended for Dallas Goedert while the Eagles were driving in the fourth quarter.
At 2-5 now, it may still be too early to say the Eagles’ season is a failure, but the cards they’ve been dealt are not pictures and they’re off suit.
The Cowboys, on the other hand, still have chips on the table and are in the hunt. At 3-4, they’re a game-and-a-half behind the New York Giants, who beat them in Week 1, for the NFC East lead.
And with winnable games against the Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts up next on the schedule, perhaps Schottenheimer's seat can cool down if they can put together their first win streak of the campaign.
John Harbaugh backs Cam Skattebo, rips NFL for controversial flag: 'That's the way you're supposed to run'
Cam Skattebo shared his thoughts on a controversial unnecessary roughness call against him in the New York Giants’ win over the Houston Texans on Sunday.
His head coach, John Harbaugh, shared the same sentiment.
Skattebo ripped the NFL after officials assessed a 15-yard penalty against him after lowering his shoulder into Texans safety M.J. Stewart, delivering a forceful blow that sent him to the turf.
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"I will say, man, the NFL loves to post me when I do stuff like that, but then also wants to take stuff from me," he said after a game where he ran for over 120 yards with a touchdown. "So, I mean, I’m going to run the ball like I want to run the ball, and if I’m going to continue to get flagged or it or fined for it, man, I guess I’m going to play for free."
On Monday during time with reporters, Harbaugh was asked about what he said to the official during his own heated exchange in the moment after holding back Skattebo, who was livid with the official as he came off the field.
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"Did you see me after the play expressing my opinion? That’s how I felt about it," he said.
Harbaugh admitted he understood the idea of why a yellow flag landed on the turf at NRG Stadium after seeing the hit. The NFL is always trying to crack down on helmet-to-helmet contact, and the official thought that Skattebo led with the crown of his helmet when he hit Stewart.
Harbaugh saw it differently.
"I also understand human physiology and anatomy and the way the body works," he said. "Skat runs low. You have to run low.
"You have to run low to protect the football. You have to run low to protect your body. You can’t run in there and give tacklers your chest. When you run low, your head’s down there, too. You can’t move your head off your shoulders. It’s a physical impossibility."
Harbaugh added that he didn’t believe his running back was "trying to use his helmet as a weapon, as a battering ram." Skattebo certainly enjoys initiating contact. In fact, Skattebo was featured in multiple commercials during the broadcast where he is seen running through walls and other objects because, well, that’s his thing.
Ultimately, Harbaugh believes Skattebo’s running style is "the way you’re supposed to run."
"That’s how you protect yourself and the football," he said.
It’s old school, it’s punishing, and it’s what helped the Giants pick up a win on Sunday, just as it has in past games. So, Harbaugh begs the question for the NFL: How should Skattebo be running through the trenches?
'Stand or hide in the tunnel' for the anthem, Valkyries WNBA fans show loyalty; ready for early Finals Game 6
Caffeine might not even be needed. Pure adrenaline could get the job done.
Fans of the Golden State Valkyries are in for an early-morning wakeup call on Thursday when Game 6 of the WNBA Finals tips off in Atlanta at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time.
But during Monday’s Game 5 against Atlanta, which began like every other Finals game, with both teams leaving the floor moments before the playing of the national anthem only to return seconds after it completed, the packed Chase Center in San Francisco was raucous.
Fans of this 2-year-old team, clad floor to rafters in their giveaway lavender T-shirts, were beyond keyed up. They were loud and on the edge of their seats, willing their team on every play en route to a 64-55 victory that gave Golden State a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
That buzz could last a few days, which will come in handy when that alarm clock rings.
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"I will be taking time off of work that day, for sure," one female fan said, planning a personal day for Thursday.
"It’s really disappointing that more fans won’t be able to be cheering for the Valkyries on the West Coast," said another female fan, who brings her kids to games. "It’s pretty hard to do with kid drop-offs and school, but I’m going to make it work somehow."
Some retirees said they get up early anyway, so they’re not sweating it and will be glued to their TVs for a road game, per usual.
A couple of male fans said they would be watching on their laptops … at work. Shhhhhhh.
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The strange start time in Atlanta is due to conflicts at State Farm Arena. The Dream, who normally play at Gateway Center Arena, have played playoff games at State Farm Arena because Gateway has a capacity of only 3,500 for basketball games.
But now that the NBA season has started, State Farm, home of the Atlanta Hawks, has gotten busy.
Some juggling was required once it became clear that the WNBA Finals would be going back to Atlanta for a Game 6 on Thursday. There is a Hawks home game that night. Several other options were considered before the early game time was chosen to create an unusual doubleheader of sorts.
Many fans in the Bay Area seemed far more concerned about the scheduling chaos for Game 6 than they are about the controversy surrounding the national anthem walkouts that have been swirling around the WNBA Finals since Game 1.
"I don’t understand why we’re singing the national anthem [before games] to begin with, that’s all there is to it," one female fan said. "If they want to go back [in the tunnel] and re-group, great. We’ve been doing it for two seasons."
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"This is a non-controversy that people are trying to make into a controversy," a male fan said. "I don’t think not being out on the floor for the national anthem says anything about patriotism or loyalty to the United States."
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Many fans said that being on the court for the national anthem should be a personal choice for athletes, even if that isn’t the choice they would make for themselves.
"We have strong feelings about this," said a female fan who came to the game with her husband and both were dressed from head to toe in Valkyries lavender. "We’re both retired military. So we stand, we put our hands on our hearts and we honor the flag. The players … are doing something to get ready for the game.
"It’s not new to us that they leave the court for the national anthem. If they stayed and saluted the flag [during the anthem], I’d be fine with that [too]. This country is so divided anyway. Everyone just has to support their own true feelings."
There is actually a provision in the WNBA rulebook stating that players should stand respectfully on the court while the national anthem is being played. But the league has not enforced that rule since 2017.
"I wish they would stand out there for the national anthem," one female fan said. "But it’s one of those ‘to each their own’ [things] and they’ve been doing it from the beginning. "Maybe the national anthem means different things for different people. But for me, as an American, I think about people who gave up their lives for us to be free, so that we could decide to stand or hide in the tunnel or sit down. But for me, it’s about respect."
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Golden State got a balanced offensive effort, with double-figure scoring from four players. Kiah Stokes and Veronica Burton each had 13 points while Tiffany Hayes and Cecilla Zandalasini each had 12 points.
Atlanta's Angel Reese again had a lackluster scoring game. She finished with just 7 points but had 15 rebounds. Rhyne Howard of the Dream led all scorers with 20 points.
Jay-Z to headline Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show in Los Angeles
Jay-Z is headed to the Super Bowl stage.
The music mogul will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show, the company announced during halftime of Monday’s Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game.
Super Bowl LXI is set for Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
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"GOAT’s out of the bag," Apple Music wrote in a post on X, tagging Jay-Z.
The announcement comes after reports that Jay-Z was in the running for the coveted performance.
"From Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey," shared in a statement with the official announcement. "Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world's biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true."
Puck News previously reported that the rapper had been selected over Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, as OutKick reported last week.
TMZ had also reported that Harry Styles was among the frontrunners.
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Jay-Z and his entertainment company, Roc Nation, have helped produce and select performers for the Super Bowl halftime show since 2019.
"For several years, we’ve had the privilege of working closely with Jay-Z and Roc Nation, and I’ve seen the extraordinary impact he has had on the Super Bowl Halftime Show," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
"When we first reached an agreement with Roc Nation to produce the show, I had just one request: that Jay-Z take the stage himself one day, whenever the moment felt right to him," he continued. "I couldn’t be more excited for fans around the world to experience the artistry, creativity and cultural impact he will bring to the Super Bowl stage."
The 56-year-old rapper is no stranger to the stadium where he’ll take the Super Bowl stage. He wrapped up his Jay-Z 30 Tour with back-to-back shows at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23 and 24.
The four-city tour celebrated the 30th anniversary of his 1996 debut album, "Reasonable Doubt." Puck reported that three consecutive shows at Yankee Stadium in July grossed more than $42 million, according to OutKick.
Jay-Z has won 25 Grammy Awards and was the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His last album, "4:44," was released in 2017.
While the rapper has never performed at the Super Bowl, his wife, Beyoncé, headlined the halftime show in 2013 in New Orleans. She returned to the Super Bowl stage in 2016, joining Coldplay and Bruno Mars in Santa Clara, California.
OutKick Sport's Mark Harris contributed to this report.
Brandi Kruse tells Laura Ingraham about being forced out of Portland soccer game: 'We did nothing wrong'
There's nothing that the kind and tolerant left loves more than being unkind and intolerant towards people who have a different political perspective. Particularly when that political perspective involves acknowledging the biological reality of physical advantages males have over females in sports.
This consistent intolerance and hatred was on full display recently at a women's soccer match in Portland. A group of around 20 women wearing XX-XY shirts to a Portland Thorns game at Providence Park were allegedly harassed by a number of anti-reality fans nearby, including verbal and physical aggression. The "kind and tolerant" left, as always.
You'd assume that, in a sane world, those who engaged in unacceptable abuse towards fans for wearing shirts and having a "Save Women's Sports" would be removed from the stadium and permanently banned for misconduct. But a women's soccer organization in Portland, Oregon, is predictably about as far from sanity as it's possible to be. Instead, the women who dared stand up for science and competitive fairness were forcibly removed, while the Thorns' official X account celebrated their amazing fans in a post after the match.
The least surprising outcome imaginable, even if it is absurd and offensive.
One of the women involved, Brandi Kruse, joined Laura Ingraham on Fox News to tell her side of the story. Kruse explained that she never received an explanation from security or from the organization as to why she and the group were forced to leave. Typical.
Ingrahm asked if stadium officials or security told her why she was removed, to which she answered, "None. It's been three days ... you hear me in the video demand that security tell me, when they say 'you need to leave,' and I say, 'we didn't do anything wrong.' And she says, 'you know what you did?' And I said, 'I have no idea what I did.'"
Kruse continued, detailing that she wasn't going to leave quietly, "And that's when I just made the decision, look, if they're going to ask me to leave, I'm going to make them own that decision and they're going to have to put their hands on me and drag me out of this stadium, because I'm not leaving of my own free will. But we have not gotten an explanation so far."
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Ingraham brought up that the Thorns' statement on the incident was to say that they are "committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for everyone," which is obviously the opposite of how that situation was handled. The Thorns also claimed that "security and enforcement decisions are managed locally," and that they are reviewing those actions to ensure that their policies were "applied appropriately and consistently."
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Kruse said "It's a complicated matter to determine kind of fault because the stadium itself, Providence Park is owned by the city of Portland, but it's operated by Peregrine Sports. And then, of course, you have the Thorns. And so we don't know who ultimately made the call to say, 'remove the people with the XX-XY shirts and leave all the individuals around them who were assaulting them, hitting them with flags, dumping beer on them.'"
Importantly, she added, it wasn't just the attendees wearing XX-XY shirts who were confronted. OutKick's Matt Calkins, who was covering the game, was "assaulted by the mob," Kruse explained. "His press pass was ripped from his chest by a security guard."
Ingraham then followed up about how security mishandled the situation, acting as police officers though they didn't have the authority to do so. Kruse said the guard confirmed she was not a police officer, then added that regardless of how it was handled, the treatment from the "pro-trans" crowd was unacceptable.
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"You know, all they had to do is not react to our t-shirts, be functioning adults in the United States of America. And understand that sometimes you'll be confronted by ideas you don't agree with. And the answer to that is not violence."
Brilliant, and entirely accurate. The XX-XY group had a simple banner, the kind that are frequently displayed at soccer stadiums across the country. They wore t-shirts that simply had scientific, biological chromosomes on it. For this entirely reasonable behavior, they were assaulted and abused, then forcibly removed by security. Simply because the left, which has taken over in these spaces, does not tolerate dissent that challenges their worldview. No matter how delusional and disconnected from sanity that worldview might be. We've seen it in the WNBA, we've seen it here ... and it's going to continue because the people who run these organizations and institutions support it.
Good for Kruse for not letting them get away with it, and good for the Department of Justice for stepping in to investigate too.
Middle school teacher arrested in alleged prostitution scheme at casino hotel
A New Jersey teacher was arrested two weeks ago in connection with an alleged prostitution scheme in which a man was restrained, forced to endure sexual acts and robbed in a casino hotel room.
The suspect was identified as Amanda Crafts, 35, of Wildwood Crest, according to the New Jersey Department of Corrections. She was a computer teacher at Middle Township Middle School, according to her LinkedIn.
Her friend, Veda Engel, 23, of Cape May, was also charged in the Oct. 9 incident. Engel has a history of prostitution-related charges, including one dating back to December, Breaking AC reported.
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According to police, the victim met the women at a bar at a hotel resort in Atlantic City, the outlet said.
After exchanging numbers with Engel, he reportedly met the two women in their room.
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Once inside, the victim said the two women stripped him down and physically restrained him to the bed, the outlet reported.
Engel then forced sexual acts on him before stopping and saying, "That’s what you get for $1,250," according to the complaint, Breaking AC reported.
As Crafts held the victim down, Engel reportedly used his facial recognition to unlock his phone and made four separate Apple Pay transactions totaling $1,250 to her account.
The victim said the transactions were "made without his consent in exchange for sexual acts," a detective wrote in the affidavits, according to reports.
During her first appearance in court, Crafts told the judge that she was a teacher and has never been arrested before.
"I was in the wrong place at the wrong time," she told Judge Timothy Maguire during a video appearance from the Atlantic County Justice Facility, according to reports.
Crafts, who said she has four children, works in the school’s special area department teaching computers, the outlet said, citing the school’s website.
The school district released a statement on Oct. 19 acknowledging the arrest of a Middle Township teacher and confirming that the employee had been fired.
"Our responsibility is to protect our students, follow appropriate procedures, and ensure that those entrusted with caring for and educating our children meet the standards expected of them. The safety and well-being of our students remain our highest priority," Superintendent Stephanie DeRose said.
Separately, Engel works at SoFresh SoClean Commercial Cleaning in Ocean City, her attorney said, according to Breaking AC.
The incident was not Engel’s first prostitution-related encounter with law enforcement. Last year, she allegedly offered an undercover New Jersey State Police detective sex in exchange for $1,000 at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
She was reportedly released on a summons at the time.
Engel and Crafts were both released Oct. 15 after being held for nearly a week, according to reports. The state consented to their pretrial release, which requires them to check in with the court every other week.
Deported migrant who '60 Minutes' painted as sympathetic family man claimed he was gay on asylum application
Sunday's "60 Minutes" featured the story of a deported Malian national who was painted as a loving husband and father despite insisting he was homosexual on his asylum application.
The CBS News segment focused on Moussa Diawara and his family, speaking to his wife, 16-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter. But the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says Diawara, who arrived in the United States in 2001, is actually an example of widespread fraud throughout the immigration system.
"The ‘60 Minutes’ sob story tonight highlighted an illegal alien and his wife and two children. One problem. The illegal alien claimed he was a HOMOSEXUAL in order to try and dodge deportation to Mali," ICE posted on X.
Fox News exclusively obtained Diawara’s 2009 asylum application in which he declared that he needed to remain in America because he was a gay man who could be killed if sent back to his native country.
"My asylum application is based upon ground of well founded past persecution and an undisputable fear of life threatening to my person if I were to return to my country Mali. In fact I had experienced extreme punishment and persecution based on the ground of my sexual orientation," Diawara wrote in his asylum application.
"Since I came to the USA I had the possibilities to express my feelings to men without any embarrassment no reserve. Indeed, my tribal group and community as a whole had reported my sexual orientation to my family back home because such behavior is unwelcome in my society," he continued. "My life is hence worth threatened if I have to go back to my country because I could be executed either by the Islamic group or the community."
Diawara also wrote in the application that he was "banished" from attending Malian activities because he’s "a homosexual," who has received threats.
"These are the reasons why I applied for asylum in the USA to seek protection from the US government," Diawara wrote.
DHS General Counsel James Percival, who was interviewed in the "60 Minutes" segment, took to social media after it aired, saying the newsmagazine made Diawara the "poster child for what it claims are wrongful deportations."
"His claimed reason for fearing Mali was that he is ‘gay,’ just in case you’re wondering how bad the immigration fraud problem is," Percival wrote.
The segment put a spotlight on Diawara, who was living in the U.S. for 25 years without a criminal record, overstaying his tourist visa and getting nabbed by ICE and sent to Ghana, which ultimately sent him to his home country of Mali. According to the report, Diawara has since fled Mali to an undisclosed African country.
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"60 Minutes" noted that a U.S. judge said Diawara could be persecuted in Mali, pointing to fears over converting to Christianity. However, the show did not mention that Diawara’s application contradicted his family man narrative and the reason why he claimed he couldn’t return to his native country was because of his sexual orientation.
During the segment, Percival noted that there is "a lot of fraud" in the immigration system and many "fear claims" are untrue.
A "60 Minutes" insider defended the integrity of the report, pointing to how Diawara's claim that "part of the reason he didn't feel safe" was for religious reasons made the broadcast. According to the report, he had converted to Christianity and Mali is a Muslim-majority nation.
"We also acknowledge that the DHS questioned the credibility of Moussa Diawara's fear of persecution, which they're claiming now on social media," the insider told Fox News Digital.
The Department of Homeland Security told CBS News that Ghana had provided the U.S. with "diplomatic assurances for his safety."
It is unclear whether CBS News was aware of Diawara’s apparent application discrepancy when the "60 Minutes" segment aired. A spokesperson for the network declined to comment.
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Percival posted about his experience with "60 Minutes," saying he spoke for nearly an hour.
"In our conversation, we talked about the vicious killers and rapists we are removing to third countries and the fact that no President before President Trump removed these public safety threats from our community. Unfortunately, as they always do, they selectively edited the video and included none of that. They did promise they would publish the entire interview, so I look forward to my comments being posted in full this week," Percival wrote.
Percival did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment.
The official ICE account on X ALSO wrote, "Fake & Gay! Moussa Diawara, the Malian national featured in this shockingly poorly researched @60Minutes report, now faces allegations of immigration FRAUD after his asylum application surfaced, revealing that he claimed to be a HOMOSEXUAL man who feared persecution in Mali."