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Fox News
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Fox News Sports Huddle Newsletter: Trump administration takes legal action against California over Title IX
LEGAL ACTION – The Trump administration intends to file suit against the California Department of Education (CDE) and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The moves comes after the U.S. Department of Education deemed California was in violation of Title IX. Continue reading … GOT YOUR BACK – A group of Oregon teenagers are taking legal action against their state. The teens cited laws in Oregon concerning the participation of transgender athletes in girls' sports. Two of the teens said the feud between Riley Gaines and Simone Biles influenced their decision. Continue reading … WEIGHING IN – As tensions between California and the Trump administration continue, Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., spoke to Fox News Digital about the national debate that centers on Title IX. Continue reading … NOT SO SWEET – Caitlin Clark made her long-awaited return to the Indiana Fever on Wednesday after missing several games due to an injury. But, she finished the loss to the Golden State Valkyries with just 10 points. Continue reading … DIFFERENT TEAMS – Fever star Caitlin Clark and Lynx star Napheesa Collier were named captains for the upcoming WNBA All-Star game after receiving the most fan votes. But, Clark raised some eyebrows when she opted against selecting Angel Reese in the All-Star draft. Continue reading … MUGSHOT – The mugshot stemming from former U.S. Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Mary Lou Retton's May arrest was released on Tuesday. Retton entered a no-contest plea to a non-aggravated DUI charge and was issued a fine after the incident. Continue reading … 'VERY VULNERABLE' – Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow opened up about the experience of having his Ohio home burglarized in December. The incident took place while he was competing in an NFL game in Texas. Continue reading … HEARTFELT MESSAGE – As the death toll across the central Texas region increased in the days following torrential racing and flooding, NBA star rookie Cooper Flagg offered a message of support to impacted families. Continue reading … FROM FOX SPORTS – Fans who want to catch Cooper Flagg's NBA Summer League debut against Bronny James in person will have to fork over a pretty penny. As of Wednesday, the average price for a single ticket stood at $223. Continue reading … FROM OUTKICK – Washington's NFL franchise will once again don its "Super Bowl Era" uniforms for multiple nationally televised games in the 2025 season. The alternate jerseys are a nod to the team's look from the 1980s and early 90's. However, the former helmet logo will remain a thing of the past. Continue reading … WATCH NOW – FOX Sports' Nick Wright discusses the NBA offseason, and shares his thoughts on a potential path to the Western Conference Finals for the Houston Rockets following the team's acquisition of Kevin Durant. Watch here … FOLLOW FOX NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
PGA Tour Hit With ‘Bork Bill' Class Action Lawsuit
The list of sports companies sued for sharing users' data with Meta grew last Friday when Tampa, Fla., resident David Britt filed a complaint in a Florida federal court against the PGA Tour. Britt says the PGA Tour disclosed his personal viewing information without his consent. The PGA Tour joins the NBA, NFL, Learfield, Bleacher Report, Paramount Global (247 Sports), NBC Sports and Baseball America, among other big names in sports, that are accused of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA). The VPPA makes it illegal for a video tape service provider to knowingly disclose a consumer's personally identifiable information to a third party. The VPPA is sometimes called the 'Bork Bill' because it was a legislative response to the leaking of Judge Robert Bork's video rental history while he was a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Advertisement More from Through Brian Levin and other attorneys, Britt contends that when a visitor clicks on and requests a video, the name of the video and user information is shared with Meta—and this sharing allegedly occurs without consent or notification. Britt, who has a Facebook account, says he subscribed to from 2022 until the day he sued, and that he became a subscriber by providing his name, email address and other personal information. Britt seeks for his case to be certified as a class action on behalf of Americans who subscribed to and obtained prerecorded video materials or services through a browser while being logged into their Facebook account from June 13, 2023, to the present. like many sports websites, allegedly uses pixel tracking cookies. The VPPA calls for damages of $2,500, but that modest figure becomes much more threatening in a class action; Britt argues his class would have 'thousands (and likely millions)' of people. A million people suing for $2,500 makes a class action potentially worth, at least in theory, $2.5 billion. Advertisement The PGA Tour will answer the complaint and seek its dismissal. Expect the Tour to rely on arguments raised by other defendants in VPPA cases. They insist the Reagan-era VPPA has nothing to do with Facebook cookies—it concerns video rental history and, as amended in 2013, the 'liking' and sharing of online movies via social media platforms. The defendants also contend they're not in possession of Facebook data and that cookies transmit the data through internet browsers, which are outside of websites' control. Also stressed: Even if a sports website could be described as a conduit for unauthorized sharing, the VPPA prohibits disclosures that are made 'knowingly,' not inadvertently or even recklessly. VPPA litigation against sports companies has yielded conflicting outcomes over the last year. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed with Paramount that watching sports videos on sports news-oriented websites doesn't make the viewer a 'consumer' within the meaning of the VPPA. The VPPA, the Sixth Circuit reasoned, contemplates more affirmative steps, namely buying, renting or subscribing to audio-visual content. As a result, merely signing up for fan content offered through a league or website newsletter would fall short. But in a case involving the NBA as a defendant, the Second Circuit found a user who subscribes to an newsletter can be a consumer within the meaning of the VPPA based on the language of the statute. The NBA is a key player in how VPPA litigation will play out. The league petitioned the Supreme Court earlier this year to review its VPPA litigation, urging the justices to consider the presence of conflicting case law among the federal circuits on VPPA and the potentially far-reaching consequences of liability for websites that use cookies. The petition is currently pending before the Court. Best of Sign up for Sportico's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Washington Post
07-06-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here's how
A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century. In short, schools can now directly pay players through licensing deals — a concept that goes against the foundation of amateurism that college sports was built upon.
