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Ever since he transferred to the University of Oklahoma last winter, scrutiny has followed John Mateer for how the quarterback, rated one of the best in college football, would perform on the field. This week, Mateer has found himself under the spotlight for different reasons after screenshots from his personal Venmo account surfaced on social media showing two transactions labeled …

Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer called the descriptions of payments that reference sports betting on his Venmo account “inside jokes” and denied ever betting on college football or other sports in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. “The allegations that I once participated in sports gambling are false,” Mateer’s statement read. “My previous Venmo descriptions did not accurately portray the transactions in …

David PurdumAug 12, 2025, 11:27 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer, after screenshots of past references to “sports gambling” on his Venmo account surfaced online Monday, has denied to school officials ever being involved with gambling, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. School officials became aware of the matter …

Kim Kardashian‘s former friend Larsa Pippen has shut down plastic surgery rumors after she debuted a shocking transformation. The Real Housewives Of Miami star, 50, seemed puffier than usual during a segment of Good Night New York on Wednesday evening. Immediately, speculation began to swirl that she had gone under the knife and gotten work done to her face. But now, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. The move means that transgender service members will now be faced with the choice of either taking a lump-sum separation payment offered to …

Numerous studies indicate that the shift to AI search features and the use of AI chatbots are killing traffic to publishers’ sites. But Google on Wednesday denied that’s the case, at least in aggregate. Instead, the search giant says that total organic click volume from its search engine to websites has been “relatively stable” year-over-year and that average click quality …

NYC campaign finance board denies Mayor Eric Adams millions in matching funds  Politico NYC Mayor Adams denied $3M in matching funds as finance board calls his responses ‘misleading’  New York Daily News Campaign Finance Board Rejects Adams Bid for Matching Funds  THE CITY – NYC News Eric Adams denied campaign matching funds again as board claims lawbreaking  Crain’s New York Business Campaign finance dustup …

Payment provider Mastercard has denied forcing video game platforms such as Steam and Itch.io to restrict the sale of adult and NSFW content. Valve and Itch recently curtailed the sale of adult content and said they were acting at the behest of payment services. Indie marketplace Itch specifically claimed those companies had been targeted by a pressure group called Collective …

Judge Denies Bail to Man Accused of Driving Over Victim with Four Wheeler  Midcoast Villager Source link

avdyachenko Updated 16:50ET with statement from Amazon to TechCrunch denying Wondery closure as reported by Bloomberg. To address the lackluster success of its podcast business, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is splitting up its Wondery teams that oversee narrative podcast efforts from those Source link