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FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James to the basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Los Angeles. So if Twitter is to be believed, LeBron James wants to leave the Lakers, Adam Schefter says Josh McDaniels is done as coach of the Raiders, and Connor McDavid has been traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the New York Islanders. Each of the tweets seen Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, about the above items normally would count as major news in the world of sports, but none was real. Instead, all came from fake accounts. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Fake LeBron, Schefter accounts among those tweeting non-news

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2022 07:33 PM EST

FILE - Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson throws a pass gainst the Pittsburgh Steelers during an NFL football game Dec. 5, 2021 in Pittsburgh. Jackson says on Twitter that he loves the Ravens amid uncertainty about his contract status beyond this year. Jackson said Wednesday, March 30, he didn't know who was putting out a “false narrative” that he was having thoughts about leaving. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
Lamar Jackson amid contract uncertainty: 'I love my Ravens'

Mar. 30, 2022 08:14 PM EDT

La. woman accused of defrauding NFL fund for ex-players

Jan. 20, 2022 07:31 PM EST
GRETNA, La. (AP) — A woman who had a son with former NFL defensive lineman Norman Hand was arrested Thursday on allegations of defrauding a healthcare fund for...

Ex-NFL player Bellamy gets 3 years for COVID relief fraud

Dec. 13, 2021 02:40 PM EST
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL player Josh Bellamy has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.2 million in...

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) reacts to a call in front of Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen (97) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Packers' Rodgers says he's been playing with fractured toe

By Steve Megargee Nov. 24, 2021 04:31 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2000, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tamarick Vanover, center, is guided towards a waiting car outside the Federal Courthouse in Kansas City, Mo. Former NFL players Clinton Portis, Tamarick Vanover and Robert McCune pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Cliff Schiappa, File)
Ex-NFL players plead guilty to health care fraud scheme

By Stephen Whyno Sep. 07, 2021 05:42 PM EDT

President Joe Biden, surrounded by members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, speaks during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, where the president honored the Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their Super Bowl LV victory. Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians, center, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, right, look on. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Tom Brady, champion Buccaneers visit Biden at White House

By Stephen Whyno Jul. 20, 2021 12:51 PM EDT

FILE - NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, right, presents the Super Bowl XV trophy to Oakland Raiders managing general partner Al Davis, left, as Raiders head coach Tom Flores, second from left, and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel look on after the Super Bowl in New Orleans, in this Jan. 25, 1981, file photo. When director Ken Rodgers decided to do a documentary looking back on the battles between late Raiders owner Al Davis and late NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle he decided he wanted to tell the stories from their perspectives. (AP Photo/File)
ESPN uses technology to bring Davis, Rozelle back to life

By Josh Dubow Feb. 03, 2021 02:37 AM EST