Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, has turned himself in to local authorities after being charged with bank fraud.
The 39-year-old is reportedly in federal custody and is set to appear in court in Los Angeles at 1 p.m. PST. Authorities charged Mizuhara with federal bank fraud on Thursday, after he allegedly stole roughly $16 million in an attempt to cover his “insatiable” betting addiction.
Mizuhara reportedly made nearly 25 bets per day from December 2021 through January 2024, with an average wager of $12,600.
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After landing awkwardly on his wrist, Zion Williamson headed to the locker room in the second quarter of the New Orleans Pelicans‘ game against the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. And the apparent injury prompted a teaching moment for Charles Barkley.
As the NBA on TNT halftime show played video of Williamson’s fall, Barkley was visibly frustrated.
“Do not catch yourself, man. I hate when players do that,” Barkley said. “Fall on your ass or something.
Ippei Mizuhara surrendered to federal law enforcement Friday. The former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani is accused of stealing over $16 million from the Dodgers star.
William Arroyo, the main baseball agent for the Bad Bunny-led agency Rimas Sports, had his MLBPA certification revoked, sources told ESPN.
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Let’s grade Kentucky hiring Mark Pope as its new men’s basketball coach.
The standards at Kentucky are higher than just about anywhere else in men’s college basketball. Competing at the top of the SEC isn’t enough for the Wildcats — this is expected to be one of the premier programs in the sport year-in, year-out. There have been a few down season in Lexington over time, but rarely for a sustained stretch. A Kentucky head coach has to win big — and win big quickly — or risk getting run out of town.
Caitlin Clark fever is still alive and well and now it’s even giving an economic boost to local cities and their WNBA teams.
The Indiana Fever – which has the No. 1 draft pick in this year’s WNBA draft and is obviously expected to choose Clark, has already seen a tremendous increase in both single game and season ticket sales.
The home opener, taking place against the New York Liberty at Indiana’s Gainbridge Fieldhouse, is expected to be a 19,000 ticket sell out – with the cheapest ticket right now on StubHub going for at least $70 up in the nosebleeds.
Derek Zoolander would not appreciate this.
The Philadelphia 76ers honored legend Allen Iverson on Friday with a statue worthy of Derek Zoolander’s confusion.
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Dozens jockeyed for position to get a good photo of the new AI sculpture, which was required after it was apparent the bronze Iverson was roughly the size of a carnival teddy bear.
BATON ROUGE – Unapologetic and pointing fingers to the end, LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey gave an emotional and at times angry speech at her team’s postseason banquet Thursday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
“Look around this building,” Mulkey said. “Wow! That’s all I can tell you. This is why I came home. I came home to do good here. Not bad.
Last year around this time, we were all waiting to see where presumptive No. 1 overall draft pick Connor Bedard would wind up. Now, we’re waiting to see which team gets the opportunity to select this year’s presumptive No. 1 pick, Boston University’s Macklin Celebrini.
However, something a little bit interesting happened last night: Celebrini’s BU Terriers lost to Denver in overtime in their Frozen Four semi-final game in St. Paul, Minnesota on Thursday night.
As anticipation builds for Saturday’s UFC 300, the battle-scarred fighters all gathered on one stage Thursday, reminding fans that no one moves through this sport unscathed.