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Texas Tech Students Might Have Gone Overboard Celebrating
Unlike Auburn fans, those supporting the Red Raiders had a pretty good reason to celebrate on Saturday night. Texas Tech converted its first men’s Final Four appearance in program history into its first NCAA Tournament final appearance. As a result students on campus gathered all around Lubbock and ...
Sixers Co-Owner: Robert Kraft Now Better Understands Racial Profiling After He Was Busted For Solicitation
At a sports business conference on Wednesday, Michael Rubin, a minority owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, was asked about Robert Kraft’s recent troubles with the law, given that the Patriots owner is a friend of his. In his response, Rubin reported that the incident has sparked a sudden sociopolitica...
Prosecutors Drop Extremely Bullshit-Smelling Charge Against Michael Bennett
Last March, Michael Bennett was indicted seemingly out of nowhere, on a felony charge of injury to the elderly. At an utterly bizarre press conference the next day, Houston’s chief of police called Bennett “morally bankrupt” and “morally corrupt,” and alleged that Bennett had shoved a 66-year-old pa...
Robert Kraft Has A Whole New Argument For Keeping His Massage Parlor Video Out Of The Public Record<em></em>
Robert Kraft really doesn’t want you seeing the tape of him recorded by authorities inside the Orchids of Asia Day Spa where, according to Jupiter police, he twice received sexual acts in return for money. Last week, his legal team tried arguing there were pieces of the state’s public record law tha...
Greg Schiano Abruptly Resigns From Patriots To "Spend More Time On My Faith And Family"
The Patriots will not be turned into Schiano Men. Former Buccaneers and Ohio State coach Greg Schiano, who had just been tabbed as New England’s defensive coordinator in February, announced his resignation today. The team hadn’t yet officially announced his hire, but he’s already gone....
Media To Robert Kraft: Florida's Sunshine Law Applies To You, Too
A group of media companies—mostly publishers of Florida-based newspapers, as well as a few national outlets—filed a motion on Tuesday to intervene in more than a dozen cases of soliciting prostitution, whose defendants include New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. The motion was necessary because...
Gronk Done
Rob Gronkowski, the lout to end all louts, announced his retirement from the NFL on Sunday. The Summer of Gronk will now be year-round. ...
Everyone Fell For Robert Kraft's "Apology" <em></em>
In a vague and carefully worded statement that sounds like a mea culpa but is decidedly not, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft today made his first public comments since he was charged last month with two counts of solicitation in connection with a prostitution sting in Florida....
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Robert Kraft Really Doesn't Want You Seeing Video Of Him Getting A Hand Job [Updated]
Florida—yes, that state that often feels as if it’s been included in America just for the jokes, which also might slide into the ocean, aka my home state—does get some things right. Historically, it has one of strongest public record laws in the country. Sure, the legislature loves to poke holes in ...
Report: Robert Kraft Can Get Solicitation Charges Dropped If He Admits He Would've Been Found Guilty In Trial
Florida prosecutors have offered to drop the solicitation charges against Patriots owner Robert Kraft on the condition that he admits he would’ve been found guilty of receiving sex acts had the case gone to trial, according to the Wall Street Journal. ...
Aaron Hernandez's Murder Conviction Has Been Reinstated
After Aaron Hernandez died by suicide in 2017, his 2015 conviction for the murder of Odin Lloyd was overturned. The verdict was vacated because of a Massachusetts law that abates convictions in cases where the defendant dies before having the opportunity to see out the appeals process. Today, the s...
Of Course The Founder Of Orchids Of Asia Watched The Super Bowl With Donald Trump
From the Miami Herald comes yet another very convincing piece of evidence that we are all existing in the dumbest possible timeline. Li Yang, the 45-year-old woman who founded the massage parlor where Patriots owner Robert Kraft is alleged to have solicited prostitution, watched this year’s Super B...
The Patriots Will Have To Navigate Robert Kraft's Mess Without Their "Character Coach"
The fallout from Robert Kraft’s solicitation charges has set the stage for a ham-handed response from the NFL, as well as fueled the larger conversation around sex work, but now it’s affected the team he owns, in that a guy whose contract expired had a strong opinion on what Kraft did....
The Patriots Will Have To Navigate Robert Kraft's Mess Without Their "Character Coach"
The fallout from Robert Kraft’s solicitation charges has set the stage for a ham-handed response from the NFL, as well as fueled the larger conversation around sex work, but now it’s affected the team he owns, in that a guy whose contract expired had a strong opinion on what Kraft did....
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Robert Kraft Went To Orchids Of Asia On The Morning Of The AFC Title Game [Updated]
The Palm Beach State Attorney’s office has released probable cause documents for the men charged in their bust on sex trafficking rings across South Florida. That group includes Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who, if you haven’t heard, is facing two charges of soliciting prostitution at the Orchids of...
Here's What To Expect Next In The Robert Kraft Case
Robert Kraft will be officially charged by prosecutors early next week, according to the Palm Beach County state attorney’s office....
Robert Kraft Donated $100,000 To A Massachusetts Anti-Sex Trafficking Group In 2015
Before he was charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution in Florida, Robert Kraft was just Robert Kraft. That is, he is one of the most powerful men in America’s richest professional sport and the owner of a team that has strung together arguably the greatest dynasty in that sport’s history,...
The Florida Massage Parlor Police Bust Goes Far Beyond Robert Kraft
Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been charged on two counts of soliciting prostitution in Florida, and his involvement in the scandal will be what carries the news. But it’s worth pointing out that the investigation that ensnared Kraft isn’t limited to only him, and the alleged crimes of those who ow...
I Can't Wait To See How Roger Goodell Screws This Up
By now you’ve surely seen or heard that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution, in connection with a bust on Florida massage parlors allegedly connected to human trafficking. As of this writing, a warrant has been issued for Kraft’s arrest...
The Spa Where Police Say Robert Kraft Solicited Prostitution Has Some Rough One-Star Reviews
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged earlier today with two counts of soliciting prostitution in Jupiter, Florida. According to Jupiter police, the solicitation happened at Orchids of Asia Day Spa, which was used for prostitution and human trafficking. Kraft was reportedly captured on...