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WATCH: Jets WR costs team touchdown with showboating

The New York Jets looked to break through a 0-0 stalemate against the Houston Texans on the first play in the second quarter of their ‘Thursday Night Football’ matchup.

Rookie wide receiver Malachi Corley took an end-around to the right side and appeared to score a touchdown. But the third-round pick dropped the football before crossing the plane of the end zone.

It rolled out of the back of the end zone.

By rule, this means it is considered a touchback and the Texans gain possession.

This would’ve been the first touchdown of Corley’s NFL career.

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His mistake ended the Jets’ best drive of the night. New York went 69 yards in six plays — boosted by a facemask penalty on Texans’ defensive lineman Folorunso Fatukasi — and looked poised to put points on the board. Instead, the teams remained tied early in the second quarter.

The Jets’ account on X, formerly Twitter, had to correct their post about Corley’s carry ending with a touchdown.

This happened to longtime NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson back in 2008. His would-be touchdown became a fumble because he dropped it before crossing the plane of the end zone.

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Catch of the year? Garrett Wilson has highlight-reel TD

The New York Jets scored a go-ahead touchdown on ‘Thursday Night Football’ against the Houston Texans with a 26-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Garrett Wilson.

The play was initially ruled out, as it appeared as if Wilson didn’t get two feet down in the end zone. However, after a replay review, Wilson’s knee came down on the white of the boundary, but not before his shin hit. Of course, in football parlance, one shin is equal to one knee, which equals two feet, which equals a touchdown.

After high-pointing the ball with one hand, Wilson got his left foot down and crucially his left shin before falling out of bounds.

The catch was even more impressive from the field level at game speed.

With an effort like that for the go-ahead touchdown in a must-win game at home, it’s an early candidate for catch of the year.

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George Washington’s sacred tradition, a gift to every president and all Americans

Approximately 227 years ago, in 1797, George Washington – our first U.S. president – also became the first U.S. president to voluntarily cede the presidency to his successor. At the time, this was unheard of. For much of human history, power transitions were messy, violent affairs.

The list of European wars of succession runs into the hundreds, with kings and emperors serving for life, only to have their heirs mire entire nations in bloody conflict. At the time Washington submitted his resignation, Bavaria and the entirety of Austria had only recently emerged from such wars.

A contemporaneous revolution in France was engulfed in terror and turmoil. Africa and Asia were plagued by near constant conflict. And five of the 10 deadliest wars in history were Chinese civil wars, claiming tens of millions of lives.

America had been founded, in part, as a rebuke to all that terror. The Founders rejected monarchy – the idea that God had anointed any man or a family by birth to rule by violence over others. They instead embraced a radical idea: people are endowed by their Creator with inherent, unassailable worth. That Creator has given them individual rights – among them ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ And government exists not to enforce the power of autocrats but to guard the rights of individuals. 

For the first time in history, a major power was formed on the idea that government exists ‘of, by, and for the people.’ Further, those intended to lead that government were simply stewards of the entities erected to protect the peoples’ sovereign rights. When representatives’ terms passed, they are not to appoint their heirs or cling violently to the wheel of state. They are to, like Washington’s spiritual predecessor Cincinnatus, lay down their swords and peacefully convey power to those who will then serve in their stead.

At least three times Washington had an opportunity to personally derail this project. During the revolution, he was granted nearly unlimited authorities – akin to those of the Roman dictators. Many suggested that once victorious he should ascend as king, a suggestion he firmly dismissed. Several years later, his soldiers and officers proposed a similar ascent to power only to be once again rejected. 

And finally, after the Congress that established our modern Constitution concluded in 1787 and the states subsequently ratified the document, Washington was the first (and last) man to take the presidency by unanimous consent in 1789. He set all the precedents of the office – including adopting humbler titles and dress then others suggested and dramatically limiting his own powers. Then after only eight years, he voluntarily (and to the surprise of all) decided to retire… setting a precedent of two-term presidencies that would endure until Franklin Roosevelt.

King George III, upon hearing of Washington’s plans to retire, reputedly said, ‘If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.’ He was. More than that, he became one of the greatest men in history. Founder of a nation. General of an army that won an unwinnable war. Unquestioned and universally admired civil leader. The one man in these new United States who could have pulled the fledgling republic together. 

And the one man, who through his restraint and civility cemented its grand traditions, allowed it to embark on history’s most important experiment in self-governance, and empowered it to blossom into the world’s most powerful country.

So admired was Washington that his farewell address, apart from the Bible, was the most popular book in America between 1797 and the Civil War.

When he retired, it was unthinkable that a man of such power would relinquish it for the good of others. But he did, and in so doing set a precedent that America and her leaders were forever committed to the peaceful transfer of office, limitations on the nation’s executive, and acceptance of the democratic process. Moreover, that single example and the radical growth, innovation and prosperity it unleashed revolutionized systems of government around the world. 

Today, U.S.-style representative government is more common than not. Peaceful transfer of power is more common than not. Billions now live empowered over, not crushed under, their leaders. And self-governed societies are typically richer, more beautiful and more powerful than their autocratic enemies. That is a human triumph. It is a spiritual one. It is also one for which our nation’s Founding Father deserves no small measure of praise.

The United States is now approaching its 250th anniversary. We transformed the world. We’ve gradually worked to address the evils and imperfections that remained once the initial revolution was complete. We remain the richest, most powerful, most pluralistic, and freest nation in history. We have been the ‘city on a hill’ our leaders so longed for us to be. 

With the help of our democratic allies, we slew the fascist and communist monsters of the 20th century and created a Pax Americana that helped lift billions out of poverty and made the post-WWII era (apart from the civil horrors of Stalin and Mao) history’s most peaceful. And in our 248th year, we will once again transfer power from one executive and Congress to another, I pray, with peace.

But we all feel the Republic is frayed. The constitutional limits laid out by the Founders and guarded by our forebears have been stretched and strained by those who, as Lincoln once articulated, ‘[thirst] and [burn] for distinction; and… will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves, or enslaving freemen.’ 

Our citizens are now more diverse and divided than ever. Our most recent decade has been pockmarked by violence, riots and turmoil. And our elections – so fundamental to the persistence of self-governance – are plagued by delays, disruptions and widespread questions of legitimacy.

Will we endure? In 2024, it is an open question. No democratic republic has persisted this long. We are in uncharted waters. And history has shown us that even those governmental systems most thoughtfully constructed – America’s first among them – rely on great leaders to eschew the temptations of power and embrace the humility of service.

As we approach the election of Washington’s 46th successor we’d all be wise to consult his farewell address. We’d be wise to be skeptical of power, to demand restraint from our leaders, to remind those who govern that they are servants not lords, and to demand integrity and civility of those from whom great office passes. We should insist on a government of rights not rule. And we should, as Washington so encouraged, ‘Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.’

Our elections are a sacred right and responsibility. Let’s approach the last poll before our quarter-century celebration with integrity, enthusiasm and reverence. Let’s pray those who emerge victorious do so with honor, humility and a deep dedication to the character and principles our founder so aspired to. Let’s hope they lead, like another world changer, ‘With malice toward none with charity for all.’ 

Let’s vow to treat our fellow citizens with love and respect when the election ends. And let’s hope those who hand over the reins of state do so in the grand tradition of a great man who showed us that true courage and character are shown not so much in claiming power but in gracefully letting it pass away.

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‘Apprentice’ alum joins Women for Trump, speaks out against ‘sad’ Harris-supporting contestants

One ‘Apprentice’ alum and attorney has joined the campaign for Donald Trump as some alumni of the reality show have publicly endorsed Kamala Harris ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election.

Erin Elmore appeared on season three of NBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ in 2006 and was ‘fired’ after nine episodes, but she says the experience was immeasurable in the impact both it and Trump have had on her career.

Elmore is one of the 11 ‘Apprentice’ contestants who recently penned a public letter in support of former President Trump’s re-election bid after another cohort publicly endorsed Vice President Harris.

Their letter read, ‘it is disappointing and shameful that these contestants would use the platform that Donald Trump gave them to attack him in this manner. Is this the thanks he gets for literally changing the trajectory of our lives?’ 

A letter obtained by Politico from six people formerly involved with ‘The Apprentice’ claimed that former President Trump is a ‘divisive, self-interested, and erratic leader with a fragile ego.’

Elmore wholeheartedly disagrees with the letter’s characterization, claiming in an interview with Fox News Digital that ‘every bit of success I have in this life and everything that I’m doing is because of Donald Trump.’

She joined the show in 2006 as a 26-year-old who had recently graduated law school and made it nearly all the way through season 3. 

‘Yes, I heard the words, ‘you’re fired.’ But I was rehired on the campaign many, many years later,’ said Elmore in an interview with Fox News Digital. ‘But before we get into that, you know, Donald Trump was someone that saw a young person who was ambitious; he gave me every opportunity in the world. After I left the show, he asked me, ‘what do you want to do?’ And I said, ‘I want to get into journalism.’ And he wrote me a letter of recommendation, handed me a folio with people that I could contact. He said, This is on you. This is your job to do it.’

‘And he wrote me a letter of recommendation, handed me a folio with people that I could contact. He said, ‘This is on you. This is your job to do it.’

— Erin Elmore

Elmore landed a job in news media after her time on the show in Jacksonville, Florida before going on to work at QVC. She says everything changed when Donald Trump first went down that escalator in 2015 and threw his hat in the ring for commander-in-chief.

‘I was there for about ten years and I was very comfortable,’ said Elmore to Fox News Digital. ‘I had gotten married. I had had a child. And by the way, in both of those monumental situations in my life, who did I get surprise phone calls from Donald Trump saying, ‘congratulations on your wedding. I heard you had a beautiful son. Congratulations.’ So our paths were always connected.’ 

‘But when he came down that golden escalator and said he was running for president, I called his personal assistant that I kept in touch with over those ten years. I said, ‘Rona, I am quitting my job. I have a six-month-old baby at home. I am going to dedicate my life to getting this man elected.’

Erin Elmore served as a deputy press secretary in 2016 for the RNC and as a Trump surrogate in the same cycle. She has stepped up again in 2024 for re-election efforts as part of the Women for Trump bus tour visiting swing states with figures like Lara Trump.

She says that she finds it ‘sad’ that other alumni from ‘The Apprentice’ haven’t seen the character she sees in former president Trump.

‘Not only were you exposed to the American platform, you had everyone in America watching you,’ said Elmore to Fox News Digital. ‘But Donald Trump gave us the opportunity to meet with titans of industry, business leaders, CEOs–the networking opportunities were absolutely to the moon.’

‘And I just don’t know how anyone could possibly say that they weren’t afforded every opportunity in the world. Yes, I approached Donald Trump after I was on the show and I said, ‘Would you write me a letter of recommendation? Would you help me with some job opportunities?’ But you know what? That’s how the world works. We have to pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and make ourselves successful. And the fact that these people can’t really see what the show has done for them is just sad and it speaks more about them than it does about us,’ added Elmore.

As for what’s in store after next week’s presidential election, Elmore says she plans to first focus on her family, including her son’s student council campaign.

‘We’re all scared. We’re all emotional. But to me, the most important thing is being a good wife and a mother,’ said Elmore. ‘And I’ve been in this game a long time and I know so many people want so many amazing things. I think what I’m going to do is I’m going to manage my son’s student council campaign, because I know exactly what to do in politics.’

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7 ways that Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol plans to change the coffee chain

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol shared more details about the company’s turnaround strategy during the company’s quarterly conference call on Wednesday.

For three straight quarters, Starbucks has reported declining sales. But the coffee chain is hoping that some easy tweaks to its U.S. business will pay off and help reverse the trend as it plots a more ambitious and comprehensive game plan.

Many of the coming changes are meant to help Starbucks achieve a smaller goal: delivering a customized drink to the customer in under four minutes. About half of current transactions are within that threshold, according to Niccol.

As Starbucks focuses on the turnaround, the company is also planning fewer new locations and renovations in fiscal 2025 to free up capital, CFO Rachel Ruggeri told investors on the call.

Shares of Starbucks were flat in trading Thursday after the company reported that its revenue fell for the third straight quarter.

Here’s how Niccol plans to help Starbucks’ sales rebound:

Starbucks customers have become used to walking into a cafe and seeing a counter crowded with mobile orders. Niccol wants to change that.

“When it works well, it’s great, but sometimes it can be a challenge for both customers and partners,” he told investors on the company’s conference call.

Mobile orders account for more than 30% of Starbucks’ U.S. transactions.

Niccol said Starbucks is working to improve the accuracy of the app’s timing, so customers know when their drinks are ready. Plus, he wants to better separate mobile order pickups from in-person ordering inside restaurants and curtail how much customers can customize their drinks.

“Right now, I think there’s some customization specifically in the mobile order app execution that’s just really wide and unnecessary,” Niccol told CNBC. “So I just think that we need to put better guardrails in place so that we get you access to customization that’s correct for the drink you’re ordering, and then also it allows our baristas to be more consistent with what they execute.”

The Starbucks menu will be getting a makeover.

Niccol said the coffee chain needs to focus on “fewer, better” offerings. Slimming down the menu will make it easier for baristas to make every drink consistently. It should also improve speed of service since they’ll have fewer drink recipes to remember.

“There’s always a long tail on the menu, and those items, frankly, we don’t execute all that great,” Niccol said, adding that baristas often take longer to make drinks that are unfamiliar.

Niccol said Starbucks would also be taking a look at the items that it wouldn’t have put on the menu if the four-minute standard was already in place.

While the changes may disappoint some customers, Niccol said he thinks that they’ll appreciate faster, more consistent service in the long run.

As part of Niccol’s “Back to Starbucks” plan, he wants the company’s locations to feel like “third places” for customers to work and socialize in outside of their homes and offices.

The coffee chain’s positioning as a “third place” helped it grow into a global behemoth, but somewhere along the way, it lost that reputation. Niccol said he wants to reintroduce more personal touches, like serving coffee in ceramic mugs to customers who choose to linger in cafes. Sharpies will also be making their triumphant return, after being supplanted by printed labels.

Starbucks is also reviewing its store designs, with a focus on bringing back more comfortable seating and amenities.

“The reality is the majority of what we have are these cafes that I think don’t have the right seats, potentially have the right texture, don’t have the right layers, don’t have the right warmth. We need to bring that back,” Niccol said.

In recent years, the company has rolled out more pickup-only locations, with little to no seating, particularly in urban areas. Niccol said even those cafes could be more welcoming to customers.

“I think there are design elements that can still bring forward this idea of a community coffeehouse, even in some of the executions that we’ve made that just don’t lend itself to putting the full, traditional coffeehouse experience,” he told CNBC.

In the early days of the Covid pandemic, Starbucks banished its condiment bars behind the counter. Since then, when customers want to add milk or sugar to their drinks — even a simple drip coffee — they have to ask baristas directly.

But that will change soon. Niccol said the condiment bars will reappear, freeing up more time for baristas and easing some customer headaches.

Starbucks has already been increasing the average number of hours that it schedules baristas. More shifts — and more consistent scheduling — have lowered the company’s turnover and helped overall retention.

But Niccol also wants to make sure that cafes are properly staffed, from the busy morning rush to “shoulder hours,” leading up to and away from peak times.

Since his first week on the job in early September, Niccol has said that he wants to revamp the company’s marketing. On Wednesday’s call, he said he wants its marketing to target a broader audience than Starbucks Rewards members and to showcase the quality of Starbucks coffee.

Customers can also expect to see fewer deals as part of the marketing shift. Niccol said discount-driven offers are “ineffective” and can overburden baristas.

Niccol comes from a marketing background and started his career at Procter & Gamble. He then moved to Yum Brands and worked in various marketing positions before ascending to lead Taco Bell. That marketing expertise was useful when he joined Chipotle and will likely also prove valuable at Starbucks. He’s already tapped a former Chipotle alum, Tressie Lieberman, as the new chief global brand officer of Starbucks.

After years of pleading from customers, Starbucks will finally drop the extra charge for its milk substitutes, starting Nov. 7. The change means some customers could save more than 10% on the cost of the drinks, according to the company.

More broadly, Starbucks isn’t planning to change North American prices through the next fiscal year, which ends around early October, in the hopes of improving consumers’ perception of its pricing.

Executives have pointed to pushback against higher prices as one reason why occasional customers have stopped visiting its locations as often.

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Biden-Harris administration failed to recoup $200B in fraudulent COVID loans, House committee says

A new report from the House of Representatives is accusing the Biden administration of failing to recover some $200 billion in fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans.

The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Roger Williams, R-Texas, has been conducting a years-long investigation into how the Small Business Administration (SBA) has handled the emergency financial aid programs that sprung up when state governments shut down businesses across the country during the pandemic.

‘In creating the COVID Lending Programs, Congress understood that the relief funds needed to be issued quickly to help businesses cope with the economic strain of the pandemic,’ a new report released by the committee said.

‘The rush to get pandemic relief funding out quickly resulted in shortcuts being taken to deliver aid quickly to small businesses in hopes of recouping improper disbursements on the back end.’

The report also accused the SBA of making ‘numerous decisions that decreased the likelihood’ the government would be able to recoup any money given under false pretenses.

‘In total, it is likely that $200 billion from the COVID Lending Programs were disbursed to fraudulent recipients,’ the report said.

Out of roughly $5.5 trillion Congress approved for aid during the pandemic, roughly $1.2 trillion went to the SBA.

It was largely disbursed by two major pieces of legislation, the CARES Act, signed by former President Trump, and the American Rescue Plan, signed by President Biden.

While making recommendations for reform across the entire COVID loan system, the report accused Democrats of devoting disproportionate attention to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which accounted for roughly $64 billion in fraudulent loans, rather than the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), which the report said saw $136 billion in fraud.

Written by staff for the committee’s Republican majority, the report acknowledged that the additional responsibility given by the Trump administration in 2020 strained its comparatively smaller federal agency infrastructure. 

‘In the days after Congress passed the initial COVID relief legislation, SBA employees worked night and day to craft the rules and policies for its new lending programs,’ the report said.

The SBA had already issued more money in the first 14 days of these programs than it had in the previous 14 years combined, the report said.

It said SBA staff ‘did a remarkable job’ setting them up, ‘but under the circumstances, these SBA employees did not have adequate support, staff, or time to design these programs to be fraud resistant.’

The report accused the Biden administration of not doing enough to put in anti-fraud guardrails and failing to recover the funds lost after taking over the White House in January 2021.

The report also knocked the previous Democratic majority Congress for focusing on PPP, while the ‘fraud rate’ for EIDL ‘was approximately four times higher.’

It accused Democrats of focusing on PPP because of the involvement of private sector partners.

‘It is likely that this misplaced focus by Congressional Democrats, and their surrogates in the media, obscured the realities of fraud in these programs, at least to some degree,’ the report said. ‘While there should be investigations to ensure private companies are following the rules, Members of Congress and their staff should be careful to direct their efforts toward oversight that is beneficial to the American people, and not just part of a broader messaging push against an emerging industry.’

Republicans noted that PPP needed ‘substantial changes’ to be made more effective and less vulnerable to fraud.

Fox News Digital reached out to the SBA and the House Small Business Committee’s Democratic minority for comment.

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Davante Adams returns, scores after being evaluated for concussion

The New York Jets were in a close game with the Houston Texans on ‘Thursday Night Football’. There was a fear they may have had to finish the game without one of their top receivers: Davante Adams.

The Jets were driving to close the third quarter when Adams produced a 17-yard gain on a critical fourth-and-1 from the Texans’ 48. He beat Houston’s Kamari Lassiter off the line of scrimmage and made it well past the first-down marker before cornerback Eric Murray forced him out of bounds.

But Adams was slow to get up after the play and later was evaluated for a concussion. He was seen on the game broadcast leaving the field and heading to the locker room.

Adams did return, however, taking the field in the fourth quarter with the Jets clinging to a 14-10 lead. And it was an emphatic return, Adams hauling in his first touchdown with the Jets to give the team a 21-10 lead with 2:56 to go.

Adams had six receptions for 54 yards on 10 targets when he left the game. That’s the most catches he’s had in a Jets uniform since a trade brought him to the Jets from Las Vegas.

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He finished with seven catches for 91 yards and the touchdown.

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Rams star wide receiver exits practice with knee injury

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua left Thursday’s practice early because of a knee injury, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

It’s not clear the severity of Nacua’s knee injury, but NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that Nacua should be OK and the injury isn’t considered major. Rams head coach Sean McVay is scheduled to speak to reporters during his weekly press conference on Friday.

Nacua’s battled knee injuries throughout this season. He originally suffered a knee injury in camp then aggravated it during the team’s Week 1 loss to the Detroit Lions. The Rams subsequently placed Nacua on injured reserve.

They activated Nacua before the team’s Week 8 game against the Minnesota Vikings. He produced a team-best seven catches and 106 receiving yards in a victory. The wideout has 11 catches and 141 receiving yards in two games this year.

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Nacua and teammate Cooper Kupp, the 2021 Offensive Player of the Year, have only played in two games together this season.

Nacua set the rookie single-season record for most receptions (105) and receiving yards (1,486) in 2023. The Rams drafted Nacua in the fifth round last year.

The Rams travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks on Sunday.

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Sportscaster Bob Costas retires from MLB play-by-play broadcasting

Costas, 72, confirmed to The Athletic that he’s retiring from MLB play-by-play broadcasting, a decision the Emmy award-winning sportscaster said he will expand upon at a later date.

He last called the American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals on TBS earlier this month, where the Yankees advanced in four games. Costas’ broadcasting performance drew some criticism on social media, with some lamenting his lack of enthusiasm and several muffed calls, but that reportedly had nothing to do with his retirement. According to The Athletic, Costas made the decision to step back from play-by-play ahead of the season to coincide with the end of his TNT Sports contract.

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Costas has served as an MLB play-by-play announcer for more than four decades. He first started calling baseball games in 1980 for NBC Sports, where he covered a variety of sporting events, from the Olympics to the NBA and the NFL until he departed the network in 2019. Costas joined MLB Network at its inception in 2009 and later joined TNT Sports in 2021.

Despite relinquishing play-by-play duties, Costas will continue on with MLB Network as a studio show analyst and will remain the voice of the Hall of Fame announcement.

Costas has provided many memorable calls across his play-by-play broadcasting career, including Yankees superstar Derek Jeter’s final home game at Yankee Stadium, where Jeter hit a RBI single to beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5: ‘A base hit to right! Here comes (Antoan) Richardson, they’re waving him home! The throw, it’s close but he scores! On a walk off hit by Derek Jeter!’

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Creditor in Shilo Sanders bankruptcy case seeks to subpoena Deion

A new court filing in the bankruptcy case of Colorado football player Shilo Sanders seeks to expand the investigation of his assets by seeking more information about them from his father Deion Sanders, his brother Shedeur, as well as the University of Colorado.

The filing comes from the attorneys of John Darjean, the man who is owed more than $11 million from Shilo Sanders. They say Shilo has “delayed and slow-rolled the production of documents” sought by the trustee in this case. So now they are asking a federal bankruptcy judge to allow them to issue subpoenas for more information from Shilo Sanders, Deion Sanders, Colorado’s coach, and Shedeur Sanders, Colorado’s quarterback.

“The Debtor has provided relatively little information to the Trustee, yet the Debtor has lived and continues to live a lavish lifestyle (including the recent purchase of a Tesla Cybertruck),” the filing states.

Filing says Deion Sanders has collected revenue for his son

Shilo Sanders, 24, filed for bankruptcy in October 2023 in an attempt to get out of the debt he owes Darjean, a former security guard at his school in Dallas. The debt stems from an incident in 2015, when Shilo was 15 years old and allegedly struck Darjean in the chest with his elbow when Darjean tried to confiscate his phone at school.

Deion and Shilo Sanders previously said Darjean was the aggressor, not Shilo, but Darjean won a $11.89 million court judgment against him after he sued Shilo and claimed he sustained permanent injuries from the incident.

Darjean is now fighting Shilo’s attempt to get out of the debt because he wants to collect on it. To support those efforts, he wants the judge to allow him to send subpoenas for information to Deion and Shedeur Sanders. He also seeks to issue subpoenas to the university and the 5430 Alliance, the collective that pays Colorado athletes for their names, images and likenesses (NIL).

“Darjean through counsel has received information that Deion Sanders and/or Shadeur Sanders have collected revenue for promotional appearances and/or NIL activities on account of or on behalf of the Debtor,” the filing states.

Shilo Sanders’ attorneys have disputed lack of cooperation

The university has declined comment on the matter and has said Shilo and Deion Sanders wouldn’t comment either.

An attorney for Shilo didn’t return a message seeking comment but has previously disputed allegations that Shilo has not cooperated in this proceeding. In August, Shilo’s attorneys said in a court filing that Shilo “has been forthcoming with information and has made his retained professionals, including multiple sets of attorneys, his accountant, and other professionals available to the Trustee.”

Shilo Sanders didn’t show up for the trial in Texas that led to the $11 million default judgment against him in 2022. But he did participate in the litigation before that, including testifying in a pretrial deposition and filing counter claims against Darjean. He is a graduate student and safety at Colorado who is playing his final year of college football with the Buffaloes (6-2).

Creditor wants to serve subpoenas to collect information

Darjean’s attorneys stated the bankruptcy case ‘really is a two-party dispute’ between Darjean and Shilo Sanders. They noted Shilo filed for bankruptcy amid efforts to collect on the debt and have accused him of ‘massive nondisclosure’ of his assets in this case.

“Cause exists to dismiss this case on account of the bad faith of the Debtor in the conduct of this case, and Darjean reserves all rights and remedies in that regard,” the filing states. “Until this case is dismissed, however, the Debtor and those involved with and/or acting in concert with the Debtor should provide the documents and information to which Darjean otherwise would be entitled to obtain had not the Debtor filed the case on the eve of the receivership hearing.”

The court filing requests that the court enter an order permitting Darjean to serve the third-party discovery and order each of the third parties to respond to it within 30 days. It says the production of such information is necessary to recover assets for the benefit of the bankruptcy estate. In bankruptcy law, it’s known as a Rule 2004 Examination.

“Deion Sanders and the Debtor have appeared together in documentaries, social media posts, and other events which are certain to have generated royalties or other income,” the filing states. “Deion Sanders either knows about the compensation received by the Debtor and/or possibly received himself the compensation earned by the Debtor.”

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