Two Indianapolis Colts Players Suspended for the season by the NFL and released by the Colts for Betting on Games
Indianapolis Colts’ Isaiah Rodgers, Rashod Berry and free agent Demetrius Taylor have been suspended indefinitely for the 2023 NFL season for betting on games in the 2022 season. The NFL announced the official decision on Thursday afternoon and after the decision was announced the Colts tweeted that they have waived Defensive End Rashod Berry and Cornerback Isaiah Rodgers. “The integrity of the game is of the utmost importance. As an organization we will continue to educate our players, coaches, and staff on the policies in place and the significant consequences that may occur with violations,” said Colts General Manager Chris Ballard.
Rodgers was one of several players facing full-season 2023 suspensions as part of the league’s latest investigation into gambling allegations according to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones. The NFL announced last week that it planned on reinforcing its gambling policy to players. All rookies will now be required to attend mandatory education sessions and a group of league officials are making in-person visits to team facilities to clarify what activities are prohibited amid the rapid proliferation of sports gambling.
The six “key rules” of the gambling policy the league officials will emphasize are: 1. Don’t bet on the NFL. 2 Don’t gamble at your team facility, while traveling for a road game or staying at a team hotel. 3. Don’t have someone bet for you.4. Don’t share team “inside information.” 5. Don’t enter a sportsbook during the NFL playing season. 6.on’t play daily fantasy football.
The NFL has already suspended five additional players this offseason including Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams. Rodgers was among players implicated in an anticipated second wave of suspensions from the league. A fourth-year cornerback and kick returner for the Colts, Rodgers took “full responsibility” for his alleged gambling shortly afterward, apologizing via social media. Now he’s set to miss all of the 2023 season for what Sports Handle reported as “pervasive wagering activities.”
Southern Indiana Bobcats travel to Indy Bison Red for rematch
After a 20-0 loss on June 10, at Edgewood HS to the Indy Bison Red. The Southern Indiana Bobcats Semi Pro Football Team will get their rematch on Saturday Night at Noblesville HS at 7 pm as the travel to face the only team they will play twice in the regular season. The Bobcats have been off for two weeks after a June 17, forfeit win over the Columbus Bredren Knights who ceased operations earlier this season and a scheduled bye week June 24. The Bobcats are chomping the at the bit to get back on the field as they have scored 37 points this season and have given up 62 points. The Bison Red threw for three touchdowns in the last matchup and forced 2 turnovers. The Bobcat’s defense has been forcing turnovers all season and force three turnovers in the last meeting.
The Indy Bison Red are coming off 20-12 loss to the unbeaten Cincinnati Dukes last Saturday. On June 17, The Bison stomped the Lexington Bengals 76-0 only to have to forfeit the game due to an ineligible player. The Bison have a 40-6 win over the Kentucky Spartans and 20-8 loss to the Indiana Tornados making them 2-3 on the season. This will be a big Western Conference matchup for both teams as the Bison Red are 2-2 and Bobcats 1-2.
The Indiana Tornados are leading the Western Conference at 4-1 followed by the Kentuckiana Calvary at 3-1. The Bobcats are 2-2 followed by Indy Bison Red at 2-3. The Lexington Bengals is 1-3 and the Kentucky Spartans 0-4. In The Eastern Conference the Cincinnati Dukes and Columbus Gladiators are 5-0 and the Dukes and Gladiators will meet on Saturday Night for control of the Eastern Conference. The Northern Kentucky Wolfpack are 2-2 with the Dayton Seminoles and Columbus Bredren Knights both 0-4 and both teams ceasing operations for the rest of the season.
Indiana University Wrestlers Jacob Moran and Max Lacey to compete in the Central American and Carribean Games
Indiana Wrestling’s Jacob Moran and Indiana Olympic Regional Training Center/Indiana RTC’s Max Lacey are set to compete in the Central American and Caribbean Games on Saturday. The competition will take place in San Salvador, El Salvador. The entire wrestling portion of the games will be held on Saturday.
Moran will compete at 57 kg for Puerto Rico. Lacey will wrestle at 97 kg for Costa Rica. Other teams competing in the games include Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, The Bahamas and Venezuela. Moran joins Indiana alumni Nate Jackson and Luke Sheridan as recent Hoosiers who have made their national team roster.
Indiana University Swimming dominates at the Phillips 66 National Championships in Indianapolis
Lilly King and Josh Matheny punched their tickets to the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships on Wednesday and four swimmers with ties to the Indiana swimming and diving program finished top 10 in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Phillips 66 National Championships inside the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis. In the women’s event, King and Indiana Swim Club training partner Annie Lazor came in as the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively, after prelims. The 2020 Olympic medalists reached another podium together as King held off Virginia’s Kate Douglass with the second-fastest time of her career, a 2:20.95. Lazor took bronze in 2:25.86.
King will look to defend her 200 breast world crown after she became the first American swimmer to win a career treble of golds in the 50-100-200 of any stroke at the long course world championships a year ago in Budapest. She remains the second-fastest American ever in the event with her 2:19.92 at the Tokyo Olympics. Josh Matheny broke Cody Miller’s 200-meter breaststroke program record with a 2:08.32 swim to finish in second place in the men’s race. As the runner-up, he also clinched a spot in USA Swimming’s roster for World Championships, his first time making a senior roster for world championships. Matheny won the event at the 2019 World Junior Championships before joining Indiana in 2021. Moments before, teammate Jassen Yep set his second lifetime best of the day and won the B final to place ninth nationally.
King and Matheny join a growing list of Hoosiers qualified for the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships. Divers Andrew Capobianco, Jessica Parratto and Maxwell Weinrich will also represent Team USA. Mariah Denigan has clinched a spot on the USA Swimming Open Water National Team and associated head coach Cory Chitwood will serve as assistant coach for that discipline. Additionally, international swimmers Marwan Elkamash (Egypt), Tomer Frankel (Israel), Ching Hwee Gan (Singapore), Ahmed Hafnaoui (Tunisia) and Rafael Miroslaw (Germany) have all qualified for their respective national teams. The Phillips 66 National Championships continue through Saturday in Indianapolis as the Hoosiers look to add more cream and crimson to the Team USA roster. Through two days at the meet, Hoosiers have collected 14 personal bests and 26 Olympic Trial cuts.
Incoming Indiana University Freshman Sam Goin named 2023 Senior Wrestling All-American Incoming Hoosier wrestler Sam Goin was announced as a 2023 Senior All-American by Wrestling USA Magazine this week. Goin was one of 87 wrestlers across the nation picked to the Senior All-American team. He was the only Indiana native of the list, excluding two who were named honorable mentions.
The incoming freshman had a fantastic high school career including being a two-time individual IHSAA State Champion in 2022 and 2023 at 160 lbs. He was a four-time state placer, finishing in fourth and fifth place in 2020 and 2021 in addition to his individual state titles. His team, Crown Point, also won three team state titles in his four years there. His 39-2 senior season helped propel him to being the No. 56 overall rated prospect in the 2023 senior class and earned him the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.
15 Indiana University Baseball players are playing Summer Ball
A total of 15 student-athletes from the Indiana baseball program have headed to compete in summer collegiate baseball leagues. The Hoosiers will be represented in six different leagues on 11 different teams. Below is a list of which league and which team each will be playing with this summer.
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