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NCAA Bans 3 Players for Betting on Their Own Games

NCAA Boots 3 Players
Who Bet on Their Own Games

Sep 10, 2025 1:35 PM CDT

NCAA Boots 3 Players Who Bet on Their Own Games

2 basketball players 'manipulated performances' to ensure bets were won, NCAA says

(Newser) - Three Division I college basketball players have had their eligibility permanently revoked after the NCAA found that they bet on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State. The NCAA Committee on Infractions on Wednesday released findings from an enforcement investigation that uncovered violations by Mykell Robinson, Steven...

Professor Who Insulted
Barbara Bush Won't Be Fired

Apr 25, 2018 2:40 AM CDT

Professor Who Insulted Barbara Bush Won't Be Fired

Her remarks were free speech, Fresno State says

(Newser) - The conduct of a tenured professor who called Barbara Bush a "witch" and an "amazing racist" was "insensitive, inappropriate, and an embarrassment to the university," Fresno State president Joseph Castro said in a statement Tuesday. But he added that since Randa Jarrar was acting in a...

Professor Who
Decried 'Racist'
Barbara Bush
Gains Support

Apr 20, 2018 5:03 AM CDT

Professor Who Decried 'Racist' Barbara Bush Gains Support

Including from a Fresno State lecturer demoted for a tweet about Trump

(Newser) - Free speech activists are lending support to a Fresno State professor threatened with possible disciplinary measures after referring to Barbara Bush as an "amazing racist," who is "still fabulous, thanks for checking in." Randa Jarrar on Wednesday tweeted "love to all of you who have...

Grade Hackers Face Jail and $250K Fines

Nov 5, 2007 8:50 PM CST

Grade Hackers Face Jail and $250K Fines

Others cheated too; FBI, attorney general on the case

(Newser) - Two ex-undergrads at Fresno State U. have been charged with hacking the school's system to up their grades—and face up to 20 years in jail and $250,000 fines, Computerworld reports. John Escalera, who worked the computer help desk, reportedly hacked the Peoplesoft management system in 2004 to raise...

California Student Shoots Three in Video Game Row

May 8, 2007 4:44 PM CDT

California Student Shoots Three in Video Game Row

(Newser) - A California college student is under arrest after an argument over a video game console left one man dead and two others wounded. Jonquel Brooks opened fire late Monday night in a Fresno apartment building, after an argument over a Sony Playstation escalated. Brooks, on leave from Fresno State, turned...