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From 2022 to mid-2025, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) received nearly 200 scam reports and over 10,000 business complaints related to online gambling and gaming. Some scam reports involved outright theft, while business complaints showed a pattern of unclear terms and consumer misunderstandings.

Whether in sports, business, or education, teamwork is the heartbeat of success. Too often, when we talk about building teams, the focus is on strategies, talent, or performance metrics.

The end of the First Called Special Session of 2025 is in sight, but the Texas Senate did its job by passing all 16 items on the Governor’s list. Unfortunately, House Democrats fled the state, leaving their duties, families, and constituents in the lurch.

Change is rarely comfortable. For some employees and athletes alike, it feels like an unwelcome disruption, no matter how well it’s explained or supported.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS With a quorum-breaking number of House Democrats still out of state, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gaveled the first special session to an end Aug. 15.

Retail businesses, beware: A new variation of the imposter scam is making the rounds, and it’s very convincing. This scam doesn’t rely on phishing emails or obvious threats.

I am incredibly proud and grateful. Throughout my career, I’ve been fortunate to work alongside outstanding people, and my time coaching in the UFL with the San Antonio Brahmas this last season as Special Teams and Tight Ends Coach has been no exception.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 of the more than 50 House Democrats who fled the state to break quorum and effectively halt the special session to prevent a mid-decade redistricting plan, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Consider the absurdity of how Democrats have chosen to spend your taxpayer money over the past four years: LGBT programs in the Western Balkans, teaching ‘environmentally friendly’ sex-ed to children, Iraqi Sesame Street, and strengthening voter ID in Haiti because apparently, voter ID is vital...

College athletics is no longer what it used to be, it’s now a full-fledged money game. Players are going to the highest bidder, whether through NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) deals, transfer incentives, or promises of exposure.