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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., was excited about the start of the Portland Trail Blazers’ new season, but just one day after the team’s opener, it is mired in controversy after an FBI probe. Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard Damon Jones were among more than two dozen arrested as part of a widespread FBI investigation Thursday. Billups was allegedly involved in a nationwide poker ring involving members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families. Wyden, who loves the game of basketball having played at UC…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Details have emerged about the technology used to rig poker games in the illegal gambling scheme that allegedly included NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and retired NBA player Damon Jones. Documents released by the FBI allege the conspirators used a card-shuffling machine that used concealed technology to read the cards in the deck and predict which player at the table had the best hand, and relayed that information via interstate wires to an off-site operator. According to the documents, that operator allegedly communicated that information back to a…

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. A trove of Gene Hackman’s personal artworks and awards will be brought to auction in November, nine months after the late actor’s death.  Bonhams international auction house secured more than 400 items from Hackman’s estate, including his own drawings and cinematic memorabilia. The “deeply personal” collection also features a number of trophies, including Hackman’s best performance Golden Globe award for his role as an eccentric patriarch in “The Royal Tenenbaums.” GENE HACKMAN DEATH INVESTIGATION: NEW CLUES RAISE MORE QUESTIONS, EXPERTS SAY CELLPHONES MAY HOLD THE ANSWERS More than 400 items from late actor Gene Hackman’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kate Gosselin is preparing to spend Thanksgiving without her children.On Wednesday, Gosselin uploaded a TikTok video and explained that with most of her children away at college, her holiday will look a little different this year.”I just asked him what he wanted to do for Thanksgiving,” she said in the video, presumably referring to her reported boyfriend, longtime bodyguard Steve Neild. “Some of the kids have plans, we’re far away from home, don’t forget.” Kate Gosselin has eight kids: Cara, Mady, Collin, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Leah and Joel. (Donna Svennevik/Walt Disney Television…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Victoria Beckham was nearly forced to shut down her namesake fashion brand after falling victim to irresponsible spending that left her company “tens of millions in the red.”In Netflix’s new documentary, titled “Victoria Beckham,” the former Spice Girl — who, throughout the three-part series, gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to prepare for a show at Paris Fashion Week — got candid about leaning on her husband, David Beckham, for financial assistance in the early years of her company’s launch and detailed the “mind-blowing” decisions that nearly cost her…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice listed seven games that saw high-stakes wagers after non-public information was disclosed to gamblers.Terry Rozier, the DOJ says, was directly involved in one of them, while Damon Jones is said to have given information about two Los Angeles Lakers games when he was an assistant coach for the team.Rozier’s alleged involvement came through a game on March 23, 2023, when he told a childhood friend, Deniro Laster, that he would take himself out of a game early, citing an injury, so Laster could place wagers based on the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ESPN star Stephen A. Smith offered a warning about President Donald Trump after dozens of people, including three NBA figures, were arrested in a widespread FBI illegal gambling probe.Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and retired NBA player Damon Jones were among those arrested in the investigation that probed two separate alleged operations.Smith offered his opinion on the arrests on ESPN’s “First Take” Thursday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Isabelle Adora Tate, a 23-year-old actress on “9-1-1: Nashville,” has died. The Nashville-native died on Sunday, Fox News Digital confirmed.”Isabelle was full of fire, a fighter, never once making excuses for the fact that she might have a disability relative to others,” her obituary said. “She was also quite musically inclined, often spending hours writing and recording songs with friends and even publishing a few.”Her obituary added: “What she loved the most though was spending time with family and friends, always the life of the party. Her sister was her best friend and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Willie Robertson is keeping the faith — and his late father’s legacy — alive on screen.As “Duck Dynasty: The Revival” prepares for its second season, the Robertson family revealed that the premiere would feature a heartfelt tribute to their late patriarch, Phil Robertson, who died earlier this year.For Willie, the timing of his father’s death felt almost divine.‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STARS WILLIE AND KORIE ROBERTSON SHARE THE HARD-WON LESSONS OF DECADES-LONG MARRIAGE The “Duck Dynasty” family misses Phil Robertson, but Willie told Fox News Digital, “I think he was ready to roll, he’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A common vaccine could help to fight cancer, a new study suggests.For cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy, researchers found that receiving the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine within about 100 days of starting immune checkpoint therapy was associated with substantially better survival.Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center analyzed data from more than 1,000 cancer patients with Stage 3 and 4 non-small cell lung cancer and metastatic melanoma who were treated at MD Anderson from 2019 to 2023.5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GETTING YOUR FLU…