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The basketball world is buzzing with concerning news about one of its former stars. Lamar Odom, the 45-year-old ex-NBA player who once dominated courts and reality TV screens alike, now finds himself in a deeply troubling financial situation that has resulted in his eviction from a luxurious Los Angeles residence. The two-time NBA champion’s latest […]


The basketball world is buzzing with concerning news about one of its former stars. Lamar Odom, the 45-year-old ex-NBA player who once dominated courts and reality TV screens alike, now finds himself in a deeply troubling financial situation that has resulted in his eviction from a luxurious Los Angeles residence.
The two-time NBA champion’s latest chapter involves a staggering $45,000 in unpaid rent, legal battles, and questions about how even the most successful athletes can find themselves struggling with basic financial obligations. This isn’t just another celebrity money story – it’s a wake-up call about the harsh realities many former professional athletes face when the spotlight dims.
The breakdown of what actually happened
The situation began unraveling earlier this year when Odom’s landlord, Executive Recovery Group Inc., decided they’d had enough of waiting for payments. After months of silence from the former Lakers star, they took their grievances to court in March 2025, launching a lawsuit that would ultimately lead to his forced departure from the property.
Court documents reveal a troubling pattern of non-payment that started almost immediately after Odom signed his lease agreement in December 2024. The monthly rent obligation of $15,000 might seem manageable for someone with Odom’s career earnings, but reality painted a different picture entirely.
From January through March 2025, not a single rent payment was made. The landlord’s patience ran thin as multiple notices went unanswered, including a crucial three-day notice issued on March 11 that demanded immediate payment or face eviction proceedings. When Odom failed to respond to the lawsuit altogether, a judge ordered his removal from the premises by April 28, 2025.
Why former athletes struggle with money management
Odom’s predicament isn’t unique in the world of professional sports. Financial experts have long warned about the alarming rate at which former athletes encounter money troubles, despite earning millions during their playing careers. The statistics are sobering – studies suggest that a significant percentage of former NFL and NBA players face serious financial difficulties within years of retirement.
The psychology of sudden wealth plays a major role in these situations. When someone goes from modest beginnings to earning millions annually, the adjustment can be overwhelming. The pressure to maintain appearances, support extended family members, and continue living at the same level they enjoyed during their peak earning years creates a perfect storm for financial disaster.
Poor investment choices compound these problems. Without proper financial education or trustworthy advisors, many athletes fall victim to schemes, bad business ventures, or simply make uninformed decisions about their money. The transition from having team accountants and financial staff to managing personal finances independently can be jarring.
Lifestyle inflation represents another significant challenge. The expensive homes, luxury cars, designer clothing, and lavish entertainment that become normal during an athlete’s career don’t automatically disappear when the paychecks stop coming. Maintaining a $15,000-per-month rental commitment requires substantial ongoing income, something that might not be guaranteed for someone whose primary earning years are behind them.
The broader pattern of celebrity financial troubles
Odom‘s eviction saga fits into a larger narrative of celebrity financial struggles that have become increasingly public in recent years. Social media and modern reporting have made it harder for public figures to hide their money problems, creating a cycle where financial difficulties become public spectacles that can further damage earning potential.
The entertainment industry’s unpredictable nature means that even successful celebrities can experience dramatic income fluctuations. Unlike traditional careers with steady paychecks and predictable retirement plans, entertainment and sports careers often involve feast-or-famine cycles that make long-term financial planning challenging.
Public perception and earning potential become intertwined in ways that can create devastating feedback loops. When financial troubles become public knowledge, it can impact future earning opportunities, endorsement deals, and business ventures, making recovery even more difficult.
Recent controversies adding to the complexity
The eviction news comes at a particularly challenging time for Odom, who recently faced public embarrassment at a high-profile political event. His appearance at a black-tie dinner hosted by former President Donald Trump at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia resulted in an uncomfortable scene where attendees reportedly booed and chanted disapprovingly upon his arrival.
The intersection of celebrity and politics has become increasingly treacherous territory, where public figures risk alienating portions of their fan base regardless of their political associations. For someone already facing financial pressures, any damage to public image can have real economic consequences.
Social media amplification of these incidents means that embarrassing moments have longer lasting impacts than they might have had in previous decades. The combination of financial struggles and public humiliation creates additional stress that can impact decision-making and recovery efforts.
Lessons for current and future athletes
Odom’s situation serves as a crucial teaching moment for active and aspiring professional athletes. The importance of financial literacy education cannot be overstated, particularly for young people who suddenly find themselves earning substantial sums.
Professional financial management should be a priority from the very beginning of any high-earning career. This means working with certified financial planners, accountants, and investment advisors who have experience working with athletes and understand the unique challenges they face.
Emergency fund planning becomes even more critical for people whose careers can end suddenly due to injury or other circumstances. Having sufficient savings to maintain basic living expenses for extended periods can prevent situations like Odom’s eviction.
Lifestyle budgeting requires honest assessment of post-career earning potential and adjusting spending accordingly. The discipline to live below one’s means during peak earning years can provide crucial financial cushion for the future.
The story of Lamar Odom’s eviction ultimately represents more than just one person’s financial troubles – it’s a cautionary tale about the challenges of managing sudden wealth, the importance of financial education, and the harsh realities that await many professional athletes after their playing days end. As the sports world continues to grapple with these issues, Odom’s experience serves as both a warning and an opportunity for meaningful change in how athletes prepare for life after sports.
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Tarpley Earns CSC Academic All-America® Honors for Track & Field
Story Links KENOSHA – Carthage College women’s track and field student-athlete, Nicole Tarpley, has been named to this year’s 2024-2025 NCAA Division III College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team. Tarpley, a graduate student from Bloomingdale, Ill., studying education, earned this honor after a stellar season in the ring […]

KENOSHA – Carthage College women’s track and field student-athlete, Nicole Tarpley, has been named to this year’s 2024-2025 NCAA Division III College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team.
Tarpley, a graduate student from Bloomingdale, Ill., studying education, earned this honor after a stellar season in the ring and the classroom. Tarpley placed third in the discus throw and fourth in the hammer throw at the 2025 CCIW Outdoor Championships. At the 2025 CCIW Indoor Championships, Tarpley took first place in the weight throw. On the national level, Tarpley competed at both the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Tarpley earned All-American honors at both championships. At the indoor championships, Tarpley placed eighth in the weight throw and 12th at the outdoor championships in the discus throw. Nationally, in the North Region, Tarpley had the fifth-best mark in the indoor weight throw, sixth in the outdoor discus throw, and fifth in the outdoor hammer throw.
To be considered for CSC Academic All-America Honors, individuals have to maintain a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at their institution. Nominated athletes must be ranked in the top 50 in the region in a single event (XC, indoor, or outdoor) and must be an individual performance, not a relay performance. Nominees must have completed one full calendar year at their institution and have reached sophomore athletic eligibility. Additionally, individuals must have been chosen for the CSC Academic All-District Team and advance to the national ballot. The CSC Academic All-America program is voted upon strictly by members of the College Sports Communicators Association.
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Barton Hall-of-Famer, Former Coach of the Year Named Nickerson Volleyball Coach – Ad Astra Radio
NICKERSON, Kan. – Trish Wade, a Barton Community College Hall of Fame inductee, four-time All-American, and 2011 1A Coach of the Year, has been hired by Nickerson High School as their new Head Volleyball Coach. Wade coached high school volleyball for 17 years at St. John, racking up over 420 career wins, coaching 10 state tournament […]

NICKERSON, Kan. – Trish Wade, a Barton Community College Hall of Fame inductee, four-time All-American, and 2011 1A Coach of the Year, has been hired by Nickerson High School as their new Head Volleyball Coach.
Wade coached high school volleyball for 17 years at St. John, racking up over 420 career wins, coaching 10 state tournament Final Fours, and four state championships. She has a track record of excellence going back to her playing days where she played volleyball and basketball at Barton Community College.
While with the Cougars, Wade played under legendary head coach Ray Bechard in 1985 and 1986, earning two All-American honors. She then moved on to play volleyball at Florida Southern where she also won all-conference and All-American honors. She was inducted to the Barton Community College Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
Trish Wade is also the mother of former St. John basketball star, former K-State basketball star, and current member of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers Dean Wade.

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Video: Watch how Intuit Dome is transformed into Intuit Beach
AVP, the biggest and longest-running professional volleyball league, hosted beach volleyball matches for the first time in an NBA arena this past weekend. Hosted at the Intuit Dome, crews were tasked with bringing 300 tons of sand from a quarry in Palm Springs, which is roughly 16 truck loads. AVP is looking for creative ways […]

AVP, the biggest and longest-running professional volleyball league, hosted beach volleyball matches for the first time in an NBA arena this past weekend.
Hosted at the Intuit Dome, crews were tasked with bringing 300 tons of sand from a quarry in Palm Springs, which is roughly 16 truck loads. AVP is looking for creative ways to attract a new audiences to the sport, often hosting their marquee volleyball events in unconventional locations.
Timelapse of Intuit Dome transforming into an indoor beach vollyball court. (Kelvin Kuo / Los Angeles Times)
A wooden sandbox was constructed to contain the prewashed sand and form a single court.
It took the crew, which consists of about 150 people for a change over a typical event at Intuit Dome, five hours after the conclusion of the event to ready the arena for Clippers season ticket-holders the following day.
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Air Force Academy Athletics
USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force men’s water polo team announced its 2025 schedule, highlighted by a pair of tournaments and as the host institution for the 2025 WCC Men’s Water Polo Championships. The Falcons host 13 home games, which is more than double the amount from the previous season. The Falcons open the […]

The Falcons open the season by hosting the Rare Air Challenge and the Rare Air Invite in back-to-back weekends. The Falcons open Aug. 29-31 as the host of the Rare Air Challenge, taking on Redlands, Mount St. Mary’s, Salem, Cal and Biola. Air Force then hosts the Rare Air Invite on Sept. 6-7, taking on McKendree, Cal State Fullerton, Augustana, Whittier and UC Merced.
After taking part in the Titan Invitational in Fullerton, Calif., Sept. 12-13, the Falcons head east to take on Service Academy rival Navy on Sept. 18. That weekend has Air Force at the Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa., Sept. 20-21, taking on LIU, Bucknell and Gannon.
Air Force follows with its WCC-opener on Oct. 2 at Pacific. The Falcons follow up at the Gary Troyer invite in Claremont/Pomona, Calif., on Oct. 4, with games against Chapman and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Air Force closes out the weekend with a game at Redlands on Oct. 5.
The Falcons return home to host Cal Baptist on Oct. 12. Air Force then plays WCC road games at LMU on Oct. 17 and Pepperdine on Oct. 19.
Air Force hits the road for the final time at Cal on Oct. 24, followed by three games at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament in San Jose/Santa Clara, Calif., from Oct. 25-26. The Falcons face UC Merced, Harvard and Pomona-Pitzer at the Fraser Memorial.
Air Force concludes the regular season with WCC home matches against San Jose State on Nov. 2 and Santa Clara Nov. 8.
The Falcons are the host school for the 2025 WCC Men’s Water Polo Championships, held Nov. 21-23 at the Cadet Natatorium.
Air Force Men’s Water Polo 2025 Schedule
Date/Opponent
Aug. 29 REDLANDS !
Aug. 29 MOUNT ST. MARY’S !
Aug. 30 SALEM !
Aug. 30 CAL !
Aug. 31 BIOLA !
Sept. 6 McKENDREE !
Sept. 6 CAL STATE FULLERTON !
Sept. 7 AUGUSTANA !
Sept. 7 WHITTIER !
Sept. 7 UC MERCED !
Sept. 12-13/TBA (Titan Invitational) #
Sept. 18 at Navy
Sept. 20 vs. LIU $
Sept. 20 at Bucknell $
Sept. 21 vs. Gannon $
Oct. 2 at Pacific*
Oct. 4 at Chapman %
Oct. 4 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps %
Oct. 5 at Redlands
Oct. 12 CAL BAPTIST*
Oct. 17 at LMU*
Oct. 19 at Pepperdine*
Oct. 24 at Cal
Oct. 25 vs. UC Merced^
Oct. 25 vs. Harvard^
Oct. 26 vs. Pomona-Pitzer^
Nov. 2 SAN JOSE STATE*
Nov. 8 SANTA CLARA*
Nov. 21-23/WCC Championships (@ USAFA)
Home matches in BOLD CAPS
! Rare Air Challenge – USAFA
@ Rare Air Invite – USAFA
# Titan Invitational – Fullerton, CA
$ Bucknell Invite – Lewisburg, PA
% Gary Troyer Tournament – Claremont/Orange, CA
^ Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament – San Jose/Santa Clara, CA
* Denotes West Coast Conference game
WCC Championships – USAFA
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ESPN Quietly Putting New Pro-Michelle Obama All-Women’s Digital Show On TV
When we questioned the upside of ESPN’s new all-women’s show, “Vibe Check,” featuring three mean girls known for their animosity toward Caitlin Clark, woke white knights in the media argued the network was burying the program on the Disney+ streaming service. “The show isn’t on ESPN. It’s on D+ which means the only people watching […]

When we questioned the upside of ESPN’s new all-women’s show, “Vibe Check,” featuring three mean girls known for their animosity toward Caitlin Clark, woke white knights in the media argued the network was burying the program on the Disney+ streaming service.
“The show isn’t on ESPN. It’s on D+ which means the only people watching it will have to purposefully go search for it and seek it out to watch it in their time,” said Ringer host Van Lathan in response to our article.
Lathan tried to argue that the program was merely accessory content and that ESPN wasn’t replacing current television programming for it. But that’s not true. Despite promoting the show as a Disney+ exclusive, the show also quietly airs daily on ESPN2.
It’s not just that ESPN is wasting valuable real estate on a show hosted by Elle Duncan, Chiney Ogwumike, and Andraya Carter. The network is also feeding sports fans content that has nothing to do with, well, sports.
Through two weeks, the cast’s most viral moment is a segment in which Duncan fawned over former first lady Michelle Obama with guest Robin Roberts. According to Duncan, “everybody” loves Michelle and is a dream guest for the new show.
Of course, not everybody loves Michelle Obama. She’s actually quite polarizing. She’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars, has never held a real job, and is launching a podcast where she endlessly complains about her life, America, and her (seemingly estranged) husband.
But that’s not the point. The point is that ESPN has a publicly-acknowledged “ban on politics” policy, yet actively promotes a show that violates said policy.
Viewers don’t tune into ESPN to hear about the Obamas. Or to see one of the hosts prancing around the set like a drunken college student and doing pushups mid-segment:
Cringe.
And while viewers can – and will – turn the channel when “Vibe Check” airs, it’s frustrating to talents internally that the network chose to promote this specific project.
ESPN2 used to be a minor league system for growing and developing future hosts. Names like Mike Greenberg, Stephen A. Smith, and Max Kellerman started on ESPN2 before moving to the main channel. However, instead of trying to find the next Stephen A., Greenberg, or McAfee, the network is wasting time slots and resources on a preachy, finger-wagging all-women’s show.
As a factual matter, the vast majority of ESPN viewers are males. Historically, male viewers are drawn to former players they rooted for on the field or guys they’d want to watch a game with, such as Chris Berman, Scott Van Pelt, and Stuart Scott.
And yet, ESPN opted to build a show around hosts known for protesting GOP legislation, advocating for abortion, smearing little girls who wear Caitlin Clark jerseys, and praising Lia Thomas during Women’s History Month.
In all likelihood, the show will fail and ultimately worsen the perception of women in sports. Talented female broadcasters like Charissa Thompson, Erin Andrews, Laura Rutledge, Sage Steele, Michele Tafoya, Jane Slater, Katie George, Kay Adams, and Ashley Brewer will suffer because these pinheads are singing songs, dancing, and talking politics on ESPN.
The only people who will benefit from this project are the male executives who greenlit the program to advance their own careers. The “I am the guy who launched the first all-women’s show at ESPN” label holds great value within Disney, no matter its success — or lack thereof.
Anyway, expect “Vibe Check” to soon make its way into the main ESPN lineup. Possible “Around the Horn” replacement?
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UTSA announces signing of Champions’ Jamarri Bowie – UTSA Athletics
SAN ANTONIO – UTSA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox announced on Tuesday that the Roadrunners will add another Greater San Antonio talent to next year’s roster, releasing the signing of Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School sprinter Jamarri Bowie, who is set to join the Roadrunners in 2025-26. “It’s an exciting opportunity to […]
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