3943 stories by Philip Conneller
Can Arsenal Win the English Premier League? Real Deal or False Dawn?
Nine games into the Premier League season, and Arsenal sits on top of the league. Yes, Arsenal. This is not an illusion. The Gunners have been transformed by coach Mikel Arteta into a supreme modern soccer team: organized, exciting, packed with individual...
Steve Wynn Had No Obligation to Register as Chinese Agent, Court Rules
Steve Wynn does not have to register as a Chinese agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a federal judge in Washington ruled Wednesday. US District Judge James E. Boasberg made no determination about whether Wynn had illegally lobbied the Trump...
Alvin Chau Trial: Court Hears Suncity Marketed Illegal Multiplier Bets
Suncity’s marketing department was asked to promote under-the-table multiplier bets to VIP gamblers, a Macau courtroom heard Monday, as reported by Macau Business. That matters because Suncity’s former chairman and CEO, Alvin Chau, has denied his company had anything to do with...
How Many Goals Can Erling Haaland Score This EPL Season?
How many goals can Erling Haaland, Manchester City’s giant Norwegian beast of a striker, score this season? Haaland has been so prolific for City since his €60 million (US$58 million) move from Dortmund over the summer that people are calling him a...
Susie Zhao Murder: Jury Convicts ‘Killer, Liar, Pervert’ Jeffrey Morris
A jury in Oakland County, Mich. has found homeless sex offender Jeffrey Morris guilty of the horrific murder of professional poker player Susie “Susie Q” Zhao. The 30-year-old’s badly charred body was found in secluded parkland northwest of the city of Pontiac...
Aga Khan Dumps Bad Boy Jockey Who Elbowed Opponent Off Horse
One of French horse racing’s most successful jockeys, Christophe Soumillon, has been fired by the Aga Khan for elbowing a competitor from his horse. Soumillon was also banned from racing for six months because of the incident, which took place last Friday...
Steve Wynn RICO Lawsuit Scheduled For Federal Court Date
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a RICO lawsuit that accuses Steve Wynn, Wynn Resorts, and others of bribery and attempting to corrupt the judicial process through improper influence. Oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 6 in Pasedena, Calif., according...
China Court Convicts, Imprisons 36 Suncity Operatives
Thirty-six people connected to former junket giant Suncity have been sentenced to varying lengths of imprisonment by a court in Wenzhou, China, state-controlled media reports. The defendants were each accused of being part of a cross-border gambling syndicate overseen by Alvin Chau...
Indigenous Rights Group Wants Judge to Toss Hotel Casino’s Counterclaims in Racism Case
An Indigenous activist group has asked a federal judge in South Dakota to dismiss a hotel casino’s claims of trespass, nuisance, defamation, and civil conspiracy. The group, the NDN Collective, sued the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City and its owners, Connie...
Susie Zhao Murder Trial: Poker Player was ‘Schizophrenic,’ Court Hears
The trial of a transient sex offender accused of murdering professional poker player Susie “Susie Q” Zhao got underway Monday at the Oakland County Circuit Court in Michigan. Jeffrey Morris, 62, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder. Prosecutors say...
