Trials
2024 US Olympic diving trials coming to Knoxville, Tennessee

Jan. 12, 2023 05:39 PM EST
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. diving trials for the 2024 Olympics will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee. USA Diving awarded the competition to the...

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara looks on during an NFL practice session at the London Irish rugby team training ground in Sunbury-on-Thames near London, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 ahead of the NFL game against Minnesota Vikings at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium on Sunday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Saints RB Kamara faces $10M lawsuit on top of felony charge

Oct. 15, 2022 12:48 PM EDT

Cleveland Browns new quarterback Deshaun Watson speaks during a news conference at the NFL football team's training facility, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
QB Watson's legal woes far from over as he reports to Browns

By Juan A. Lozano Apr. 20, 2022 04:50 PM EDT

No venue change for trial of ex-NFL star's killer

Jan. 31, 2022 07:58 PM EST
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge refused Monday to move the scheduled April retrial of the man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith in 2016...

Court: Killer of NFL's McKnight can't face 2nd murder trial

By Kevin Mcgill Dec. 16, 2021 07:07 PM EST
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who killed former NFL player Joe McKnight cannot be tried again on a murder charge, now that his conviction on the lesser charge of...

Miami Dolphins outside linebacker Duke Riley (45) grabs Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (22) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
QB Newton experiencing trials of playing behind shaky O-line

By Steve Reed Nov. 29, 2021 01:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2012, file photo, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith appears before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. A new retrial date of April 4 was set Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, for the man who killed ex-NFL star Will Smith in 2016 following a confrontation over a traffic crash in New Orleans. Cardell Hayes remains free on bond after his earlier manslaughter conviction in Smith’s death was overturned because the trial jury verdict was not unanimous. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
April retrial date for man who killed ex-Saints star Smith

By Kevin Mcgill Oct. 06, 2021 02:20 PM EDT

Ex-NRL star Jarryd Hayne found guilty of sexual assault

Mar. 22, 2021 03:42 AM EDT
SYDNEY (AP) — Ex-rugby league international Jarryd Hayne has been found guilty of the sexual assault of a woman in 2018. A District Court...

Lawsuit over Rams' move from St. Louis delayed to 2022

Mar. 11, 2021 12:13 PM EST
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge intends to push back until early 2022 the trial for St. Louis' lawsuit over the departure of the NFL's Rams to Los Angeles. ...

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, New York Jets running back Joe McKnight (25) during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams in St. Louis. The new trial for Ronald Gasser, convicted of manslaughter in 2018 by a jury vote of 10-2 in the 2016 shooting death of McKnight following a traffic dispute, cannot include a murder charge, a Louisiana judge ruled Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court held that Louisiana law allowing convictions on 10-2 or 11-1 votes is unconstitutional, which resulted in Gasser being granted a new trial. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)
New trial in ex-football hero's killing can't be for murder

Feb. 11, 2021 01:07 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2012, file photo, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith appears before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. The man convicted of killing former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith has asked for a new trial because the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that split verdicts are unconstitutional in state criminal cases. Appeal attorney Eric Santana filed a request Wednesday, April 22, 2020, asking for a new trial for Cardell Hayes based on the 6-3 decision handed down Monday, news outlets reported. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
New trial sought in Saints star's death over split verdict

Apr. 23, 2020 01:09 PM EDT

Woman blames daughter for beating grandma over game volume

Jul. 11, 2019 08:26 AM EDT
YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (AP) — A woman has asked a judge to dismiss charges that she beat her mother and shaved her head because she thought the older woman was listening to...

Trial set to begin for former Baltimore Ravens running back

Jun. 24, 2019 10:59 AM EDT
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — A trial begins Monday for the Baltimore Ravens' former starting running back Alex Collins on drug and weapons felony charges. ...

FILE - In this May 20, 2019 file photo Former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial in Vista, Calif. Prosecutors are expected to announce, Friday, June 14, whether they will retry Winslow Jr. on eight criminal charges left undecided by the jury that convicted the former NFL player of rape. Winslow was convicted Monday of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman and two counts of lewd conduct involving two other women. The jury deadlocked on remaining charges, including two counts of rape involving a hitchhiker and an unconscious teenage girl. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool,File)
The Latest: Ex-NFL player will face new rape trial

Jun. 14, 2019 02:25 PM EDT

Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II, standing, who was accused of committing several sex crimes against women in North County last year, including rape, answers a question from San Diego County Superior Court Vista Judge Blaine Bowman during a status hearing Friday, June 14, 2019 in Vista, Calif. (Howard Lipin/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Prosecutors to retry Kellen Winslow Jr. on rape charges

By Julie Watson Jun. 14, 2019 10:41 AM EDT

File - In this May 20, 2019, file photo, former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial in Vista, Calif. The former NFL star was convicted Monday, June 10, 2019, of raping 58-year-old homeless woman in San Diego County. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
The Latest: Mistrial on last counts in ex-NFL player trial

Jun. 11, 2019 02:40 PM EDT

File - In this May 20, 2019, file photo, former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial in Vista, Calif. The former NFL star was convicted Monday, June 10, 2019, of raping 58-year-old homeless woman in San Diego County. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Mistrial declared on remaining counts against ex-NFL player

By Julie Watson Jun. 11, 2019 01:01 AM EDT

Closing arguments given in rape trial of Kellen Winslow Jr.

Jun. 04, 2019 08:01 PM EDT
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys for former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. say five women who accused him of rape and lewd conduct invented the allegations to prey on...

Woman accused of beating mom over game volume to stand trial

May. 23, 2019 07:43 AM EDT
YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (AP) — A woman will stand trial on allegations she beat her mother and shaved her head because she thought the older woman was listening to the...

Former NFL player Cierre Wood, who along with his girlfriend is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 5-year-old daughter, La'Rayah Patra Nicole Lamont Davis, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Ex-NFL player faces trial in death of girlfriend's child

By Ken Ritter May. 22, 2019 03:55 PM EDT