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Raiders’ No 1 pick Mendoza lacks NFL traits, anonymous coach says
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Fernando Mendoza sky-rocketed to the top of every NFL pundit’s draft board during the course of the 2025 college football season as the Indiana Hoosiers standout won the Heisman Trophy and led the school to a national championship.
Mendoza’s status stayed clean as the Las Vegas Raiders selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft. He will be tasked with returning the franchise back to glory under head coach Klint Kubiak and veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins, who is set to serve as Mendoza’s mentor.
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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza runs through a drill during a rookie minicamp at Intermountain Health Performance Center in Henderson, Nev., on May 2, 2026. (Candice Ward/Imagn Images)
A detractor came out of the woodwork on Monday as an anonymous ACC coach told ESPN that he didn’t believe Mendoza had the “NFL traits.” The coach competed against Mendoza when the quarterback was tossing the pigskin around for the Cal Golden Bears.
“He’s a good decision-maker, but I don’t think he’s got the NFL traits,” the coach told ESPN. “They’re all back-shoulder (throws). That’s not working in the NFL. His receivers made plays to make him look better than he is. In the NFL, those throws are getting picked off.”
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza warms up during a rookie minicamp at Intermountain Health Performance Center in Henderson, Nev., on May 2, 2026. (Candice Ward/Imagn Images)
Mendoza showed grit and determination with some of the throws he made at Indiana. One that comes to mind is the game-winning touchdown pass to Omar Cooper Jr. against Penn State.
Cooper made the catch and an incredible toe-tap for the touchdown with 36 seconds left in the game, which kept Indiana’s dream season alive.
Raiders general manager John Spytek said last month he nixed any talk of trading the No. 1 pick because he was sure Mendoza would be their guy.
“I think any coach is excited to work with a big, athletic, talented thrower that is extremely smart and a very driven worker, and that’s been our experience with Fernando,” Spytek said. “That’s a great starting spot for any quarterback.”
It’s the heart that Mendoza showed throughout the season, including in the national title game against the Miami Hurricanes, that made him an attractive prospect for NFL teams.
Quarterback Fernando Mendoza, selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft by the Las Vegas Raiders, attends a news conference at the Raiders Headquarters in Henderson, Nev., on April 24, 2026. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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He had 3,535 passing yards and 41 touchdown passes in his lone season at Indiana.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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With the rise of prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, where is the line for taking a bet on disaster?
Is the rise of prediction markets unstoppable? Companies like Polymarket and Kalshi have boomed and so have the controversies that surround them. US Senators are now banned from using such sites, and a US soldier has been charged over bets placed on the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. How is it already changing our reality?
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Azzi Fudd questions WNBA refs before even playing a regular-season game as a Dallas Wings rookie
Azzi Fudd hasn’t even played a real WNBA game yet, and she’s already talking about the refs.
The No. 1 overall pick for the Dallas Wings expressed some concerns after Sunday’s preseason game against the Las Vegas Aces, when she was asked about adjusting to the physicality of the pro game.
“Honestly, I feel more confused. I thought you could be physical in the W, and anytime you touch someone, it’s a foul,” Fudd said. “I don’t know. I’m still figuring that out.”
Azzi Fudd poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected first overall by the Dallas Wings during the 2026 WNBA Draft at The Shed in New York City on April 13, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/Getty Images)
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As she spoke, her veteran teammates laughed, shook their heads and even patted the rookie on the shoulder. Wings forward Jessica Shepard joked that Fudd was still figuring out press conferences, too, because she “may get hit” with a fine.
To be fair to Fudd, she never actually went full scorched-earth on the officials. If anything, she sounded more surprised than anything else, trying to figure out how tightly games are being called compared to what she expected.
Still, this is the WNBA we’re talking about. And the league does not mess around when it comes to criticism of officiating.
Just ask Sophie Cunningham, who was fined three times in 2025 alone for her comments about refs — including one instance tied to a lighthearted TikTok where she was lip-syncing a Sabrina Carpenter song.
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But Fudd won’t face repercussions for this comment, a league source told Front Office Sports. Sounds like they chalked this one up to rookie growing pains, especially since it’s still the preseason, and she didn’t directly call anyone out.
Dallas Wings guard Azzi Fudd guards Indiana Fever guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough during the first half of a preseason game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 30, 2026. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
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Still, if you’re going to poke at the officiating, Fudd picked a good year to test the boundaries.
With the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement kicking in, the paychecks are a whole lot bigger now. Which means any potential fine probably won’t sting quite as much as it used to.
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Trellix discloses data breach after source code repository hack
Cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to “a portion” of its source code repository.
Trellix is a global cybersecurity company formed from the October 2021 merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye. It provides services to over 50,000 business and government customers worldwide, protecting more than 200 million endpoints.
According to an official statement updated on Monday, the company is now investigating the incident with the help of outside forensic experts.
At the moment, Trellix said it has yet to find evidence that the threat actors have exploited or altered the source code they accessed.
“Trellix recently identified unauthorized access to a portion of our source code repository. Upon learning of this matter, we immediately began working with leading forensic experts to resolve it,” Trellix says.
“We have also notified law enforcement. Based on our investigation to date, we have found no evidence that our source code release or distribution process was affected, or that our source code has been exploited.”
A Trellix spokesperson shared the same statement when BleepingComputer asked for more details about the breach, including when it was detected, whether the attackers had also stolen corporate or customer data, and whether they had sent a ransom demand.
While Trellix has yet to reply to a subsequent email requesting more information regarding this security incident, the company says in its official statement that it intends “to share further details as appropriate” after the investigation ends.
Trellix isn’t the first cybersecurity company whose systems were breached since the start of the year.
Application security company Checkmarx confirmed last week that the LAPSUS$ hacking group leaked data stolen from its private GitHub repository, while Cisco revealed last month that hackers breached its internal development environment and stole source code using credentials compromised in the recent Trivy supply chain attack.
Bug bounty platform HackerOne also notified hundreds of employees in March that their personal information had been stolen by attackers who hacked Navia, one of its U.S. benefits administrators.
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Amazon’s Duke deal hits immediate snag as Big Ten pushes back on Michigan game
It was announced last week by the Duke athletic department that Amazon would be the host for three non-conference basketball games next season for the Blue Devils’. But one of the matchups is already facing a roadblock.
In a historic move, Amazon is stepping into the college athletics space with a deal to broadcast games on its platform, with Duke serving as the centerpiece. The slate involving Duke includes matchups against UConn, Michigan and Gonzaga.
This deal, which was announced by Duke and Amazon, was supposed to be the start of a larger endeavor that would see Prime start finding different ways to stream college athletics. Think of it as an experiment for what the future might hold in the ever-changing landscape of television rights.
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But, there was a reported problem with the deal that arose just one day after the announcement was made by all parties involved, as Yahoo Sports first discussed.
The Big Ten, which Michigan is part of, has a very big problem with the agreement that ESPN and Duke signed to allow Amazon the rights to broadcast the game.
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Braylon Mullins of the UConn Huskies celebrates after making the game-winning three-point basket in the second half against the Duke Blue Devils in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2026. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
In order to get this deal with Amazon approved, Duke needed the ACC’s television rights holder ESPN to sign off on allowing the Blue Devils to broadcast games outside their network. To do this, there was essentially a trade-off between ESPN and Duke for future games.
“In exchange for the flexibility to participate in this Prime Video series of nonconference games, Duke has committed to participate in select additional ESPN owned and operated men’s basketball neutral-site events across the 2027-28 and 2028-29 seasons,” Duke said in a statement.
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The problem is that Michigan plays in the Big Ten, and the conference is under the impression that the nonconference game against Duke falls under their television agreement for the upcoming season. Think of it as a rotating series for television networks.
Last year, ESPN had the rights to broadcast the Michigan versus Duke contest from Washington, D.C., which ended with the Wolverines losing 68-63 in a highly contested matchup.
Duke guard Dame Sarr celebrates a basket against UConn during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Washington on March 29, 2026. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)
So, this year, with the Big Ten having a television rights agreement with FOX, the nonconference showdown would go to their side.
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This, obviously, is a key detail that Duke and Amazon knew ahead of their announcement, and it’s hard to keep something like this a secret in the television world.
Of all the issues this would create, one would think this part would be sorted out before an announcement of this magnitude was finalized. But, think again, because sources tell OutKick that the Big Ten was prepared to contest the announcement, which is the main reason why ESPN and Duke were quickly made aware of their agitation of Michigan’s game being included in the package.
Is New York City outside the Big Ten’s footprint?
This also comes down to regional territory in which the game takes place. There are clauses for these nonconference games that include which city inside an area that the contest takes place.
One of the reasons why Amazon is getting the rights to UConn centers around the game being played in Las Vegas, which is outside of the Huskies’ territory, along with the contest against Gonzaga being played in Detroit.
Madison Square Garden in New York City is shown before a game between the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild on Oct. 20, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
But the Big Ten considers New York City part of their regional footprint, so this is another reason why the conference feels as though they have the right to broadcast the game between Michigan and Duke.
What could happen next?
Well, ESPN, Duke and Amazon would write a six-figure check to the Big Ten, or FOX could just take over the television production of the game involving Michigan. This would only occur if the conference knew they had a strong leg to stand on in this potential fight.
If the Big Ten and FOX are under the impression that this year’s game falls under their purview, then this will be a pretty simple case.
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But, if Duke and Amazon decide this is not worth the hassle, both sides could theoretically find a replacement for the Wolverines.
Time will tell, but one would think this type of stuff should be handled before such a historic announcement.
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