Attention LaMelo Ball: only losers boast about avoiding diaper duty | Arwa Mahdawi

24 octobre 2026 à 08:00

The basketball star seems proud to leave the job to his partner. That’s so last century

Nobody can accuse the basketball star LaMelo Ball of being bad at his job. That said, the Minnesota Timberwolves point guard doesn’t seem to be a huge fan of dribbling.

Ball has a nine-month-old son, LaOne, with his partner Ana Montana (real name: Analicia Chaves) and is apparently uninterested in dealing with all the body fluids that come with a baby.

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist

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Gambling Hotline Ex-Director Stole $1.5M to Feed Betting Habit, Prosecutors Say

Par : Michael Levenson

21 octobre 2026 à 16:38

Philip L. Sullivan started running the Florida hotline in 2025, a year after he was accused of stealing from a previous employer. He was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

The Bay County Courthouse in Panama City, Fla., where Philip L. Sullivan was sentenced on Friday to nine years and 10 months in prison.

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Florida gambling helpline director sentenced to nearly 10 years over $1.4m theft to fund addiction

Par : Ramon Antonio Vargas

21 octobre 2026 à 05:00

Philip Sullivan, who sought to rebuild his life after gambling addiction, convicted of stealing from real-estate employer

A Florida man who stole more than $1m from his employer to bankroll a gambling problem – before becoming the director of his state’s gambling addiction helpline in trying to make amends – was recently sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.

Bay county, Florida, authorities charged Philip Sullivan in March 2024 with stealing $1.4m from the Panama City Beach real-estate company for which he was the chief financial officer, Royal American, as local news outlets WMBB and WJHG had previously reported.