Jason Wolf
@tellwolf.bsky.social
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Sports features & investigations at The Arizona Republic & USA TODAY. Philly guy. Penn State grad.🏒🏈🏀⚾️🏟💰🧬🧠🗽⚖️❤️🥪📝🏅🚀 Encrypted email: [email protected]
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ESPN quoted a California-based lawyer who said the Phoenix #Suns may have broken the law by making employees sign arbitration agreements to keep their jobs.
 
But that’s perfectly legal in Arizona, three local labor & employment attorneys tell @azcentral.com
Phoenix Suns, Mercury made employees sign arbitration agreements to limit lawsuits
Dispute resolution policies are standard at large organizations and legal for Suns, Mercury to impose on employees, Arizona labor attorneys said.
www.azcentral.com
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I was a stand-on-the-couch, scream-at-the-TV, bleeding-green #Eagles fan, the kid who wore the “DALLAS SUCKS” T-shirt to gym class, figuratively raised in the 700 level at Veterans Stadium.

I was a Troy Vincent fan.

I’m still a Troy Vincent fan. 👏👏👏 www.azcentral.com/story/sports...
'We've got to be better than that': NFL updates criteria for Walter Payton Man of the Year
The NFL will require charities founded by WPMOY nominees to follow basic nonprofit laws after the last two winners and NFL VP's org were noncompliant.
www.azcentral.com
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GREAT SUCCESS! After 3+ years of my reporting on widespread waste & mismanagement, the NFL will require charities founded by Walter Payton Man of the Year nominees follow basic state & federal nonprofit laws.

Change comes after I told Troy Vincent the last 2 winners & his charity were noncompliant.
'We've got to be better than that': NFL updates criteria for Walter Payton Man of the Year
The NFL will require charities founded by WPMOY nominees to follow basic nonprofit laws after the last two winners and NFL VP's org were noncompliant.
www.azcentral.com
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Bri Dillingham hugged Cam Skattebo when #ASU won the Big 12.

“He was saying something along the lines of, ‘This is all because of (Kenny),” she told @azcentral.com.

“But I wanted to remind him that he was where he was too because of everything that he’s done.

“It takes a team.”
'It takes a team': Why Kenny Dillingham's wife, Bri, is key to Arizona State's success
Arizona State is ranked No. 11 in the nation, favored to win every game this season and repeat as Big 12 champions. Kenny Dillingham credits his wife.
www.azcentral.com
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Just unboxed this gorgeous piece of hardware. Pretty sweet!

The winning portfolio included my @azcentral.com investigations into:

• College football players caught human smuggling bit.ly/4mHGdmC

• NFL players’ charities bit.ly/45RwR28

• Little League bullying bit.ly/47rMZso
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FanDuel Sportsbook at Phoenix Suns arena to cease operations.

The retail location paid out more in winnings than was wagered in 4 of past 6 months for which data is available from AZ Dept of Gaming.

>99% of sports betting in the state happens online.
FanDuel Sportsbook at the Phoenix Suns arena will cease gaming operations
The FanDuel Sportsbook lounge inside PHX Arena will become a lounge and will cease sportsbook operations as of July 24.
www.azcentral.com
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What’s the categorically denied allegation of an affair between the Phoenix #Suns CEO & a #WNBA player even doing in a seemingly unrelated workplace discrimination lawsuit?

@azcentral.com puts the lurid accusation that gripped social media this week in context.
Phoenix Suns, Sophie Cunningham refute accusations about relationship with CEO
A lawsuit accuses Phoenix Suns CEO Josh Bartelstein of having a relationship with former Phoenix Mercury player Sophie Cunningham.
www.azcentral.com
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What’s the categorically denied allegation of an affair between the Phoenix #Suns CEO & a #WNBA player even doing in a seemingly unrelated workplace discrimination lawsuit?

@azcentral.com puts the lurid accusation that gripped social media this week in context.
Phoenix Suns, Sophie Cunningham refute accusations about relationship with CEO
A lawsuit accuses Phoenix Suns CEO Josh Bartelstein of having a relationship with former Phoenix Mercury player Sophie Cunningham.
www.azcentral.com
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On the podium with Sally Jenkins & Steve Politi!?

Thank you to the Society for Features Journalism for this tremendous honor & to @azcentral.com for the resources to produce some of the best sports journalism in America! 🧐🏆🎉

@sallyjenx.bsky.social @stevepoliti.bsky.social @wearesfj.bsky.social
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Thrilled to win the 2025 National Headliner Award for sports news writing for my work at @azcentral.com! The portfolio touched pro, college & youth sports & featured investigations into human smuggling, NFL players’ charities & Little League bullying. 🧐🏆🎉 www.headlinerawards.org/2025-print-p...
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This story about alleged migrant smuggling by Arizona Christian University football players just won 1st place for immigration & border reporting & 2nd place for sports reporting in the 2025 Best of the West contest. www.azcentral.com/story/sports...
‘Kind of like Uber’: Arizona Christian football players caught in migrant smuggling scheme
A Republic investigation revealed how college football players earned money ferrying migrants to Phoenix and why those arrested were not prosecuted.
www.azcentral.com
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“They don’t really balance the budget in a way that any normal person thinks they’re balancing the budget.”

Arizona State athletics “break even” with $50M+ subsidy from school in final year in Pac-12, a year after reporting record $27M operating deficit.
'Magic accountant's pen': Arizona State athletics break even with $50M subsidy from school
ASU athletics received more than $50 million from the school to balance the books in 2023-24 although it reported to the NCAA it broke even.
www.azcentral.com
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Lawyer for ex-ASU football player suing Cam Skattebo & ABOR for negligence, $300K+ said golf cart incident at practice caused laceration “all the way down to the bone” & ruptured elbow tendon that “required surgery & months of physical therapy” not paid by the school.
Cam Skattebo sued by former ASU teammate after golf cart incident leads to elbow surgery
Cam Skattebo allegedly jumped on the back of golf cart transporting two ASU football teammates, exceeding its weight limit and causing severe injury.
www.azcentral.com
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My investigation into human smuggling by football players at Arizona Christian University & lawmakers’ efforts to stop cartels from recruiting kids on social media has published as a special section in today’s print edition of @usatoday.com. www.azcentral.com/story/sports...
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*Checking with the Arizona State Registrar's office*
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Pac-12 teams won the Big Ten & Big 12.