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Nearly a decade after the wrestling world lost ECW legend Jonathan Rechner—better known as Balls Mahoney—his family is now facing a devastating crisis of their own. A GoFundMe page has been launched to help his longtime partner Gayle and their son Chris, who are on the brink of eviction from their home.
Mahoney, who passed away in April 2016, left behind more than a legacy in ECW, WWE, and the hardcore wrestling scene—he left behind a family thatâ€s still fighting to stay afloat.
According to the campaign description, Gayle has been raising their son Chris on her own ever since, all while battling a disability thatâ€s left her wheelchair-bound. Sheâ€s still fighting for disability benefits and now, with Chris in his senior year of high school, theyâ€re being forced to vacate their home with only days†notice.
“With no money to move and nowhere to go, Gayle and Chris are at risk of homelessness at a time when Chris is finishing his senior year and looking forward to graduation,†the description reads.
Chris, described as a top-of-his-class student preparing for college, is now staring down this crisis during what should be one of the most exciting times of his life. Gayleâ€s love for her son and her fight to provide stability hasnâ€t faltered—but the clock is ticking. The campaign is asking for $8,000 to help cover moving expenses and secure a new place to live. As of now, $6,000 has been raised.
“If you knew Jon, were touched by his career, or simply want to help a family in need, your support will make a real difference.â€
Whether youâ€re a die-hard ECW fan or just someone who believes in helping others when they need it most, nowâ€s the time to step up.
Do you have a favorite Balls Mahoney moment from ECW? Drop your memories in the comments—and if youâ€re able, consider sharing or donating to help his family through this heartbreaking situation.
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Steve Smith is an Australian international cricketer and former captain of Australia in all three formats. He is regarded as one of the best Test batsmen of his generation, having scored over 10,000 Test runs. He reached an ICC Test batting rating of 947, the second-highest of all time after Don Bradman’s 961, and was named ICC Men’s Test Player of the Decade for 2011–2020.
Smith has received numerous awards, including the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2015; ICC Test Player of the Year in 2015 and 2017; the Allan Border Medal in 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2023; Australian Test Player of the Year in 2015 and 2018; and Australian ODI Player of the Year in 2015 and 2021. He was also named one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 2016.
Smith has won the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, and the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup with the team. He also served as vice-captain of the Test team that won the 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship.
Who Are Steve Smith Parents?
Steve Smith was born to Peter Smith and Gillian Smith. His father, Peter, is Australian and has a degree in chemistry. His mother, Gillian, is originally from England.
Steve Smith was raised in a home owned by his parents, Peter and Gillian Smith, in Alfords Point, New South Wales. They bought the home in 1994 when Steve was five. The two-story residence has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a swimming pool, a double garage, and a self-contained studio. It sits on a 700 sqm block and includes a rumpus room, bar, formal dining and living spaces, ducted air-conditioning, and a level lawn suitable for backyard cricket. The property is located near Casuarina Oval, where Smith scored his first century as an under-10 player.
Steve Smith Father – Peter Smith
Steve Smith’s father is Peter Smith. He is Australian and has a background in chemistry.
Peter has been very helpful to Steve during difficult times in his career. For instance, Peter supported Steve and provided consolation and assurance during the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, which resulted in a 12-month ban from Cricket Australia. Reports noted that he even helped move Steve’s cricket kit into the garage after the suspension.
After Steve scored 144 runs off 219 balls in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 2019, rescuing Australia from 122 for 8, Peter rated the innings as one of his son’s best.
Steve Smith Mother – Gillian Smith
Steve Smith’s mother is Gillian Smith. She faced abuse from fans during an Ashes match at Lord’s in 2023. The crowd targeted members of the Australian touring party’s families, and Gillian had to leave the ground early after being harassed once they realized she was Australian. The incident prompted Cricket Australia to call for extra security for players’ families. The situation also upset an 11-year-old child of a team member, who was seen in tears and later surrounded by team members for support.
Does Steve Smith have a sister?
Steve Smith has a sister named Kristie Smith (sometimes spelled Christy). She lives in the UK and has a close relationship with him, with Steve even posting congratulatory messages about her wedding.
FAQs
Q. Why does Steve Smith wear black tape under his eyes?
A. When batting, Steve Smith wears “eye black” to enhance contrast and lessen glare from the sun or floodlights.
Q. Who is the mother of Steve Smith?
A. Steve Smith’s mother, Gillian Smith, is originally from England.
Q. What is the lineage of Steve Smith?
A. Steve Smith holds dual citizenship because his mother is English and his father is Australian.
Q. Why is Steve Smith referred to as “Smudge”?
A. “Smudge” is a common nickname for anyone with the surname Smith in Australia.
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Brian Barry-Murphy is sitting in his Cardiff City office after training on Thursday working out how to answer a question on his reputation for emotional intelligence. He tries to play it down when there’s a knock on the door. Calum Chambers, the former England centre-back, walks in, Barry-Murphy laughs and mentions that he’s been discussing the 30-year-old’s impressive array of former managers and how “intimidated” he feels.
Chambers’ club career took him through Southampton, Arsenal, loans at Middlesbrough and Fulham, then Aston Villa and now Cardiff. “I’ve told the roll call of Chambers’ managers: Pochettino, Wenger, Emery, Karanka, Scott Parker, Ranieri, Unai again. I’m intimidated!” Barry-Murphy lists. Chambers smiles. “It keeps getting better!” he replies, nodding to his current head coach. “He has to say that!” Barry-Murphy responds.
It’s an easy exchange between manager and player who clearly get on. It’s also a glimpse of the emotional intelligence that makes Barry-Murphy one of the most admired head coaches in the pyramid. He’s guided Cardiff to the top of League One with a big game at third-placed Stevenage on Tuesday.
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“If you look at Calum, he’s a case in point,” Barry-Murphy says about the importance of emotional intelligence. “He’s giving everything to the team every single day, and some days you play him and some days you don’t and you then have to imagine what it’s like to be in his shoes.”
Barry-Murphy has this natural empathy. As player-coach at Rochdale in 2017, he was one of the few allowed to visit his team-mate Joe Thompson in the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Thompson was battling cancer, managed to return to Rochdale where Barry-Murphy would regularly pop into the physios’ room to check how Thompson’s rehab was going. Thompson spoke at the time about how “very emotionally intelligent” Barry-Murphy was. Thompson tragically passed away this April, aged only 36.
“He was in the Christie,” Barry-Murphy recalls of his 2017 visit. “They had to essentially take away all the cancer and strip him back to his most vulnerable and weakest and then they could build him back up from that. An instinct told me I had to see him to make sure he knew we’d be behind him in his most difficult moment.
“You see how fragile life is and you learn to enjoy every part of this game because the game is so beautiful. I love football. I love what we do every day. It’s genuine privilege for us.” Barry-Murphy points to his wrist. “We wear the wristbands for Joe.” They were given by Thompson’s family to Rochdale, and carry the message: “Don’t live life to survive. Live life to thrive”.
Barry-Murphy lives life that way, seizing opportunity such as when there was early chatter about Cardiff. “Joe was pretty big on me taking this job, actually. He said to me, ‘Don’t stand still’. The more cancer came back to him, the more he kept talking about ‘there’s no time to stand still or to presume it’s going to last forever. So just keep pushing, keep doing different things’.”
Brian Barry-Murphy: A Profile
Born in Cork 47 years ago, Barry-Murphy always has done. “I love trying to prove you can do things that people think you can’t. I’ve always had a sense of trying to go against the grain or challenge the perceived path we should take. It goes back to our schooling. We grew up in Catholic Ireland. Even though there was a heavy sporting influence in our schools, you have to get a good education. Having a professional career is not going to happen for anybody. And if you do think it’s going to happen, you’re going to fall flat on your face.”
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But there were local inspirations like Roy Keane and Denis Irwin. “Those guys would have shown to us in our schooling days what is possible.” Barry-Murphy was at school with Ronan O’Gara, the Irish rugby great who’s now the head coach of La Rochelle. “We had an adventurous side to us. We always had a sense of trying to do things that seemed difficult.”
Barry-Murphy could have stayed in Cork and been a GAA star. His father Jimmy was a Gaelic legend. “Yeah, a huge figure,” Barry-Murphy reflects. “I was obsessed with my father. I watched every single game he played from the age of five, winning All-Ireland trophies, which would be like the FA Cup here.” His father proved a talented coach as well as player. “What I took from him a lot was – and maybe this is the reason for (his) emotional intelligence – is how he interacted with players, how he coached them and how he looked out for them. That’s big in GAA.”
But his father did cast a shadow. “When I was in Ireland, I was always known as ‘that guy’s son’. I’d hear people whispering. I was a much better hurler than I was footballer. But I started playing soccer – football.” Basically to be himself. “My father always told me to do whatever I want. When I came to the UK, it was almost an opportunity for me to step out of his shadow.”
He joined Preston in 1999. “David Moyes still played with us in the reserves sometimes. He was like a maniac, 24/7, driving a young group of lads to places that he believed we could go. He was inspiring.
“When I first went to Preston, I was very homesick, but I just had to get on with it back then. You don’t want to go back home because you’re going to be seen as a failure.” Such experience enhanced his emotional intelligence.
“When I was at Man City I saw quite clear comparisons between the way that Guardiola worked and David had worked. Completely different styles of play but they had the same values in terms of an obsessiveness and a very clear idea about the way they wanted to play.
“You hear loads about siege mentality in the dressing room and they were the same. ‘This is the way we’re going to train, we’re going to be so obsessed with it that by the time we come to the game we’re so clear in our minds that it liberates the players’.”
Barry-Murphy’s coaching journey began towards the end of his playing career at Rochdale, even learning from Pochettino in 2018. “We played Spurs in the Cup at Spotland and it was exceptional. Harry Kane came on and scored a penalty but we managed to get a late goal (through Steve Davies) and get a replay at Wembley. Fernando Llorente scored a hat-trick, we got hammered, but Pochettino gave me some interesting insight into the way he saw the game and that made me want to read the book.”
The book was “Brave New World: Inside Pochettino’s Spurs”, essentially a diary of the 2016/17 season but in reality more a guidebook to what makes Pochettino tick. “When I read the book, I thought how obsessive he was about improving players and trying to win games with understanding it wasn’t always possible. It made a lot of sense to me.” Pochettino’s obsessiveness extended to the precise measure of washing powder to be used for the first-team kit before games.
Barry-Murphy absorbed even more lessons during three successful years working with Cole Palmer, Liam Delap, Oscar Bobb, James McAtee and others with City’s Elite Development Squad. “All those are of the highest level skill-wise, it’s clear. If you look at someone like Oscar Bobb, what I saw was this real love of the game. All those players have it. When I watched Palmer for the first season, I couldn’t believe how much of a throwback he was to what I watched growing up with the great teams of Manchester United, Gazza, all those players. Cole reminded me of that. He was the kid just playing.
Barry-Murphy: ‘Morgan Rogers’ finishing was very poor’
“Pep and Txiki (Begiristain) were a big influence on reminding Cole about the things that they saw as most important for his development. That was teaching him to be very hard working and not to get carried away by being too expressive. He could do things that I’d never seen before. Same with Oscar Bobb and McAtee. You would see them in positions in between the lines. I said to McAtee one day about finding space and he said to me, ‘I don’t really need to find space. I want the (opposing) players to be closer to me so when they’re closer to me, I can find a team-mate who has more space to go and finish’. That is a different level!”
They all responded to the quality of City coaching. “If you look at that Man City Academy, Romeo (Lavia), Oscar Bobb, Liam Delap, Morgan Rogers, those kids are so switched on. Most of them, even Cole, know to get in that first team under Pep is going to be a pretty limited opportunity. So they want to know that wherever they go next, you (as their coach) are going to give them the chance to put themselves in a shop window or to improve.
“Morgan Rogers was a brilliant player, but his finishing was very poor. We could work on this and then if he genuinely believes that you’re saying that all for his benefit, you’re fine.
“For Liam, Pep was obsessed with him being calmer in front of goal because Liam has got the hardest shot you’ve ever seen. He has a shot like a rocket. What I saw from him was this ability to be quick as anyone when he runs in behind. For Liam, it was just about putting it together more consistently. I’m sure under Enzo (Maresca at Chelsea), he’ll fine-tune that.”
Working with Pep Guardiola was an education
“What I took more than anything else from Pep was the obsession with training. I learned the beauty of repetition and practice. The way Kevin De Bruyne makes the movement. The amount of the building blocks that go into that is insane. What I saw was this constant repetition, stripping it back. The pass would go to Riyad (Mahrez), Kevin would go towards Riyad, and then at the last moment when opponents were expecting him to take the ball to feet, he would dip and sprint for the endline. He makes it looks so simple.
“I just picked up so much from so many of those guys. Pep always said about remembering ‘where you come from’.
We’re going to play against Chelsea (in the League Cup next week) and Enzo’s like a really sophisticated Italian. I’m from Cork. I came from a GAA background, you play for the team where you come from, we represent the community. The beauty is in a group of lads coming together and having a common goal.”
He’s always promoted youth: Luke Matheson, Aaron Morley and Fabio Tavares at Rochdale. Six of his EDS players made their City first-team debuts in 2021/22. At Leicester City, where he worked with Ruud van Nistelrooy, as they slid towards relegation last season, Barry-Murphy felt there was hope for the future. “What I saw there was an academy chock full of young players who were of the highest potential.” Jeremy Monga, Jake Evans and Silko-Amari Thomas to name but a few.
Barry-Murphy enjoyed his time at Leicester despite descent towards the Championship. “It was such a brilliant experience for me, testing my way of working, but such a difficult time for Ruud and the club. You’d get heavily beaten and then you have to go again. It felt very difficult to break that cycle. The supporters felt very disillusioned.”
Rebuilding Cardiff City
He left and in June took over at Cardiff who’d dropped into League One. “Probably luckily for me that they got relegated. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have got the job. The reason the club appealed to me so much was because of its potential, and this band of young players who came through their academy together and were potentially able to be at first-team level.”
Youngsters like Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio, Cian Ashford, Rubin and Joel Colwill are all getting plenty of experience. “They have a deep feeling for the club. We played recently in the Vertu Trophy (the EFL Trophy against Arsenal Under-21s at Cardiff City Stadium) and we were in the dressing room afterwards. We’ve a young lad called Jack Sykes, 16-year-old striker (who came on). He was in a daze and I said to him, ‘you OK?’ He said, ‘Brian, I can’t believe I’ve played in this stadium for this club’.
“When we play at home, you see a lot of these players will walk around the pitch together. They’re all from the same academy teams. Then you’re looking to bring that together with the players from outside of the city. Callum Chambers, (Callum) Robinson and Chris Willock are coming from their own journeys. Chris Willock has been to Benfica and back.”
Barry-Murphy has tapped into local talent and also the local passion emanating from the fans’ forums. He was about to head off to another supporters’ club event. “All these fans’ forums in the valleys and Cwmbran and Barry Town and it just stretches miles,” he says. “I knew there was a huge fan base here but it’s way beyond what I expected. There’s a real passion for the club from within the city and a huge well of support outside. The potential for the club to grow is enormous.
“Our ambition is to get the team out of this division. And trying to do something special by doing it with so many players who’ve come through this academy.”
WWE
Natalya’s new character has excited many about what she can truly showcase to WWE fans, including Bully Ray, who has suggested she channel a family member’s persona.
A vignette from last week’s “WWE Raw,” featuring Natalya training with her friend and WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Maxxine Dupri, has sparked discussion about a potential matchup between the two. The segment prompted Ray to analyze Natalya’s new character on “Busted Open” and suggest that she should channel her grandfather, the late Stu Hart.
“I don’t know if you saw this in that first vignette. Who is Nattie Neidhart to Maxxine Dupri?” Ray asked. “Who is she really? What very specific person should Natty be morphing into? Stu Hart. Natty becomes Stu. And Stu was salty and mean and stretched you for no reason. But nobody ever said a bad word about Stu because he was doing it for the right reasons. He was doing it to tough you and toughen you up. To make you a warrior out there. That’s what Nattie needs to be. Nattie, at the end of the day, is truly salty about this wrestling business.”
Ray hopes that Natalya is allowed by WWE’s creative team to channel her inner aggression. Natalya, earlier this year, unveiled a unique character on the independent scene, known as “Nattie,” and many hope she can introduce it to WWE.Â
A recent report has disclosed that WWE is now keen to bring the Nattie character to WWE television, despite the promotion wanting to continue with her original character. The veteran star reportedly insisted that they allow her to portray this new, grittier character, which has been on display in NWA, Bloodsport, and AAA. Natalya hasn’t wrestled on WWE television for four months, with her last match coming against Becky Lynch for the Intercontinental Championship in August
Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio are already established stars in WWE, and now, another Mysterio family member might be on their way.
Hijo de Rey Misterio is scheduled to compete in a six-man tag team match at Lucha Libre AAA’s event in Hermosillo, Sonora, on Sunday, November 30. The show takes place at the Centro de Usos Múltiples (CUM) at 6:00 PM, featuring the Mexican promotion’s top talent in what promises to be a significant evening for lucha libre in the region. Hijo de Rey Misterio will team alongside Octagón Jr. and El Fiscal to face Histeria, Taurus, and Abismo Negro Jr. in the special match.
Hijo de Rey Misterio – the cousin of WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio – is on the lineup for tonight’s AAA show in Hermosillo, Sonora! 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/g3d9AmP8uD
— WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) December 1, 2025
He is the son of the legendary Rey Misterio Sr., making him a direct cousin of WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio Jr. This family connection has made him a notable figure in Mexican wrestling circles and has fueled speculation among fans regarding potential opportunities with WWE. The Rey Mysterio family name carries significant weight in professional wrestling, particularly given the prominence of his cousin in the industry and the influence the family has maintained in both Mexican and American promotions.
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The interest in Hijo de Rey Misterio comes at a time when WWE has demonstrated a growing commitment to Mexican wrestling talent. Both Rey Mysterio Jr. and his son, Dominik, have recently secured long-term agreements with WWE. Rey signed a three-year contract with the company, while Dominik signed a five-year deal. Dominik has become a major player in WWE programming as a member of The Judgment Day stable and currently holds both the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the AAA Mega Championship, making him the first wrestler to simultaneously hold titles in both promotions.
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The presence of Rey and Dominik in both WWE and AAA has created a unique opportunity for WWE to expand its reach into Mexican wrestling circles. Hijo de Rey Misterio’s continued appearances on major AAA cards serve to keep him in the conversation among wrestling insiders and WWE decision-makers alike.
Tonight’s event in Hermosillo will provide another platform for Hijo de Rey Misterio to showcase his abilities to both live audiences and those monitoring Mexican wrestling development. The appearance reinforces the growing significance of the Rey Mysterio family legacy in professional wrestling’s landscape.
Derek Shomon closer to family as White Sox hitting coach
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The Houston Rockets will be without Kevin Durant for their next two games.
Durant will miss Monday’s contest against the Phoenix Suns and Wednesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors due to a family matter, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Specifics of the family matter are not yet known.
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Presumably, Durant will rejoin the Rockets for the second half of their four-game road trip on Sunday. That marks the first of back-to-back contests against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
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Durant is in the midst of his first season with the Rockets this fall. He joined the franchise after a pair of rough campaigns with the Phoenix Suns after what was the largest trade in NBA history. He then signed a two-year, $90 million extension with the Rockets.
Durant has averaged 24.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game this season, his 18th in the league. He had 13 points and eight rebounds in Friday night’s 112-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets. Nikola Jokić dropped 34 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Nuggets to that narrow three-point win in the NBA Cup. It snapped a five-game win streak for Houston.
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The Rockets enter their road trip this week with a 10-4 record. Durant, along with Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson, will try to lead the franchise to a second straight playoff appearance this season — which is something the Rockets haven’t seen since the Mike D’Antoni head coaching era. D’Antoni’s final season with the team in 2020 was the last time they won a playoff series.
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Michael RothsteinNov 16, 2025, 07:00 AM ET
- Michael Rothstein, based in Atlanta, is a reporter on ESPN’s investigative and enterprise team. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein.
Testimony in the wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels underscores the difficulties team attorneys face convincing the jury they were unaware of addiction concerns before employee Eric Kay provided a fentanyl-laced pill that killed pitcher Tyler Skaggs in 2019.
The court case, now entering its sixth week, continues to focus on the team’s handling of Kay’s drug addiction treatment and whether officials did enough to protect Skaggs as Kay’s behavior became increasingly strange, causing Kay’s wife and some Angels employees to raise questions of drug abuse.
Kay was present in Skaggs’ hotel room the night he overdosed on alcohol and opioids, less than a month after Kay returned to work from a drug addiction treatment program. In Kay’s 2022 criminal trial, witnesses testified that Kay distributed pills to other players.
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The team doctor testified last week that he prescribed more than 600 opioid pills to Kay over several years before learning how addictive the pills could be.
Contradictory testimony by current and former Angels representatives has sharpened scrutiny about what the Angels knew — and whether officials relayed concerns about Kay to Major League Baseball. Among the trial’s key elements in the past two weeks:
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Deborah Johnston, the Angels vice president of human resources, testified Monday that the team worked with MLB to address Kay’s addiction, despite her own deposition and previous testimony by other Angels officials saying they had no knowledge of any such coordination.
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MLB sent a statement to ESPN denying any knowledge of or involvement in Kay’s treatment. In front of the judge after jurors left the courtroom on Wednesday, the Skaggs family attorneys accused Johnston of committing perjury, a serious allegation. Angels attorneys immediately denied the perjury accusation.
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Angels officials testified they believed Kay’s problems came from prescribed medication to address mental health issues, while clubhouse employees testified they either witnessed or believed Kay had a problem with drugs.
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Angels officials testified they believed Kay suffered from bipolar disorder even though Kay’s medical records when he entered rehabilitation in April 2019 showed no record of medication to treat bipolar disorder. Kay’s ex-wife, Camela, testified she was not aware of a bipolar diagnosis.
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The team doctor, Craig Milhouse, testified that he prescribed Kay 600 pills of the opioids Norco and Vicodin over a 44-month period between 2009 and 2013.
The crux of the case is whether the Angels knew Kay was abusing drugs and providing them to players, including Skaggs while working in his official capacity. Kay is serving 22 years in federal prison for providing the drug that killed Skaggs in a Texas hotel room on July 1, 2019. The team contends he and Skaggs were acting privately in their off time when the overdose occurred.
The plaintiffs claim the Angels put Skaggs in harm’s way by continuing to employ Kay when his behavior showed warning signs of drug abuse. Angels officials say they are not responsible for Skaggs’ death, were not aware of his drug use and that it was Skaggs’ reckless decision to mix alcohol with illicit drugs that killed him. Officials also testified they were not aware Kay was providing drugs to players when Skaggs died.
The Skaggs family is seeking $118 million in estimated lost wages, in addition to potential punitive damages.
Johnston testified last week that the franchise had worked with MLB to get Kay help for his drug addiction. It’s the first time an Angels official suggested MLB was informed of Kay’s problem — a major bone of contention on the question of team responsibility.
Johnston said that when the Angels investigate potential use of illegal substances on team property, one option is immediate termination, depending on the findings. “Another option is to work with MLB, as we did in this case, and with our physician, Dr. [Erik] Abell,” she stated. Abell was the team’s liaison with MLB for such issues.
Johnston also testified that Kay was drug-tested under MLB’s policies, not those of the Angels.
In a text-messaged statement to ESPN about the perjury accusation, Angels’ attorney Todd Theodora wrote: “The accusation that Ms. Johnston committed perjury is completely false and defamatory. Her testimony was truthful based on several text messages she was recently shown demonstrating that Dr. Abell was treating Eric Kay.”
He added that Johnston “did not make any statements about whether Dr. Abell reported this further to MLB.”
An MLB spokesperson denied the league knew of Kay’s drug use or was involved with Kay’s treatment.
In separate weekend comments to ESPN, Theodora and lead plaintiffs attorney Rusty Hardin argued about the perjury issue, with Theodora characterizing the absence of a ruling by the judge on the accusation as a win for his side, while Hardin insisted that no ruling means the issue remains alive — including plaintiffs’ efforts to get MLB testimony.
Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs overdosed and died in May 2019 after receiving drugs from then-employee Eric Kay. AP Photo/Pat Sullivan
California-based civil attorney Geoffrey Hickey told ESPN that perjury can only be proven if Johnston “willingly and knowingly” made a false statement under oath. Hickey said Hardin has a “good-faith argument,” but he doesn’t think Johnston’s statements rise to the level of perjury.
Johnston testified in a September pretrial deposition that no one had reported Kay’s drug use to MLB. She explained Monday she “learned additional information” about the Angels’ communications with MLB after giving her deposition. She said she couldn’t remember the exact document where she learned the information.
Kay’s immediate superior, Tim Mead, and the Angels’ traveling secretary, Tom Taylor, testified earlier in the trial that Abell worked with Kay but made no mention of reporting his case to MLB.
Team doctor Milhouse testified that he believed Abell, the team’s sports psychologist, was the liaison to MLB for such an issue. MLB documents state that player drug issues were subject to investigation and disciplinary follow-up by the office of the MLB commissioner.
While Angels officials testified they never saw Kay take illicit drugs, former clubhouse attendant Kris Constanti testified that Kay told him he was taking Norco. Another ex-clubhouse attendant, Vince Willet, testified he saw Kay crush and then snort a pill in the Angels’ clubhouse kitchen during spring training.
Former clubhouse manager Keith Tarter testified that he suspected Kay was using drugs and that Kay told him in 2019 he was concerned because his supply of Suboxone, a drug to treat opioid dependence, was running out. Tarter said he never saw Kay actually use drugs.
Milhouse testified he didn’t learn about the true addictive nature of opioids until 2014 or 2015. He stopped prescribing them for Kay in 2013.
Camela Kay testified that after her ex-husband had a breakdown at Yankees Stadium the same year, he stated in front of Taylor and Mead he was taking five Vicodin a day. Taylor denied it, and Mead said he didn’t recall the conversation. Milhouse also said that during 2009-2013, he typically only prescribed opioids on a short-term basis and that he had put other patients on similar treatment regimens and quantities as Kay. Milhouse testified that he considered the use of opioids five times a day to be an addiction.
The trial continues in Orange County Superior Court this week, with the witness schedule including Skaggs’ widow, Carli, and mother, Debbie Hetman.
Two jurors have already been excused — leaving two alternates for the remainder of the case, which is slated to go to the jury in mid-December.
Nov 15, 2025, 11:24 AM ET
Charlotte Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel got the chance to play in his hometown of Milwaukee for the first time in his young career, and he took the idea of a homecoming game quite literally.
The first-round draft pick invited the whole Hornets team over to his family’s home a night before facing the Bucks.
“Taking the [team] bus down my street, going home, that was weird,” Knueppel said before Friday night’s game. “And a bunch of NBA players in my house. It was a lot of big people, but my family enjoyed it. My brothers definitely enjoyed it.”
So excited to host the Hornets at our home in MKE! pic.twitter.com/btmkBHBpEz
— Chari Nordgaard Knueppel (@ChariNKnueppel) November 14, 2025
Knueppel is the oldest of five boys. Both of his parents played college basketball, so being around a team is nothing new for the family. However, Knueppel said at least one of his teammates had never had an experience like this.
“Mason [Plumlee], one of our vets, 35 [years old], year [13 in the NBA] for him. And he was like, ‘I’ve never done this before, never gone to a teammate’s house,'” Knueppel said. “So that was cool to hear him say that. It was a special hour and a half for us.”
Perhaps most importantly, the team impressed Mom.
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“They were such great guys,” said Knueppel’s mother, Chari. “They’re young, and they’re so good to my younger sons. … It was just a really great life experience, just a core memory.”
The game itself was special too. With nearly 2,000 friends and family in attendance, Kon Knueppel scored a career-high 32 points, but the Hornets lost to the Bucks 147-134 in overtime of an NBA Cup game.
Kylian Mbappe is a French forward who plays for Real Madrid and captains France. He started his senior career with Monaco in 2015 and won the Ligue 1 title in 2016–17. In 2017, he joined Paris Saint-Germain for €180 million, becoming the most expensive teenager ever. At PSG, he won six Ligue 1 titles and four Coupes de France titles and helped the club reach its first Champions League final in 2020. He finished as PSGâ€s all-time top goalscorer, third in assists, and became one of the top scorers in Ligue 1 history.
In 2024, he moved to Real Madrid on a free transfer. In his first months, he won the UeFA Super Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, scoring in both finals. He set the record for most goals by a Real Madrid player in a debut season and won the Pichichi Trophy along with his first european Golden Shoe.
Who are Kylian Mbappe Parents?
Kylian Mbappeâ€s parents are Wilfried Mbappe and Fayza Lamari.
His father, Wilfried Mbappe, is a football coach and agent of Cameroonian descent. He has also acted as Kylianâ€s agent.
His mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin and was a former handball player for France. She is the mother of three sons, “Jires Kembo ekoko, Kylian, and ethan.â€
Kylian Mbappe Father – Wilfried Mbappe
Wilfried Mbappe was born on 11 October 1970 in Douala, Cameroon. He later moved to France and became a French-Cameroonian citizen. He represents Kylian along with his former wife, Fayza Lamari.
He spent about 25 years at AS Bondy as a coach and later as a sporting director for age-group teams. After leaving AS Bondy, he shifted to being a full-time agent. He supported Kylian throughout his early career and managed his affairs before Kylian joined the WMe agency.
Wilfried has Cameroonian roots, and his family background includes Nigerian ancestry. He continues to support Kylian by attending major events and matches. His net worth is estimated at around $5 million.
Kylian Mbappe Mother – Fayza Lamari
Fayza Lamari was born in France in 1974 and grew up in Bondy after her Algerian Kabyle family moved there. She was an Algerian national handball player and later a media figure. She and Wilfried Mbappe married in 1997, raised Kylian and ethan together, and adopted Jires Kembo ekoko.
She represents Kylian in negotiations and is remembered for guiding him through the contract battle of 2021, when she reportedly helped him choose PSGâ€s record-breaking renewal rather than his long-planned move to Real Madrid. When journalist Frederic Hermel accused her son of breaking his word, she answered sharply online: “When you donâ€t know, keep your mouth shut… no agreement was ever reached.â€
Does Kylian Mbappe have a brother?
Kylian Mbappeâ€s brother is ethan Mbappe. He is eight years younger, plays as a midfielder, and currently plays for Lille after leaving PSG when his contract was not renewed.
ethan Mbappe was born in 2006 and grew up in the PSG academy. He plays mainly as a central midfielder and is known for calm play, quick passing, and good positioning. Coaches at PSG praised his attitude and football intelligence. He made his senior debut for PSG at age 16 in a league match against Metz. He played five games for PSG before leaving in 2024.
He joined Lille after PSG did not offer a new contract. His first season at Lille was affected by injuries, but he later returned and scored his first senior goal for the club with a late volley against Toulouse. He has spoken about wanting to face Kylian in a competitive match in the future. ethan is trying to build his own career and identity separate from his brother.
FAQs
Q. What is the origin of Mbappeâ€s parents?
A. Kylian Mbappeâ€s father, Wilfrid, is from Cameroon, from the island of Djebale, and his mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin.
Q. Are Mbappeâ€s parents still married?
A. Wilfrid Mbappé and Fayza Lamari entered a civil partnership in 2016, and they got officially separated in 2022.
Q. Does Mbappe have a disability?
A. Mbappe does not have a disability. The autism rumours came from multiple fake sources, which are not backed by any factual information.
Q. Is Mbappeâ€s brother adopted?
A. Mbappe has an adopted brother, named Jires Kembo ekoko, who was adopted when he was very young and grew up with Kylian and ethan.
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