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Oct 31, 2025, 07:21 PM ET

OKLAHOMA CITY — Police on Friday were investigating a burglary at a home reported to belong to the Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander that happened while the NBA’s reigning MVP was playing a game the night before.

The Thunder referred questions to police in Nichols Hills, an enclave north of downtown Oklahoma City. Police would not confirm who lived in the house or say what might have been taken from it.

Officers responded to a report of a burglary at the home around 7:45 p.m. Thursday, when the Thunder were playing at home against the Washington Wizards. Local news stations in Oklahoma City showed police at the home.

“The suspects fled the area prior to police arrival,” police said in a statement. “While no arrests have been made, there is no reason to believe the public is in any danger.”

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The break-in mirrored a slew of burglaries at the homes of well-known professional athletes across the U.S. in recent months. The players have been targeted because of the high-end products believed to be in their homes.

Athletes whose homes have been burglarized include the NFL’s Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow, the NBA’s Luka Doncic and the NHL’s Evgeni Malkin.

Law enforcement officials have previously warned sports leagues that thieves have been striking on game days when they knew the players would not be home, often smashing through rear windows.

The NBA sent a memo to teams in November 2024 urging vigilance when it comes to home security. Among its recommendations, the league suggests players: Install updated alarm systems with cameras and utilize them whenever leaving the home, keep valuables in locked and secured safes, remove online real estate listings that may show interior photos of a home, utilize protective guard services during extended trips away from home and even have dogs assist with home protection.

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Tyler Breeze believes one of his most popular gimmicks was killed by accident.

Prince Pretty was recently a guest on In The Weeds podcast. Among other things, he told the origin story of the Fashion Files skits with his former partner Fandango, that became widely popular at one point before being pulled off the air abruptly.

According to the former NXT star, the gimmick was not something that was pitched by writers. The whole thing was born out of the duo’s desire to do something to get back on TV. They used spare cameras available in the social media department to film some early vignettes they released online.

Fandango and Breeze got their wish as the duo were put back on SmackDown when the skits went viral. Though, despite the big numbers on social media, Vince McMahon was seemingly never a fan of the whole thing:

“To this day, I think it got cancelled by accident because there was a pay-per-view coming up, and we werenâ€t booked on it, but they had a Fashion Files. So Vince said, ‘Why do we have one?

Like, why are we doing this? Because they donâ€t have a match on the pay-per-view, so why are we doing it?—

That Was The End Of It: Tyler Breeze

Tyler Breeze explained that it was the SmackDown head writer at the time who put them on the show. McMahon originally questioned their presence on the episode, but decided to keep the skits going upon learning that it was their best-performing social media video of the week.

After the incident of the PPV, however, the members of the creative team freaked out. They misinterpreted the boss’ directions and killed the whole thing:

“And I think all the writers freaked out, and they went, oh God, he hates it. Never do it again. Then we never did another one after that. And that was the end of it.

And I was pretty sure it was just a mistake. Iâ€m pretty sure he just said donâ€t do it before a pay-per-view where theyâ€re not wrestling.”

Overall, the Fashion Police gimmick lasted about eight months before being retired quietly. You can check out their first SmackDown vignette below:

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Away fans will not be allowed to attend next month’s Europa League match in Birmingham between Aston Villa and Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv

The chief constable of West Midlands Police says the force “hasn’t failed anybody” as he defended the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from next month’s fixture with Aston Villa.

An announcement by Birmingham’s Safety Advisory Group (SAG) to stop travelling fans attending the Europa League fixture on 6 November on safety grounds was widely condemned by politicians including the prime minister.

The government said it would fund any necessary policing operation to allow Maccabi’s fans to attend, before the Israeli club said it would decline their ticket allocation anyway because of a “toxic atmosphere”.

But Chief Constable Craig Guildford said on Wednesday he respected the decision, which was based on intelligence, and said: “Birmingham hasn’t failed anybody and neither has West Midlands Police.”

Birmingham’s SAG, which is the body responsible for issuing safety certificates for matches and made up of police, Birmingham City Council, fire and ambulance services, informed Villa last week no travelling fans would be permitted at the match.

Craig Guildford is the chief constable of West Midlands Police

Mr Guildford said that despite “good support” from the government, officers had professionally considered the risk and provided advice.

“I’ve read some of the intelligence that’s been received and the assessment that’s been made,” he added. “It’s based on professional judgement.”

Risk assessments that led to the ban have not been made public, but The Guardian has claimed police concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club.

‘We never please everyone’

Mr Guildford added his force would “continue” to provide advice to the SAG and respect decisions made by the group.

“Decisions have to be respected if they are made,” he said.

“They are made with good, grounded understanding of the threat and what the risk is. Our job as the police is to try and keep everyone safe.”

Mr Guildford rejected suggestions that community confidence in the force had been impacted by the decision to ban away fans.

“We try our level best, from me all the way down in the organisation, to make sure we give the community confidence,” he said.

“We get lots of feedback around how reassuring our approach has been in certain communities. We will never, ever, please everyone.”

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Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv was filled with smoke before the scheduled kick-off

On Sunday, an Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was cancelled before kick-off on Sunday, after what police described as “public disorder and violent riots”.

Villa have now announced their ticketing policy for the match, insisting that only supporters with a purchase history prior to this season will be able to access a ticket.

The Israeli embassy in the UK said it was “deeply concerned by the hostility and incitement” that led to Maccabi withdrawing their away ticket allocation.

In a statement, Birmingham City Council said on Wednesday: “The Safety Advisory Group has provided advice to Aston Villa Football Club based on a risk assessment provided by West Midlands Police.

“If there is a change in the assessment of risk in the forthcoming match, then the Safety Advisory Group will commit to review its decision as appropriate.”

Police operationally independent

On Monday, Reform MP Danny Kruger said the government should overrule the ban using powers in the Police Act, rather than asking local authorities “politely if they’ll change their decision”.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said there was a long-standing principle that police were operationally independent.

Downing Street later said that the powers did not apply, and could only be used on “rare occasions” when a force could not function effectively.

Nandy said the risk assessment in the Aston Villa case was “based in no small part on the risk posed to those fans that are attending to support Maccabi Tel Aviv because they are Israeli and because they are Jewish”.

“Now, we should be appalled by that and never allow it to stand,” she added.

But Ayoub Khan, whose Birmingham Perry Barr constituency is home to the Villa Park Stadium, claimed there was a “deliberate disingenuous move by many to make this a matter of banning Jews”.

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Quinton “Rampage” Jackson/Facebook Raja Jackson

In August this year, viral footage was shared across social media showing MMA fighter, Raja Jackson – son of UFC legend “Rampage Jackson – brutally attacking a wrestler, later identified as indie wrestler Syko Stu, in the ring and continuing to pummel him long after he was clearly knocked out. Since then, Jackson has been arrested, and former WWE wrestler and lawyer David Otunga has reacted to the news and shared what options Jackson has now.

“I wasn’t surprised that this happened, I just was surprised that it took so long!” Otunga said during an appearance on the “Something To Wrestle” podcast with JBL, adding that Jackson was only arrested after 26 days. “The amount of people that were speculating why that was – myself included – I feel like the police had a hard time figuring out what exactly happened here. Was this a work, was this a shoot?” Otunga further emphasized that the usage of wrestling terms like “receipt” during the clip likely made it difficult for investigators to properly file it as a crime.

“If you watched the video and you saw what happened, you know there was a crime!” he noted, however. “So, I think it was more them trying to figure out what the exact crime was.” Otunga further expressed that he believes Jackson got the correct charge, and noted that attempted murder is more difficult to prove than the felony Jackson was charged with. “I think it’s in Raja’s best interest to try and get a plea deal, because his stream and his video? This is damning evidence. (…) I think that is gonna be a slam dunk for prosecutors.”

If you use any quotes from this article, please credit “Something To Wrestle” and provide a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

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