Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22 million from team is suing FanDuel

A former financial manager for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars who stole $22 million from the team is suing FanDuel for $250 million, saying the betting company preyed on his gambling addiction.

Amit Patel, who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence in South Carolina, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in New York.

He claims FanDuel ignored its own responsible gambling and anti-money laundering protocols, knew Patel was an employee of the NFL team and therefore not eligible to gamble legally, and knew that the $20 million he wagered on years of daily fantasy sports contests was either stolen or not from a legitimate source.

Louisiana governor wants to revive tradition of having live tiger at LSU games

BATON ROUGE, La.>> Gov. Jeff Landry confirmed his support on Tuesday of restarting the tradition of bringing Louisiana State University’s live tiger mascot onto the football field ahead of home games.

It has been nearly a decade since a Bengal Tiger has been rolled out in a cage under the lights of Death Valley, LSU’s famed Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge where the school’s football team plays. University officials have not publicly said whether they will revive the tradition.

Gonzaga’s Few wins Wooden Legends of Coaching award

LOS ANGELES>> Mark Few of Gonzaga has been named the John R. Wooden Award Legends of Coaching winner. His selection was announced Tuesday at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

The award recognizes coaches who exemplify Wooden’s high standard of success and personal integrity. Honorees are selected based on character, success on the court, graduation rate of athletes in their basketball program and coaching philosophy.

Few will receive the award April 11 at the club. He owns the highest winning percentage of 83% among coaches in his 25 seasons at Gonzaga. His record is 715-143.

Sterling, Cohen, Caray are HOF Frick Award finalists

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. >> John Sterling, Gary Cohen and Skip Caray are among the finalists for the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting.

Caray, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Duane Kuiper and Ernie Johnson Sr. are holdovers from the 10-man ballot last year, when Boston Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione earned the honor.

Sterling, Caray, Rene Cardenas and Dave Sims were new this year after not appearing on last year’s ballot. The winner will be announced Dec. 11 at the winter meetings in Dallas.

Schmidt opens paralysis center in Indianapolis to rehabilitate trauma victims

Paralyzed in a racing accident nearly 25 years ago, Sam Schmidt has spent much of the last quarter century trying to prove to others that there is a way to have a meaningful life with a traumatic spinal cord injury.

On Tuesday, he cut the ribbon on a not-for-profit Conquer Paralysis Now center in partnership with NeuroHope, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit, outpatient physical rehabilitation center. The center is located in the former Five Seasons Sports Club and is a 114,000-square-foot building devoted to helping people with spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders.

— The Associated Press