Alex Schiffer

New York

Breaking News Reporter at Front Office Sports

Breaking News/Enterprise for @FOS. Formerly covered the Brooklyn Nets for @TheAthletic and the Missouri Tigers for @KCStar. @Mizzou grad.

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SafeSport Fires CEO Amid Scandal

1 day ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

The U.S. Center for SafeSport is seeking new leadership after the agency fired CEO Ju’Riese Colón on Tuesday. Colón was hired in 2019, two years after the agency was created by Congress in response to a series of major sexual abuse scandals in Olympic sports, including Larry Nassar abusing young gymnasts for years. It has struggled to fulfill its mission in its eight years of existence, with detractors complaining about slow handling of cases.
Fordham Hit With Rare NIL Era NCAA Sanctions

1 day ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Apparently NCAA investigations still exist. Since the legalization of NIL (name, image, and likeness) payments in 2021, the words NCAA and investigation haven’t spent much time together. Most pre-2021 probes revolved around impermissible recruiting benefits to players that have since become legal. Fordham is being reminded the NCAA still enforces what rules do remain on its books.
Edwards Increases NBA Fine Lead After 'Bigger Than Yours' Taunt

2 days ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Anthony Edwards continues to put his money where his mouth is. The Timberwolves star was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for “directing inappropriate language and making an obscene gesture toward a fan” in Minnesota’s 117–95 Game 1 win over the Lakers on Saturday.
Nico Harrison Says Luka Trade Backlash Surprised Him

3 days ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Nico Harrison admitted he didn’t foresee the backlash he would get for trading Luka Dončić to the Lakers in February. Speaking to the media for his exit interviews a week after doing a roundtable with reporters without allowing cameras, the Mavericks general manager said he wasn’t expecting the vitriol that has followed the trade, which has included ‘Fire Nico’ chants at games and part-owner Mark Cuban’s own disprovel. “I did know that Luka was important to the fan base,” Harrison said.
Cavs Game 1 Hero Ty Jerome Is Among NBA’s Cheapest Deals

3 days ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

It was quite the Sunday for Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome. Jerome burned the Heat for 28 points off the bench, including 16 in the fourth quarter, in the Cavaliers’ 121-100 win in Game 1 of the first round of the NBA playoffs. Just a half-hour before tipoff, he was named a finalist for the league’s Sixth Man of the Year award. It was Jerome’s first career playoff game. “He’s done it all year,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said in his postgame press conference of Jerome’s performance.
How the OKC Thunder Redefined Tanking to Become NBA’s Best

4 days ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

This weekend, Oklahoma City will begin its best chance at a championship since Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook led the Thunder to the NBA Finals against LeBron James’s Heat in 2012. In the decade-plus since, they’ve forged an identity that can best be described as reinventing the meaning of “tanking.” At the expense of just about everything, they accumulated an arsenal of first-round draft picks and played the waiting game.
UFL, Players Union Agree To New CBA Pending Board Approval

6 days ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

The UFL’s labor drama is nearly over. The spring football league and its players union have agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, ending negotiations that started late last year. The deal is still pending approval from the UFL’s board, but set to be retroactive to the start of training camp and will go through the 2026 season.
Flailing Kings Fire GM After Losing Play-In

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Vivek Ranadive is making another key hire—again. The Kings parted ways with general manager Monte McNair immediately after their season ended Wednesday night in the play-in tournament with a blowout loss to the injury-plagued Dallas Mavericks. The news was first reported by The Athletic. The decision came after the team surprisingly fired coach Mike Brown in December after a sluggish start. The Kings traded star guard De’Aaron Fox to the Spurs in February.
Lee Corso Will Retire From ESPN At 90

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Lee Corso is officially hanging up his headgear. The former college football coach turned broadcaster is retiring after 38 years on air, ESPN said Thursday. The network said Corso will make his final appearance on College GameDay on Aug. 30, the opening week of the college football season. Corso, who has been part of the show since its 1987 launch, will turn 90 that month. He became known for picking the winner of the week’s biggest game by donning the headgear of the school’s mascot.
Travel Agent Pleads Guilty To Scamming George Mason Basketball

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Alex Schiffer

Excerpt: The agent failed to book a trip for the team to the Bahamas despite being paid to. SEO: Travel Agent Pleads Guilty To Defrauding George Mason UniversityMeta: A travel agent admitted to pocketing $160,000 he was paid to book George Mason men’s basketball for a foreign trip. ******A travel agent who conned George Mason’s men’s basketball team has pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud.