Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football during his two seasons with the program, ESPN reported Friday, citing court documents filed by the quarterback’s legal team as part of his request for a temporary injunction against the NCAA to maintain his college eligibility.

The court documents also revealed that Sorsby wagered about $90,000 over a four-year period using sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends, and that his gambling continued after transferring from Cincinnati to Texas Tech this winter, per ESPN.

Sorsby had been declared ineligible after investigations found he’d made thousands of dollars of bets on a variety of sports via gambling apps, violating NCAA policy. The current policy prevents student-athletes from placing bets on any NCAA-sanctioned or professional sports. Players can receive permanent bans for betting on their own teams.

The NCAA denied Sorsby’s request for reinstatement on Tuesday, making his lawsuit seeking an injunction for his 2026 season eligibility all the more critical. A hearing in that case is scheduled for Monday in district court in Lubbock, Texas.

The most recent documents filed revealed that Sorsby acknowledged he made at least 2,900 bets totaling more than $30,000 while enrolled at Indiana from June 2022 to December 2023. This included at least 40 bets ranging from $1 to $114 on Indiana football and/or individual players, per ESPN. The bets totaled at least $850 in September and October of 2022, while he was redshirting.

Sorsby made his debut for Indiana against Penn State on Nov. 5, 2022, with the betting reportedly coming to an end two weeks prior.

Sorsby said in a letter to the NCAA that he never bet in a game he played in, nor ever bet against his team.

On Tuesday, Sorsby said in a social media post that he’d recently completed a 35-day, in-patient rehab stay in Arizona to treat “a diagnosed gambling addiction and anxiety disorder.”

“While I accept responsibility for my behavior and know that I have a lot of work ahead of me, for the first time in many years I feel more free and no longer fully at the mercy of my addiction,” Sorsby wrote in part.

“With the support of my coaches, teammates and the university, I’m looking forward to returning to campus in Lubbock. If I’m blessed and fortunate enough to have the opportunity to continue my college career at Texas Tech, I know I will get the support I need, including through the school’s Center for Students in Addiction Recovery. I am deeply sorry to everyone I’ve disappointed and am committed to the hard and necessary work ahead.”

Sorsby transferred to Texas Tech from Cincinnati this offseason and was the Red Raiders’ projected starter for 2026. ESPN ranked Sorsby the No. 1 overall transfer in this year’s class.

Texas Tech on Friday appealed the NCAA’s denial for reinstatement, and members of the university including coach Joey McGuire and president Lawrence Schovanec continued to voice support for the quarterback amid the news of his addiction.

Sorsby’s suit took aim at what he called the NCAA’s “deeply hypocritical” stances on sports betting, and Schovanec wrote an open letter to the campus community Tuesday saying the NCAA’s ruling “should be reversed or modified” given the facts and “context” of Sorsby’s case.

“As a generation of college athletes face the legalization and rapid proliferation of sports betting in our country, gambling addiction is rising to the point of epidemic among college aged men in particular,” Schovanec wrote. “The NCAA’s stated mission includes ‘fostering (student-athletes’) lifelong well-being,’ and they have claimed their goal is to promote a ‘culture of care’ for student athletes’ mental health. Gambling addiction is a clinically recognized behavioral disorder.”

–Field Level Media

LGD Gaming, PARIVISION and BetBoom Team forged a three-way tie at 8-3 atop the group-stage standings of BLAST Slam VII after a chaotic final day Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.

LGD and PARIVISION earned the top two seeds in the playoffs over BetBoom based on tiebreakers. Team Falcons, which entered the final day of the stage alone at the top at 7-1, lost all three of its matches Friday to plummet into fourth.

Further down the standings, OG and Tundra Esports received the last two playoff nods via tiebreaker advantages over Xtreme Gaming, which was eliminated along with last-place GLYPH.

The $1 million event began with a 12-team group stage that ran Tuesday through Friday. Group play was a round-robin, best-of-one format. The top two teams advanced to the upper-bracket semifinals of the playoffs, while the third- and fourth-place teams will start in the upper-bracket quarters.

The fifth- and sixth-place teams proceed to Round 2 of the last-chance qualifier, while teams 7-10 in the standings will begin in Round 1 of that stage. Both rounds of the last-chance qualifier will be played Saturday.

On Friday, LGD Gaming and BetBoom Team each went 3-0 to rocket up the standings. LGD defeated Xtreme Gaming in 40 minutes on green, Tundra Esports in 55 minutes on green and Team Yandex in a whopping 112 minutes, also on green.

Santiago “TaiLung” Aguero Gustavo of Peru led LGD in that marathon final match with a 22-8-27 kills-deaths-assists ratio. His Bolivian-Argentine teammate Adrian “Wisper” Dobles added a 20-9-28 K-D-A.

BetBoom’s first win of the day was also one of Team Falcons’ three defeats. Ilya “Kiritych” Ulyanov of Russia led BetBoom with a 17-1-15 and countryman Danil “gpk” Skutin had a 13-1-16 in the 42-minute win on red.

BetBoom went on to beat Tundra in 48 minutes on red and GLYPH in 41 minutes on green.

Falcons, meanwhile, took losses to Team Liquid and PARIVISION as well. PARIVISION joined the tie at the top by going 2-1 on the day; they opened with a 48-minute defeat to Team Spirit before coasting past Falcons in 30 minutes on green and beating Liquid in 37 minutes on green.

The tournament continues with four last-chance qualifier matches Saturday:

–Team Spirit vs. OG (Round 1)

–Aurora Gaming vs. Tundra Esports (Round 1)

–Team Yandex vs. Spirit/OG winner (Round 2)

–Team Liquid vs. Aurora/Tundra winner (Round 2)

BLAST Slam VII final group standings

1. LGD Gaming, 8-3

2. PARIVISION, 8-3

3. BetBoom Team, 8-3

T4. Team Falcons, 7-4

T4. Team Yandex, 7-4

6. Team Liquid, 6-5

7. Aurora Gaming, 6-5

8. Team Spirit, 5-6

T9. OG, 3-8

T9. Tundra Esports, 3-8

11. Xtreme Gaming, 3-8

12. GLYPH, 2-9

BLAST Slam VII payouts (prize money, team earnings)

1. $300,000, $100,000

2. $150,000, $45,000

3. $70,000, $23,000

4. $50,000, $17,000

5-6. $40,000, $15,000

7-8. $25,000, $10,000

9-10. $15,000, $5,000

11-12. $10,000, $2,500 — Xtreme Gaming, GLYPH

–Field Level Media

The New York Giants fear wide receiver Gunner Olszewski may have torn his Achilles tendon after going down with a noncontact injury during Friday’s OTAs, according to ESPN.

The 29-year-old veteran receiver, who will reportedly undergo tests to confirm the injury, immediately grabbed at his right leg after going down and slammed his fist in apparent frustration while being carted off the field.

“That was a noncontact change in direction kind of a deal on the grass there,” coach John Harbaugh told reporters after practice. “So that was disappointing.”

Olszewski signed a one-year deal this offseason with the expectation he would continue to serve primarily as a returner but also provide depth at wide receiver. Fellow wide receivers Malik Nabers (knee) and Darius Slayton (core muscle) are still rehabbing from injuries.

Olszewski had 24 punt returns for 216 yards last season and 26 kickoff returns for 682 yards, while adding 10 receptions for 145 yards and a touchdown.

A groin injury caused him to miss all of 2024.

In seven seasons with the New England Patriots (2019-21), Pittsburgh Steelers (2022-23) and Giants, Olszewski has returned 122 punts for 1,386 yards and two touchdowns. He also has 67 kickoff returns for 1,586 yards.

Olszewski also has 25 career receptions for 325 yards and two touchdowns in 81 games (five starts) as a wideout.

–Field Level Media