A hawk stolen from SoFi Stadium last month during a game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Indianapolis was returned to its rightful owner, while a second hawk remains missing. 

The two birds, named Bubba and Alice, were hired by the stadium to deter other birds from the area during games and events. But on Sept. 28, the birds were stolen by an unknown suspect along with the utility task vehicle (UTV) the birds were being held in. 

According to Inglewood police, at around 2:22 p.m., a male suspect took off with a Kawasaki Mule UTV from the lake area of the NFL stadium’s grounds. In the utility vehicle were two hawks being held in green containers. 

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Police said the key to the vehicle was left in the ignition at the time of the theft. 

According to NBC Los Angeles, Bubba was located by a homeowner in Hacienda Heights after she called police Sunday to report the bird in her backyard. The hawks’ handler, Charles Cogger, was then contacted by law enforcement. 

According to Inglewood police, at around 2:22 p.m., a male suspect took off with a Kawasaki Mule UTV from the lake area of the NFL stadium’s grounds. In the utility vehicle were two hawks being held in green containers.  (Inglewood Police Department)

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“I made arrangements, got over there as quick as I could and got Bubba back,” Cogger told the station. “Alice is still out there, but this gives me hope she will show up.”

Bubba was reportedly found about 25 miles from the site of the theft. 

A general interior view of SoFi Stadium prior to an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 2, 2025, in Inglewood, California.  (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

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It was not immediately clear if an arrest in the case had been made.

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Sports-betting-related abuse remains one of the most common forms of online harassment directed at college athletes, coaches and officials, even as overall online abuse decreased this year, according to a study commissioned by the NCAA.

Betting and match-fixing-related abuse represented 11% of nearly 4,000 messages flagged by the study. That’s approximately twice as much as racial abuse or threats of violence.

Sexual (20%) and sexism (14%) were the most common categories of abuse. The numbers were in the same range as the previous year’s study.

Overall, online abuse directed at athletes, coaches and officials decreased by 22% year-over year, with women’s basketball seeing a significant decrease, and men’s basketball experiencing a dramatic increase.

“The NCAA condemns all forms of online abuse and harassment,” Clint Hangebrauck, NCAA Managing Director of Enterprise Risk Management, said in a statement to ESPN. “The results from this year’s study suggest that the NCAA’s multi-layered strategy of building public awareness, advocacy and forming collaborative relationships with third parties is having a positive impact and has enhanced our ability to combat abuse.”

In March, the NCAA launched a “Don’t Be a Loser” video campaign that ran during the men’s and women’s basketball tournament broadcasts, in addition to lobbying for states to ban prop betting on individual college athletes. The NCAA also partnered with online payment processor Venmo this summer in an effort to combat unwanted interactions on the platform.

This was the second year the NCAA commissioned a study on social media abuse directed at college athletes, coaches and officials. The study, which was conducted by Signify Group, an artificial intelligence firm that tracks and analyzes online abuse, monitored seven championship events, including social media accounts for 5,555 athletes, 625 coaches, 466 teams and 26 official NCAA channels during the 2024-25 academic year.

Signify researchers found 31 individuals were responsible for egregious content that warranted investigation. Eight of the individuals were involved in sports betting, according to the NCAA.

Seven abusive messages met the threshold to be shared with law enforcement, the study found.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday dismissed suggestions to avoid Pakistan-India games in International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments.

Former England captain Michael Atherton had urged ICC to stop scheduling fixtures that ensure India and Pakistan face each other in every major tournament.

According to an Indian news website, a BCCI official termed it ‘easy’ to give suggestions about the Pakistan-India matches, but argued that broadcasters would not agree to such a schedule which does not feature the blockbuster clash between the arch-rivals.

“It’s easy to talk about all this, but will sponsors and broadcasters agree to it? In today’s situation, if any major team, not just India, withdraws from a tournament, it will be difficult to attract sponsors,” the report quoted the BCCI official as saying.

Atherton’s remarks came in the wake of the tension and controversy that followed last month’s T20 Asia Cup 2025, where the two arch-rivals met three times, including in the final.

The event was marred by heated exchanges, while India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav also refused to shake hands with his Pakistani counterpart, Salman Agha.

The animosity extended beyond the men’s event, as the skippers of both women’s teams, Pakistan’s Fatima Sana and India’s Harmanpreet Kaur, also avoided shaking hands after their ODI Women’s World Cup match in Colombo on Sunday.

Writing in his column for The Times (UK), Atherton acknowledged that the ICC’s decision to schedule India-Pakistan fixtures in global tournaments has strong commercial and diplomatic motivations.

The two teams have faced each other in the group stage of all 11 ICC events held since 2013.

“Despite its rarity — or perhaps because of it — the fixture carries huge economic clout,” Atherton wrote.

“It is one of the main reasons why ICC tournament broadcast rights are valued so highly, around $3 billion for the 2023–27 cycle,” he added.

He further noted that with bilateral cricket losing financial value, ICC events have grown in importance, making the India-Pakistan clash a crucial factor for broadcasters and stakeholders.

However, Atherton argued that the match has now become a platform for political and emotional display rather than sporting competition.

“If cricket was once a vehicle for diplomacy, it has now clearly become a proxy for broader tensions and propaganda,” he stated.

“There is little justification for a serious sport to manipulate tournament fixtures purely for economic benefit. Given how the rivalry is being exploited, there is even less reason to continue this practice.”

The 57-year-old concluded by urging the ICC to ensure transparency in future tournament draws.

“For the next broadcast rights cycle, the fixture draw should be transparent — and if India and Pakistan don’t meet every time, so be it.”