BREAKING: Tulsa National has been disqualified from the Little League Baseball Southwest Region Tournament, just three weeks after its softball program was removed from the same regional tournament.
— Maren Angus (@Maren_Angus) August 10, 2026
The Oklahoma baseball team had already reached the championship game.…
Tulsa National Little League has been disqualified from the Little League Baseball Southwest Region Tournament.
— News On 6 (@NewsOn6) August 10, 2026
Little League International determined one player who participated in the tournament was ineligible and declared the team’s previous game a forfeit.…
UPDATE: Tulsa National Little League will be allowed to play in the Southwest Region Championship after the 14th district court granted a temporary restraining order.
— News On 6 (@NewsOn6) August 10, 2026
The game will go on as scheduled Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. against Texas West, with the winner advancing to the LLWS in… https://t.co/1IuJCA1nru
I didn't see a good write-up (especially about the judge's decision), but sounds like both teams lied about residency (and maybe falsely represented a player as having a disabled sibling (and maybe tried to manipulate game data)) to add ineligible players to the teams. Amazing it wasn't caught sooner--by that age I'd think the various competing teams in the area are extremely aware of who the good kids are, notice immediately if someone's playing out of zipcode, and are quite eager to report it.
In other sports fraud:
USA Swimming put CFO Cory Hilliard on leave Monday following his arrest on allegations he embezzled nearly $10,000 while working for the University of Colorado’s athletics program....This is USA Swimming’s second hiring scandal in as many years. The group hired ...its new CEO in February 2025. Nine days later, [the new CEO] pulled out from the role after USA Swimming discovered