Rumors surfaced before the 2008 NFL Draft that the Giants were looking to trade Shockey.

Rumors have it that Fakhr-al-Din had secretly adopted the Christian faith.

Rumors were spread among the troops about not receiving payment at the end of the war if they remained with Sforza, and Sforza himself was ordered back from the siege of Brescia, the city promised him, while the citizens were secretly told to hold out until peace, already in the works, was signed.

Rumors of corruption in his administration were beginning to circulate in Washington.

Rumors of poisoning were fueled, in part, by a book called The Strange Death of President Harding, in which the author ( convicted criminal, former Ohio Gang member, and detective Gaston Means, hired by Mrs. Harding to investigate Warren Harding and his mistress ) suggested that Mrs. Harding had poisoned her husband.

Rumors spread that the deaths were a deliberate act of revenge for an Israeli shopper that was stabbed to death by a Palestinian in Gaza four days earlier.

Rumors flew throughout the city that some of the protesters were killed, although there is no evidence to support this.

Rumors that fortune cookies were invented in China are seen as false.

Rumors of a mine construction soon reached the Confederates, but Lee refused to believe or act upon it for two weeks before commencing countermining attempts, which were sluggish and uncoordinated, and were unable to discover the mine.

Rumors of cash payments were floated, but no evidence was ever found to support the claim.

Rumors circulated that Boozer wanted a trade, fueled by rumors that the Jazz were shopping him after he chose to " opt-in " to the last year of his contract ; however, the team stated publicly that they did not seek to trade him.

Rumors abounded as early as the team's second season that the Lightning were on the brink of bankruptcy and that the team was part of a money laundering scheme for the yakuza ( Japanese crime families ).

Rumors that the band was originally known as Dragonslayer, after the 1981 movie of the same name, were denied by King, as he stated, " We never were ; it's a myth to this day.

Rumors of Anastasia's survival were embellished with various contemporary reports of trains and houses being searched for ' Anastasia Romanov ' by Bolshevik soldiers and secret police.

Rumors of his proof began to circulate in March 1984, but many mathematicians were sceptical, because de Branges had earlier announced some false results, including a claimed proof of the invariant subspace conjecture in 1964 ( incidentally, in December 2008 he published a new claimed proof for this conjecture on his website ).

The first episodes to re-air were " Pool Party ", " Picture Day ", " Rumors " and " I've Got Rhythmic " in that order.

Rumors traveled through the capital that McClellan might resign, or instigate a military coup, if Scott were not removed.

Rumors of the city's demise were, however, somewhat exaggerated.

Rumors were that the change was to happen September 1.

Rumors existed that the fight's organizers were stalling, afraid of the negative publicity that would be generated over a perceived Nazi getting a shot at the world's title.

Rumors of a possible Taurus revival were confirmed in early 2007, when the revamped Five Hundred and Freestyles were unveiled as " Taurus " and " Taurus X " at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show, a decision influenced strongly by Mulally.

Rumors that Moog had to go to court over the patent seem to be nothing more ; ' differences ' with ARP at one point were settled amicably.

* Rumors circulated during the festival that The Rolling Stones were to make a surprise appearance because they were scheduled to play a concert in New York that weekend.

Rumors and speculation about the 1958 and 1963 conclaves may have received added attention because it was under the Popes who were then elected that the Second Vatican Council was held and its decrees were implemented.

Gooden was arrested on December 13, 1986, in Tampa, Florida after fighting with police .< ref > A report clearing police of misconduct in the arrest helped start the Tampa Riots of 1987 .< ref > Rumors of substance abuse began to arise, which were confirmed when Gooden tested positive for cocaine during spring training in.

Rumors of a reunion started in 1999 and were confirmed with the 2000 release of Hadas, although further work by the group has been sporadic.

Rumors of breakup gained momentum when the band's website was taken offline in July 2008, and then confirmed by the band several months later with the following statement: " After a decade ’ s worth of touring, rocking, partying, more touring, more rocking, then even more touring, the time has come for us to pack it up and say goodbye ," the band wrote to its fans in a MySpace message in January.

Rumors of him being the middleman between the players and the gamblers in the Black Sox Scandal have never been confirmed.

Rumors of the two dating surfaced starting 2008 although both continuously denied any romantic involvement until early 2010 when paparazzi photographs of the two were released and the couple officially confirmed their relationship.

Rumors were rampant in late 2006 that the Spirit would leave Lynn, but in November the team confirmed that it would return for a fifth season at Fraser Field, set to begin on May 25, 2007.

Rumors of this new project leaked out to the public in 2002, through the website Evil Avatar, but were at that time neither confirmed nor denied.

Rumors of this one-sided renunciation of the pact spread and were confirmed by Muhammad's emissaries, Sa'd ibn Mua ' dh and Sa'd ibn Ubadah, leading men of the Aws and Khazraj respectively.

Rumors about corrupt practices on the part of Thomas were confirmed when his secretary, Helen Campbell, sent documents to Pearson which he used to expose Thomas ' corruption in an August 4, 1948, newspaper article.

Rumors persist, and have been partly confirmed that the stolen set of football players is now at the Rutger's Club dining establishment.

Rumors circulated in 2001 that inventor Dean Kamen's new invention, codenamed Ginger, was a transportation device resembling the Hoverboard.

* High Priest Gilmore on Religion, the Rumors, and Sammy Davis, Jr. ( 14 September 2001 ), Satanosphere

Rumors of Falk's dementia plagued the actor in the final years of his life and exacerbated when, in late April 2008, Falk was photographed by paparazzi looking disheveled and acting animated in the streets of Beverly Hills.

Rumors had long circulated about Sommerlath's life and career during World War II, especially so when his daughter's relationship with the future King of Sweden became known, but until his death in 1990, the businessman denied any connection to the Nazi Party.

A chamberlain recalled: " Rumors of his eccentricity had made me doubt his capability, but my worry turned out to be utterly groundless when I met this well-mannered and polite man.

Rumors of Holdsclaw being unhappy playing in Washington came to a head in 2004 when the Mystics star was sidelined with an unspecified ailment, later revealed to be a bout with depression.

Rumors that it would be their final album proved true when they amicably disbanded later that year, ending their farewell US tour with a two-night stand at hometown club Cat's Cradle.

Rumors of the Barracuda making a comeback were brought up again by Motor Trend in 2012 when reports leaked that the Barracuda would come back in 2014 as a Dodge, replacing the Challenger instead of being built alongside it.

) In season four's " Rumors ," when Johnny stays at Bailey's place for a few days, Bailey is infuriated by the gossip that they are sleeping together, disappointing Johnny, who was hoping that the rumors would come true.

Rumors of a bug fix for the NTSC version were put to rest when Atari formally announced the retirement of the Atari 7800 on January 1, 1992.

Rumors began to circulate that Farah will return to Days as Mimi in January 2012 when OLTL's last television episode is aired.

Rumors of exploitation were furthered when the Lemoine family opened La Ferme de Jordy ( Jordy's Farm ), a children's tourist attraction which was a financial failure.

Rumors swirled again in the 2007 offseason when the Minnesota Twins were looking to trade ace Johan Santana.