A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst pleaded guilty to leaking nonpublic information about pending mergers to a National Football League linebacker in return for cash and tickets to Philadelphia Eagles games. Damilare Sonoiki, who worked for Goldman until 2015 and was a writer on the television show “Black-ish” the following year, entered his plea at a hearing Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia, according to court records. Prosecutors accused him last month of passing information to his friend Mychal Kendricks during a monthslong scheme starting in 2014 that earned the football player about $1.2 million. ... (full story)