The legalization of sports gambling in the US was a mistake
by The Guardian
The Guardian— The Toronto Raptors’ Jontay Porter was just banned for life for violating betting rules. There will be much more of this to comeOn Wednesday, the NBA announced that Jontay Porter, a center for the Toronto Raptors, was banned from the league for life. An investigation found that the bench player disclosed confidential information to gamblers, exited a match early to influence an “over/under” wager on his stat line, and bet on games using a friend’s account.Porter’s actions shouldn’t be...
SLAMonline—The Power of Sports: How the Game Unites Us All Through Difficult Times. It was a 2022 summer day in Kentucky–hot, humid, sunny. The day was spent lounging by the pool while watching the kids I nannied. Then at night I played baseball with my friends. And by “played” I mean I controlled the aux and chatted with my friends while we watched our other athletically-inclined friends play. […]
www.duluthnewstribune.com—National View: Sports gambling riddled with addiction, corruption, crime. From the column: "It all comes across as harmless and fun. So did candy cigarettes." And Minnesota is looking to get in on it.
ESPN—'A mistake': Amorim apologises to Sporting for West Ham talks. Sporting CP head coach Ruben Amorim has said that it was a "mistake" to fly to London to hold talks with West Ham, and apologised to his players.