From X-Ray Tables to Contact Lenses: The Mafia's Secret Tech Behind Illegal Poker with US Athletes

Prosecutors uncover a Mafia-run poker scheme using X-ray tables, spy cameras, and contact lenses to cheat high rollers — with ...

Blazers assistant Nate Bjorkgren recommended Tiago Splitter for interim head coach role

Splitter and Blazers general manager Joe Cronin addressed the team Thursday afternoon, hours after Billups' stunning arrest. Neither had slept more than a few hours when news of the arrest started ...

Heat & Trail Blazers win first games since arrests

Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers both win their first games since the arrests of Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups as ...

Jaylen Brown on sports betting: We don’t benefit, but we deal with the negativity and scrutiny

"What’s your personal feeling about the gambling climate around sports?" Jaylen Brown: "Me personally, I think that whole ...
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NBA boss apologises, Portland win after coach's arrest

NBA commissioner Adam Silver remains stunned by the arrests of Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami guard Terry Rozier ...

Mike Bianchi: Welcome to the NBA (National Betting Association), where tanking and load management fuels gambling scandal!

So here we are. Opening week of the NBA season and instead of talking about dunks, rivalries or who’s going to hoist the ...
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NBA: Terry Rozier’s arrest leaves Miami Heat stunned

The reality began setting in for the Miami Heat on Friday when they gathered for a morning shootaround practice and Terry ...

Adam Silver on gambling allegations: 'Very upsetting'

A day after an active NBA head coach and player were arrested as part of an FBI gambling investigation, NBA commissioner Adam Silver expressed his dismay at the charges.