Greetings BBN! With the 2024 Olympics underway, we’re getting to see Kentucky Wildcats legend Anthony Davis suit up for Team USA as he looks to claim another gold medal. Over at ESPN, their staff just ranked the 25 best NBA players of the 21st century. To no surprise, Davis made the cut, checking in at...
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Georgia football staffer sports betting violated NCAA rules
Who will make the All-SEC Team Defense? Who will make the All-SEC Team Defense? A Georgia football staff member broke NCAA rules by making bets on pro sports, the school reported. The person involved in the impermissible sports wagering is not identified by Georgia but is no longer with the program. The wagers occurred in...
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Tuesday Headlines: SEC Football Power Rankings
Greetings, BBN. With SEC Media Days rolling on, 247 Sports released a fresh power ranking of all 16 SEC football teams for the upcoming season. For the Kentucky Wildcats, the bad news is they came in 10th place, so not even in the upper half of the league. Part of that is due to a...
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KPK Investigates Alleged Involvement of Its Employees in Online Gambling
Jakarta. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is actively investigating allegations that several of its employees are engaged in online gambling activities. “We have received information indicating the involvement of some employees in online gambling,” said KPK spokesperson Tessa Mahardika in Jakarta on Monday. Tessa revealed that the commission has obtained a list of names suspected...
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Sunday Headlines: Barion Brown listed as top-10 receiver in college football
Good morning BBN! Football season is quickly approaching as the Kentucky Wildcats look to take on one of the toughest schedules in the SEC. Featuring teams such as Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, and several others the Cats will need some firepower on the offensive side of the ball to go and win some games. With a...
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Sports betting is legal in 38 states now, but these residents wager the most
Earlier this year a record 67.8 million American adults bet on Super Bowl – that’s more than a quarter of the U.S. adult population and a 35% increase from the previous year, according to the American Gaming Association. For 25 years, sports betting had been banned outside of Nevada – then in 2018 the U.S. Supreme...
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Florida sports betting challenge turned down by U.S. Supreme Court
The court’s decision keeps online sports betting in Florida in the hands of the state’s Seminole Tribe. Dara Kam | News Service of Florida Video: Inside the Seminole Hard Rock casino and the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida opened Thursday after a $1.5 billion expansion. Janine Zeitlin, jzeitlin@news-press.com In...
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MLB disciplines top-rated umpire Pat Hoberg for violating gambling policy; Hoberg appealing
Pat Hoberg, arguably the most accurate umpire calling balls and strikes in Major League Baseball, has been removed from the field by the league for violating its gambling policy, MLB confirmed. Hoberg, 37, consistently ranks atop ump evaluations by Umpire Scorecards, and famously called a “perfect game” during the 2022 World Series. But he has...
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Tuesday Headlines: Will Riley Visit
Today marks the first of many visits high school recruits will make to the University of Kentucky with head coach Mark Pope leading the program. Will Riley is in visiting the school today and, according to 247S ports, currently sits as the 22nd-best player while ranked as the third-best small forward in the class of...
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Barnegat grad Jason Groome suspended by MLB for violating sports betting rules
Jason Groome, a former Barnegat High School star pitcher, has been suspended by Major League Baseball for one year for violating the sport’s betting rules and policies, it was announced Tuesday morning. Groome is in the San Diego Padres’ organization with that club’s’ Class AAA El Paso (Tex). Chihuahuas team. He was a first-round draft choice...
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MLB investigating Padres’ Tucupita Marcano for gambling on games in 2023
Major League Baseball’s biggest nightmare since sports gambling’s widespread legalization has come to fruition: An active player faces a suspension and potential lifetime ban for betting on baseball. Tucupita Marcano, a utility player on the San Diego Padres’ injured list, is under investigation by MLB for gambling on baseball, according to the Wall Street Journal. Marcano,...
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Kentucky has a top-5 transfer portal class
When Mark Pope became the new head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, he essentially had zero players on the roster and had to start from square one. However, with so few high school players remaining, Pope had to utilize the transfer portal in order to build his first roster in Lexington. In fact, Pope has...
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