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☆ In Latest Gambling Scandal, Some See Glimpse of Sports’ Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Kevin Draper | Tania Ganguli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bill Bradley, the basketball Hall of Famer and former United States senator known as a staunch opponent of legalized sports betting, was speaking about the topic back in January. But he might as well have been predicting the future. “Well there hasn’t been a scandal, yet,” he said, discussing how professional sports has become ever more entwined with the gambling industry in recent years. The league said Mr. Porter wagered money on his own team to lose, pretended to be hurt for betting purposes and shared confidential information with gamblers. competition for our fans, our teams and everyone associated with our sport,” Adam Silver, the league’s commissioner, said in announcing Porter’s punishment.

Persons: Bill Bradley, ”, Jontay Porter, Porter wagered, Adam Silver Organizations: of Famer, United, National Basketball Association, Toronto Raptors Locations: United States

1 UCLA led by Lew Alcindor — later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — played No. There have been 43 games pitting the nation's top two teams, most recently Gonzaga's victory over UCLA on Nov. 23, 2021. John Shumate and Gary Brokaw led the way against mighty UCLA star Bill Walton, though he would get his revenge. DUKE 85, NORTH CAROLINA 84 — Feb. 9, 2012It would be a “great games” list without one matchup along Tobacco Road. ___For more on the 75th anniversary of the AP Top 25: https://apnews.com/the-ap-top-25-at-75___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 basketball polls throughout the season.

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☆ A prominent Iowa GOP attorney, reflecting on voter sentiment ahead of the state's caucuses, says there's a feeling that 'we're sleepwalking into a nightmare'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewIn less than three days, Iowa Republican voters will endure freezing temperatures to cast their nominations for the GOP's presidential candidate in the 2024 general election. "You get the feeling in Iowa right now that we're sleepwalking into a nightmare and there's nothing we can do about it," Doug Gross, a prominent GOP lawyer and backer of former UN ambassador Nikki Haley's presidential campaign, told the newspaper. Advertisement"In Iowa, life isn't lived in extremes, except the weather, and yet they still feel this dramatic sense of inevitable doom," he added. "The difference is just so stark in terms of American values and in terms of what is the future going to be," the former senator told The Times.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Joe Biden —, Doug Gross, Nikki Haley's, isn't, Former New Jersey Sen, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bradley, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey Organizations: Service, Iowa Republican, Hawkeye State, Republican, The New York Times, Business, Trump, GOP, Capitol, Former New, Democratic, The Times, Democrat, Biden, Times Locations: Hawkeye, Iowa, Russian, Ukraine, Israel, Former New Jersey

☆ Iowa’s most important poll has set the expectations for the GOP caucuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The final poll from Iowa’s premier pollster, Ann Selzer, has Trump at 48% followed by former South Carolina Gov. If the final outcome Monday night mirrors the poll, Trump will have won the highest Iowa GOP caucus vote share for a non-incumbent ever. A Haley win in the first primary race in the nation would indicate that Trump is not invincible. He did more than 5 points better than where his final Iowa poll had him. (His 28-point margin over Bradley was the same as the final poll found, as both Bradley and Gore won some undecided voters.)

Persons: Donald Trump, Ann Selzer, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Trump, –, They’re, Haley, Chris Christie –, George W, Bush, didn’t, Steve Forbes, John McCain, Patrick Buchanan, Bob Dole, Buchanan, McCain, Gary Hart, Walter Mondale, Hart, Haley isn’t, DeSantis, Al Gore, Gore, Bill Bradley, Bradley, Trump . Gore, Dole Organizations: CNN, Trump, South Carolina Gov, Florida Gov, Iowa GOP, Granite State, New, New Jersey Gov, University of New, Dole, Democratic, Republican, Trump . Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Granite, New Jersey, University of New Hampshire, Hampshire, Granite State, Trump, South Carolina, Florida

“If it’s a room of five people, Anita and Bob are two of them,” said a former White House aide, who asked to remain anonymous because the person was not authorized to speak on the record about White House business. The White House declined to comment for this piece. The group of White House aides that were looped in on the discovery immediately was slightly larger and included Dunn, this person said. “Whatever strategy they had has not served him well — the lack of transparency from November to January,” said a second former White House official. Bauer, who didn’t join the administration, has acted as a sounding board for White House lawyers on potential hires.

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