It’s been a rough go lately for the Golden State Warriors, and Steve Kerr is taking his work life home. Golden State lost a heartbreaker Tuesday to the Sacramento Kings, 124-123, in the In-Season Tournament after Golden State led by as many as 24 points. Kerr was not thrilled. “I …
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The Brooklyn Nets gave Dorian Finney-Smith a one-day excused absence earlier this week for good reason. The power forward reunited with his father, Elbert, after Elbert had served close to 29 years at the Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia. Finney-Smith was with his mother and sister at the prison when …
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Turning Point USA is calling for the NBA to fire an employee who posted crude remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination on social media. Kirk founded TPUSA, a nonprofit organization that focuses on conservative values in high schools and colleges, in 2012. He was shot and killed at Utah Valley University …
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The attorney representingMiami Heat player Terry Rozier accused the FBI of seeking “misplaced glory” after the NBA player was arrested Thursday as part of a widespread investigation into an alleged illegal sports betting operation. Rozier, who was immediately placed on leave by theNBA following the indictments, was among more than …
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrest of 34 individuals, including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard and coach Damon Jones, as part of a widespread investigation into an illegal gambling scheme. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed at …
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FBI Director Kash Patel warned the “nationwide takedown” of an illegal gambling ring with alleged ties to famed basketball personalities and crime families is “just the start” on Fox News. His interview followed the FBI’s arrest of the Portland Trail Blazers’ head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry …
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Two former NBA players turned coaches, one of whom is a Hall of Famer, were arrested Thursday after alleged involvement in a rigged poker scheme in which members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families were also listed as defendants. Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones, the latter of whom is …
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Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, through a statement from his attorney, denied any wrongdoing after being among the more than 30 people arrested Thursday in connection with an FBI investigation into an alleged gambling ring with suspected links to New York crime families. “Anyone who knows Chauncey Billups knows …
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After Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones were arrested Thursday, one of the most prominent figures sports gambling said he suspects more arrests may be on the way. Art Schlichter, the fourth overall pick of the 1982 NFL Draft whose career was marred by a gambling addiction, predicted in …
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Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones were arrested Thursday morning as part of FBI probes into alleged illegal gambling with ties to the La Cosa Nostra crime families. Billups and Jones are alleged to have knowingly participated in rigged poker games, while Rozier and Jones allegedly leaked non-public information …
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