The Stupidest Betting Scandal Hits College Basketball
Hello, a new college basketball point-shaving scandal just dropped. This might be the stupidest scheme I have ever heard of, and remember what I do for a living. So basically: some gamblers decided that they’d go fix some college basketball games, bribed players at the low end of Division I (and DePaul, apparently) to go […]
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NC State rallies past hot-shooting Wake Forest, 95-77
Sometimes you get a team’s A-game, and sometimes you get a performance so far above baseline that it would seem impossible if you weren’t witnessing it happen right in front of you. NC State ran into the latter in Winston-Salem—for one half. Wake Forest shot 12-15 from the floor in the first quarter, and 7-7 […]
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Ilya Sorokin, Islanders come up big in 1-0 shutout win over Connor McDavid, Oilers
Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves for his NHL-leading fifth shutout of the season, Anthony Duclair scored the game’s only goal in the third period on the power play and the New York Islanders edged the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 on Thursday night.
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