5 h. ago How a depleted LA Lakers overcame the Portland Trail Blazers

The Lakers won their fourth straight game despite missing Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves

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8 d. ago Gambling probe tests the resilience that helped Chauncey Billups soar to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chauncey Billups earned a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame a year ago, recognizing his resilience and clutch play in a championship-winning NBA career

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1 week ago A deep dive into the NBA sports betting scandal, by AP reporters

Professional basketball was stunned this week as one popular NBA Hall of Famer and head coach, a current player and a former player were arrested by federal authorities on illegal gambling charges

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1 week ago NFL reminds players of league gambling policy in light of federal indictments

The NFL is reminding players they are prohibited from taking part in any form of illegal gambling and betting on league games

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1 week ago NBA gambling scandal shines harsh light on US sports’ embrace of betting

Two sweeping federal indictments have implicated big names in basketball and raised uncomfortable questions about who benefits from legalized gamblingThe NBA gambling scandal is the biggest story of the year in US sports, a culmination of the years-long embrace between professional leagues and the multibillion-dollar gambling industry that has now crossed the line from synergy into scandal.In two sweeping federal indictments unsealed in Brooklyn on Thursday, prosecutors charged more than 30 people – including the Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player and assistant Damon Jones – with schemes that turned inside information and rigged card games into engines of profit for organized crime. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Chilling messages reveal how mafia henchmen allegedly threatened and attacked victims of their rigged NBA poker games

The scheme involved professional athletes, including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, being used as 'face cards' to attract victims to the table.

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1 week ago How it Worked: Bets flowed after NBA player told pal he'd skip much of game, indictment says

An indictment says gambling money flowed after NBA player Terry Rozier told a pal that he would be exiting early from a game with the Charlotte Hornets in 2023

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1 week ago Chauncey Billups is dumped by Portland Trail Blazers as chilling mafia messages are revealed in NBA gambling scandal: Live updates

Follow all the live updates from the FBI's press conference into the ongoing NBA gambling investigation, after Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier were arrested on Thursday morning.

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1 week ago Who are Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones? A look at arrested NBA player and coaches

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones were arrested Thursday in connection with a federal investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games back by Mafia

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1 week ago Heat’s Rozier and Blazers coach Billups among over 30 arrested over gambling claims

FBI’s Kash Patel says operation that ‘spanned the course of years’ also connected to mafia familiesMiami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a sweeping federal investigation into illegal gambling, authorities announced on Thursday.“Today, we are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide sweeping criminal enterprise,” the FBI director, Kash Patel, said at a news conference on Thursday. “This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago NBA player and head coach among 30 arrested in illegal US gambling investigation

FBI says years-long operation that led to arrest of Heat’s Terry Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Chauncey Billups also connected to mafia families Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a sweeping federal investigation into illegal gambling, authorities announced on Thursday.“Today, we are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide sweeping criminal enterprise,” the FBI director, Kash Patel, said at a news conference on Thursday. “This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago NBA arrests live updates: Billups and Rozier arrests rock basketball as FBI probes gambling ring and mafia links

Miami Heat star Terry Rozier was arrested Thursday morning, as was Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncy Billups, who was picked up as part of a separate federal investigation

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1 week ago NBA star and head coach arrested in gambling probes as FBI arrests have potential to rock the sport

Miami Heat star Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, were both arrested Thursday morning

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1 week ago NBA star and head coach both arrested in FBI gambling probe that could rock the sport

Miami Heat star Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, were both arrested Thursday morning

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1 week ago Heat’s Rozier and Blazers coach Billups reportedly arrested over separate gambling claims

2023 game involving Rozier said to be under investigationBillups reported to be linked to Mafia-run poker operationMiami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into betting, according to multiple reports.The exact charge or charges they face were not immediately known. Two people spoke to the Associated Press about Rozier on condition of anonymity because they couldn’t discuss details of the investigation publicly. One of these people also told the AP of Billups’ arrest. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Miami Heat’s Rozier, Trail Blazers' Billups arrested in federal gambling probe, sources say

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into illegal sports betting, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday

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