The advent of name, image and likeness in college athletics, as well as the transfer portal, has turned basketball and football on its heads, but not everybody is for it. Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, who has expressed support for student-athletes who want to make money playing their …
Read More »Basketball phenom Mikey Williams appears to avoid jail time after agreeing to plea deal
It appears Mikey Williams, the basketball phenom and social media star, won’t be going to prison. Williams entered a plea deal Thursday, admitting guilt to a single felony count of making a criminal threat in an April shooting outside his home in California, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office spokesman …
Read More »Three former Eastern Michigan basketball players defied sports betting probe, NCAA says
At least three former Eastern Michigan men’s basketball players refused to cooperate with the NCAA’s investigation into questionable sports betting activities, the governing body of college athletics announced Friday. Several games from the 2024-25 season fall within the probe’s scope. The NCAA imaged the personal phones of Jalin Billingsley, Da’Sean …
Read More »NFL bust whose career was marred by gambling addiction predicts NBA indictments are 'start of something big'
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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