A player in massive trade rumors owning part of a prediction market where people can bet on whether he gets traded is a MASSIVE conflict of interest. This is so far beyond players doing sportsbook ads.

Bill Belichick is the greatest coach ever … and didn’t go first ballot Hall of Fame. It's not just Jordon Hudson drama, but what happened when he stopped controlling the story. With the Patriots in the Super Bowl, time to revisit what his legacy means www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nX...

NEW VIDEO: Youth sports doesn't look like Little League anymore. It looks like Wall Street and private equity. Youth sports has quietly turned into a $40 billion pay-to-play arms race, and nobody is in charge www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjwv...

Victor Wembanyama on Minneapolis: "Every day I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable."

Victor Wembanyama says that being a foreigner in the United States makes him hesitant to speak up about Minneapolis. “I know I’m a foreigner. I live in this country. I am concerned.” Q: “Is part of your hesitance being a foreigner?” “For sure.”

Because the Dodgers went bankrupt, MLB agreed to tax their TV money as if they were still a broke. That lets the Dodgers keep about $66 million more every year than they otherwise would. This exception runs through 2039, according to a league source. youtu.be/7xPt9AuxEAM

One reason the Dodgers can spend like this: MLB agreed in court to cap their TV revenue sharing payments after the team went bankrupt. According to league sources, that exception doesn't expire until 2039. It's unprecedented in sports history www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPt...

Fifteen years ago, the Dodgers were bankrupt and getting roasted at award shows. Today, people are asking if they're breaking baseball. New video on how the Dodgers went from broke to dynasty, and why it's about more than just spending money. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPt...

Massachusetts becomes the first state to ban prediction markets from taking bets on sports bookies.com/news/massach...

Sports gambling isn’t killing sports in one dramatic moment. It’s all of these small moments adding up, slowly changing how fans trust what they’re watching. On @newsnation.bsky.social:

Shohei Ohtani: 10 years, $700,000,000 Mookie Betts: 12 years, $365,000,000 Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 12 years, $325,000,000 Kyle Tucker: 4 years, $240,000,000 Blake Snell: 5 years, $182,000,000 Freddie Freeman: 6 years, $162,000,000 Will Smith: 10 years, $140,000,000 Tyler Glasnow: 5 years, $136,562,500

The rise of Curt Cignetti and Indiana football really embodies what makes sports special. It’s the type of story that would feel way too corny for a movie. But the fact it’s actually unfolding in front of us somehow makes it even harder to believe.

Leicester City winning the Premier League still feels like the modern ceiling for sports improbability. Curt Cignetti leading Indiana football from one of worst programs in CFB to absolute juggernaut might give them a run for their money.

Sports odds are entertainment. But when media treats political odds like news, guesses start to feel like facts. Those numbers don’t measure truth. They measure money and attention.

Sports media is failing fans. Two months ago, the NBA and MLB had players and coaches indicted by the federal government for placing bets on games. In previous eras, this would be a crisis. Now? Crickets.

This is what happens when you normalize gambling on everything — from sports to elections to war. It’s a symptom of a culture where insider access = profit, and the rest of us lose faith & trust in everything. Sports betting was just the gateway.

Thank you to everyone who supported and followed my work this year. I took a big leap going independent after a two-year hiatus and my layoff from ESPN, not knowing how it would go. It was a scary jump, and you made it easier. Excited for what 2026 brings. Happy New Year!

Imo, noteworthy that this Kalshi partnership comes in the wake of the City of Chicago looking to raise taxes on DK and FD, and their lobbying group threatening to block access to the apps within city limits. The Blackhawks could be hedging here. Regardless, bad for the sport and consumers.

The number of fans who believe sports are rigged will only keep rising because individual teams are now partnering with prediction markets that are less regulated than sports gambling companies.

Thank you to Nieman Labs for allowing me to make a prediction about journalism in 2026. My take: journalism will become the center of gravity for YouTube’s next era www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...

@joon.bsky.social: “Creators are also running into the ceiling that legacy media once hit. When you scale to cultural force levels, you need to become more serious.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...

Partnering with fake journalists to promote sports gambling is as big a red flag as it gets for the prediction market industry

Everything is sports gambling now www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

The best part of Drake Maye being good is seeing again that spiteful look people used to give me when I mentioned my Patriots fandom. Feels like home.

I’m trying to understand what the hardest thing in sports actually is. So I explored NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works. And then I tried driving a race car myself: youtu.be/yce922orRJs?...

I’m trying to understand what the hardest thing in sports actually is. So I explored NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works. And then I tried driving a race car myself: youtu.be/yce922orRJs?...

This’ll be good

I’m trying to understand what the hardest thing in sports actually is. So I went to explore NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works. And then I drove a race car myself. youtu.be/lMzjIPIq9aA?...

I’m trying to understand what the hardest thing in sports actually is. So I went to explore NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works. And then I drove a race car myself. youtu.be/lMzjIPIq9aA?...

I've never been this terrified while reporting a story. New video on my YouTube tomorrow:

Sports gambling is not just corrupting our trust in sports, but America. Thank you to @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social, @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social and @camanpour.bsky.social for the platform. Our full conversation: youtu.be/uiomTi50pS8?...

A new national poll on sports gambling from Sacred Heart: - 79% say the recent scandals have shaken their trust in the NBA, 38% say its shaken trust a lot. - 90% are worried about corruption across sports. - 75% of gambler believe corruption is more widespread than the NBA

In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals. Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there. Or it’s creating it. Either answer is terrible for sports.

“.. for generations, sports was one of the few places where Americans could still gather around something bigger than ourselves. Now, .. we tally payouts .. until a game becomes little more than a series of outcomes to be predicted and monetized.” @joon.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model. New @nytopinion.nytimes.com column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

NEW VIDEO: More teams are slashing payroll—even championship contenders. I asked Mark Cuban why. His answer? “Teams do many more money when they have a low payroll and lose.” We live in an era where losing is more profitable than winning. youtu.be/sAJH7Bx-BV4?...

The NFL will own 10% of ESPN, which licenses its name to a sportsbook. The NFL will directly profit from sports gambling. Goodell said in 2017, “We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that.”

In a city where politicians cycle out and owners stay hidden behind tinted glass, sports radio show host Mike Felger has been the loudest, clearest, and most consistent voice, @joon.bsky.social writes in #GlobeIdeas. Not just in sports — in anything.

For @bostonglobe.com: When Marty Walsh was Boston’s mayor, he turned to sports radio, not social media, to get a temperature check on the city. For two decades, Mike Felger has set the agenda on sports radio. Is Felger the most influential person in Boston? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/o...

NEW VIDEO: Jordan and Kobe were stoic icons. Now stars like SGA, Tyrese Haliburton and Jayson Tatum are called corny. How did this happen? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtHt...

Gambling addiction is sweeping the country, and not enough people are talking about it. When people fall into gambling, our culture and sports media often frames it as a failure of personal responsibility, when it should be treated like what it is: an addiction. Thread 🧵⬇️

NEW VIDEO - Seven NBA players tore their Achilles this season. That’s 5X the historical average. So what’s going on here? I talked to an NBA trainer to find out. m.youtube.com/watch?si=984...

Went on CNN with @smerconish.bsky.social to discuss how the increasing cost of paywalls in sports is hurting community in America

The Red Sox trade of Rafael Devers wasn't just about beef with chief baseball officer Craig Breslow. It was a rupture of an organization that has quietly been unraveling from the inside since the trade of Mookie Betts. For @yahoosports.bsky.social: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

Definitely a men's sports centric read but many of the same fundamental issues are at play in women's sports, including the split of media rights and especially private equity investment (I'd argue more concerning on the women's side bc it's far earlier in a league's lifespan).

Sports was one of America's most accessible forms of entertainment. Now it's paywalled, splintered and sold to the highest bidder. Fandom isn't being nurtured. It's being mined. For @nytopinion.nytimes.com on on the state of sports, and what it says about America: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

It’s insane that the Red Sox gave a long term deal to Rafael Devers in part because of the enormous backlash to the Mookie Betts trade, and this where the situation ends, with a shocking trade to the Giants. This is an organizational failure on so many fronts that Devers is gone

One of my favorite things about Boston is that when the Red Sox call up their top prospect, it legitimately feels like a national holiday. The city’s vibe changes. The weather for the game sucks, but Fenway is mostly packed. Everyone stood up for Roman Anthony’s first AB.

This Red Sox team is aneurysm inducing. Feels like the team is trying to juggle too many things at once and have it all. Developing multiple young prospects at the same time while trying to compete. Spend money but don't go all the way in on top-level veteran players.

NEW VIDEO, Kylian Mbappé finally got his Real Madrid dream. But instead of being crowned the next global icon, he’s fighting to stay relevant. This is the story of a dream clashing with reality— and why it’s not working out. youtu.be/SKxpArcyJMY?...