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DRAYMOND GREEN SHOULD BE SUSPENDED — FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES, PLEASE
After two pathetic nights — yanking Patty Mills by the throat, then confronting a ref to earn his fourth ejection this season — we’re beyond sick of…
12 hrs ago
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Jay Mariotti
CAN WE FIRE JIMMY PITARO AT ESPN FOR HIS GAMBLING AND MEDIA DUPLICITY?
The chairman has annihilated the network by heaving betting advice, while luring gamblers to ESPN BET, and asking journalists to engage in the hypocrisy…
Mar 27
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Jay Mariotti
AS THE WOMEN’S GAME TURNS INTO A SHOW, RACIAL HATE CRIMES ARE HORRIFIC
Utah’s team was battered by N-word incidents in an Idaho region known for far-right extremists, a shame when the rest of the event is gaining national…
Mar 26
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Jay Mariotti
OHTANI SAYS HE WAS SCAMMED … BUT HOW DID MIZUHARA ACCESS HIS ACCOUNT?
The human heart wants to buy his wild story, but it’s startling — even when an athlete makes $700 million — that an interpreter would have the necessary…
Mar 26
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Jay Mariotti
IMAGINE KIM MULKEY VS. JEFF BEZOS IN A COURTROOM BATTLE OVER BABBGATE
Is sports journalism’s future at stake as the LSU coach threatens legal action versus the Washington Post, whose writer — Kent Babb — is ready to run a…
Mar 24
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Jay Mariotti
EVEN IF OHTANI IS GUILTY, BASEBALL HAS ZERO INTEREST IN PUNISHING HIM
The commissioner’s Department of Investigations will look into allegations involving Ohtani and his ex-interpreter, but if it’s clear he paid an illegal…
Mar 23
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Jay Mariotti
NO REASON FOR CALIPARI TO REMAIN AT KENTUCKY, WHERE ONE MEANS DONE
He has lost four of his last five NCAA tournament games and stopped feeding the NBA with quick-stay talent — Booker, Davis, Towns, Murray, Fox — while a…
Mar 22
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Jay Mariotti
NO BETTER FEAT THAN KEITH DAMBROT, FUELED BY LEBRON, BEATING SHANNON JR.
No one expected Duquesne in the Round of 32 in the NCAA tournament, but now that a retiring coach has arrived, he and his players can use James’ shoes…
Mar 22
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Jay Mariotti
DODGERS PAY $1 BILLION-PLUS AND HAVE TROUBLES WITH OHTANI, YAMAMOTO
The season is long, thankfully for manager Dave Roberts, who has nothing to do with Ohtani’s gambling debt payments for his interpreter and Yamamoto’s…
Mar 21
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Jay Mariotti
OHTANI SHOULD BE SUSPENDED FOR ALLOWING HIS INTERPRETER TO SCAM HIM
With sports in a dark gambling period, Ohtani didn’t report Ippei Mizuhara to MLB, instead choosing to help his betting friend financially until a law…
Mar 21
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Jay Mariotti
HOW DIDN’T OHTANI KNOW HE WAS SCAMMED BY AN INTERPRETER FOR MILLIONS?
Baseball’s greatest story has turned ugly, with his personal translator accused of stealing “massive” amounts from Ohtani to pay an illegal bookmaker …
Mar 20
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Jay Mariotti
OHTANI IS BRINGING LIFE TO THE WORLD, BUT ULTIMATELY, HE MUST WIN IT ALL
A March series in Seoul widens his global scope, including a fake bomb threat, and as we watch how much excitement he generates, he was hired by the…
Mar 20
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Jay Mariotti
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