LoginThe Metro: Gambling in sports and Pistons icon’s legacy amid scandal
The relationship between sports and gambling is getting complicated.
In the years since the Supreme Court legalized sports betting across the nation, professional athletes have been in a lot of trouble.
Last month, NBA player Terry Rozier, assistant coach Damon Jones and Pistons legend Chauncey Billups were arrested in a wide-ranging federal investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged poker game schemes.
Billups is accused of playing a role in a gambling scheme, not sports betting. But his potential role in a plot with ties to the Mafia raised many eyebrows, including those of longtime sports journalist Jemele Hill.
Hill is a Detroit native and someone who has been covering professional sports for years. She’s a contributing writer for The Atlantic and the host of Spolitics on iHeart. Hill joins the show to share her thoughts on how betting is changing sports and how the allegations against Billups impact his legacy.
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