Gambling Scandal Rocks Sports: NBA, MLB and NCAA Under Fire

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00:00Let's get a preview of this show today.

00:01I didn't think we'd be starting off with this story,

00:03but it seems to continue to have some legs

00:05in the world of sports and sports betting.

00:07There is a gambling ring that's currently

00:09under federal investigation for its role

00:11in two NBA betting cases.

00:12It was now also revealed it has been involved

00:16in that unusual wagering activity

00:18on three men's college basketball games this season.

00:21So are they correlated?

00:22It does appear so.

00:23Sportsbook accounts connected to the gambling ring

00:25bet against North Carolina A&T,

00:28Mississippi Valley State, and Eastern Michigan

00:30in games this season.

00:31Some of those same accounts also placed large wagers

00:35back on those John Tay Porter props.

00:38Remember him from the Toronto Raptors?

00:40So the NCAA has released a statement surrounding this

00:43saying they take sports betting very seriously

00:46and is fully committed to the protection

00:48of student athlete wellbeing and the integrity

00:50of competition due to confidentiality rules

00:52put in place by the NCAA's member schools.

00:54The NCAA will not comment on current

00:56or potential investigations.

00:58So we'll see if indeed these are all correlated

01:01and what comes from that, we will find out.

01:03Meanwhile, last year, you may remember there was a story

01:06about an umpire in Major League Baseball

01:09that was asked to take a leave of absence

01:10over some sports betting impropriety.

01:12Apparently Pat Hoberg was not betting on baseball.

01:17It was not his account,

01:19but someone was actually using his account.

01:22I spoke wrong there.

01:23Someone was using his sports betting account

01:25in order to place wagers, but it was not himself.

01:28Needless to say, he did obstruct the investigation

01:31Major League Baseball announced

01:33by deleting some old texts and Hoberg was fired.

01:36So no longer an umpire, one of the better ones,

01:37by the way, in Major League Baseball, which is a shame.

01:39Some breaking news in college basketball today,

01:41not related to sports betting.

01:43I'm happy to say Leonard Hamilton,

01:44longtime head coach of Florida State University

01:47is stepping down.

01:48He's being sued by six former players

01:51from the 23-24 team based on NIL promises

01:55that were allegedly not kept.

01:56$250,000 in NIL compensations.

02:00The plaintiffs are Darren Green, Deontay Green,

02:03Cameron Fletcher, Josh Nickelberry,

02:05Primo Spears, and Jalen Warry.

02:07This was filed in Leon County.

02:09And needless to say, Hamilton had 456 wins in 22 seasons.

02:16He's the winningest coach in FSU history

02:18and also led Miami to a lot of success

02:20when he was the head coach there as well.

02:22We'll see if he ends up coaching again.

02:24Meanwhile, looks like Cooper Cup indeed

02:26is gonna be searching for a new home.

02:27He posted on social media that he expects to be traded.

02:30The Rams have informed him of such.

02:32He doesn't know where he's going to end up.

02:34It was a tough year for Cooper Cup

02:35coming back off multiple injuries

02:37where Puka Nakua certainly outshined him

02:40and wasn't really a big part of the Rams' game plan,

02:42let's be honest, toward the end of the season.

02:44The Washington Commanders are going to be keeping their name,

02:48at least for the time being, the owner of the Commanders,

02:51Josh Harris, making the announcement yesterday

02:53at the end of season press conference,

02:55saying, I think it's been embraced by our team,

02:57our culture, and our coaching staff.

02:59Here is more on Harris deciding to keep the name Commanders.

03:03So right now, and now in this building,

03:07the name Commanders means something.

03:10It means that, you know, it's about players who,

03:16you know, love football, are great at football,

03:20hit hard, mentally tough, great teammates.

03:24And so it's really meaningful

03:26that that name is growing in meaning.

03:28And so, but as far as rebranding and bringing our past,

03:33you know, which obviously I grew up with

03:35and all the Super Bowl championships

03:37and our future together,

03:39you're going to see us head back towards, you know,

03:42honoring our past and bringing it together with our future.

03:46Houston Texans have found their new offensive coordinator.

03:48Nick Kaley will be the new signal caller

03:51for the Houston Texans.

03:53They of course fired their offensive coordinator,

03:55so he takes over.

03:56He's never been an OC, 42 years old.

03:58Meanwhile, University of Washington,

03:59Brendan Carroll, a coach there.

04:01Carroll, the last name, no surprise,

04:04as what team he joins in the NFL?

04:06With his dad, the Las Vegas Raiders.

04:08He will be offensive line coach.

04:10Chip Kelly is there as well.

04:11All right, let's get to the NBA.

04:12Whoa, what's going on with the Orlando Magic?

04:14They are one and nine in their past 10

04:15after a fantastic season.

04:17They seem to be fading a little bit.

04:18Andrew Wiggins had 25 points.

04:20Steph Curry had 24.

04:22The Warriors came all the way back

04:23to beat the Magic 104 to 99.

04:25All about halftime adjustments

04:27in order to head coach Steve Kerr.

04:28I thought we woke up, you know,

04:30we were asleep in the first half.

04:32And we had some possessions that made no sense.

04:36And, you know, the guys locked in at halftime,

04:41scored I think the first six or eight points.

04:43Quentin was fantastic.

04:45Those first few minutes of the third quarter

04:47set a really good tone and that got us the lead.

04:51And then, of course, they battled back

04:53in the fourth, did a great job,

04:54but we were able to hang on.

04:56Was anything specific that was addressed

04:58at halftime that you can share?

05:01Just brilliant coaching, mainly, you know.

05:03Key adjustments, I don't really remember

05:05what those adjustments were, but I know they were key.

05:08And I made them, so it was mainly about me.

05:13Very funny there from Steve Kerr.

05:15All right, you know who else is having fun?

05:17The Portland Trailblazers.

05:18Wow, are they on fire?

05:19Eight and one in their last nine games.

05:22They win again last night, 121 to 119.

05:23Former son De'Andre Ayton with a huge game,

05:2525 points and 20 rebounds.

05:28Although in the loss by the Phoenix Suns,

05:30Devin Booker talked about becoming

05:32the Suns' all-time leading scorer.

05:35Mina means everything.

05:38You know, me and you have talked about it for some time.

05:41You know, just being drafted to the franchise,

05:46them believing me, taking a chance on me

05:48as a 18-year-old kid and, you know,

05:51going through a rebuild phase and just sticking with it.

05:56You know, keeping my head down,

05:58the love and the support's all the way been there.

06:01And, you know, I don't take it for granted.

06:03You know, I take it seriously,

06:06putting Phoenix across my chest.

06:08Yeah.

06:08Yeah, it is quite a surprise to see the career

06:11that Booker has had, outscoring all the great members

06:13of the Phoenix Suns.

06:14Meanwhile, guess who's outscoring everyone again?

06:16No surprise for the Knicks is Jalen Brunson.

06:19He had a 42-spot last night, also 10 assists.

06:21The Knicks beat the Rockets.

06:23Final score, 124 to 118.

06:25Brunson, fantastic again.

06:2617 points in the fourth quarter.

06:29They trailed by 11.

06:30He brings them all the way back.

06:31And, of course, Ibe Udoka, the head coach of the Rockets,

06:34was not pleased with the defensive effort.

06:37I don't think it was rim protection.

06:38I think it was one-on-one defense.

06:42They had a 46-point quarter.

06:44You know, we scored 29, we scored 118.

06:47We scored enough points to win.

06:48But, very soft and uncompetitive defensively,

06:53just going at us one-on-one.

06:54And we're complaining about offensive fouls,

06:56not boxing out, not doing our assignment,

07:00getting back cut, off-ball actions.

07:03That adds up to 46.

07:04And so, scored enough to win.

07:07It seemed like you were trying to make some substitutions

07:09and find somebody who could guard.

07:11Did you see anything that you thought was working well?

07:15I mean, a few guys, but not enough.

07:17Even our supposed defenders got cooked tonight.

07:24Let's go to the big upset in college basketball.

07:26Last night, two teams ranked in the top 25,

07:29but the lower team ranked gets the win.

07:31Kansas defeats Iowa State 69-52.

07:35Incredible defense last night from the Jayhawks.

07:38Zeke Mayo had 17.

07:39Hunter Dickinson had 14 as well.

07:42It's certainly a 52-point outcome

07:45for the defense of the Jayhawks,

07:47is what Bill Self was talking about

07:49after last night's game.

07:50Yeah, I thought the first shot defense

07:52was pretty good first half.

07:55And we didn't rebound the ball like I thought we could've.

07:59We really guarded them.

08:00And we got them into the last 10 seconds of the shot clock,

08:03I think, 10 out of the 30 possessions the first half.

08:06So, that was good.

08:07We did a good job and did a great job

08:13on their victory, especially.

08:16But yeah, guys, this storyline,

08:19you guys can do whatever you want to the storyline.

08:22You could say defense or whatever.

08:23The storyline to me on tonight

08:25is how the guys responded after a really crappy last 48 hours.

08:29So, really proud of them.

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