Ms. Rooks, a sports journalist, starts her day with matcha and ends with W.W.E. In between? A little glam and fitness. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “National Basketball Assn”
Microbets, Parlays and Prop Bets: A Guide to the M.L.B. Gambling Scandal
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2025
Federal prosecutors say two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians tipped off bettors about what pitches they would throw, setting up rigged “microbets.” M.L.B. moved to limit such bets. Source: New York Times
In N.B.A. Betting Scandal, Influencers Played an Old Game in a New Form
By Gotham Rex on November 7, 2025
A Supreme Court decision created a sports gambling industry now worth $14 billion. Many are angling for a cut. Source: New York Times
The Odd History of the Rowhouse at the Center of the N.B.A. Betting Scandal
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2025
The Greenwich Village building has been home to celebrities like John Philip Sousa and Kylie Jenner — and, according to prosecutors, Mafia-controlled poker games. Source: New York Times
New York Is the Center of Basketball. And Basketball Betting Scandals.
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2025
Point shaving. Gambling rings. Illegal poker games. Prosecutors in New York have seen it all. Source: New York Times
U.S. Details How Mob and Ex-NBA Players Lured High Rollers Into Poker Trap
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2025
A Manhattan apartment was at the center of a Mafia-run ring that used former N.B.A. players as bait and technology to read cards, prosecutors say. Source: New York Times
U.S. Charges N.B.A. Figures in Gambling Schemes That Tainted Games
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2025
Terry Rozier, a Miami Heat guard, and Chauncey Billups, coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, were among those arrested. Two indictments spanned the worlds of professional sports, Mafia families and online betting. Source: New York Times
Gambinos and Other NYC Mob Families Are Still in Business
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2025
Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. Source: New York Times
Jane Gross, Sportswriter Who Opened Locker Room Doors, Dies at 75
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2022
She made news by entering a pro basketball inner sanctum to do her job. Years later, her mother’s physical decline led her to write about aging for The Times and in a book. Source: New York Times
18 Former N.B.A. Players Charged With Insurance Fraud
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2021
Federal prosecutors said Terrence Williams, who once played for the New Jersey Nets, had orchestrated a scheme that led to the filing of nearly $4 million in fraudulent medical claims. Source: New York Times