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usonian

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1. I listened to sports radio and after stories of massive corruption,
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 02:20 AM
Oct 2025

the point spreads on all the games, and the Friday parade of people hawking their picks (the first three are free!).

The leagues fucked around with gambling and are finding out what we all knew, that it has corrupted sports. Donaghy, (1), Black Sox, chilled or heated draft pick cards.


Raise your hand if you made an honest living. Coffe's on me, all 10 of us.

(1) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25980368/how-former-ref-tim-donaghy-conspired-fix-nba-games

ETA: People were so sure that CA would legitimize sports betting in a recent election/propositions, that one radio station changed its name to "The Spread". The prop failed. Oh, so sorry for you.

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