New England Patriots admit to inappropriately filming the sideline and field at their next opponent'

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55. I remember the Hagler/Leonard fight.

The local bookie came into the restaurant I was working in Manhattan and announced that the fix was in, and that anyone wanting to make a ton of $ should put it on Sugar Ray. Of course, we all scoffed because we thought Leonard didn't stand a chance.

The rest is sports (rigged) history.

Back in the pre-replay 80s, I had a sports broadcaster in NYC tell me that about 20% of NFL games were fixed. He said it was never a high-profile game, but rather a game out in the boonies where one team winning would help the top-level teams stay in the hunt. He said it was the refs who made it happen, usually by calling questionable penalties. “You can see the entire bench deflate on the team being targeted - they know they can’t win.” Penalties like holding can be called on every play, so when one team or one player gets multiple calls it’s fishy.