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Sports bettors are so eager to have something to throw a few bucks at that they've been wagering on Ukraine ping pong and that's apparently fixed.But what about the daily fantasy players? Can those Madden sims tide them over forever.Adam We

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The NBA is going to Disney World before anyone even wins a championship, the NFL and NHL are going forward with plans to return to a new normal and even with Major League Baseball going about destroying itself, eSports’ cameo as a major sports

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May 3rd, 2020 31m 28s

Cal Spears of RotoGrinders and Daniel Kustelski of Chalkine Sports lay out the past, present and future of Tennessee's complicated odyssey in legalizing sports betting.Reading material:https://www.gambling.com/news/tennessee-sports-betting-

NFL Draft Preview with Nick Bogdanovich of William Hill and Andrew Mannino of PointsBet

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Mike Tyson on Tyson Fury, Undisputed Truth, Reading a Room

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Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson joins Points Taken to discuss the second installment of his one-man show, Undisputed Truth, the honor of lending his name to fellow champion Tyson Fury and the difference in guts required to take a punch a

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