Former NHL player Tocchet gets probation in gambling case (TurkishPress.com)
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick outside federal court July 26. It's a good bet every sport will suffer the disgrace of an illegal gambling scandal.Gambling, sports figures don't mix (Canada.com)
Four academics released a study that found that Major League Baseball umpires called strikes at different rates depending on a pitcher's ethnicity.Baseball: Finding of umpire bias is small but unsettling (International Herald Tribune)
Former National Hockey League player Rick Tocchet was sentenced Friday to two years probation for his role in an illegal gambling ring.Former NHL player Tocchet gets probation in gambling case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
IT IS REPLACING baseball as the national pastime: blood sports. From drive-bys to dogfights, bloodshed is a recreational sport in the United States. The star players in this game are not al-Qaida, homegrown terrorists or mythical bogeymen invented by cable television pundits.Everywhere you look there is blood on the streets (The Record)
Former National Hockey League player Rick Tocchet was sentenced Friday to two years probation for his role in an illegal gambling ring. The ruling came nearly three months after Tocchet pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to promote gambling and promoting gambling.Former NHL player Tocchet gets probation in gambling case (TurkishPress.com)
With ?Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster,? Dana Thomas has written a crisp, witty social history that?s as entertaining as it is informative.The Devil Wears Herms (He Bought It at the Caesars Palace Mall in Las Vegas) (New York Times)
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