Gambling Is Ruining Sports
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers talks to his now-fired interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. (Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images)
Scandals in baseball and the NBA are the latest signs that the prudes may have been right about sports betting, argues Joe Nocera.
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For decades, Las Vegas was the only place in the country where sports betting was legal. And once upon a time, the men who ran the major sports leagues were terrified of betting. The great fear was that it would c…
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