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Brant James

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Gulf of Mexico-adjacent journalist covering the gambling industry for InGame. Along the way: Gaming Today, Tampa Bay Times, SI com, Deadspin, ESPN, USA Today.
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Jacob Pomrenke

@buckweaver.bsky.social

Guess we’re destined to speed run through all the 1910s mini-scandals involving baseball and gambling until we get to the big one again! New century, same problems.

Headline of Irving Sanborn’s article in the October 12, 1919 edition of the Chicago Tribune (three days after the fixed World Series ended):

BASEBALL MEN FEAR EFFECT OF BETTING CLIQUES
Wagers and 'Pools' Help Kill Fans' Interest in Game for Itself.

Thoughtful baseball promoters who have the best interests of their business in view are beginning to worry about the way professional gamblers lave been flocking to the national pastime during the last year.

There always has been betting on ball games, and always will be, but most of it has been of the promiscuous, haphazard kind in which sentiment was the determining factor.

With the quick resumption of interest in baseball this year there has reappeared the menace which so nearly wrecked the game back in the dark days of the late '70s, when it was necessary for the National league to bar from its ball parks forever a quari it of players who were found guilty of having dealings with a gambling clique which was then trying to earn a dishonest living out of baseball.

November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Brant James

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Clase: No! Cock fighting!
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Clase Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges Around Wagering

A journalist on social media site X says the reliever believes his texts about cock fighting were misinterpreted to be about pitching.

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November 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM

Brant James

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Emmanuel Clase de la Cruz arrived at JFK Airport this morning from the Dominican Republic and was arrested by FBI agents. He will be arraigned at 2 p.m. in Courtroom 2A by Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Marutollo.

November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM

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Luis L. Ortiz pleads not guilty to federal charges stemming from alleged pitch-fixing
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Guardians' Luis Ortiz Pleads Not Guilty

Former Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz pleaded not guilty to multiple federal conspiracy charges related to a sports betting scandal.

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November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM

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NCAA Betting Rule Could Cause 'Carnage'

A new rule that would allow NCAA student-athletes to bet on professional sports is a bad idea with serious consequences, professors say.

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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Brant James

@brantjames.bsky.social

When you catch the Jonathan Taylor owner the week of the Colts' bye

a man wearing sunglasses and a polo shirt smiles

ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a polo shirt smiles

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November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM

Brant James

@brantjames.bsky.social

Regen of Boom #seahawks

November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Brant James

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Pete Carroll would not have allowed such a blowout #seahawks

November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM

Brant James

@brantjames.bsky.social

Poll worker highlight tonight: a new naturalized American from Germany who didn't register to vote in time got set up for the next election, and grinned ear to ear when I handed him a "Future Voter" sticker.

November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM

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Jacob Pomrenke

@buckweaver.bsky.social

What a run. So sad to see it go. I learn something new every time I read Paul’s work, then or now. Uni-Watch was an inspiration in how to build community online and how to write about even the most niche subjects and make them interesting.