2013 was clearly the greatest year ever for writing about baseball books

This combines reporting from the past couple of weeks with the first taste of material from my book, "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Gambling," which comes out in January and is available for preorder:

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Everyb...

(You'll want to read to the end)

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

I'm also not blown away by the poker ring. A lot of sizzle and little steak ... EXCEPT for the possibility that doing crimes with the mob could expose people in sports like Chauncey Billups to extortion, which I think is one of the nightmare ways that games could get fixed.

Thin as in the evidence is thin, or the alleged crimes are minor?

Thank you so much, Tommy. Can't wait to discuss it with you!

I was thrilled to get to speak with him. Here's the link:

dannyfunt.substack.com/p/what-the-s...