Danny Funt

This is exactly the point I was trying to make in my previous tweet. People admitting that gambling hurts their personal relationships is not a matter of "narrative."

There's much talk about the industry losing control of the "narrative."

But maybe it's less an issue of spin and more that Americans are seeing nonstop scandals in pro and college sports, more and more evidence of surging gambling harm, lawsuits over misleading advertising, etc., etc.

Per @johngramlich.bsky.social in @pewresearch.org, Americans increasingly believe:

--legal sports gambling is bad for the country (34% in 2022 to 43% now)

-- and bad for sports (from 33% to 40%)

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Amazing piece, Dan. So glad he's doing better.

Just a relentless series of heartbreaking twists in this story, so it comes as such a relief that Abraham is doing better. Amazing work by Dan.

I've heard sharp sports bettors dream of gaining access to that very data, for golfers especially.

One thing Drew didn't ask: The New York Times announced a seven-figure deal to acquire Pablo's pod about a week before he released his first Ballmer/Kawhi episode. Did NYT know Pablo was about to enter another stratosphere by unearthing one of the biggest (potential) NBA scandals in years?

I found out how Pablo Torre finds out SFGATE's Drew Magary chats with Pablo Torre on how the podcast sausage is made.

@drewmagary.bsky.social presses @pablo.show to give straight answers on questions I and probably a lot of people have been wondering about, namely, "How on earth does Pablo have time to dig up so much so consistently?" Great interview.

www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

Done!

I have a strong feeling you would like my upcoming book ...

Your First Call After You Shoot Someone In the era of Stand Your Ground, self-defense insurance is increasingly popular. Does it promote gun violence?

I had to pick my jaw off the floor after reading this lede in @rachelmonroe.bsky.social on self-defense insurance. Like out of an Elmore Leonard novel. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Right after Trump's '24 election, Adam Gopnik of the @newyorker.com offered a prediction that seemed improbable and oddly specific at the time:

He said one of MAGA's first priorities would be to find a way to get Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel out of late night.

NCAA uncovers sports betting-related game manipulation and other violations by 3 DI men’s basketball student-athletes; eligibility revoked permanently - NCAA.org The NCAA Committee on Infractions released the findings after an NCAA enforcement investigation uncovered violations by three student-athletes who competed in men's

So much intrigue in this NCAA release on Fresno State and San Jose State men's basketball players gambling and colluding with bettors.

One important point is that some games were manipulated to ensure certain bets *won*. Too often people assume fixing always = failing.

www.ncaa.org/news/2025/9/...

Every time the car GPS says to do something in 350 feet, 500 feet, etc., I imagine a home run traveling that distance and it seems oddly short. Am I alone?

Maybe! In the video Dak seemed to me to be course-of-business spitting a good distance away from Carter. I also give Dak some benefit of the doubt since by all accounts he's a really good guy

The thing I keep thinking about re: Jalen Carter spitting on Dak — nobody does that once. Like Jalen Carter probably didn't decide in his 3rd NFL season to debut spitting on another man. That's a move. Maybe he just never did it to a quarterback with a ref standing two feet away.

great to know. It's hard to know sometimes which retailer to suggest people preorder from, given the various considerations at play ...

As Steve Coll recounts in his extraordinary “The Achilles Trap,” Saddam Hussein vented privately to GOP Senators visiting Baghdad about the US press for drawing the world’s attention to his gassing of tens of thousands of Iranians and Iraqi Kurds, which he’d denied.

Their reply:

this brings to mind the Hannibal Buress joke about Young Jeezy's lyric "house so big that my room has rooms."

"No Jeezy, those are closets."

"Room" in NFL-media-speak, i.e. a team's "receiver room," "QB room," etc., is now so ridiculously overused. Gonna spread outside football before long.

"Congratulations to our my daughter for choosing a strong addition for our in-law room."

YouTube video by CNN CNN goes inside the highs and lows of sports betting

From this trailer, looks like Nick Watt and and co. pull no punches in their new sports betting documentary. Was grateful to be interviewed for it.

Airs at 10 pm ET Sunday on @cnn.com

YouTube video by CNN CNN goes inside the highs and lows of sports betting

From this trailer, looks like Nick Watt and and co. pull no punches in their new sports betting documentary. Was grateful to be interviewed for it.

Airs at 10 pm ET Sunday on @cnn.com

deviled egg as slider bun is pretty darn innovative

The WNBA's big gamble The league is promoting sports betting more aggressively than ever, but doesn't have much to say about the significant risks that come with that.

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Amid some wild developments with sports betting, my latest newsletter (👇🏼) covers

—my @washingtonpost.com piece on the WNBA’s dicey embrace of gambling
—@jonlerner.bsky.social’s beef with people begging for prop refunds after injuries
—the truly bizarre rate of deaths at 1800s baseball games

Quite a coincidence that on the day @washingtonpost.com publishes my story about the risks that prop betting pose to the integrity of WNBA games and as fuel for harassment of players, @davidpurdum.bsky.social reports that the NBA now concedes props are out of hand and need to be reined in.

I've been raising this issue for years now, too. WNBA gambling has been a thing for ages, but it's growing massively (in large part because the league wants it to). And the players still make, relatively, peanuts. It's an obvious target for corruption and potentially very damaging scandal. #WNBA

thanks for posting, Richard

Gambling on the WNBA is way up, as are the unintended consequences As the league’s popularity surges, its embrace of sports betting has become tighter, prompting concerns from some players and fans.

Gambling on the WNBA is way up, as are the unintended consequences. By @dannyfunt.bsky.social:

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Gambling on the WNBA is way up, as are the unintended consequences As the league’s popularity surges, its embrace of sports betting has become tighter, prompting concerns from some players and fans.

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