April 28, 2026
Former NBA player Damon Jones admitted on Tuesday to his role in a pair of NBA-related gambling cases accusing him of defrauding sports betting platforms by passing secret information to bettors and aiding a Mafia-backed, multimillion-dollar scheme to rig high-stakes poker games.
April 27, 2026
Former Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier will likely soon face new criminal charges in the case accusing him and others of tipping bettors with secret information about players' expected performances in upcoming NBA games, attorneys told a Brooklyn federal judge Monday.
April 16, 2026
Former NBA player Damon Jones is expected to enter a guilty plea in the sports betting scandal where he allegedly peddled secret information to bettors about players, including former teammate LeBron James, according to a docket entry Thursday.
January 02, 2026
As attorneys prepare for a busy year of sports cases centering on antitrust, labor laws and prediction markets, all eyes are sure to be locked on the U.S. Supreme Court, which will decide the fate of two state laws banning transgender girls and women from competing in female sports.
January 02, 2026
The coming year's major developments in New York courts include politically charged criminal cases with ties to President Donald Trump, gambling investigations that have snared high-profile athletes and charges against murder suspect Luigi Mangione.
December 08, 2025
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on Monday denied charges that he conspired with five other men to defraud betting companies by agreeing to exit a game so that gamblers could win bets on his performance, as Brooklyn federal prosecutors floated plea negotiations.
November 06, 2025
Former NBA player and coach Damon Jones pled not guilty on Thursday in a pair of cases accusing him of participating in mob-connected, rigged poker games that cheated players out of millions of dollars and conspiring to impact outcomes of bets on NBA games.
October 29, 2025
The government's decision not to bring Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act charges in the Mafia-linked NBA gambling scandal could help avoid muddying up what appears to be a "beautifully crafted" case, experts said.
October 27, 2025
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce wrote to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Friday requesting a briefing on the indictments of players and coaches in a federal gambling investigation, seeking his appearance no later than the end of the week.
October 24, 2025
The National Basketball Association, with its enormous earnings, popularity and influence nationally and internationally, is under the microscope after Thursday's indictments of current and former players in a big gambling scheme — but legal experts say no sport, league or gaming entity should feel safe or comfortable in the environment where the NBA scandal evolved.