November 06, 2026
A cooperating witness and member of a gambling ring that purportedly cashed in on inside tips about Major League Baseball games told a Brooklyn federal jury Friday that he made tens of thousands of dollars from prop bets he placed on pitches thrown by Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase.
November 05, 2026
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Bo Naylor on Thursday took the witness stand in the prop betting trial of a pair of Cleveland Guardians pitchers accused of a spot-fixing scheme, giving jurors an early look at a defense case that portrayed allegedly suspect pitches as routine.
November 04, 2026
A pair of Cleveland Guardians pitchers accused of feeding inside information about their planned gameplay to allied prop bettors laid bare their central defense to jurors on Wednesday, saying the government's case rests on a deceptive cooperator who may not even take the stand, but who has admitted to deceiving other members of the purported conspiracy.
October 31, 2026
A Brooklyn federal judge Friday heard that prosecutors may not call a key witness at the center of a fight over exculpatory evidence disclosure to testify against two Cleveland Guardians players accused of a pitch-fixing conspiracy to profit from rigged proposition bets, and refused a government bid to use a purported $500,000 tax debt against one of the pitchers.
September 16, 2026
A Cleveland Guardians pitcher indicted in an alleged bet-rigging scheme urged a New York federal judge to sanction prosecutors Wednesday, saying they failed to promptly disclose exculpatory evidence to him.
September 08, 2026
A New York federal judge refused Tuesday to toss conspiracy counts and other charges from an indictment alleging All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase and another Cleveland Guardians pitcher accepted bribes to rig pitches, rejecting multiple defense arguments, including Clase's assertion he was too far removed from the alleged fraudulent bets at issue.
February 13, 2026
New details in a case accusing two Cleveland Guardians pitchers of rigging pitches in exchange for bribes reveal poultry-themed "coded" messages ahead of pitches by All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase, including with an associate who prosecutors claim later lied to FBI agents about his knowledge.
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 02, 2025
A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday set a May trial date for two Major League Baseball pitchers accused of conspiring to throw pitches that would secure gambling payouts, after prosecutors expressed interest in exploring plea talks amid an ongoing investigation.