Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake(https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/legal-sports-gambling-was-mistake/679925/)1371 points|jimbob45|6 months ago|1154 comments
Cultivated Disinterest in Professional Sports(http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/cultivated-disinterest-in-professional-sports)344 points|luu|10 years ago|488 comments
When You Watch Sports, Your Brain Thinks You’re Playing(http://nautil.us/issue/39/sport/the-unique-neurology-of-the-sports-fans-brain)338 points|lxm|7 years ago|155 comments
The $1M shot that changed sports contests(https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36146138/million-dollar-shot-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls-1993)300 points|thunderbong|2 years ago|130 comments
Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes(https://www.propublica.org/article/the-billionaire-playbook-how-sports-owners-use-their-teams-to-avoid-millions-in-taxes)262 points|danso|4 years ago|224 comments
Beating the bookies – how the online sports betting market is rigged(https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.02824)242 points|zeristor|7 years ago|155 comments
I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon (2018)(https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/what-its-like-to-deliver-packages-for-amazon/578986/)240 points|wallflower|4 years ago|275 comments
Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for e-sports events(https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/twitch-nabs-exclusive-streaming-deal-with-blizzard-for-20-major-esports-events)230 points|janober|8 years ago|191 comments
Less Pizza, More Yoga: E-Sports Embraces Traditional Training Methods(https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/sports/esports-league-of-legends.html)222 points|bookofjoe|6 years ago|159 comments
The rising human cost of sports betting(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/sports/football/super-bowl-sports-betting.html)198 points|jbegley|3 years ago|321 comments
Pitch doctoring should be the biggest scandal in sports(https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/06/04/sticky-stuff-is-the-new-steroids-daily-cover)192 points|SheinhardtWigCo|4 years ago|189 comments
Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017)(https://www.outsideonline.com/2229791/why-are-most-endurance-athletes-rich/)189 points|shrikant|6 years ago|356 comments
Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers(https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers)188 points|hellohihello135|1 year ago|85 comments
Fantasy Sports Employees Bet at Rival Sites Using Inside Information(http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/sports/fanduel-draftkings-fantasy-employees-bet-rivals.html)180 points|joshrotenberg|9 years ago|105 comments
US lawyer who put Big Tobacco on trial takes aim at sports betting(https://www.ft.com/content/497fdb45-fe81-4b13-97d0-70abe667b94f)178 points|donsupreme|1 year ago|196 comments
How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans into Suckers(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/magazine/how-the-daily-fantasy-sports-industry-turns-fans-into-suckers.html)178 points|scottfr|9 years ago|147 comments
A lobbying blitz made sports betting ubiquitous(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-lobbying-kansas.html)164 points|wallflower|2 years ago|150 comments
What Real-Time Gambling Data Reveals About Sports(http://www.gambletron2000.com/about)163 points|lil_tee|11 years ago|64 comments
The sports footage you won't see on TV this Thanksgiving(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203716204577015903150731054.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)162 points|brownie|13 years ago|105 comments
Top fantasy sports player uses software, analytics to reap millions(http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/12/23/from-boston-penthouse-world-best-fantasy-player-plunges-into-startup-world/QHNpLh0O3QMyUDqTd4t27N/story.html)162 points|livestyle|9 years ago|80 comments
I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon(https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/what-its-like-to-deliver-packages-for-amazon/578986/)160 points|toufiqbarhamov|6 years ago|93 comments
The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop(http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/06/the-sports-bubble-is-about-to-pop.html)153 points|gabbo|9 years ago|168 comments
US Supreme Court strikes down federal law prohibiting sports gambling(http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling)149 points|mark-ruwt|7 years ago|156 comments
AI Sports Journalist Covers Every Division I College Basketball Team(http://singularityhub.com/2010/11/17/ai-sports-journalist-covers-every-division-i-college-basketball-team/)142 points|kkleiner|14 years ago|60 comments
When Sports Betting Is Legal, the Value of Game Data Soars(https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/sports/sports-betting.html)137 points|jbredeche|7 years ago|69 comments
BBC Sport's Tokyo Olympics studio [video](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/olympics/58113457)134 points|OJFord|4 years ago|42 comments
U.S. Now Says All Online Gambling Illegal, Not Just Sports Bets(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/u-s-now-says-all-online-gambling-illegal-not-just-sports-bets)131 points|cohaagen|6 years ago|156 comments
College Sports Need Their Tax-Exempt Status Revoked(https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-25/jimbo-fisher-is-why-college-sports-need-to-lose-tax-exemption-status)128 points|JumpCrisscross|1 year ago|32 comments
Formula 1 e-sports now more exciting than the real thing(https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/11/formula-1-esports-now-more-exciting-than-the-real-thing-and-thats-a-problem/)126 points|okket|7 years ago|92 comments
