It’s information overload everywhere, and there’s not time enough to sleep and eat and stay fully apprised of what’s happening on this crazy blue dot of ours (two out of three ain’t bad).
Here’s the Friday Sports Handle item, “Get a Grip,” rounding up top stories in sports betting and gaming, and the world of sports at large. You may have missed them, and they are worth reading. This is meant to be brief, so that’s it.
Off the Top Rope: Regulations Here for Mississippi Sports Betting, West Virginia Sports Betting, Plus Rhode Island Sports Betting Gets Official ‘Go’
UP NORTH: With the governor having signed the budget on Friday, RI sports betting will begin in the fall
DOWN SOUTH: Prohibiting wagering on college sports ‘is not a particular concern’ in Mississippi
COUNTRY ROADS: WV sports betting regulations are here — and here’s the big picture
Most Interesting, Important Sports Betting Stories of the Week:
ROOT ROOT ROOT: The ‘homer effect’: A new bookmaking quandary [Chalk]
OPENINGS: Meadowlands Racetrack (near Metlife Stadium) to launch sports betting on July 15 [AP]
REVIVALS: Can sports betting legalization save NASCAR? [Action]
HIRES: Former AFL commish Scott Butera joins MGM as president of interactive gaming [Yogonet]
LONG GAME: How a long shot came in for the man behind betting battle, Monmouth Park’s Drazin [ROI-NJ]
BACK TO SCHOOL: Connecticut lawmakers get a crash course on luring sports betting from the shadows [CT Mirror]
KING JAMES: How LeBron’s free agency is shaking up the 2019 NBA title odds [US Bets]
COMIC VILLAIN: Scott Boras has some thoughts on sports betting [Boston Herald]
MILLENNIALS: e-Sports mesmerize as traditional sports worry about decline [PBS]
In the Wider World of Sports This Week:
HOT AIR: Stephen A. Smith won’t stop taking [New Yorker]
YOUTH SPORTS: Brett Favre seeks to end youth tackle football [PFT ]
SPONSORSHIP: 11 notable local car commercials starring athletes and coaches [TBL]
DUMBED DOWN: Fox’s World Cup coverage finds lowest common denominator for viewers [Awful Announcing]
Tweets of Note:
The @NYPost and @VSiNLive have entered into a sports betting content partnership. The sports section of the NY Post now has expanded betting content, with two VSin-penned articles today. https://t.co/oyGZkf0Tw1
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) June 21, 2018
DraftKings is working on making a media move by launching an OTT network that will include an MLS livestream, per source. Official announcement expected in July.
— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) June 21, 2018
Don’t compare Ayton to me either… I play DEFENSE
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) June 22, 2018
Videos of the Week:
Mikal Bridges mom talking about she's excited that her son is going to play for the Sixers where she works…..he gets traded to Phoenix about 10 minutes later…Cold world pic.twitter.com/3puYQQcfFq
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 22, 2018
Skip contradicts himself so much you can make a video of skip debating with himself 💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/FkYJ14HC2Z
— abdul (@BBBettyx2) June 21, 2018
ICYMI at Sports Handle:
Pittsburgh Pirates Take Sports Betting ‘Integrity Fee’ to Whole New Level
Oregon Lottery Prepping Mobile App, With Mobile Sports Betting to Follow
Odds Shift in Race for Operator Dominance in Legal U.S. Sports Betting Market
