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.
Most Interesting, Important Sports Betting Stories of the Week:
What a day! #HardRockAC 🎉🤘🏼 pic.twitter.com/x203kkDTEQ
— Hard Rock Atlantic City (@HardRockHCAC) June 28, 2018
RIBBON CUTTING: 2 Atlantic City casinos open a day early [AP]
REVIVALS: Will sports betting be able to ‘save’ Atlantic City? [NYT]
DISAPPOINTING: PA gaming control board limits casino skins to just one apiece [Penn Bets]
LANDSCAPE: Here’s what each Mississippi Coast casino plans to offer for sports betting [Sun-Herald]
IT’S COMPLICATED: Tribal participation in sports betting is uncertain and thorny [GGB]
Q&A’s: Foxwoods’ Seth Young on branding, tribes and the U.S. sports betting market [iGaming USA]
SHOVE OFF: A literary bird flip to the leagues pursuing a direct cut [AP]
PERSPECTIVE: Las Vegas veteran Jimmy Vaccaro on the state of U.S. sports betting [Post-Gazette]
STANDING GROUND: Your neighborhood sports bookie isn’t going anywhere [WSJ]
In the Wider World of Sports This Week:
IMPACT: The LeBron James decision-making machine [FiveThirtyEight]
AGENDAS: Why is NFL refusing to promote a player’s medical degree? [Forbes]
POLLS: Football is popular in Texas. The NFL isn’t. [Texas Tribune]
Tweets of Note in Both Worlds:
Benches clear but nothing more than that as Votto and Brewers catcher Erik Kratz exchange words at home plate. @ENQSports pic.twitter.com/tnWjECrPQr
— Kareem Elgazzar (@ElgazzarBLVD) June 29, 2018
Erik Kratz on that little dust-up with Joey Votto: "Completely blown out of proportion, that’s all. We were discussing the Canadian dollar and flawed systems in our two governments. He was coming from a different side of it, and we were just discussing those kinds of things."
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) June 29, 2018
A nice way to start the day: pic.twitter.com/43YJN09Gn6
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 26, 2018
.@markwahlberg and Bruce Deifik place the first bet at our @WilliamHill Sports Book! #TheOceanAC pic.twitter.com/fouAasoh5N
— Ocean Resort Casino (@TheOceanAC) June 28, 2018
Wahlberg bet $200 on the Patriots at 6-to-1 o win Super Bowl LIII.
Videos of Note:
"We are asking for certain data rights in legislation and also a royalty…." – David Miller of @PGATOUR #HS18 pic.twitter.com/I3KjJ4C6Ch
— Hashtag Sports (@HashtagSports) June 26, 2018
mood: pic.twitter.com/7hdZdMHRC5
— deray (@deray) June 26, 2018
