My remarkable padlet by Chase Staley

The black sox (1919 world series champs)

891862 — 2024-03-26 15:03:19 UTC

after the Chicago White Sox were defeated 9-1 in Game 1 of the 1919 World Series, unaware that said drubbing was the result of eight players who had agreed to help throw the Series for gamblers. it turns out that the sox throwing the series was kept secret in baseball.

CCNY point shaving (1950)

891862 — 2024-03-26 15:04:31 UTC

In 1951, 32 college basketball players from seven schools around the country were caught up in a mafia-run point shaving scheme that hit four New York schools and three out-of-state teams, including Kentucky.The scandal decimated the team — which rivaled the Yankees and the Dodgers for New York sports supremacy at the time — and effectively ended the school’s affiliation with big-time athletics.

Pete Rose

891862 — 2024-03-26 15:05:06 UTC

The all-time hit king was banned for life in 1989 for betting on games, something he adamently denied for 15 years.A few years later, that was proven to be another lie — evidence showed that Rose bet about once a day in 1987, typically for around $2,000. Though he frequently bet on his Reds, Rose vows he never bet against his own team and, despite his flexibility with the truth, this claim seems legit.

John “Hot Rod” Williams

891862 — 2024-03-26 15:06:43 UTC

Before he became a beloved NBA veteran, John “Hot Rod” Williams faced jail time over a 1985 point shaving scandal at Tulane that ended up shuttering the basketball program for four seasons.Williams twice went to trial the first was declared a mistrial and the second ended with his acquittal on five counts. He went on to play 13 years in the NBA.

Art Schlichter

891862 — 2024-03-26 15:13:45 UTC

the foruth round pick of the 1982 draft accrued nearly 1 million in gambling depts by the end of the first year in the NFL, by betting various sports including, allegedly 10 NFL games