https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw en-us 2023-03-02 13:53:02 UTC 2023-03-06 15:55:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 843522 https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501157428 A few weeks before that year's World Series, White Sox first baseman C. Arnold “Chick” Gandil, and a gambler named Joseph “Sport” Sullivan met to discuss the possibility of Sox players tanking in the Series. Gandil claimed he was initially skeptical that it could work, but would eventually agree to the plan of throwing the series in exchange for a hefty payout of around $100,000. He went on to bring in White Sox pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude “Lefty” Williams, shortstop Charles “Swede” Risberg and outfielder Oscar “Happy” Felsch. After that, the player then went to criminals of the industry in order to raise the payout. In the first game of the series, Chicago lost the game 9-1. Many of the crooked Sox players had begun to grow restless. They arranged to receive their bribes in five $20,000 installments, one after each loss but the gamblers had failed to deliver the full amount. After game five, the players supposedly called off the fix and resolved to play to win for the rest of the series. Over the next two games, the Sox started playing, winning 5-4 and 4-1 and putting themselves back in the race for the championship. However, several of the players later hinted at having received threats against their families from the criminals. The plan backfired and the Sox went on to lose the series.

I choose this event because I find it funny that the entire plan backfired and they didn't get any money.]]> 2023-03-02 14:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501157428 843522 https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501162441 Pete Rose, the all-time hit king was exposed and later admitted to betting on baseball while managing the Reds as well as while he was playing. Evidence showed that Rose bet about once a day in 1987. He usually bet for his own team. On Apr. 1, the IRS seized betting slips with Rose's name, writing and finger prints on them, and the following day it was reported that he was betting $8,000-$10,000 per day on baseball. On May 9, 1989, a 225-page report from investigator John Dowd that would be known as the "Dowd Report" was handed over to new Commissioner Bart Giamatti. The report included a full breakdown of his gambling activities, including a day-by-day account of his 1987 betting that included 52 Reds games. From there, the league officially handed down a lifetime ban on Aug. 24, 1989. 

I choose the scandal because it wasn't really that bad, but funny that he was trying to deny his gambling.]]> 2023-03-02 14:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501162441 843522 https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501185726 Before he became a NBA veteran, John “Hot Rod” Williams faced jail time over a 1985 point shaving scandal at Tulane which ended up shuttering the basketball program for four seasons. During the 1980s, five Tulane players were accused of shaving points in two games, all for a shared pot of $17,000. Williams twice went to trial, the first was declared a mistrial and the second ended with his acquittal on five counts. It turned out he was just an innocent bystander with no part played. He went on to play 13 years in the NBA.

Williams' career almost ended before it even started being roped into something that he had nothing to do with.


]]> 2023-03-02 14:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501185726 843522 https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501210126 After winning Super Bowl III, Joe Namath, was the biggest thing in American sports. He decided to capitalize on it by opening a night club named, Bachelor III. His regulars included con men, fences, bookmakers and of course made men. Investigators tapped the phone lines at Bachelors III and found “a full squad of hoods was operating in Joe Namath’s nightclub.” There were 13 of them, including 11 operating in gambling rackets, one a bank robber and another “a bigtime jewel thief.” Namath said he knew nothing about any of it, but Commissioner Pete Rozelle demanded Namath sell his interest because of the “unsavory Mafia types who frequented the place." He was given a choice to sell or be suspended. Namath retired instead. ]]> 2023-03-02 14:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2501210126 843522 https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2505395226 In 2007, an FBI investigation revealed that Tim Donaghy who was a longtime NBA referee, had bet on NBA games and fed information to other gamblers after falling into debt. The scandal was a huge story but quickly went away in the eyes of the public. Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison for wire fraud and transmitting betting information after taking thousands of dollars.]]> 2023-03-06 15:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/843522/bhtgg8em6vdw5mmw/wish/2505395226