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Two major federal gambling prosecutions rocked the NBA, ensnaring the Portland Trail Blazers head coach, and alleged Mafia members.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kevin Blackistone, a national sports columnist at The Washington Post, about where Thursday's NBA gambling arrests fit within the history of sports gambling scandals.
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Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups is among those charged in an illegal poker operation, while Heat guard Terry Rozier is among several charged in a separate gambling case, authorities said.
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Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has been charged in an illegal poker operation tied to the mafia, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
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