Portland Trail Blazers name Tiago Splitter as interim coach, after head coach Chauncey Billups among dozens arrested over illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by Mafia.

Oct. 23 (UPI) --Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups were arrested as part of FBI probes into illegal gambling, federal officials announced Thursday. "This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging ...

Federal prosecutors allege that Terry Rozier accepted a $100,000 bribe in his connection to an illegal gambling scheme, according to ESPN. The details are new as the government filed additional charges against Rozier.

Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith sparred on ESPN over the FBI gambling probe involving NBA players, with Barkley calling arrested individuals "stupid," not addicted.

Damon Jones pleaded guilty Tuesday to his involvement in a sweeping NBA gambling probe. The ex-NBA player was arrested in 2025 along with former players Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups. Jones played 11 years in the NBA and is a former teammate of Los ...

NEW YORK- -- Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones became the first person to plead guilty Tuesday in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people, including reputed mobsters and other basketball figures. During back-to-back ...

NEW YORK(AP) — A hot hand on the hardwood, former NBA player Damon Jones once proclaimed himself “the best shooter in the world." As an assistant coach, he helped guide the Cleveland Cavaliers to their only championship in 2016. But after his playing ...

The NBA’s 2025 season opened under a cloud when federal agents arrested current and former league figures in a sweeping gambling probe. What started as a normal game night quickly became a scandal involving insider injury information,