Indiana House bill includes 1 percent ‘integrity fee’ for NBA, MLB

House Bill 1325, introduced Monday by Indiana Rep. Alan Morrison, would authorize sports wagering at the state's riverboats, racinos and satellite facilities, if federal law changes. Morrison told ESPN that he received input on the bill from NBA and Major League Baseball regarding an "integrity fee" that sports betting operators would have to pay to [...]

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Jeff Passan gives up Hall of Fame vote

The solution was to appeal to the group whose opinions the Hall clearly doesn’t respect. This year, the Baseball Writers Association of America asked the Hall to publicly release every ballot with the name of the writer who cast it. Transparency matters, and the BBWAA voted in favor of public accountability. The Hall rejected that [...]

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Bill James vs. The Noise

Unless you've been living under a rock, you're aware that there has been a ton of discussion online lately about the AL MVP vote and the discussion took an unexpected turn when Bill James got involved and attacked the utilization of the various WAR metrics. Baseball-Reference.com's Sean Forman has been responding to James and throughout [...]

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