How pro sports gambled away the integrity of the game

Branding for the FanDuel Sports Network is seen on a microphone following a game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Detroit Pistons on March 17, 2025, in New Orleans. | Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images Last week, the NBA was rocked by the indictments of three current and former players, including the current coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, in connection with sports betting and rigged poker games. I with talked my colleague Bryan Walsh, who oversees Vox’s Future Perfect, about the crisis the indictments create for the league — and larger crisis of widespread sports gambling in t