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Massachusetts Inches Closer Toward Legalizing Sports Betting: Report
Massachusetts is one signature away from becoming the 31st state to legalize sports gambling thanks to an overtime compromise between state leaders, reports said. Coincidentally, it could be here before the NFL season starts next month. Legislators in Boston approved the betting bill early Monday morning, Aug. 1, hours after the midnight deadline. Speaker of the state House Ron Mariano tweeted that his team and Senate leadership had struck a deal after nearly a year of arguments. I am proud to announce that the Sports Betting Conference Committee has reached an agreement on legislatio…
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Fairfield County HS Students Made
Ncaa-t
ype Bracket To Rank Girls, Principals Say
March Madness got a little more maddening for some Connecticut educators in Fairfield County. Students at Fairfield Ludlowe and Fairfield Warde high schools are in hot water after allegedly collaborating to create an NCAA basketball tournament-like bracket to allow participants to “vote” on their female classmates. The brackets reportedly included the names of girls at both schools on the lines where teams would be listed on a traditional bracket, allowing students to vote. The bracket was then posted on social media, school officials said. Brackets were first posted on Instagram and inclu…
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UMass Basketball, Tennis Stripped Of NCAA Wins And Title Over Misspent $9,000
The NCAA is stripping UMass Amherst Men’s Basketball and Women’s Tennis of past victories. The UMass men’s basketball team will vacate 59 wins. The women’s tennis team is being stripped of three year’s worth of wins including the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship, according to The Guardian. UMass plans to appeal the penalty. Earlier this month the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced sanctions against the University of Massachusetts Amherst, but it wasn’t clear what the impact would be until Tuesday, Oct. 27. Following a review, the NCAA alleged that UMass paid about a d…