Welcome to GAMBLING MAD, I’m Norman Chad. Coming up, Mike Tyson fights again, we’’’ have a food fight right here between our culinary experts and is the NFL really fighting for social justice? But first, bad news and good news on the Covid front. The bad news isn’t even bad news, it’s just stupid news. …
In a statement, Belichick said he will “not . . . move forward with the award” as planned. He said he had agreed to accept the award before last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol. “Recently, I was offered the opportunity to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which I was flattered by out of respect for …
Liquor ads were banned on TV from 1948 to 1996. In all liquor, beer and wine commercials, you never see anyone actually consuming any of the liquor, beer and wine. This is actually a self-imposed rule in the industry NOT to show people drinking alcohol in commercials, essentially to ward off any congressional intrusion to …
Follow the Money, Case No. 1: Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, famously known for being publicly unfriendly, now wants the public to be friendly with their wallets. Lynch was known as Beast Mode during his playing days. So, naturally, he has opened an apparel store at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. You can …
Here’s the other thing about the Olympics: I like rooting for the underdog, on the field and off the field. I am an American, so I am supposed to be America First, but, man oh man, we are such a bully on the biggest stage in sports. Don’t get me wrong — I love seeing …
Let’s turn to lesser athletes — the National Football League. Aaron Rodgers’ ongoing Green Bay soap opera has caused some unusual Las Vegas betting numbers. According to Darren Rovell of The Action Network, here are the five teams getting bet the most to win the Super Bowl at BetMGM sports book. No. 1…Tom Brady’s Tampa …
Here is the rundown of topics for today. COLD OPEN RANT: LATINO TEMPERAMENT (2:00) WELCOME <<intro>> (0:30) NBA EAST ODDS (2:00) THE GENIUS OF PHIL HELLMUTH (3:00) Photo: Phil Hellmuth FOLLOW THE MONEY (2:00) RANDOM STUFF (2:00) Photo: Bill and Melinda Gates Photo: Kyle Shanahan Photo: Running of the Bulls THE GOOD, THE …
Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million. The password will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet that holds 7,002 Bitcoin. …
The Poker Hall of Fame is broken, and as a Poker Hall of Fame voter, I wish I knew how to fix it. Here are some of the problems: *** The Hall is too U.S.-centric. *** There is a backlog of qualified candidates who might not get …
The poker hall of fame is broken. But how do we fix it? Read More »
In the process of busting out of the World Series of Poker $1,500 stud8 event the other night – a process with which I am quite familiar – I had the sheer delight of spending my last two hours of table time with the incomparable Marcel Luske. Playing with “The Flying …
When you lose all your chips to Marcel Luske, you can’t feel bad Read More »
