Danny Funt
Journalist at Freelance
Writing a book about the sports betting boom and covering it for @WashingtonPost, etc. Tips: dannyfunt1@gmail(dot)com Newsletter: https://t.co/t2AGkalVvc
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2 weeks ago |
dannyfunt.substack.com | Danny Funt
IS OPTIMISM AN ASSET? That question might sound ridiculous, but certainly there are times when being hopeful is a liability, like when a person overestimates their odds of being able to drink and drive without getting pulled over or smoke cigarettes without developing lung cancer. On a lighter note, we celebrate optimism in sports, but also roll our eyes at the golfer who swings all his might hoping to clear a lake, only to see the shot end with an inevitable splash.
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Jan 4, 2025 |
washingtonpost.com | Danny Funt
What is TGL? Think indoor golf, in prime time, fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, and geared toward television audiences. TGL, a new golf league featuring 24 of the world's top players - including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, two of the venture's founders - devoted years of planning and tens of millions of dollars to a mission: Make golf viable for prime-time TV, with quick-moving matches that fit into tight two-hour windows.
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Sep 14, 2024 |
nzherald.co.nz | Danny Funt
Home / SportBy Danny FuntWashington Post·15 Sep, 2024 01:00 AM10 mins to readSaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. Legal sports betting was supposed to put the black market out of business. Instead, even as regulated sportsbooks have become a ubiquitous part of the United States sports landscape, unsanctioned bookmakers continue to attract billions of dollars annually from Americans.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
yahoo.com | Danny Funt
Legal sports betting was supposed to put the black market out of business. Instead, even as regulated sportsbooks have become an ubiquitous part of the U.S. sports landscape, unsanctioned bookmakers continue to attract billions of dollars annually from Americans. That’s why regulators in six states where sports betting is legal recently ordered Bovada, a prominent offshore sportsbook based in Curaçao, to stop taking online bets from residents.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
washingtonpost.com | Danny Funt
(Michael Domine/The Washington Post) By Danny FuntSeptember 12, 2024 at 7:01 a.m. EDTLegal sports betting was supposed to put the black market out of business. Instead, even as regulated sportsbooks have become an ubiquitous part of the U.S. sports landscape, unsanctioned bookmakers continue to attract billions of dollars annually from Americans.
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Manfred's office was created a century ago for the express purpose of ridding the sport of gambling. To what extent is this an attempt to remove thorny reminders that the league has done a 180 on betting?
Breaking: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list. Manfred ruled that MLB’s punishment of banned individuals ends upon their deaths. They are now presumably https://t.co/YkIZ34jMUu
Eye-opening story with some subtly hilarious details. Sad to read that UNC passed on a Wright Thompson profile of Belichick.
At 24, Bill Belichick’s girlfriend has advocated for fishermen, given Henna tattoos and won cheer titles. Her next project: shaping the image of an icon. https://t.co/RHYNs9fDMt
RT @Domahhhh: So I just managed to make $100k on predicting the new pope today. If you're interested in reading how, I'll fully go through…
