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Women (50%) more closely lead the percentage of casual sports watchers over men (42%), while women who do not watch sports at all (36%) is overwhelmingly higher than that of men (14%). Women are more likely to watch or keep up with sports—no surprise there.
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2 years ago Read more at The Anchor

The Grinnell College National Poll of 1,005 adults found that a significantly higher percentage of women compared to men believe that women’s sports don’t get enough attention. 70% of Democrats said that women's sports get less attention than they should, 43% of independents felt that way. 38% of people who said they voted for Trump had a favorable opinion of Swift.
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2 years ago Read more at Dakota News Now

At issue are prop bets involving Jontay Porter from games on Jan. 26 and March 20, multiple sources told ESPN. Porter played just four minutes before leaving the game because of what the Raptors said was an aggravation of an eye injury he had suffered four days earlier. At least one other U.S. sportsbook detected unusual betting interest on Porter's props in the games in question.
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2 years ago Read more at ESPN

CVUSD 2nd Annual Ability Sports Festival The event offered students both with and without disabilities an opportunity to participate in adaptive sports. There was wheelchair basketball, switch-adapted sports for those that have limited physical abilities, and adapted soccer, baseball, tennis, and plenty more.
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2 years ago Read more at NBC Palm Springs

Shohei Ohtani says he never bet on sports, reveals new details of case with former interpreter. The 29-year-old was fired Wednesday by the Dodgers, according to a statement from the team. He was allegedly fired by MLB and the Internal Revenue Service.
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2 years ago Read more at ABC News

Ohtani said he didn’t know until a couple of days ago that Ippei Mizuhara was “stealing money from my account” to place bets. The Los Angeles Times first broke the story last Wednesday. ESPN reported that the Dodgers slugger had transferred $4.5 million to Bowyer.
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

Shohei Ohtani spoke to the media Monday for the first time since his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was fired following accusations that he stole more than $4 million. In a roughly 12-minute statement, Ohtoani denied being involved in sports gambling in any form. He said in a statement he told the media that I on behalf of a friend paid off debt,"Ohtani continued. The Dodgers announced Friday that they've opened an investigation
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Sports

ESPN reports that at least $4.5 million in wire transfers were sent from Ohtani's bank account to a California bookmaker who is under federal investigation. The Dodgers formally launched an investigation into the allegations surrounding Ohtania and Mizuhara on Friday. O'Reilly, a lawyer for the alleged bookmaker, backed that claim to CBS Sports. On March 22, MLB announced an investigation underway.
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2 years ago Read more at CBS Sports

Eagles wide receiver Quez Watkins signed with Steelers in 2020. He had 43 catches for 647 yards and 15.0 yards per catch. That was the most yards by a wide receiver drafted in the sixth round or later.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Sports

Shohei Ohtani publicly addressed the gambling scandal involving his ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, where he said he has never placed a sports bet and the story about paying off his $4.5 million gambling debt is entirely fabricated. Ohtania said through a new English-Japanese interpreter prior to the Dodgers' final spring training game.
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2 years ago Read more at Fox News