All Posts By Grant Mitchell

Best Moments of Goalkeepers Taunting Penalty Takers Now that Gamesmanship is Being Penned Out of Soccer

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Goalkeepers taunting penalty takers soon to be illegal Soccer’s governing body is close to changing the rules to prevent goalkeepers from using disruptive techniques and taunting opponents before penalty kicks.  a single save or missed kick can be the difference between a team winning or losing Roughly 85% of penalties are scored and only 11% are saved. ...

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AGA Releases Updated Sports Betting Advertising Standards

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The American Gaming Association (AGA) has updated its code of ethics for sports betting advertising, restricting certain language and adding protection for college students. Changes were made to the Responsible Marketing Code for Sports Wagering, also known as the “Code,” to further protect against many of the issues that have plagued Americans since sports betting ...

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Mattress Mack Drops $1.9m on Astros to Win the World Series Following His March Madness Bust

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Mattress Mack is back with the Astros Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, America’s favorite high roller, dropped $1.9m on the Houston Astros to repeat as World Series champions Saturday.  the largest payout in sports betting history McIngvale won an astonishing $75m last year when the Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to claim the world title. ...

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2023 March Madness: Will Kansas State Win Its First Team National Championship?

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Kansas State nearing a national championship The Kansas State Wildcats advanced one step closer to their first-ever national championship with a win in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 over the Michigan State Spartans. 20 points, an NCAA Tournament-record 19 assists, and five steals K-State’s win in the famed third round of March Madness was nothing ...

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Ejected for Smiling, Scapegoating, and a “Rigged Game”: The Five Most Egregious Referee Mistakes in NBA History

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Mark Cuban delivers scathing criticism During a Wednesday night matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks, a sequence of events led to Mavs’ owner Mark Cuban claiming he saw one of the worst referee mistakes “possibly in the history of the NBA.” For those wondering about the play with 1:54 to ...

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Dave Portnoy Calls Out President Biden for SVB, Bank Bail Out

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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy condemned President Joe Biden for moving to bail out failing financial group SVB Financial, parent of Silicon Valley Bank. SVB, which has many prominent politicians and figures on its long client list, won’t be bailed out with taxpayer money, according to Biden. Still, Portnoy believes that the group’s state is ...

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Spain Adding $50m Fines for Online Gaming Rules Violations

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Spain introduces enormous online gaming fines Spain is adding fines of up to $50m for online gaming operators that violate safety standards. The Spanish gambling market is already considered one of the safest in all of Europe. That is not stopping Minister of Consumer Affairs Alberto Garzón, though, from readying new sweeping changes and potential ...

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