#Calvin Ridley

Jets wide receivers coach and 10-year NFL veteran Miles Austin has been suspended at least one full year for violating the league's gambling policy. It is a clear example of the National Football League's hypocritical double standard. Austin, who went undrafted out of Monmouth in 2006, spent most of his career with the Cowboys and reached two Pro…

NASCAR has not made itself a stranger to the recent surge of the sports betting industry, with multiple teams signing official betting partners and several sportsbooks appearing on cars during races. The sanctioning body itself has formed multiple betting partnerships. However, the sport's involvement in the industry raises an interesting…

The wildest sports betting story in 2022, and there are dozens of contenders, had plenty of Philadelphia flavor. Baseball, F-bombs, and an intense argument is a recipe handed down from generation to generation around here. The country's most famous sports bettor now shakes off the confrontation he had with Phillies fans during the World Series. But…

Starting Jan. 1, Ohioans will be able to cast legal bets on pro and college sports online or at licensed venues around the state. Starting Sunday morning, sports gambling will be legal in Ohio. House Bill 29, which passed in December 2021, authorized the Casino Control Commission to issue licenses for online sportsbooks, in-person betting at…

This year certainly had its share of excitement for sports and sports bettors. Who saw the TCU Horned Frogs claiming the No. 3 seed in the college football playoffs or the San Diego Padres ousting the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS? Did anybody have money on Rich Strike to win the Kentucky Derby? How about Justin Verlander to win the AL Cy…

New York Jets receivers coach Miles Austin was suspended for betting on basketball games, according to an NBC Sports report. The report states that Austin, a former NFL receiver, was betting around $50 periodically on basketball games. He also didn't realize that he wasn't allowed to bet on other sports, due in part to arcane NFL rules. Apparently,…

The New York Jets are battling for a playoff spot with two games to go in the regular season, but regardless of whether they make it or not, wide receivers coach Miles Austin will not be part of the journey. On Friday, ESPN's Adam Schefter and Rich Cimini reported that Austin had been suspended for at least a year for violating the league's…

Nowadays, online bookies have made it incredibly simple for users to wager on many events. There are so many reliable online casinos that it can be challenging to resist the urge to place a gamble occasionally. The most important thing to remember is that, despite the NFL's various affiliations with gambling businesses nationwide, no NFL personnel…

For better or worse, we are in a massive period of change in the American sports world. The rollout of legal and licensed online sportsbooks on a state-by-state basis since the Supreme Court lifted the federal ban in 2018 has led to an explosion in the online betting industry. According to a recent survey from SportsbooksOnline.com, more Americans…

The Jacksonville Jaguars acquired wide receiver Calvin Ridley from the Atlanta Falcons before this year's Nov. 1 trade deadline but they will have to wait until 2023 to see a return on their investment, as Ridley is currently serving a suspension for betting on NFL games in 2022. A first-round pick by the Falcons in 2018, Ridley was becoming one of…

RIDGEFIELD - The ilani Casino, developed by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Salishan-Mohegan, is now one of 10 casinos in Washington state where people can bet on sports. In Washington, people cannot use popular gambling apps like Fanduel and DraftKings for sports wagering. If people want to place a bet on tonight's Trail Blazers game or next week's…

BLACKSBURG, Va. - At the beginning of each school year, Virginia Tech's compliance department runs through a laundry list of NCAA rules and guidelines for its athletes, doing so with the football team in an hour-long educational meeting on PowerPoint. That meeting didn't change under the new regime at Virginia Tech, where coach Brent Pry's initial…

The third edition of the College Football Playoff officially begins on Saturday in Atlanta, Ga., as Alabama takes on Washington in the Peach Bowl. The Crimson Tide are the defending national champs and have earned a trip to the CFB Playoff for the third consecutive year, while the Huskies are making their first appearance in the four-team…

Pete Rose recently sent a letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred asking for his lifetime ban - which is keeping the league's all-time hits leader from the Hall of Fame - to be lifted. On Thursday, Manfred spoke to the media about myriad topics, one of which was the letter sent by Rose. The commissioner emphatically stated that Rose's "crime" of…

A heavyweight, physical battle is set to unfold in Arlington, Texas on Dec. 31, as Alabama and Michigan State meet in a playoff semifinal in the Cotton Bowl for a trip to the College Football National Championship. 60 minutes and a victory is all that separates the Spartans and Crimson Tide from a chance at the national title in Glendale, Ariz. on…

Virginia Tech linebacker Alan Tisdale missed the first six games of the Hokies' 2022 season. Speculation as to why the redshirt senior defender was deemed ineligible by the NCAA ended Thursday, when The Athletic reported that Tisdale was suspended for wagering on NBA games over the summer. Tisdale placed about $400 worth of bets across about 100…

The 2022 NFL trade deadline delivered chaos and endless tweet notifications, and now rosters are mostly set as some teams prepare for a potential playoff push while others start studying college football film more intensely. Among the biggest headliners of the trade deadline involved tight end T.J. Hockenson moving from one NFC North team to…

This was a good day for college football, the best day it has had on the field in quite some time. The little guy punched well above his weight class. Everyone's national championship favorite showed warts and was fortunate to survive. Three top-10 teams went down. So much of the narrative when it comes to the sport is the uneven playing field,…