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NJ garners legalization of sports betting + Trump's continuing friction with NFL

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New Jersey's Monmouth Park set to begin sports betting on Memorial Day
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/20...611280002/

EXCERPT: It could be a historic Memorial Day at the Jersey Shore. Because May 28 is now the tentative date set for Monmouth Park to open the William Hill Sports Book and begin accepting the first wagers on individual sporting events outside Nevada. After internal discussions on Monday -- after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled favorably in New Jersey’s bid to legalize sports betting in the state -- as well as talks with William Hill, the track’s partner in sports betting, Memorial Day is now the target for accepting wagers from area gamblers....

MORE: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/20...611280002/



Donald Trump will face more NFL resistance with David Tepper buying Panthers
https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/05/15/caroli...nald-trump

EXCERPT: . . . Donald Trump has been fighting against—and losing to—the National Football League for more than three decades. Now, one of his richest rivals is about join the fray. At the NFL owners meetings next week, hedge fund manager David Tepper will become the new owner of the Carolina Panthers after paying a record-breaking price—$2.2 billion—for the franchise. In the past 18 months, Tepper hasn’t been shy sharing his feelings about the 45th president, including comments as recent as last month at his alma mater.

[...] Tepper will soon join a small group of NFL owners who have spoken out against Trump. The president has battled against North America’s most popular professional sports league dating back to 1984 when he owned the USFL’s New Jersey Generals. Here is a brief history of Trump’s dealings with the NFL since then:

• Trump was part of the USFL’s anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL in 1986 that the upstart league won in name only, getting a judgment of $1 and ultimately folding the USFL;

• He attempted to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014 (he was ultimately outbid by the Pegulas), and reportedly started a seemingly grassroots campaign to foil Jon Bon Jovi’s plans to purchase the team;

• And last fall, he inserted himself into the ongoing discussions surrounding player protests during the national anthem when he referred to players who knelt (while protesting police brutality against people of color and inequality in the criminal justice system) as “sons of bitches” and dared NFL owners to cut kneelers from their team rosters.

Though Trump has seemingly shifted his focus away from the NFL for now, he remains an important outside figure as Colin Kaepernick’s collusion lawsuit against the league continues. And Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie called Trump’s presidency “disastrous” in a meeting with owners and players last year that was secretly recorded and leaked to The New York Times last month....

MORE: https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/05/15/caroli...nald-trump
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