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The NBA just issued its first gambling ban in 70 years, booting Jontay Porter for committing the league’s ‘cardinal sin’
The NBA has put its sneaker-clad foot down on players’ sports betting. The league banned Toronto Raptors forward-center Jontay Porter…
Collapse of deal to bring Washington Wizards and Capitals to Virginia sets off round of bitter recriminations and allegations of slander
The majority owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals, Ted Leonsis, told a crowd in December he had “goosebumps” at the…
DC attorney general rips into Wizards and Capitals, says they’re trying to dodge decades of obligations to Washington
The attorney general for the District of Columbia contends that the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals are obligated…
Unions oppose $2 billion plan to move Wizards and Capitals from Washington D.C. to northern Virginia
Influential labor groups announced Tuesday they are opposing efforts to move two professional sports franchises from the nation’s capital to…
Virginia’s multibillion-dollar plan to lure the Wizards and Capitals away from DC clears first hurdle in legislature
Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily…
Shaq looks for his next slam dunk in education by investing in a community college startup—and says none other than Jeff Bezos inspired him
Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal is no stranger to success. Now, he’s helping community college students make the grade by…