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I think they’re looking for a space where they can be comfortable perhaps make some nil money in the process but be better set up long term as opposed to it being one year jumping around you want to kind of get your core players they’re going to be there a couple of years and then go get the high-profile recruit and then supplement at the transfer portal inside the transfer portal only on Sports grid quotes coming out about embiid oh he’s a warrior you’ll never get him off the court that that just you’re just telling me he’s an injury he’s one slip and fall away from where it’s not seeing him anymore in this series I would have S him because it was only one day between the two games it’s two days between games two and games three and it’s two game two days between games three and game four betting Above the Rim only on Sports Grid it’s smarter to be on Sports grid your 247 Sports wagering Network the early line magical and historic season in Lincoln Nebraska continues he is the best player in the NBA but also in the biggest moments with the national media is watching newswire something that we have never seen happen before with one of the iconic coaches in the game Fel Coast to Coast the team covers it’s automatic it’s every time not not sometimes it’s every time game time decision is actually far more dangerous from three on the road this year than at home this game here tonight you may want to consider taking as many points as humanly possible ingame live prime time we got not one but two coaches fired systems in place Sports rage late let down written all over it it’s going to be hard to match the emotion that they played with the other night it’s smarter to be on sports [Music] [Music] good morning welcome to newswire here on Sports grid I’m Craig Mish as we get closer and closer to the heat of the NBA Playoffs approaching a full second round we’ve got a recap and preview of all of the games going on tonight and a look back at what happened last night as well in fact my co-host on fantasy sports today Davis mad will be with us a little bit later in the show so stay tuned to that Pat Evans joins us from legal sports report we’ve got a sports betting legal update going on in Minnesota so make sure for those of you who are living out there you want to stay tuned for that as well also Matthew lovsky joins us from Sporting News to put a bow on the NFL draft and we have the sports grid SoundOff taking you around the National Hockey League as well those are some of the things that we’re working on here on the show but of course there are some other headlines that we need to get to surrounding the sports betting space and the first one begins the story that just continues right now and has taken an interesting turn that The Interpreter for Sho Otani IE matsuhara apparently had all of the money that he stole from shoh Otani sent over to a sports book this is correct $500,000 payments itay sent from sh otani’s bank account to an illegal bookmaking oper that were forwarded to California and Las Vegas legal casinos where the money was deposited in gambling accounts and then converted to playing chips which were later cashed out to pay the bookie now of course the alleged bookie named Matthew Boer he is the one that took mahar’s bets was a customer at the casino he paid his losses through Boyer’s associate who forwarded the money to a marker which is what is called when the money comes out in chips in a casino then the men withdrew the chips from the marker account gambled with them and if they won they cashed out so another twist and turn to the story of shani’s now former interpreter in the NBA last night boy what a what an incredible game let’s just be honest doesn’t matter if you’re a Knicks fan or Philadelphia 76ers fan but Philadelphia is not going quietly into the night they defeated the New York Knicks yesterday mostly in parts of Tyrese Maxi Maxi had a career game folks 46 points nine assists and five rebounds and they won in overtime despite the Knicks leading late New York still leads the series three games to two as this heads back of course to uh an incredible scene that’s going to happen in Philadelphia no doubt about that as they head back to game six Tyrese Maxi talked about the endgame shots that he made in regulation and obviously winning this one in overtime yeah I mean we knew we had to get some threes up I mean I just tried to get to a spot and raise and shoot um thankfully he jumped and I I didn’t get my feet set like right away to shoot it so I was able to just kind of lean in and make a shot and what about the other one if the under regulation I mean that’s just a lot of rips going right throwing the ball out chasing it and uh you know Reco been on me all year by I was shooting the Deep ones and I’ve been working on it all year so pays off going through my mind right there was just find a way to survive like I said our seasons on the line I mean like you know you know I trust my work I trust what I what I’ve done all my life and you know just trying to get to a spot and raise up and knock a knock a shot down let’s see if Jaylen Brunson can respond to Maxi’s performance these guys have been going back and forth now Indiana paves there’s Milwaukee Bucks a way more competitive series than anybody could have imagined as the Bucks pulled this one off last night thanks to Chris Middleton and Bobby poris of course they were underdogs in the game they went out right and it wasn’t close 115 to 92 the Final in this game yesterday as the Pacers just seem to you know go back and forth with halberton it’s one good game one bad game one good game one bad game that’s sort of How It’s riding right now but again a game six is coming up Middleton will be of course the focus who knows if Giannis is going to play Daman Lillard still so uncertain with all these injuries going on with the Bucks uh but Middleton talked about getting off to a great start and a big win and surprising win in Indiana uh yeah I wanted to come out to be aggressive um set the tone um I’ve been in this position many times before so just come out be aggressive I think that was just my main focus um and then you know figure it out from there um I think after a couple misses I think I took one or two bad ones and just you know tried to play the game after that you know P Bev talked to me a little bit about what he was saying about the crowd I was drawing and you know he was right so after that just tried to you know to find guys um you know whenever I had the ball yeah it’s just you know it starts with our defense first um be able to get stops um and then play at our Pace um you know whether we’re pushing it or you know we’re playing um through sets or just it’s just controlling the game I thought you know Pat be fat conon everybody that was handling the ball they did great job of picking and choosing you know when we’re going to slow it down a little bit but also when we’re going to run and push the tempo a little bit more and they’ve been playing great basketball we’ll see if it will translate as they continue meanwhile another series is going six games the Orlando Magic came up just short last night against the Cleveland Cavaliers almost flipped the series but Cleveland now leads the series three games to two 104 103 the final yesterday another big game for Donovan Mitchell 28 points six rebounds two assists the magic of course covered that five point spread almost won the game outright all right well the NBA on NBC could potentially be coming back NBC Sports is working on a $2.5 billion doll package to air NBA games as Turner Sports could be losing the NBA NBC is trying to pull off as we would say a late game steal and the NBA of course is negotiating this and by the way inside the NBA which is a show on TNT if it does not stay on TNT it will move over to NBC or even potentially Amazon so that will continue the network NBC aired games from 1990 through 2002 with Michael Jordan Riding High during that era meanwhile Chris daps porzingis riding low not going to be playing it looks like several games he’s got a calf strain will be out for the Boston Celtics as they take on the Miami Heat in their next closeout game porzingis didn’t appear to be touched by anyone but naturally was in a walking boot after the game and a calf strain is definitely going to hold him out for several games so don’t expect to see him unless they continue which is certainly possible as they have a closeout game coming meanwhile the Knicks will be without bjan bogdanovich he’s undergoing season ending surgeries for his wrist and foot injury he’s been dealing with the wrist since Sunday’s game four over the 76ers so do not expect to see him him back again unless they make a late run as well and by the way another game without kawh Leonard which will preview coming up tonight against the Dallas Mavericks Kawai going to be off the court yet again the series is just incredible going back and forth but Kawai not going to be a part of it at least for tonight now the Los Angeles Angels have the best player in the past decade in Major League Baseball there’s no debout uh debating it in Mike Trout but unfortunately his career looks a lot like Ken Griffey Jr’s torn miniscus for Mike Trout gonna miss an extended period of time with surgery the s word that nobody wants to hear a really tough blow again for the angels and again for Mike Trout who has struggled to stay healthy no timetable on his return Ellie Dill Cruz is red hot for the Cincinnati Reds check out this he’s got 18 stolen bases now on the season which is more than the entire Cubs Rockies twins Giants Cardinals Rangers Tigers A’s Diamondbacks white socks Marlins Pirates Yankees Blue Jays Astros and Mariners teams individually crazy stat there Jack flarity faced his forward team yesterday he struck out the first seven batters of the game of course he used to pitch for the Cardinals and did a great job finish with a career-high 14 strikeouts in six and two thirds innings for the Detroit Tigers who have been a surprise this season in Major League Baseball and speaking of surprises last night the Colorado Rockies got off to a five to nothing lead against the Marlins who had lost seven games in a row they end up losing in Extra Innings which means means they have trailed in 29 straight games to start the season which is a Major League Baseball record since 191 my gosh Come on Rockies get together just a little bit all right in the National Hockey League we had some Closeouts last night let’s get to them Colorado Avalanche defeat the Winnipeg Jets they move on to the second round final score six to3 no surprise Colorado wins the series The the uh Carolina Hurricanes they defeated the Islanders by final score of six to3 they also win the series four games to one on so we have some hockey moving on Zack Wilson meanwhile former quarterback of the New York Jets was traded over to the Denver Broncos Broncos announced yesterday they are not going to pick up his fifth year option which should be least surprising piece of news I deliver here on the show and also the Jacksonville Jaguars have released Z Jones from their wide receiving core all right coming up next the NFL draft is in the books lots of Trades happening of course including the Philadelphia Eagles setting a record for it Matt lovsky joins us from the sporting news we’ll also see about what Matt thinks the B Ravens did on draft day so NFL talk coming up next here exclusively on newswire we’ll be right back [Music] [Music] so uh I turned it off got my sweat done and I’m I’m leaving taking my money I’m going home and I don’t want to talk to oh yes there it is 6 to three cast the over the over is hit the Padres are our heroes that’s how we that’s how we end the show oh what let’s just just sign off let’s just call it a show ingame live Prime Time only on Sports grid quotes coming out about embiid oh he’s a warrior you’ll never get him off the court that that just you’re just telling me he’s an injury he’s one slip and fall away from what it’s not seeing him anymore in this series I would have S him because it was only one day between the two games it’s two days between games two and games three and it’s two game two days between games three and game four betting Above the Rim only on Sports grid anyone that’s been to a sporting event the atmosphere before a game I think game time decisions has that same exact atmosphere this is our Arena this is what we do there is going to be an energy to game time decisions that you will feel night in and night out the excitement you get when you when you lock your bets in when you’re figuring out what you want to do we can Zone in on the biggest games each night I want this to be the place that people come to before the game start so they feel as ready as possible to lock in their cards we are going to hit every single one of those markets that you need to know about we’re going to go through every single thing and I’ve got a great team behind me that’s going to help me get the job done there is not going to be a better place I promise you then game time decisions to get that new information react to it and be able to then bet accordingly we will have everything at our disposal and we will use that to our advantage I’m Kevin Walsh tune in to game time decisions from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Sports [Music] [Music] crit welcome back to newswire as we move forward on the NFL draft next stop is OTAs and training camp Matt lovsky joins us as we review some of the things teams did as we get closer and closer to the start of the NFL season and the summer as well hey Matt great to have you back here on newswire and and look the draft provided a lot of drama without a doubt the you top story of course Michael penck I still talk people still talking about that now but maybe we should be talking about the Philadelphia Eagles another wild day for ho Roseman and Company making a ton of Trades they end up with a ton of players too I mean this is just that one team that is not afraid to grind the roster not at all and I think you just look at the situation they have a Super Bowl ready roster and they just need to make a little bit of tweak tweaks some additions and next thing you know they’re right back in the Super Bowl so they did what they had to do or what they felt they had to do and certainly uh secondary was a big position in need last year they went out and address that with their first two picks getting the two guys that some people feel were the two best corners in the draft if not the best two at least two of the best three or four and I think it’s tough to imagine a team with two rookie defensive backs you know not getting targeted and having a ton of success but at the very least you did improve and I think that’s going to go a long way next year especially in a division where you certainly know that the Cowboys are going to be a potent offense and you have some other teams that really beefed up their wide receivers or their quarterback situations and you’re going to you know certainly need a little bit more strength in the secondary against them too never mind once you get into the playoffs and you’re facing the four 49ers or the Lions or the Falcons or whoever you’re facing so I think a great three days for them uh they made some other nice picks later on you know getting some uh you know positions of need and getting some depth and getting some unique players like with Johnny Wilson who could be a huge Red Zone threat for them getting him in the the sixth round I think was a really smart pick an interesting pick that I’ll be interested to see if they could you know really make him into something if not next year in the next year after that so I thought just a great draft for them and the type of draft that teams who are one step away from winning a Super Bowl uh that’s the kind of draft they have yeah it does make sense and again attacking a lot of positions of need early and then some depth later on and by the way Matt they are 14 to1 to win the Super Bowl so they have some of the shortest odds in the NFL six and a half to one to win the NFC Championship their win total is 10 and a half going into the year is there any tempt Temptation with any of these lines here on FanDuel for me it’s like way too early to look at this stuff I like to wait till training camp but how about you yeah I I agree I think the win total is sort of the most interesting one and and you got to look at their schedule and obviously we we don’t know when they’re playing each team or the order but we know who they’re playing and the schedule’s not easy uh for them but nonetheless you like the fact they get four games in division against the Giants and and commanders who are probably going to be improved this year but still are going to be a tier below the Eagles for sure so the win total is a little more interesting to me out of all the rest but uh that’s still a pretty high number so you have to feel pretty confident in uh what you’re betting on especially with some key players veteran players gone uh like you know especially Jason Kelce which you you it’s tough to evaluate how that’s really GNA affect the team at least in May yeah it it is and training camp will star will get a better view of it now we don’t need a better view of the Baltimore Ravens they seem to draft very very well every year Matt even if they have a bust or two generally speaking they come out with players who play and especially in their first through four rounds this year my gosh like getting a defensive back a linebacker and you know I wonder if this is one of the steals of the draft and TZ Walker the wide receiver of North Carolina I mean so much talked about him over the last couple of years we didn’t see him a ton but they that’s the team that basically said let’s take a shot here to go along with some of the great receivers that they already have I know you’re a big fan of what they did too yeah absolutely and I think the Ravens are a classic example every year of a team that lets the draft come to them and they’re just the they’re the guy they always remind me this is the most I could relate to it anyway being at Fantasy Football as the fantasy football owner who just they clean up the mess oh this guy fell we’ll take him then we’ll take him and that’s what they just do all draft long and they maybe make a move here or there where they feel there’s really good value and they want to go get them but for the most part they just get great value at all points in the draft they say well what what do we need to to to upgrade okay we need a defensive back let’s get some running back dep let’s get a wide receiver death and they went and did it so a fantastic draft again this is a team that’s perennial perennially on on the door step that is right there they’re contenders absolutely and then they just go and replenish after they lose uh some key people in free agency so very impressed another team like the eagles they need some uh defensive back help let’s go get some defensive backs you know TJ Tampa was a guy I don’t know what channel you were watching the draft on but he was sitting there as the best available for what felt like ours and then finally the Ravens come along and take them and uh you know how good he is I guess we’ll find out but either way just seemed like a great value pick so another great job by them all right finally let’s get to the Washington commanders they’ve gotten good draft grades before from a lot of folks Matt and this year is no different look I there’s no question that they’re going to be headed in a much better Direction um with a new owner but I I don’t know like is this still a work in progress here they definitely are loading up on help for their new quarterback Jaden Daniels they absolutely took a receiver and mcaffry is going to be very reliable there I like the fact that they took an offensive lineman and a blocking tackle and Ben s it but uh you like what they did but is it more for the future I guess that’s the question Matt because it seems like anytime a new ownership takes over every professional team in sports there’s usually that two or threeyear win of sort of getting things going the right way yeah and I think that’s the case here you know I think after what CJ St did last year people are G to want that or expect that from a lot of these top quarterbacks but it’s just not what we usually see so as much as I like Jaden Daniels it might be a little bit of a slow burn but I think they got him uh some nice players and certainly you mentioned mcaffrey very reliable but he’s coming from a small school he’s a converted quarterback so it might take him a little time at the NFL but I like what they did defensively they really needed to beef up that defense and they got really good players there in the second and third round even if the second round pick might be a little bit of a luxury pick which is weird to say uh but nonetheless a very good pick and I think this is going to be a team to watch in two years uh you know who knows they could surprise this year it’s the NFL it happens every year there’s a surprise team so I’m I’m really excited to see what they do all right great grades appreciate you breaking it all down with us Matt we’ll catch up again next week thanks for coming on Newswire all right appreciate it all right coming up next time to preview tonight’s game between the Heat and the Celtics also some hockey games with Joe mden don’t way [Music] so uh I turned it off got my sweat done and I’m I’m leaving taking my money I’m going home and I don’t want to talk to oh yes there it is 6 to three cast the over the over is hits the Padres are our heroes that’s how we that’s how we end the show oh well let’s just just sign off let’s just call it a show ingame live prime time only on Sports grid quotes coming out about embiid oh he’s a warrior you’ll never get him off the court that that just you’re just telling me he’s an injury he’s one slip and fall away from where not seeing him anymore in this series I would have sad him because it was only one day between the two games it’s two days between games two and games three and it’s two game two days between games three and game four betting Above the Rim only on sports scrid anyone that’s been to a sporting event the atmosphere before a game I think game time decisions has that same exact atmosphere this is our Arena this is what we do there is going to be an energy to game time decision that you will feel night in and night out the excitement you get when you when you lock your bets and when you’re figuring out what you want to do we can Zone in on the biggest games each night I want this to be the place that people come to before the game start so they feel as ready as possible to lock in their cards we are going to hit every single one of those markets that you need to know about we’re going to go through every single thing and I’ve got a great team behind me that’s going to help me get the job done there is not going to be a better place I promise you then game time decisions to get that new information react to it and be able to then bet accordingly we will have everything at hour disposal and we will use that to our advantage I’m Kevin Walsh tune in to game time decisions from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Easter Easter on Sports [Music] [Music] crit welcome back to newswire here on Sports grid you shouldn’t be surprised by now that the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics don’t really like each other I don’t know if it’s as serious as if you go back way back when when the heat used to battle the Knicks in the playoffs but it’s sort of the new rivalry in the East where no matter how good Boston has been the Miami Heat have tested them and even beaten them now look this time around it’s a little bit different Jimmy Butler is not part of this uh go round Terry Rosier is not part of this go around and the heat is just underman but they did pick up one win in the series and they’re certainly up against it tonight they’re a huge Underdog and if the heat loses that the Celtics end up moving on and and the Heat’s playing with without other players too a lot of players hurt for them as well uh but an incident happened in one of the previous games of course where one of the players on the Boston Celtics was fouled pretty hard and Jason Tatum and the bunch of the players didn’t like the way that it went now Al Horford believe it or not still playing in the NBA I believe it’s like almost 20 years talked about the hard foul committed by the Heat and the fact that he doesn’t really know which way this could go in the next game yeah I just just I mean I I know that we get to playing around and trying to contest shots after fouls and things like that but um uh you know there’s levels to contest and um and if a guy is shooting and the play’s over with just kind of let him be um I know he’s trying to compete over there and but uh but I was just mad um you know I don’t want to see any of my guys get hurt uh or anything like that so um thankfully JT’s fine but um but it could have been bad well we’ll see what happens tonight if there’s any retaliation so to speak bam maabo is the player that he did not mention by name but that’s who he’s referring to and again if Boston wins tonight they end up clinching the series meanwhile the NFL draft is in the rearview mirror the number one pick overall of course went to the Chicago Bears but they weren’t done by just taking Caleb Williams naturally they received additional picks and they’re moving on with a different quarterback and some really upgraded offensive Talent if you think about all the things they’ve done over the last couple of years but as far as their draft class is concerned somebody who had a close eye on it was our very own Ben Stevens from the early line and he talked about how well the Bears did as they approach otaa in training camp in A+ that’s what I would give the Chicago Bears for their 2024 NFL draft class only five picks in total for Chicago but each one immediate impact Caleb Williams the quarterback first overall Roma dun ninth overall also in the top 10 and then into day number two Karan amadu an offensive line out of Gale day number three the punter the gamechanging punter at that Tory Taylor out of Iowa and Austin Booker an edge rusher out of Kansas each and every player should make an immediate impact for this Bears organization a pair offensively in Caleb and Rome that will shape the future for Chicago on that side of the football and listen the expectation is now there for the Bear’s franchise favored to make the playoffs in the 2024 NFL season lofty expect expectations now in the windy city Craig back to you all right thanks very much ben catch Ben on the early line and certainly did not even know that the Bears were favored to make the playoffs I mean I guess when you think about it the uh Minnesota Vikings probably not going to be favored to go to the playoffs usually a team that’s favored to you just about get there minus 110 each way all right finally tonight some big games in the National Hockey League boy the NHL loves the fact that Conor McDavid is one win away from moving on to the next round Joe Madden has a preview of Kings Oilers and night Stars things have being so hot out there on the ice and I’m looking for an exciting one tonight between the Dallas Stars and the Vegas Golden Nights now this series is tied two to a piece we’re going into game five and the road team has won each of these games I’m looking for that Trend to hold true I’m taking the Vegas golden kns with the beautiful plus money on the money line the second game the LA Kings facing the Edmonton Oilers this series is 3-1 for the Edmonton Oilers so the Kings facing elimination tonight I do think we get that offensive production out of them will they find the back of Skinner’s net though I’m not sure I do expect that puck to be firing at it I’m going to circle kempe here of the LA Kings four plus shots onle that’s coming in at plus 108 this game should equal some fireworks look for a strong performance out of both of these teams back to you Craig all right thanks very much Joe and of course the National Hockey League is going I I think in a fantastic Direction with some way some of these games have panned out now the series in particular as Joe said have not gone as deep as maybe the NHL would like we’re getting some series that are ending very quickly but once you get to the next round the Stanley Cup Playoffs really heats up on the ice thanks again to Joe for breaking those games down for us all right coming up next we got Pat Evans from legal sports report we’ll touch on the latest on three different states and the sports betting prospects to legalize in the future Minnesota Alabama and Mississippi although there’s a little bit complicated with Mississippi there is legal sports betting just not online we’ll talk about that coming up next stay with us we’ll be right back [Music] [Music] so uh I turned it off I got my sweat done and I’m I’m leaving taking my money I’m going home and I don’t want to talk oh yes there it is 6 to three cast the over the over is hits the padr are our heroes that’s how that’s how we end the show what let’s just just sign off let’s just call it a show ingame live prime time only on Sports grid quotes coming out about embiid oh he’s a warrior you’ll never get him off the court that that just you’re just telling me he’s an injury he’s one slip and fall away from what it’s not seeing him anymore in this series I would have S him because it was only one day between the two games it’s two days between games two and games three and it’s two game two days between games three and game four betting Above the Rim only on Sports grid anyone that’s been to a sporting event the atmosphere before a game I think game time decisions has that same exact atmosphere this is our Arena this is what we do there is going to be an energy to game time decision that you will feel night in and night out the excitement you get when you when you lock your bets in when you’re figuring out what you want to do we can Zone in on the biggest games each night I want this to be the place that people come to before the game starts so they feel as ready as possible to lock in their cards we are going to hit every single one of those markets that you need to know about we’re going to go through every single thing and I’ve got a great team behind me that’s going to help me get the job done there is not going to be a better place I promise you then game time decisions to get that new information react to it and be able to then bet accordingly we will have everything at our disposal and we will use that to our advantage I’m Kevin Walsh tune in to game time decisions from to 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Sports [Music] [Music] crit welcome back to newswire here on Sports grid big week with a lot of earnings calls going on so Pat Evans doesn’t really get a chance to see the sunlight as he’s locked up listening I know Matt Waters said he is yesterday I’m sure you are too so I guess that’ll come out over the next couple of days right I mean these earnings calls are always interesting to see how much the sports betting operators are making but I know we’re going to focus on other topics today but I I know that’s in your future yeah I mean those every you know four times a year we get these big earnings weeks and it’s actually a couple of weeks really and yeah Matt and Sam mostly get to listen to all those calls so our readers don’t have to so there’s that I’ll listen to a few but uh right right now we’re we’re in the final stretch of legislative season and that’s uh you know yesterday was an incredibly busy day which is a perfect reason why I’m here today yeah and and I would say that of all of the states to have legalized sports betting I think Mississippi is one of the most peculiar of all because they were first on board getting sports betting and they have it in the casinos there you know on the river and and all of that and it was like a huge deal at the time and then several years later later for people who don’t know if if you go to Mississippi yes you can bet on Sports but you have to be there in the casino in person I mean if I’m not mistaken I think this is the only state or or one of the only states to have this happen it’s just so bizarre to me that they could legalize sports betting basically saying it’s okay but they can’t get this in order to have you be able to bet on your phone on the apps and everything else I I I am if you would have told me this three years ago Pat I would have been shocked I would have said they would have been first I mean really I you know you’re right they were one of the first states to legalize sports betting in casinos uh which makes sense they’ve got a pretty rich gambling history but it’s almost like they missed the boat on the Statewide online sports betting you know that that was the best time to do that right when they did it from the get-go um because now we’re sitting here six years later they launched sports betting in 2018 but you can’t bet outside of Casino properties and you know last year we had a legislature come out we’ve had it every year pretty much where a a a legislator proposes online sports betting and it kind of just doesn’t go anywhere and last year they turned it one of these bills into a study uh and the legislators met all last fall I think it was a couple you four times that they came together and talked about the big issues what was going to happen what do we need to do uh and that informed rep case y’s bill this year and he came in and it cruise through the house uh you know I think it was about 80 85% of legislators I don’t know that right off the top of my head so don’t quote me with that but huge margin of victory in the house yeah went to the Senate they stripped everything out of the bill and they went to conference committee to try to work out whatever was the issue for the Senate and it died because of a deadline that they didn’t meet uh on Monday and so online sports betting yet again is dead in Mississippi um so they’ll have to wait at least another year unless you know I’ve had one suggests that there’s a chance a lawmaker will go ahead and amend an existing bill that’s still alive to include Sports Online sports betting and that would be one way they could still get it done but you know we’re working on a very short time frame they adjourn on uh May 5th which it’s May 1 already somehow and and so they’re running very short on time and you know they’re going to be at least seven years basically from launch of on or inperson sports betting to online sports betting and that’s if they can all get on the same page next year which again has been a huge problem the last couple of years yeah very strange that this just doesn’t get done and they just keep talking about it all right at least we do have some definitive news on Alabama I don’t know how to interpret interpret this Pat I mean I I guess you know I wasn’t I’m not surprised to see that we’re going to be talking about this because Alabama’s not going to have sports betting legalized this year and doesn’t look like next year either but they did legalize a key part of some gambling in in Alabama which is just super rare and it looks like it’s what are thesection ronic games that they’ve legalized so very small progress maybe along those lines but any progress is is kind of surprising in Alabama I thought it would be a complete zero I mean Alabama is at this point is still one of five states without a lottery and so any sort of gambling uh issues was going to be a huge hurdle coming into this year you know we knew there was going to be a bill we figured it would be on the Senate side which has passed comprehensive Lottery bills that have included sports betting in the past um but that wasn’t the case it ended up uh in the house which kind of seemed like a really good sign because they’re the ones who let it die in the past they use those Senate bills from the past to kind of formulate their View and they introduced and passed rather handedly a comprehensive Lottery bill again that included full Casino gaming and sports betting and that went to the Senate who again this bill was based on a Senate bill in the past that has passed and the Senate changed quite a few things stri stripping out Casino gaming stripping out sports betting um and the house non-c concurred they went to a conference committee which finally met last week or yesterday sorry and um they one of the first things they said it was less than two minutes into the thing is there’s no sports betting in this uh and so that was a definitive that’s done this year uh they did end up uh you know in the legislation there is a lottery and um slot machines or or I guess games of chance on computer devices is basically the language they used at seven locations in the State uh it directs uh Governor K Ivy to enter compact negotiations with the porsch Band of Creek Indians so it’s a huge step in gambling in uh Alabama however no sports betting um Senator Al Britton who is a proponent from the Senate side said this is a big step you know we got one thing done so we pissed everybody off but it’s still a step in the right Direction so we’ll see where it goes in the future maybe next year we see a sports betting Bill we’ll see it still has a little bit of a hurdle last night the house approved that compromise the Senate didn’t quite they failed by one vote they have four legislative days done I think they’ll figure it out and get it done then it’ll go to voters uh in a special election in August um and I would imagine they will they’ll approve it as well so at least Alabama seems like they’re on the verge of having a lottery and some uh you know slot machines in the state all right finally let’s cap it off here with the latest in Minnesota nothing closer to being legalized but somewhat of a framework plan put in place it looks like Pat here if indeed it does ever get legalized but some very strange it looks like restrictions and some I would say murkiness to this potential uh idea that this representative has yeah Minnesota’s just kind of bouncing around um they had a committee meeting in the house uh it’s been commited out basically they just keep going to different committees kind of trying to figure out what can stick and what doesn’t stick and um you know we’re they’re at a point where now Republicans are saying that it’s not going to pass and that’s a huge step uh in the negative for this bill because um you know coming into this session you needed both parties and if the Republicans are already writing it off they have until May 20th it doesn’t look good and that’s because you know we’ve had a couple developments the tracks have come in uh or the tribes have said that the tracks can’t have HHR machines which gaming commission said they could then you get the track suing a couple of the tribal casinos so that’s a huge issue and then bogging it down even further on the Senate side a Democratic senator was arrested last week and she was stripped of her committee signs but the Republicans wanted her to be stripped of her voting rights that didn’t happen and so we had Republican uh Representatives yesterday saying this is a huge mess uh and it just keeps getting more complicated and less and less likely to pass so as you know the last couple of years I’ve come in and said Minnesota’s going to be the state to get it done right for a second straight year I’m gonna have to eat my words and and maybe come in and say they’ll get it done next year but we’ll see what happens but so far it doesn’t seem good in Minnesota yeah well listen predictions are meant to go right and wrong and nobody knows for sure on this stuff Pat great as always content thanks for coming on newswire enjoy the rest of your day and I know that includes some you know listening in on learnings calls some lawn work and we’ll catch up with you again soon thanks for coming on the show great thanks as always Craig talk soon all right Pat Evans follow him on social media and also his work over at legal Sports report.com coming up next is time to preview tonight’s NBA games with Davis Maddock of sports grid and fantasy sports today we’ll be back after this quick timeout so make sure you stay with us as we’re two minutes away from telling you who’s going to win tonight I’ll go [Music] [Music] so uh I turned it off I got my sweat done and I’m I’m leaving taking my money I’m going home and I don’t want to talk to oh yes there it is 6 to three cast the over the over is hit the padr are our heroes that’s how that’s how we end the show oh what let’s just just sign off let’s just call it a show ingame live Prime time only on Sports grid quotes coming out about embiid oh he’s a warrior you’ll never get him off the court that that just you’re just telling me he’s a injury he’s one slip and fall away from where it’s not seeing him anymore in this series I would have S him because it was only one day between the two games it’s two days between games two and games three and it’s two game two days between games three and game four betting Above the Rim only on Sports grid anyone that’s been to a sporting event the atmosphere before a game I think game time decisions has that same exact atmosphere this is our Arena this is what we do there is going to be an energy to game time decision that you will feel night in and night out the excitement you get when you when you lock your bets and when you’re figuring out what you want to do we can Zone in on the biggest games each night I want this to be the place that people come to before the game start so they feel as ready as possible to lock in their cards we are going to hit every single one of those markets that you need to know about we’re going to go through every single thing and I’ve got a great team behind me that’s going to help me get the job done there is not going to be a better place I promise you than game time decisions to get that new information react to it and be able to then bet accordingly we will have everything at our disposal and we will use that to our advantage I’m Kevin Walsh tune in to game time to decisions from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Sports [Music] crit each and every Saturday morning you can catch me and Davis mad reviewing the latest in fantasy baseball as we get closer and closer to the uh I would say the pivotal part of the fantasy baseball season Memorial Day and of course talking some NBA that’s Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m. eastern right here on Sports grid but Davis joins me now because of course we got some NBA games to discuss and Davis is watching these keenly so Davis thanks again for coming on news it’s great to catch up with you man what’s happening uh you know very happy to be here your your Miami Heat uh the the southern Florida experience everyone is going to get treated to it tonight and uh you know you you can never tell a Heat fan you can never tell Eric spuler you can never tell any of these guys that it’s over yeah well we’ll see if it is tonight but before we look ahead let’s look back here uh the the New York Knicks probably felt like with about two minutes to go they had this thing wrapped up and then Tyrese Maxi put on the performance of a lifetime and between he and Jaylen Brunson I mean I don’t know who’s been more clutch in this series but uh overtime win for the 76ers 112 to 106 I mean does this have the makings of a classic seven game finish going right down to the end I mean it was it was phenomenal I I thought I thought it was over I I thought this game was over I was about ready to turn it off and just move on to the next thing Tyrese Maxi 46 points almost 50% of his team’s points now embiid did the best he could did not play partic was not particularly effective shooting and and the Knicks man they are just exhausted Josh Hart and ogan anobi basically never get to take a breather now bogdanovich is going to be out they have Mitchell Robinson who couldn’t even play the other night he warmed up tried to play couldn’t even play like I I think this one I think we might be getting a classic I I I sort of have a sense that this is going to end up being goes to seven games we get overtime in game seven it just sort of feels that way and I mean for the Knicks that’s that’s kind of a nightmare because every additional game is more attrition for HART playing 48 minutes an anobi playing 45 minutes Jaylen Brunson you know one of the shorter guards in the NBA playing 44 minutes a night it it it’s not great for them no it isn’t but you know naturally it’s it’s where we’re at I mean the two teams look identical now that embiid is back on Philadelphia all right so I I do think Indiana is going to win this series against Milwaukee I wonder what bucks management is thinking right now without their guys they’re like really competitive you know I don’t know if they’re like sort of rethinking the construction of their team they probably have to because with Middleton and poris last night they end up beating the Pacers I know the Pacers are young and I know that they haven’t been there and they’re sort of riding the halberton train right Davis like the he does well they win if he doesn’t they lose it’s like pretty much been the story but I don’t I don’t I mean I think it’s probably not unprecedent it to see this outcome but it’s sort of shocking to me to see the Bucks crush the Pacers like that is not something I saw coming no I was on I was on the Indiana Pacers last night pretty surprising to see a fully healthy Pacers team you know they trade the three first round picks for cakam to get some experience on that roster no Dame no Giannis now I I suppose ctis did get get ejected from their their most recent loss in game four that changes the complexion a little bit and I mean Chris Middleton NBA championship experience poris NBA championship experience Patrick Beverly has been around forever Brook Lopez I like I guess there is some continuity advantages that the Bucks can have particularly when Lillard is not the one out there you know all these guys have been playing together forever if Dame does not go in the next game and I’m assuming that Giannis still is like we haven’t even seen him warming up up we haven’t seen him in in jimm shorts I I don’t think we’ll see him at all in the series I do think the Pacers Youth and experience all of that I mean they’ve got two cracks at it here although I suppose if you get to a game seven all all bets are kind of off there I actually not even all bets are off the Pacers would not win a game seven they just they’re B they’re a bunch of kids you know Tyrese Alberton is is 25 years old no significant playoff experience for him yeah no it should be a fun series and I and I think that the the least talked about series that’s been very entertaining is Magic and Cavs it looked like Cleveland was going to just blow Orlando out of the water the magic come back in the next two games and win and man they had their chance to steal that game last night in Cleveland but the Cavs win they go up in the series three games to two I mean Davis I think if Orlando won that game last night they would have won the series but now I’m feeling the opposite I’m very worried now that that they used everything they could to get close but they couldn’t pull it out Jared Allen did not play in that game uh you know tuned in observers would realize the Jared Allen Evan Mobley front Court really has not worked this season there’s just not enough space on offense what ends up happening when Jared Allen doesn’t play Evan Moy is awesome gives you 14 and 13 on seven of 11 shooting Mitchell has a great game streu is inserted in the starting lineup he’s awesome how about Marcus Morris coming off the bench yes that Marcus Morris coming off Off the Bench it’s just the way the modern NBA works right you just kind of need a guy who can get you some extra space on the floor Marcus Morris can give you a lot more space than than Jared Allen does and honestly this season it’s it’s sort of all just gravy for the Atlanta magic because they were not supposed to be good the magic were not supposed to be a good team they have the second third best defense in the NBA and they have basically the worst guard play of any team that made the playoffs all right finally let’s do heat Celtics here Celtics up to 14 points favorites tonight against Miami but I’m not going to be the one to lay the 14 I don’t know what’s going to happen here and by the way Boston could win by 14 they could win by 40 they could also lose I have no idea what’s the heat is impossible to read for me I mean I said the same thing in game two like with these crazy double digit spreads with the heat don’t don’t bet the spread just bet the money line just if you think that the heat are going to be able to hang it’s really just a matter of three-point shooting I mean they shot over 50% from three in game two against the Boston Celtics Chris porzingis is not going to be playing here with a calf strain seems like he’s going to be out about one to three weeks depending on the severity so the Celtics uh I mean they would really like to get the series done and over with so all of their dudes can rest honestly like unless Caleb Martin makes seven threes though I think this will be a pretty quick game here tonight all right Dallas and the LA Clippers uh flip your coin Davis Wake Me Up When It’s game seven right like that’s the way that’s where this is going almost feels like we are locked in for seven G games but you know no Kawhi Leonard Amir coffee has been starting for the Clippers if James Harden has one of his patented three for 11 eight points four turnovers games I mean that’s not going to be good enough because then that’s putting way too much on Paul George I I’m looking at donic having a huge game here tonight the the Mavericks were up 31 points in uh in that game four and then end up choking any way I don’t think they’ll do that again all right Davis great to talk to you we’ll catch up again on Saturday morning thanks for coming on beautiful thanks for having me brother all right Davis Maddock of course follow him on social media and follow him with us here at sports grid on fantasy sports today we have Last Licks coming up next [Music] [Music] so uh I turned it off got my sweat done and I’m leaving taking my money I’m going home and I don’t want to talk to oh yes there it is three cat the over the over is hit the padr are our heroes that’s how we end the show oh what let’s just just sign off let’s just call it a show in game live live Prime Time only on Sports grid quotes coming out about embiid always a warrior you’ll never get him off the court that that just you’re just telling me he’s an injury he’s one slip and fall away from where just not seeing him anymore in this series I would have sat him because it was only one day between the two games it’s two days between games two and games three and it’s two game two days between games three and game four betting above the only on Sports grid anyone that’s been to a sporting event the atmosphere before a game I think game time decisions has that same exact atmosphere this is our Arena this is what we do there is going to be an energy to game time decisions that you will feel night in and night out the excitement you get when you when you lock your bets and when you’re figuring out what you want to do we can Zone in on the biggest games each night I want this to be the place that people come to before the game start so they feel as ready as possible to lock in their cards we are going to hit every single one of those markets that you need to know about we’re going to go through every single thing and I’ve got a great team behind me that’s going to help me get the job done there is not going to be a better place I promise you than game time decisions to get that new information react to it and be able to then bet accordingly we will have everything at our disposal and we will use that to our advantage I’m Kevin Walsh tun tun to game time decisions from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Sports [Music] [Music] git welcome back to newswire here on Sports grid we’re going to end with some baseball discussion by the way we have games starting today 1:00 Eastern tomorrow at 12:00 Eastern so lots of day baseball on Wednesday or Thursday uh New York Mets had a big promotion last night that ended up working in a very big way not sure why more teams don’t do this because we shows like us talk about it and they seem to you know get a lot of attention for it but anyway City Field last night for those of you who attended or those who didn’t this is something that happens all around the country last night City Field tried it the Mets tried it they sold $1 hot dogs last night at the game and so you may ask yourself how many hot dogs did they sell did they sell 5,000 did they sell 10,000 how about 20 well folks they sold 40,000 hot dogs last night at City Field that is the all-time record for the Mets sha Stadium City Field wherever it is 40,000 hot dogs like H how do you even make that many like you you have to be constantly making hot dogs I think to feed all the fans there but needless to say uh alltime record there for the Mets and I I would think that they’ll probably do this again and listen the only negative to this is basically the fact that you’re under selling a little bit because hot dogs generally speaking are going to be sold for I don’t know at any ballpark what would you say $6 $7 some places 10 but in this case I guess you sell yourself short a little bit and I guess the how much were the buns buns free right wrong with the $1 hot dog all right uh let’s get to the Cincinnati Reds Ellie D La Cruz is one of over on FanDuel and DraftKings the favorite to win the National League MVP Now by favorites meaning he’s on the board so he’s not like at the top with Muki Betts or sh Otani or some of those others but he’s like just right outside and partially the reason is because he’s incredible he’s great on defense he’s got 18 folks 18 stolen bases already as we exit the month of April and as you can see there I don’t know if you can see but as I will tell you he has more stolen bases than like a dozen teams in Major League Baseball and and in this day and age of where they basically have made it more difficult to get Runners out on the bases by doing several different things one is the pitch Clock Two is the engagement meaning that if you throw it over to first base that’s one so you could do it a second time but if you don’t get the guy out the third time the guy automatically goes to second base that’s one another thing the other thing is they’ve made the bases a little bit bigger so not everybody is taking advantage of this and there are other teams like the Arizona Diamond Backs they haven’t gotten as many steals as Corbin Carol as they would have thought and so there’s reasons for this but Ellie Ste a Cruz folks and and I know that this is maybe more so a fantasy baseball thing than a reality thing but he is headed to the allar game I am sure in Dallas this or in Arlington this season and is quickly becoming one of the most popular players in Major League Baseball as well so congrats to Ellie De La Cruz and those other teams you’re not stealing bases what are you doing you can’t let one player Out steal you on the season but indeed that is what is happen all right finally last night as maybe some of you on the East Coast were checking out maybe not paying attention and you were looking at your phone and you’re asking yourself why is this Dodgers Diamond Backs G uh game delayed what is happening here well the reason why was because right behind home plate a swarm of bees decided to show up and delay the affair and essentially there was no like person who could help out so that was the delay the delay wasn’t the bees it was we can’t get somebody here to get things fixed well all of a sudden the Diamondbacks end up calling this company called Blue Sky Pest Control who are just loving this by the way today and a gentleman by the name of Matt Hilton he was at his son’s t-ball game boy I can relate to that when he got called to remove some bees he shows up at the game and and was and you guys got to check this out on social media he was loving it it’s like fist pumping getting rid of the bees uh you know again they don’t kill the bees they put them somewhere and then they you know rehouse them or whatever it is and and then he did such a great job as he’s going off on the the golf court that the the Diamondbacks invited him to stay this guy threw out the first pitch at a Diamondbacks game so imagine you’re sitting there coaching your son up at a te- ball game and then next thing you know you’re throwing out the first pitch with the Diamond Backs again his name is Matt Hilton did a great job congratulations ceremonial first pitch to The Beekeeper no sting involved that’ll do it for our show today thanks again to Matt lovsky from sporting news also thank you to Davis madak of course from Sports grid and in addition Pat Evans from legal sports report our associate producer of course is Frank and our producer is Michael Cohen and I’m Craig Mish coming up next you have the early line and they’re all set to go to tell you everything that happened last night in the NBA and NHL and some major league baseball as well then three o’clock Eastern it is Coast to Coast with afternoon baseball action and previews of the games tonight in the NBA and National Hockey League I’ll see you right back here for our Thursday edition of the show tomorrow morning 11:00 a.m. eastern for our next edition of newswire as we get ready for the Run for the roses with a preview of The Kentucky Derby hope you enjoy the rest of your day see you tomorrow morning 11:00 a.m. EAS have a great day everyone [Music] [Music]
