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On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia brought charges against 26 people they say were involved in a scheme to fix bets on college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games. The point-shaving scheme, according to a 70-page indictment unsealed that morning, involved at least three dozen players on 17 different teams. Twenty of the defendants played college basketball during at least one of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 NCAA seasons.

It's more a symbolic discussion than anything else. Drellich and Rosenthal write that substantive bargaining is unlikely to begin until next spring. This served as an opportunity for each side to lay out diverging views of the game's economics. It is widely expected that the sides will not be able to line up on a new deal before the expiration of the current CBA on December 1, 2026. If that's the case, MLB would immediately implement a lockout to freeze the 2026-27 offseason.

Jayson Tatum's injury during Game 4 not only jeopardizes the Celtics' playoff hopes but also complicates the team's financial future significantly due to new CBA rules.

"Now, because of these different CBA machinations - that have to do with repeater tax, the first apron, the second apron and the penalties that come with it - there's a different thought process."

The 2026 high school class is one of the most loaded classes we have ever seen, with multiple shortstops who could go number one overall in the MLB Draft.