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NBA fans may have noticed all players and referees wearing a black band on their uniforms last week. That was in honor of former commissioner David Stern, who died last Wednesday at age 77. Those bands will be worn the rest of the season. The NBA was at a crossroads when Stern took over in […]

Welcome to the final day of the decade. The entire Legal Sports Report team sends its best wishes for the new year to all. Plenty of people have taken time off to enjoy the holidays but it hasn’t affected the flow of sports betting news. Let’s recap some of the top stories from last week. […]

Twenty states have some form of legal sports betting regulation. This series looks ahead to which states could regulate sports betting in 2020. If one lives in the Golden State, you often hear that California leads and other states follow. That’s not the case with California sports betting. Nine states approved legalized sports betting in […]

Over the past few seasons in the NBA, we have had 2 or 3 teams dominate the proceedings and have generally had one conference look stronger than the other. We are seeing a change n how things work this season, though, as there are now a handful of teams who could easily make a run […]

Every team in the NBA has a distinctive style of play that is designed to try and get the most out of the players that they have on their roster. Some teams go out and play loose, putting the ball in the hands of their most gifted offensive players, while others rely heavily on team […]

Like many schools across the country, the Wisconsin Badgers and Oregon Ducks both kicked off this season with dreams of winning a national championship due to several returning NFL-caliber players on their respective rosters. Instead, the consolation prize will be a Rose Bowl matchup between a pair of Top 10 teams in the sixth-ranked Ducks […]

Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns will look to extend their winning ways when they hit the road to take on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in a New Year’s Day meeting of Pacific Division rivals. With the Lakers looking to avoid the holiday upset in this mid-week matchup, let’s find out which […]

The Washington Wizards will look to record rare consecutive victories when they host an Orlando Magic team looking to break out of the slump they’ve been in when the two Eastern Conference playoff longshots square off on New Year’s Day. With both teams going all out for the mid-week win, let’s find out which team […]

There’s likely enough appetite to get sports betting passed through Maryland‘s legislature this year and approved by voters, according to one state senator. Sen. Chris West prefiled SB 58, which would allow horse tracks and casinos to offer sports betting. The bill does not include online or mobile betting, which West cautioned against. “We should […]

At age 35 (his birthday was Monday) it’s time for LeBron to start sitting out occasional regular-season games to rest his body for the playoffs. The Lakers’ 2018-19 season went south when James suffered a major injury on Christmas. The same thing happened on the holiday this year, although it’s not anywhere close to as […]