The government should not "cave" to the gambling industry's "scaremongering" over a potential tax rise on online betting games, a committee of MPs has said.The Treasury Committee said the government should tax online betting games…
David PurdumNov 3, 2025, 01:51 PM ETClose Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008UFC fighter Isaac Dulgarian has been released from the roster two days after sportsbooks flagged unusual betting interest against…
There are certain periods of the sports calendar that stand out more than others. Sometimes, they correspond with the mainstream holiday calendar (such as Thanksgiving for the NFL, Christmas Day for the NBA or Fourth…
David PurdumOct 24, 2025, 01:10 PM ETClose Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008Three former men's basketball players at Eastern Michigan refused to participate in an investigation into potential sports betting infractions…
AI labs are racing to build data centers as large as Manhattan, each costing billions of dollars and consuming as much energy as a small city. The effort is driven by a deep belief in…
Pamela MaldonadoOct 19, 2025, 01:45 PM ETClosePamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN.I was wrong about the Alabama Crimson Tide.I expected all the problems we saw early -- protection issues, lack of run…
This has been a big week for AI companies signing enterprise deals, with Zendesk unveiling new AI agents that are supposed to be able to resolve 80% of customer service issues, Anthropic and IBM announcing…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8isq9Mux08g[/embed] AI companies are making their much-anticipated enterprise plays, but the results are wildly inconsistent. Just this week, Deloitte announced it’s rolling out Anthropic’s Claude to all 500,000 employees. On the very same day, the…
Pamela MaldonadoOct 3, 2025, 07:03 AM ETClosePamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN.This is a sentence I never thought I'd type: Undefeated Vanderbilt is rolling into Tuscaloosa with playoff chatter starting to swirl.…
NFL's Week 5 slate gets underway with a matchup of NFC West rivals when the San Francisco 49ers visit the Los Angeles Rams on "Thursday Night Football."There will be an early Sunday football again this…