Sport #1 and Sport #2 both take wagers. They both feature one athlete vs. one athlete making it very easy to fix matches.
One of Sport #1’s most successful athletes, a champion, is under serious investigation for match fixing. He has inextricable ties to the mob and many shady match results. An investigation is launched in that sport which reveals 45 possible fixed matches in the last five years, matches involving some of its biggest stars.
A google search for [Sport #2, Gambling, Scandal] brings up nothing for 10 google pages except mentions of Sport #1. There has been only slight …read more

Mike from www.fpsrantings.com and mikegotgame.wordpress.com wrote a great comment to my The Real Drama of Boxing vs. the Fake Drama of the WWE and the NBA post as well as my updated profile and I wanted to respond but not have it get lost over in the comments.

My response might as well also be a response to today’s wire service reports that disgraced NBA ref Tim Donaghy’s attorney told investigators that relationships among officials, coaches and players “affected the outcome of games.” Whoa, whoa, whoa. That’s a big statement.

I recently updated my b5 profile with the intention of explaining how www.jabandgrapple.com could cover both the scripted fun of pro wrestling entertainment and the unexpected life-threating tension of professional boxing. My answer wasn’t that they both take place in rings and involve some sort of combat.
No, my explanation was that they are bookends of the sporting world with everything else existing in between their emotional bounds. Friday night was evidence of this evocative breadth. WWE’s SmackDown and ESPN’s Friday Night Fights were broadcast simultaneously and my Motorola DVR only allowed me to watch one at a time while taping …read more