And a lot more went down during Week 1, with fantasy basketball being impacted by it all. Buckle up if that’s a sign of what’s to come in the NBA this season. Let’s look at the Week 2 schedule and some of its essential storylines.

But in the autumn, a very special type of sports occasion rolls around that celebrates the ubiquity of American sports and gives fans a reason to stay glued to their couches, eyes fixed on the TV screen.

With Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn leading the charge, the Boilermakers enter the season as the ultimate title-or-bust team.

The FBI announced a massive sports gambling bust. The suspects include an NBA player, a hall of fame head coach, and mafia families. Suspects are accused of rigging poker games and basketball bets.

What was once a rare event — each of the major North American sports leagues playing on the same day — has become a more frequent occurrence

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That incident, described in a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday in Brooklyn, now sits at the center of one of the most sweeping sports gambling cases ever brought by the US Justice Department — one that stretches from locker rooms to underground poker clubs controlled by New York’s biggest mafia families.

Michael Jordan made his debut as a special contributor to NBC Sports’ return to NBA broadcasting on Tuesday night, saying he’s doing so as a way to give back to basketball.

Damon Jones, who played for the Houston Cougars in the 90s, was among those named in an alleged illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information.

The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat have been arrested along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that authorities said leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families.

NBC senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett spoke about where the cases involving Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier could go from here.