Bill Simmons had a strong reaction after the Seattle Mariners stumbled again in their playoff push, suffering a disastrous walk-off defeat against the

Bill Simmons was re-apexing, but he’s now experiencing one of the top seven falloffs of all time. The sports columnist turned media empire empresario has had a hell of a week, catching flak first from his own colleagues for his adoption of artificial intelligence—first as a bit and then as a sponsor—and from regulators for openly discussing proxy betting.

Bill Simmons is under review by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission after he admitted on a podcast to proxy betting. During one of The Ringer founder's recent podcasts, Simmons admitted that he had his daughter's boyfriend place bets for him in Massachusetts (where sports betting is legal) when he was off in California for work (where sports betting is illegal).

Mayfield completed 23 of 28 passes for 216 yards with no scores or interceptions in Week 1, but he lost three fumbles that ultimately led to 17 points.

Sportsbooks like FanDuel prohibit customers from making bets on others' behalf because of state law.

The New England Patriots suffered a brutal season-opening loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday. A combination of a fourth-quarter collapse, A.J. Brown’s ankle injury , and Drake Maye’s three interceptions led to a 13-10 defeat.

Don’t cross Bill Simmons. The famous sports personality has banned ESPN star Peter Schrager from his podcast for allegedly not accepting an invitation but instead being featured on Tuesday’s “Pardon My Take.” Simmons said Schrager is on his “s–t list.”

The founder of The Ringer is taking flak for using artificial intelligence to conjure opinions from the deceased film critic Roger Ebert. Ads from OpenAI have recently run on the show.

Bill Simmons, the popular sports podcaster who has championed sports betting, is under review by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission after he admitted on a recent episode to using his daughter’s boyfriend to place bets for him.

In a commentary for The Guardian, Los Angeles-based writer and humorist Dave Schilling argued that the rapid spread of prediction markets and sports betting has made gambling feel increasingly ordinary in the U.S., even as the same legal and ethical problems persist.

Stephen A. Smith has found an unexpected way to describe Kawhi Leonard 's exit from the Clippers ' salary-cap scandal. The ESPN personality delivered that assessment Tuesday on "First Take," marveling at the relatively limited punishment Leonard received before completing his return to the Toronto Raptors.