Pete Rose found home in Las Vegas before nation began to embrace sports betting
3 months, 1 week ago

Pete Rose found home in Las Vegas before nation began to embrace sports betting

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Betting on baseball got Pete Rose banned from the game, never to return while he was alive. In choosing to live in Las Vegas, before the sport’s career hits leader died Monday at 83, the man known as Charlie Hustle for his relentless play on the basepaths picked a city that embraced legalized sports betting long before most of the rest of the nation caught on. His whole history speaks for itself, but as far as the Hall of Fame and betting on sports, he was more popular than ever.” According to the medical examiner, Rose had hypertension and heart disease as well as diabetes, but his “manner of death was natural.” Rose appeared to be a certain Hall of Famer after a brilliant playing career spent mostly with his hometown Reds. One of Las Vegas’ most known and prolific sports bettors, Billy Walters, said Rose erred from the beginning. you’re not allowed to do that.” Baseball tried to distance itself from sports betting, legal or otherwise, after the Black Sox scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players were banned for throwing the 1919 World Series to, coincidentally, the Cincinnati Reds.

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Pete Rose 911 call shows staff at his luxury building tried to check on him hours before he was found dead
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Pete Rose 911 call shows staff at his luxury building tried to check on him hours before he was found dead

Daily Mail  

Audio of a 9-1-1 call on the day that Pete Rose was found dead at his Las Vegas apartment has been released days after the baseball great's passing. The call was obtained by TMZ, which revealed that staff at Rose's Las Vegas building attempted to do a wellness check on the MLB legend before he was discovered dead. A 9-1-1 …

Remembering baseball legend Pete Rose
3 months ago

Remembering baseball legend Pete Rose

NPR  

Remembering baseball legend Pete Rose Rose, who died Sept. 30, was one of MLB's most accomplished players — and one of the most controversial. That was 35 years ago, and Rose spent the rest of his life campaigning for readmission to the game, which could get him into baseball's hall of fame. You know, I used to take my extra …

Doctors sent Pete Rose 'home from hospital five days before he died' as new details emerge about MLB icon's death
3 months ago

Doctors sent Pete Rose 'home from hospital five days before he died' as new details emerge about MLB icon's death

Daily Mail  

Pete Rose was sent home from hospital just days before his death last month, a new report has revealed. Pete Rose was sent home from hospital just days before his death last month However, after running multiple tests on Rose, medics are said to have sent him home, where he passed away five days later. Rose seated with Dave Concepcion, …

Opinion: We all made the Pete Rose tragedy possible
3 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: We all made the Pete Rose tragedy possible

LA Times  

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds in 1978. Rose — Major League Baseball’s all-time hit leader and most notorious gambler — learned these lessons well. And we must acknowledge the uncomfortable reality that we — the sports media, the fans, the culture — helped make the tragedy of Pete Rose possible. Many people knew it — journalists, Major League Baseball …

Pete Rose's cause of death REVEALED after baseball legend passed away at age of 83
3 months, 1 week ago

Pete Rose's cause of death REVEALED after baseball legend passed away at age of 83

Daily Mail  

Major League Baseball legend and the sport's all-time hits leader Pete Rose passed away on Monday and his cause of death has now been revealed. The cause of death for MLB legend Pete Rose has been revealed after his passing on Monday Outside Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, fans laid flowers and memorabilia at a statue of Rose doing …

Pete Rose, all-time hits leader who was then banned from baseball, has died at 83
3 months, 1 week ago

Pete Rose, all-time hits leader who was then banned from baseball, has died at 83

NPR  

Pete Rose, all-time hits leader who was then banned from baseball, has died at 83 Baseball great Pete Rose has died. The Cincinnati native thrilled fans throughout his 24-year career with his gritty play and work ethic, and he went on to become Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader. Keith O'Brien interviewed Rose for his book, "Charlie Hustle: The Rise …

Photos: Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader
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Photos: Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader

CNN  

Pete Rose, who holds the Major League Baseball record for hits and games played, has died at the age of 83, according to a spokesperson for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner in Nevada. Rose, a switch hitter who played multiple positions during his career, was a 17-time All-Star who won three World Series — two with the …

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died
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Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died

CNN  

CNN — Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king and the Cincinnati Reds icon whose signature gritty hustle couldn’t outpace the gambling transgressions and obfuscation that kept him out of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, has died, according to a spokesperson for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner in Nevada. He stood out for his all-in …

MLB player Tucupita Marcano faces possible lifetime ban for alleged baseball bets, AP source says
7 months, 1 week ago

MLB player Tucupita Marcano faces possible lifetime ban for alleged baseball bets, AP source says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is under investigation by Major League Baseball for allegedly betting on baseball and could be subject to a lifetime ban, according to a person familiar with the probe. Major League Rule 21, posted in every clubhouse, states betting on any baseball game in which a player, umpire, league official or team …

Opinion: Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal putting Pete Rose roadmap to the test
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal putting Pete Rose roadmap to the test

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Keith O’Brien is the author of the new book “Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. CNN — We’re a week into baseball’s gambling crisis surrounding Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, his close friend and former interpreter Ippei …

Is Shohei Ohtani another Pete Rose? Dodgers star may be in legal trouble if he paid gambling debt
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Shohei Ohtani another Pete Rose? Dodgers star may be in legal trouble if he paid gambling debt

LA Times  

Left: Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani gestures during a game against the San Diego Padres in Seoul on Wednesday. His representatives accused his longtime interpreter and friend, Ippei Mizuhara, of engaging in a “massive theft” of Ohtani’s money allegedly used to pay off millions in gambling debts Mizuhara owed to a bookmaker. Ohtani’s representatives muddied the waters by making Mizuhara …

EXPLAINER: How leagues investigate gambling allegations
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: How leagues investigate gambling allegations

Associated Press  

Allegations from his estranged wife that Evander Kane bet on hockey games, including his own, and tried to lose for profit have sparked an NHL investigation into the San Jose Sharks forward’s gambling activities. On social media, Anna Kane wrote: “How does the NHL let a compulsive gambling addict still play when he’s obviously throwing games to win money?” and …

The Outsiders: No. 9, Pete Rose
3 years, 11 months ago

The Outsiders: No. 9, Pete Rose

New York Times  

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