Jontay Porter

Umpire Pat Hoberg (31) looks on during a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels, May 17, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams, File)

MLB umpire Pat Hoberg’s firing puts him on a growing list of sports betting scandals

Umpire Pat Hoberg is the latest professional sports figure caught in a betting scandal. The 38-year-old Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertin
 
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (2) shoots over Brooklyn Nets forward Noah Clowney (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Terry Rozier declines to address investigation, says he won’t have issue focusing on basketball

 
Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier (3) shoots over New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones (5) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle, File)

Unusual betting patterns surrounding play of Terry Rozier in 2023 game with Charlotte investigated

 
Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, left, stands next to Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Shohei Ohtani, right, during an interview at Dodger Stadium, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Scandals, some changes in public perception highlighted the year for sports betting

 
FILE - Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter is shown during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Jan. 18, 2024, in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Second gambler admits trying to cash in on scheme involving ex-NBA player Jontay Porter

 

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NBA gambling ring also includes games involving at least 3 college programs, report says

 
The Los Angeles Clippers play the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Sports betting can be confusing for players so NBA helps them discern what is wrong or right

 

Man pleads guilty in betting scheme that ensnared ex-NBA player Jontay Porter

 
FILE - Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter looks on during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Jan. 18, 2024, in Toronto. The former NBA player is due in court Wednesday, July 10, to face a federal criminal case tied to the betting scandal that got him banned from the league earlier this year. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Jontay Porter, banned from NBA, is denied permission to resume career in Greece

 
FILE - Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter is shown during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Jan. 18, 2024, in Toronto. Two more people, Timothy McCormack and Mahmud Mollah, have been charged in the sports betting scandal that prompted the NBA to ban former Toronto Raptors player Porter for life. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Lawyer for Jontay Porter says now-banned NBA player was ‘in over his head’ with a gambling addiction

 
FILE - Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter is shown during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Jan. 18, 2024, in Toronto. Two more people, Timothy McCormack and Mahmud Mollah, have been charged in the sports betting scandal that prompted the NBA to ban former Toronto Raptors player Porter for life. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

2 more charged in betting scandal that spurred NBA to bar Raptors’ Jontay Porter for life

 
Michael Soshnick, attorney for Long Phi Pham, walks out of Brooklyn Federal Court, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in New York. Soshnick declined to comment Wednesday on the case against Pham, a New York man charged in a sports betting scandal that cost former NBA player Jontay Porter his career. Pham and three co-defendants, whose names are redacted in a Brooklyn federal court complaint, are charged with conspiring to defraud a sports betting company. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Lawyer in NBA betting case won’t say whether his client knows now-banned player Jontay Porter

 
FILE - Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Tucupita Marcano (30) in the first inning during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Phoenix. Major League Baseball has permanently banned Marcano Tuesday, June 4, 2024, for betting on baseball and suspended the four other players for one year after finding the players placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, FIle)

Betting scandals for MLB’s Marcano and NBA’s Porter are hardly the first in pro sports

 
FILE - Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Jan. 18, 2024, in Toronto. A New York man, Long Phi Pham, was charged Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in a sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban Porter for life, with the charges marking the first known criminal fallout from the alleged scheme. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

The NBA betting scandal that ended Jontay Porter’s career yields a criminal case against an NYC man

 
Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., center right, is pressured by Los Angeles Lakers forward Taurean Prince, center left, during the second half in Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr. finds the court is his refuge from his brothers’ troubles

 
Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., front right, shoots over San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, left, and guard Tre Jones (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. heads into playoffs against Lakers after trying week for family

 

Michael Porter Jr.'s younger brother, Coban, sentenced to 6 years in prison for fatal DUI crash

 
FILE - Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose flies out in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, July 24, 1978, at New York's Shea Stadium. Rose agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation for Major League Baseball by lawyer John Dowd found the all-time hit leader placed bets on the Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett, File)

A look at some previous lifetime bans from professional team sports leagues

 
FILE - Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter, right, pulls in a rebound as Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, left, defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 11, 2024, in Denver. The NBA banned Toronto two-way player Jontay Porter on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

NBA bans Jontay Porter after gambling probe shows he shared information, bet on games

 
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, center, takes photographs with fans in the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 25, 2024. The Kings won 108-96. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)

Adam Silver says gambling probe of Toronto’s Jontay Porter could lead to banishment from league

 
Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter (34) and forward Jordan Nwora (13) reach for the rebound during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Michael Porter Jr. says his brother would never risk his love for hoops by associating with gambling

 
Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter, right, pulls in a rebound as Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, left, defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 11, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Raptors’ Jontay Porter at center of NBA investigation into gambling activity