David Stern Told S.I. Legalized gambling on the NBA ”May be a huge opportunity.”
In may of 1996 Horace Balmer the NBA’s vice president for security had two speakers flown to Norfolk Va.  whose messages were even very disturbing. Michael Franzese, a former mob boss who fixed professional and college games for organized crime, and Arnie Wexler, who for 23 years [...]

By Richard N. Velotta (contact), In Business reporter  LAS VEGAS SUN
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 (3 a.m.)
For many sports fans, the best time of the year began last week and is continuing this weekend and next.
March Madness.
It’s the time of year for miracle three-pointers at the buzzer and college basketball teams from schools few people have [...]

By DAVE ANDERSON
Published: January 6, 1999

IN its scarlet and black practice uniforms, the Rutgers men’s basketball team gathered in the Rutgers Athletic Center meeting room where the players usually listen to Coach Kevin Bannon and watch game tapes. But yesterday there were no X’s and O’s on the chalkboard, no videos rolling.
Instead, [...]

Arnie Wexler remembers the sweet sizzle of easy money. How could he forget in a million years?
It was Memorial Day 1951. He was a 14-year-old Brooklyn boy earning four bits an hour in an after-school job when he made his first score gambling at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury: $54 cash — genuine folding green.
“It changed [...]

Arnie Wexler on Sports Radio 955 The Game

Reprinted From http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/sports/82035297.html
‘TAKE AWAY gambling from the National Football League and you’ve got soccer,” Arnie Wexler grumbles, knowing he’s got your attention now, without resorting to a 2-by-4 upside your head.
“When I was betting, and I haven’t made a bet since April 10, 1968, it was ‘win-or-lose.’ Now, it’s ‘over/under’ and 200 different proposition bets. [...]

It is a problem sports teams hope you don’t think about. The time to fix it is now, say an obsessive-gambling expert.
By Arnie Wexler
As the cheers and jeers slowly quiet down for the 2009 World Champion New York Yankees, a festering problem throughout many sports remains: No, I am not talking [...]