How Sports Betting Cost an N.B.A. Player His Career

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The former N.B.A. player Jontay Porter talks about how his gambling addiction led to his professional downfall, in a story by Nick Berardini. Read “The Under" by Nick Berardini: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/11/16/the-nba-player-who-got-hooked-on-sports-betting

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