Authorities also uncovered treadmills, bite sticks, steroids and records that detailed fight arrangements and wagering.

The idea was that the money normally bet in Northern California, or acquired through simulcast wagering, would then be redirected to the south, so that Santa Anita and Del Mar could increase its daily purses.

But I’d wager that it’s the Marvel machine’s reluctance to make films that, as Tobey Maguire said, are made the right way.

The Lakers are wagering they can do what the Trail Blazers, and the Phoenix Suns before them, couldn’t.

With cancel culture being something that many people take an odd stance on, I’d wager that the average person doesn’t realize the extent of Pitt’s alleged actions.