Name: Chicago Potentially Facing Online Sports Betting Withdrawal
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Let's talk about the uh Chicago situation which is going on right now with sports betting. How about this story? The Sports Betting Alliance has warned the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson today, that its members may stop offering online sports betting in the city at the start of the year. One of the biggest sports betting markets in the country. In the proposed budget, a letter sent ahead of a planned meeting said the new proposed budget introduces a new city licensing requirement for online sports books, but doesn't give any standards for creating a risk of non-compliance. This includes DraftKings, FanDuel, and also a 10.25% new city tax on online sports wagering. So certainly, they're gonna need to come to some sort of agreement here in January or Chicago. Not have sports betting in the future. Meanwhile, yesterday in the National Football League, one of the best games of the day ended up being the game last night. The New England Patriots come all the way back to beat the Baltimore Ravens, and the Patriots are headed to the NFL playoffs. 28 to 24, the final, Drake Bay comes through in the clutch. Big story on the Ravens side was Lamar Jackson, who was injured in this game. Stu Huntley, by the way, the backup quarterback also. Injured in this game as well, but the Patriots certainly doing their very best Tom Brady-esque impression courtesy of Drake May, who's been fantastic and is among the favorites to win the MVP in the National Football League. Here's Mike Vrabel on the team's comeback win on the road. Um, our quarterback, you know, battled and our receivers came through and our runners and It was a great, I felt like it was a big team win. It was a huge team winner, you know, Andy kicked the ball well, um. You know, so again it was just We lost a lot of guys. A lot of guys went down. A lot of guys stepped up and We're gonna have to get healthy, but I, I think that this was, this was a great win for us. John, I mean, home field advantage is sort of built into the culture of the team, built into the culture of your tenure here. Um, how disappointing is it to have 6 losses at home this year? You got to play winning football at home if you want to win at home. You know, we haven't done that. We've had, we had 2 or 3 of those games where we were, you know, behind the 8 ball, so I'll acknowledge that for sure, but uh. You got to play winning football whether you're at home or on the road. It really doesn't matter. Uh, that's what you have to do, and we haven't done it enough. Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions' chase for the postseason looks like it could be coming to an end. They're gonna need to win their final two games. The Packers are gonna need to lose their final two games. Will it happen? We'll see. The reason why was the Pittsburgh Steelers went into Detroit yesterday and hang on to win 29-24, a wild finish in the game between these two teams. It almost went to 8:00 p.m. Eastern, kind of a, a crazy ending. Where Aman Ras Saint Brown at the goal line was charged with offensive interference and then uh pitched the ball to Jared Goff who went in for the touchdown and then that was declined and the game was over. Crazy ending. Anyway, uh, Mike Tomlin gets a big win for his Steelers. It looks like they're gonna win the division, certainly happy with the performance. You know, um, I'm just so appreciative of the men that I work with, um, and the fight that they displayed individually and collectively. Um, certainly wasn't perfect, a lot of adversity, some of it created by us, um, but they didn't blink, um, and that's what's required this time of year. Um, we also talked about the game's gotta look a certain way, uh, this time of year, and, um, it certainly did. Uh, we're able to run the ball and stop the run and we kind of rode that wave in terms of controlling the game. Somebody on our network picked the Jacksonville Jaguars to go to the Super Bowl. I don't know who that was, but man, they're getting closer. We'll have to figure that out. 34 to 20, the Jags go on the road and beat the Broncos. They have the number one record right now going in the AFC right there with New England. Uh, big performance again from Trevor Lawrence, who's been so fantastic down the stretch. The Broncos were favored, the Jaguars win, probably the biggest win in the Liam Cohen era, and he talked about that after the game. Very impressed, um, you know, very impressed with the way these guys have continued to compete. Trevor, um, the offensive line, had to shuffle a few things. I thought they protected really well, um, did some really good things in the past game. Parker Washington, um, stepped up in a huge way. Um, you know, all those guys, I think he threw it to about 7 different receivers in the game, whatever it was, and guys just keep battling and, and making plays. Meanwhile, the Carolina Panthers are now in the driver's seat. Who had that one in the NFC South. The Bucks, the 2.5 point favorites get upset on a game-ceiling interception by Baker Mayfield at the end of the game. Very odd game plan too for Tampa Bay, not throwing the ball all that much in this one. Very strange. Anyway, Dave Canales will take it. His Panthers, all they need to do is win out to win the division. OK, um, came down to taking care of the ball. We got one, you know, and it was the, it was the right one. You know, we've talked as a group, we talked about moments, moments that come up and, you know, we had a, we had a last drive where we had to put it together to get ourselves to get points and take the lead. Um, the offense came together and made some plays right there on that drive, and then defensively, you know, they were moving the ball pretty good right there on that drive. Um, And, uh, you know, Christian Roseman had an opportunity on one, pass, didn't get it, but, um, just keep playing ball, keep playing ball, being in the right spots and good things come to you when that happens. So I'm really proud of the group, uh, the way that they stayed together, talked the whole time. A lot of great communication happening on the sideline, just drive in and drive out, uh, trying to figure out the different things on both sides that that that was happening and got to give a lot of credit to the Bucks. Um, the way they played us made it really hard for us to run the ball today. Um, with mixed success, but they settled into some things and, you know, Bryce and the boys made some plays, uh, to keep us alive. Buffalo Bills do not cover, but they win against the upstart Cleveland Browns, who seem to play a lot of close games these days. 23 to 20 Buffalo wins, they're probably headed to the playoffs as well. All right, college football. Over the weekend, in case you missed the playoffs, the big upset of the weekend was Miami taking care of Texas A&M. A&M was all the way down to about 2.5, 3-point favorites at kickoff. It was a very Highly contested defensive battle that Miami wins 10 to 3 thanks to seven sacks of Texas A&M. The Aggies had the ball on the goal line or close to it toward the end of the game. They could not come through. Mario Cristobal's era, now coming to a crescendo. Of course, they will now play Ohio State next round, but here's a recap from Cristobal over the win against Texas A&M. You know, uh, resiliency, toughness. Just found a way to continue to just keep, you know, pushing through some difficult situations. The defense was off the charts the entire day. Um, we found ourselves finally running the football and getting some chunk yardage. It took a while. Uh, we're all over the, you know, we were up and down on offense. Um, and, uh, just a great response, turned the ball over both by the defense, getting the ball back. And, um, the offense going right down the field and scoring. Uh, and then I said to the guys coming back there's still another major step we have to take as a program, uh, to finish. I think the last two games showed that and so, uh, it's a rallying cry to the guys that are still here and still have time to play, but I don't think we can turn our back on the guys who just finished their careers here and everything that they accomplished and everything that they did for Texas A&M football. Oklahoma took an early lead on Friday night on Alabama, but the Crimson Tide come all the way back to win 34 to 24. I believe the score was 17 to 0 Sooners with Alabama coming back to win. By the way, Kaylin DeBoer's first college football win as the head coach at Alabama, although Michigan still has not hired their new head coach as well. The rest of the games, well, let's be honest, college football playoff has got to get this fixed. Uh, somehow, gotta create a system where you don't have these kind of blowouts. Oregon defeated JMU 51 to 34. At least James Madison covered the point spread in this one, but it was not competitive from start to finish, so Oregon moves on to the next round. And then also, Ole Miss took. of business against Tulane. In case you missed that one, it was a dud, 41 to 10, 2nd straight time this season that Mississippi crushed Tulane. They were 16.5 point favorites. The game was over at halftime because the Rebels had 497 total yards of offense, but gotta get this, uh, figured out a little bit with college football's playoffs. Needless to say, also, uh, Minukata Murrikami. has signed a two-year contract with the Chicago White Sox in the hot stove, $34 million. He had 56 home runs a few years ago.

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