News broke Sept. 30 that former baseball great Pete Rose died at age 83. The next day, ESPN’s “SportsCenter” was host to a discussion of Rose’s legacy, including his lifetime ban from baseball for wagering on the sport. The segment was sponsored by DraftKings.Such is the push/pull of modern sports.
Peter Edward Rose died this week at 83. He was one of baseball’s all-time great and most controversial players. Rose’s baseball career was brilliant, but it ended in a less than glorious fashion.Rose played his last baseball game in 1986 and managed for the final time in 1989. In August 1989, he acc
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Betting on baseball got Pete Rose banned from the game, never to return while he was alive.But, perhaps appropriately, he found a home in the nation’s gambling capital — where acceptance wasn’t a problem.In choosing to live in Las Vegas, before the sport’s career hits leader died Mo
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, confirmed on behalf of the
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