Gus Garcia-Roberts
@ggarciaroberts
Reporter, @postsports/@washingtonpost; author of Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop, published May 2022. Signal: 213.246.8124
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One of our more interesting finds involving a company with tentacles from NIL to sports betting to getting a cut of 9-figure MLB contracts. Thanks ✏️Jacob Feldman!
Investment firm Big League Advantage offered college athletes cash in exchange for a cut of their future earnings. Did their deals violate state NIL laws? Gus Garcia-Roberts & I investigated the controversial company at the center of a burgeoning industry: washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…
Big League Advantage made waves paying baseball prospects for a cut of their future pay. Now it’s stirring controversy by signing up college football prospects with similar deals. This is .... something. (via Gus Garcia-Roberts and Albert Samaha) washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…
What happens when a firm notorious in pro baseball for its controversial deals collides with the Wild West that is the college NIL system? W/ Albert Samaha on a deep dive into Big League Advantage, Gervon Dexter, Fernando Tatis - and Alabama basketball? washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…
The Colombo crime family and bets in Atigua, Yahtzee boxes full of cash, and the 'largest overseas real estate investment scam the FTC ever targeted.” Albert Samaha and I dug into the interesting life of Mathew Bowyer, the bookie at center of MLB scandal washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03…
He was a failed exterminator. A baccarat player who went bankrupt. And then a bookie banned from Vegas casinos. Meet the man at the center of the Ohtani scandal (via Gus Garcia-Roberts and Albert Samaha) washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03…
How a bankrupt bettor became the bookie at the center of an MLB scandal (via Gus Garcia-Roberts and Albert Samaha) washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03…
Feels like a good SEO moment to say, have you heard about the rollicking A-Rod true crime documentary that takes place primarily in tanning salons? youtube.com/watch?v=EHK274… Billy Corben Tim Elfrink Porter Fischer
Life news! ✍️⚾️
As of — well, now, I guess — I’ll be covering the Nationals for the Washington Post.
This is a dream job, and I can’t wait to join Andrew Golden on the beat as I try my best not to screw up Jesse Dougherty & Chelsea Janes’ old gig. Spring training 🔜!
