2025-10-24
13 分钟Good morning. It's Friday, October 24th.
I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the facts behind a central claim that's fueled the government shutdown.
A pardon of a major crypto mogul close to Trump's family.
And what to know as the World Series begins.
But first, to the bombshell arrests of an NBA head coach and a current player, coming just days into the start of the latest season.
A pair of indictments were unsealed yesterday detailing alleged gambling schemes,
ensnaring both Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier.
The NBA placed both of them on leave.
Here's FBI director Cash Patel announcing the charges at a press conference in New York.
This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years.
The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today responsible for this case, which is very much ongoing.
Not only did we crack into the fraud that these perpetrators committed on the grand stage of the NBA,
but we also entered and executed a system of justice against La Cosa Nostra.
The FBI alleges that Billups participated in illegal poker games set up by infamous New York mob families
that defrauded people of at least $7 million.
The alleged rigged games feature technology that sounds straight out of a heist movie.
Zach Harper is an NBA writer for The Athletic.
He told us about some of the alleged gadgets that were used.