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1919 Black Sox Scandal: Eight Chicago White Sox players conspired to throw the World Series, a scandal that tarnished baseball and ended careers.
1951 College Basketball Point Shaving: Thirty-five players admitted to accepting bribes to influence game outcomes.
1989 Pete Rose Incident: One of the most prominent cases, Pete Rose, a legendary baseball player and manager, was suspended and barred from the Hall of Fame after admitting to betting on games, including his own team.
2007 Tim Donahe: An NBA referee who was found to have bet on games he officiated, although subsequent fate is less clear.
O'Reilly points out that these episodes reveal a persistent pattern of gambling-related corruption across different sports, emphasizing that the issue remains current.