The Herd with Colin Cowherd THE HERD - Hour 1 - Chauncey Billups & Terry Rozier Arrested by FBI in Gambling Probe, Wembanyama's BIG Night & Nick Saban blames NIL for CFB Coaching Firings
Oct 23, 2025
J-Mac, a regular contributor known for his insightful sports analysis, joins to discuss some shocking developments in the sports world. Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier have been arrested by the FBI in a major gambling probe, raising questions about integrity in the NBA. The conversation shifts to Victor Wembanyama's standout performance against the Mavericks and Nick Saban's controversial views on NIL's role in coaching firings. Don't miss their take on the Dodgers' quest for back-to-back championships and the implications of these events across sports.
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Vegas Roots And Gambling Stories
- Colin recounts covering Vegas and encountering organized gambling and program-damaging incidents in his early career.
- He uses those memories to contextualize the FBI arrests and normalize gambling's historical ties to sports.
Scale And Scope Of The FBI Sting
- The FBI probe spans 11 states with 30 arrests and connects La Cosa Nostra to sports gambling and poker fraud.
- Legalized gambling exposes entrenched fraud rather than creating it, prompting transparency and enforcement.
Allegations Of Game Manipulation
- Colin describes alleged player involvement: Rozier allegedly feigned an injury to affect prop bets and others played in high-tech poker fraud rings.
- He frames these as accusations uncovered after a multi-year investigation and videotaped evidence.