Brant James has covered the gambling industry for nearly a decade, arriving as a tenured sportswriter just as legal sports betting began to transform the way leagues do business, and the way fans consider the games they love.
Gambling is a business of numbers, but ultimately every story is about people. That’s why he’s looking for the personalities and ambitions behind emerging trends, social issues, or technologies.
An alum of the Tampa Bay Times, ESPN.com, espnW, SI.com, and USA Today, he’s covered motorsports and the NHL beats. He ruined a couple decent pairs of shoes covering the Kentucky Derby and once made a tail-hook landing on an aircraft carrier with Dale Earnhardt Jr. He rode to the top of Mt. Washington with Travis Pastrana, and John Tortorella yelled at him numerous times. A couple were justified.
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