Alabama Baseball Coach Fired Amid Sports Betting Investigation
Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired Thursday, three days after an ESPN report raised questions about “suspicious wagering activity” involving Crimson Tide baseball games.
Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania previously halted all bets on Alabama’s games. And U.S. Integrity, a Las Vegas-based firm that monitors the betting markets, issued an alert to its clients Friday citing suspicious activity involving one specific Alabama-LSU baseball game April 28.
The university announced Thursday Bohannon was fired for “violating the standards, duties, and responsibilities expected of University employees.” The school could not provide further comment due to an ongoing investigation.
According to the ESPN report from earlier this week, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board shared that two specific bets — both made in Cincinnati, Ohio — triggered the alert. One of them was on a parlay which involved the LSU-Alabama game, and there was a large moneyline bet that involved the Tigers-Crimson Tide contest.
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