In the world of sports there have been many crazy stories as of late.
Shohei Ohtani and his attorneys have accused his long time interpreter and close fried of Shohei of massive theft. The stealing has been tied to some sports gambling shenanigans. Upper Mizuhara who was Ohtani’s translator for many years was no longer on the team, as they fired him. Her Brettler LLP, Ohtani attorneys, said this in a statement, “ In the course of responding to recent media inquiries, we discovered that Shohei has been the victim of a massive theft and we are turning the matter over to the authorities.” The stealing has ties to illegal gambling. There was wire transfers from Ohtani;s account worth at least 4.5 million, which was then paid o a bookmaking operation in Southern California which is under investigation. Mizuhara told ESPN that he had debts from betting on NBA, NFL, college football, and international soccer but never on baseball, which is prohibited by MLB rules.
“Obviously, he wasn’t happy about it and said that he would help me out to make sure that I never do this again, he decided to pay it off for me.”
It hen went on to say that Mizuhara then changed his story on Wednesday, stating that Ohtani did not have any knowledge of his gambling debts and Ohtani had not transferred money to the bookmakers.
Neither of the two are commenting on the situation any more.
The next case is about a Minnesota Timberwolves employee who has charges filed against him on Wednesday. He was accused of stealing a team executives hard drive that contained “strategic NBA information,” and other things. Somali Sarkar faces one count of third-degree burglar art, according tot he charges filed in Hennepin County. The executive vice president for the Wolves, Sachin Gupta, serves as the teams EVP of basketball operations.
The EVP left a hard drive connected to his laptop in his Minneapolis office and when we returned to work the hard drive was gone. Investigations said surveillance footage showed Sarkar entering the offices and was fired after the footage surfaced. Another employee got the hard drive back from Sarkar. They said there was over 5,000 files that had been accessed and downloaded onto another device. Monday the authorities searched Sarkar’s home and found storage device containing all of the information from the stolen hard drive. He was arrested and remains in custody. Sarkar used to work under the EVP but was transferred tot he coaching staff in August 2023 because of job performance. The hard drive has included the EVP’s social security number, tax details, and back account information.
Gambling state was won there first even NCAA tournament game. On Wednesday night Grambling beat Montana State 88-81 in overtime. Jemel Cofer lead the was with 19 points after only averaging 2.8 points this season. After the game ended Grambling state head coach was asked about what they have to beat Purdue and this is what he said, “Hey listen, we got to get to the room, pack up, figure it out, start on film and just worry about how we can throw the whole house, the kitchen – whatever – the backyard at Zach Edey. WE just need to figure it out. WE let the chops fall where they may. They ain’t expect us to win this one.”
Grambling takes on Purdue Friday.
