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"textContent": "The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced on Monday that Jalen Smith—who the feds accused of delivering “the bread,” a.k.a. bribe payments, in a point-shaving scheme to fix Division I men’s college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games—has entered a plea of guilty to bribery in sporting contests, wire fraud and […]",
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