IMPORTANT BITS OF SPORTS

Mr. Portnoy has said that he placed bets with a Little League coach who occurred to be a bookie. At the University of Michigan, Mr. Portnoy started a web page referred to as thegamblingman.com to publish his picks. This fall, Mr. Portnoy is touring college campuses, broadcasting his bets in front of cheering students. In Nevada, the state’s Gamin