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Everybody has a story & I'm ready to listen • Investigative Reporter for ESPN
Washington, DC
Joined November 2011
NEW: Go on the "zig-zagging, 48-journey" with me as we go behind the scenes on how the #Ohtani & #Ippei story rapidly evolved this week. We have more details on what we asked and what Mizuhara and others said in response in our continuing investigation.
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How the firing of Shohei Ohtani's interpreter came to unfold publicly starts with a tip ESPN received several months ago. Here's how it all went down.
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Journalist Anna Wolfe won a Pulitzer for her stories about federal welfare money, including some that went to fund ventures by Brett Favre. She now could face jail time for refusing to give up her sources for the stories. The latest from @markfwespn
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After exposing Mississippi welfare fraud, a journalist and her publication face the former governor's wrath.
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Calvin Dickey Jr. died in July after collapsing during his first workout at Bucknell. Doctors said he collapsed from sickle cell-related rhabdomyolysis, a medical condition experts told ESPN is easily prevented, and even reversed, by stopping exercise.
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Bucknell University has told the parents of a freshman football player who died in July that it is investigating his death, but the player's parents say they are unsatisfied with the school's...
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Matt Bowyer - the bookie for Ippei Mizuhara (Ohtani’s former interpreter) - just pleaded guilty to three charges in a federal court today. To read details of the case against him (and Mizuhara) and how he got here, read our full report here:
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Mathew Bowyer, the SoCal bookie at the center of the Ippei Mizuhara case, will plead guilty on Aug. 9th to operating an unlawful gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return, according to court documents unsealed today. The judge assigned to the case is the.
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RT @JeffPassan: News: Umpire Pat Hoberg, famous for the World Series game in which he didn't miss a ball-and-strike call, has been discipli….
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MLB has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling rules. Hoberg is appealing.
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RT @Alden_Gonzalez: Ippei Mizuhara is not a U.S. citizen and faces “significant immigration consequences,” including “a risk of deportation….
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My colleague @Alden_Gonzalez was in the courtroom today and reports Ippei Mizuhara told the judge, "I worked for Victim A and I had access to his bank account and I had fallen into major gambling debt, and the only way that I could think of was to use his money. I had access to.
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RT @Alden_Gonzalez: NEWS: Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s former and longtime interpreter, pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud charges dur….
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RT @JeffPassan: San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is facing a potential lifetime ban for betting on baseball, sources tell ESPN.….
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“MLB opened an investigation Monday into allegations that former Los Angeles Angels infielder David Fletcher gambled with an illegal bookie, an MLB source told ESPN, but investigators face a significant hurdle at the start -- where they're going to get evidence.” More from my.
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David Fletcher was Ohtani's teammate from 2018-2023 and has been described as one of Ohtani's closest friends in baseball. According to sources, Fletcher placed bets with the bookmaking operation of Mathew Bowyer, also known as “Bookmaker 1” in the criminal complaint against.
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David Fletcher's close friend, Colby Schultz, who played in the Kansas City Royals' system from 2018 to 2020, placed bets on baseball, including on Angels' games that Fletcher played in while he was on the team, multiple sources told ESPN. Full story here:
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David Fletcher, a former Angels infielder currently with the Braves' Triple-A affiliate, and his friend, who also played in the minor leagues, bet with the bookie who took wagers from Shohei Ohtani's...
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David Fletcher, a former Los Angeles Angels infielder currently with the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate, bet on sports with the same Southern California bookmaker who took wagers from Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter, according to multiple sources detailing the.
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Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara trying to exit the federal court building in downtown Los Angeles after his arraignment hearing today.
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Neither Mizuhara, his attorney Michael Freedman nor Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Mitchell made a comment after the hearing.
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The scene outside the federal courthouse in LA as Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara & his attorney leave Mizuhara’s arraignment hearing. Mizuhara pleaded “not guilty” today as part of court procedure but his attorney told the judge Mizuhara will be pleading guilty
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Just got out of federal court where Scott Sibella, the former president of MGM Grand and World Resorts Las Vegas, received 12 months probation, a $9500 fine and 200 hrs community service. Here’s our story with more on Sibella:
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Ryan Boyajian of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" is the bookmaker's associate to whom Ippei Mizuhara wired money to pay his gambling debts, sources told ESPN.
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Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara has agreed to plead guilty to felony bank fraud and submitting a false tax return
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Ippei Mizuhara has agreed to plead guilty to felony bank fraud and submitting a false tax return after authorities found he stole nearly $17 million from Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.
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