Sixty years after Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended a full season for wagering on football games, gambling is now as much a part of the NFL spectacle as mock drafts, tailgating and Super Bowl halftime shows.

The Raiders now play a dice roll from the Las Vegas Strip, and the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball just announced they’ve signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a ballpark close to Sin City’s famous casinos.

Gambling is no longer a pariah but a massive moneymaker for the NFL, which has several lucrative sponsorships with online gambling sites and even a brick-and-mortar sportsbook at one of its stadiums.

So, is it two-faced for the league that has so embraced legalized wagering to suspend some of its players for betting on football games and other sporting events from their phones like millions of NFL fans are constantly encouraged to do?

“I think it’s hypocritical,” said former Steelers and Bears quarterback Jim Miller. “You can’t lie in bed with the devil, and not think you’re going to get burned.

“Soon, you’ll be able to make bets in (most) NFL stadiums,” Miller added. “That being said, the players are well aware of the rules. They have seminars and stuff up in the locker room to educate them.”

The trade of quarterback Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay to New York puts one of the greatest players in NFL history in a Jets uniform.

Despite a 54-year Super Bowl drought and the league’s longest active streak without a playoff appearance (12 seasons), the Jets have acquired several Hall of Fame players over the years. Some had big impacts, while others simply made a pitstop in New York on their way to Canton.

Here are some of the most notable players who joined the Jets late in their careers and ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame — mostly for their accomplishments elsewhere:

QB BRETT FAVRE: After 17 NFL seasons, including 16 in Green Bay, the three-time MVP and one-time Super Bowl champion was traded to New York during training camp in 2008 for a conditional fourth-round draft pick. He got the Jets off to an 8-3 start before a shoulder injury affected his performance and New York missed the playoffs. Favre retired after his stint with the Jets before returning to play two more years with Minnesota.

Jets stats: 3,472 yards passing, 22 TDs, 22 INTs in 16 games. Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2016.

RB LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON: The 2006 NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year was one of the most electric players in league history as a speedy and elusive double threat out of the Chargers’ backfield. After nine seasons in San Diego, Tomlinson signed with the Jets in 2010 and helped them to the AFC title game. Not nearly as dynamic a player in his two years with New York, he retired after the 2011 season.

Jimmy Butler insists that Playoff Jimmy — the moniker that he has now, whether he wants it or not — isn’t a thing.

His play shows otherwise.

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He has scored 45 or more points five times in his NBA career, and three of those games have come in the playoffs — the most recent one coming Monday in a performance for all-time. Butler scored 56 points, tying the fourth-highest playoff scoring effort in NBA history, and carried the Miami Heat past the Milwaukee Bucks 119-114 to take a 3-1 lead in that Eastern Conference first-round series.

“I think this is where all the best players, they show up and they show out,” Butler said. “And I’m not saying I’m one of those best players. I just want to be looked at as such.”

Hard to imagine anyone not looking at him that way, especially right now.

He had 22 points in the first quarter on Monday, 21 more in the fourth. Over the last quarter-century, nobody had two 20-point quarters in the same playoff game and only one player — Damian Lillard, in his 71-point game for Portland — did it during this regular season.

Butler was 9 for 10 in the first quarter, 6 for 8 in the fourth quarter. And this came against a Milwaukee team that has three players — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez and Jrue Holiday — who are rightly considered among the NBA’s best defenders.

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Butler broke James’ Heat playoff single-game scoring record in leading Miami past Milwaukee — and giving the Heat a 3-1 lead over the NBA’s top overall seed. James had 22 points and 20 rebounds to carry the Los Angeles Lakers past Memphis for a 3-1 lead in that series.

WHAT’S NEXT?
There are three teams that can advance on Tuesday, all of them playing at home with 3-1 series leads. Boston hosts Atlanta, Denver hosts Minnesota and Phoenix hosts the Los Angeles Clippers.

Atlanta’s Dejounte Murray will be out for Game 5, serving a one-game suspension for bumping an official at the end of Game 4. The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard is also listed as out for Game 5 because of his ongoing knee problem.

There are three other possible clinchers Wednesday, all on the road — fifth-seeded New York takes its 3-1 lead to fourth-seeded Cleveland and eighth-seeded Miami takes its 3-1 lead to top-seeded Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference, and seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers bring a 3-1 edge to second-seeded Memphis in the Western Conference.

There is also a Game 5 on Wednesday in the Golden State-Sacramento series, which is tied 2-2.

HOW TO WATCH
— Tuesday’s Atlanta-Boston and Clippers-Phoenix games are on TNT, and the Minnesota-Denver game is on NBA TV.

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— Wednesday’s Lakers-Memphis and Golden State-Sacramento games are on TNT. The New York-Cleveland and Miami-Milwaukee games are on NBA TV.

— All those games will also be available through a team’s usual local broadcaster.

— The NBA Finals will be broadcast on ABC beginning June 1.

Jimmy Butler scored 56 points to lead Miami. LeBron James sent a game to overtime and then finished off a win.

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The stars showed up on Monday night in the NBA.

Warren Sapp and Randy Moss waited longer than expected to hear their names called in the first round of the NFL draft because teams were concerned about off-field issues.

Both players ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Jalen Carter was once projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in this week’s draft before the Chicago Bears made a trade with the quarterback-needy Carolina Panthers. Now, there are questions about how far the Georgia standout defensive lineman may slip because of his involvement in a car crash that killed Bulldogs offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staffer, Chandler LeCroy.

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Carter was given one year’s probation and fined $1,000 last month after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and racing related to the wreck.

Considered the best interior defensive lineman in the draft, Carter has the talent to be selected among the top five. If he drops, it’ll be because of character concerns.

“He came in and he did a nice job,” Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said of Carter’s visit with the team. “It’s always case-by-case. He came in, we enjoyed our time with him, did a nice job. I’ll say even after he left his visit, I felt better about him.”

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Bob Melvin was talking about the improvement of Padres reliever Steven Wilson, when the San Diego skipper dropped in some cool-kid lingo that’s making the rounds in Major League Baseball these days.

“The sweeper’s ended up being a really big pitch for him,” Melvin said.

A few seconds later, Melvin was asked a simple question: What exactly is a sweeper?

Busted.

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“I don’t know,” Melvin said, laughing. “It’s new-age baseball talk. A slider’s probably got a little more depth and the sweeper probably comes across a little more. I’ve made that joke, too. I still write it down as a slider.”

Move over slider, curve, slurve and screwball, there’s a new (ish) breaking ball that’s all the rage in MLB: the sweeper. Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as does Padres starter Yu Darvish, Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes and dozens of other pitchers.

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Leon Draisaitl has been lighting it up for Edmonton, Mitch Marner is scoring for Toronto and Roope Hintz is leading the way for Dallas.

They are among the top performers early in the NHL playoffs.

Then there are some big stars around the league who have not yet made a mark. A week into the first round, Bo Horvat and Aleksander Barkov have combined for a goal and two assists with the Islanders and Panthers, respectively, each trailing their series three games to one.

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Tampa Bay’s elite goaltender, Andrei Vasilevskiy, also has not been himself, allowing 19 goals through four games as he and the Lightning have fallen behind 3-1 in their series against Toronto and are now on the brink of elimination.

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After scoring a short-handed goal with 2:03 left in a loss to Carolina that put the Islanders on the brink of elimination, Horvat did not even celebrate. New York’s big midseason trade acquisition had been held without a point until garbage time of Game 4.

Winning 55% of his faceoffs and doing a lot of little things right, Horvat acknowledged he needs to produce for the Islanders to avoid a first-round exit.

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“I think I can be a lot better,” Horvat said after the 5-2 loss in Game 4. “At the end of the day, I have to find a way to score big goals or get on the scoresheet not in a 5-1 game or a 5-2 game. I’ve got to find ways to make it meaningful, and I’ve got to be better.”

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The All England Club will pay for two rooms for Ukrainian tennis players and their teams during the grass-court season and will donate 1 British pound (about $1.25) for each ticket sold at Wimbledon to relief efforts in Ukraine — which could top 500,000 pounds ($620,000) — after deciding to allow players from Russia and Belarus back into the tournament despite the ongoing war.

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Club chairman Ian Hewitt said at Tuesday’s annual spring news conference for the oldest Grand Slam tournament that letting Russians and Belarusians compete at Wimbledon after banning them a year ago because of the invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022 was “probably the most difficult decision during my chairmanship.”

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Hewitt and club chief executive Sally Bolton said Wimbledon will not be broadcast in Russia or Belarus, and their media will not be allowed at the tournament this year. They also said flags or sign of support for either of those countries and the war will be barred from the grounds and that players have started signing a declaration that they will not show support for Russia, Belarus or the war in Ukraine, a requirement for them to participate.

On other topics, Hewitt and Bolton said:

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— In-match coaching from the stands will be permitted during Wimbledon for the first time on a trial basis;

Signing up for Saudi riches to play for Liv Golf was always going to come at a cost.

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One risk was thought to be eligibility for the majors, which turned out to be a false alarm, at least for the top players. Augusta National kept its criteria, while U.S. Open and British Open organizers have said they would honor everyone eligible, with minor tweaks.

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The PGA of America is soon to announce its field for the PGA Championship on May 19-22 at Oak Hill. Its chief championships officer, Kerry Haigh, has said it will strive to deliver the strongest field, as always.

Even players from LIV Golf?

“Absolutely,” Haigh said two months ago.

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That’s as it should be. The mission of the major championships is to produce a thorough test for the best players in the world, regardless of where they make their living. It worked just fine at the Masters, where everyone seemed to get along at the Masters Club dinner, in the locker room and inside the ropes.

Further down the road, yet increasingly in view, is the Ryder Cup. LIV Golf will be in the Chicago suburbs the week before the Sept. 28-Oct. 1 matches. There should be no need for any American to catch a flight to Rome.

Haigh made it clear LIV Golf players would have a difficult time earning one of the six automatic spots “if the only events they get in are the majors.”

Bryan Reynolds is sticking with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The veteran outfielder has agreed to an eight-year deal worth $106.75 million, three people with knowledge of the agreement told the Associated Press. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was not official pending a physical.

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The contract is the richest in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates and gives the club another cornerstone to build around as it tries to emerge from four straight last-place finishes in the NL Central.

The 28-year-old was an All-Star in 2021 and is hitting .294 with five home runs and 18 RBIs this season. The team is off to a surprising 16-7 start heading into a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Tuesday night.

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The deal comes less than five months after Reynolds requested a trade.

Pittsburgh general manager Ben Cherington insisted the team was willing to do what it takes to keep Reynolds in the fold, and both sides made progress toward an agreement in recent weeks.

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The new deal includes a $2 million signing bonus, a club option for 2031 and a limited six-team no-trade clause.

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The soft-spoken switch-hitter arrived in January 2018 as part of the trade that sent 2013 NL MVP Andrew McCutchen to San Francisco.

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