He loves the basketball side and likely will remain engaged there for as long as the Adelson family will have him. Because the first image that came to mind this week when the story broke that Mark Cuban was selling a majority of the Mavericks to the family that owns the Las Vegas Sands casino chain was of Cuban saying, 'And for those reasons, I’m out.' Maybe I’ve watched too many 'Shark Tank' episodes. Adelsons buying Mavericks puts family in better position for future of Texas gambling

bookie coming to grips with the inevitability of legalized sports betting. “Honey, what are the two conditions I gave you before we got married?” he asks. Three minutes into last night’s debut of the HBO comedy “Bookie”, the main character is on the phone with his wife, reminding her why they don’t have a checking account.