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Big Ten’s mega-deal, sports wagering and favorite bets + a preseason Top 25: podcast

A sign bearing an advertisement for Caesars Entertainment’s sports betting operation sits near a sports betting terminal in the sports betting lounge at the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Caesars is one of the most frequent advertisers of sports betting in the United States, where gamblers have wagered over $125 billion on sports with legal betting outlets in the four years since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for all 50 states to offer legal sports betting. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
A sign bearing an advertisement for Caesars Entertainment’s sports betting operation sits near a sports betting terminal in the sports betting lounge at the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Caesars is one of the most frequent advertisers of sports betting in the United States, where gamblers have wagered over $125 billion on sports with legal betting outlets in the four years since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for all 50 states to offer legal sports betting. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) AP

College football news never seems to end. The season is fast approaching, but this week the Big Ten made a major announcement about its future television contracts.

The deal, worth up to $8 billion, is the richest in college sports history and has ramifications throughout the college sports world.

On today’s episode of The Star’s SportsBeat KC podcast, beat writer Kellis Robinett discusses the news and what it could mean for the Big 12 with host Blair Kerkhoff. Also making headlines this week: legal sports wagering has a launch day in Kansas — what that means for the local teams and schools; how we came about our preseason Top 25 votes; and a take on running back Dylan Edwards, a Kansas State commitment who flipped to Notre Dame earlier this month.

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Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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