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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., was excited about the start of the Portland Trail Blazers new season, but just one day after the team’s opener, the team is mired in controversy following an FBI probe.

Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, along with Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard Damon Jones, were among more than two dozen arrests as part of a widespread FBI investigation on Thursday. Billups was allegedly involved in a nationwide poker ring involving members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families.

Wyden, who loves the game of basketball, having played at UC Santa Barbara in the 1960s, was just as shocked as the rest of sports fans when learning the news, especially as it impacted his local team.

“I will tell you that this is a

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