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Ex-player Damon Jones first to plead guilty in basketball gambling sweep

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated PressPBS

Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has become the first person to plead guilty in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people.

NEW YORK (AP) Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones became the first person to plead guilty Tuesday in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people, including reputed m…