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John Brennan

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Covers:  sports betting, meadowlands sports complex, atlantic city casinos, nj sports & exposition authority, us online gaming, nj horse racing, ny/nj sports business
covers US gambling expansion for iconic worldwide brand 2025-26. usbets.com 2018-22. NBA/AC casinos @ Bergen Record 1983-2017... 2008 Pulitzer Finalist

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John Brennan’s Biography

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John Brennan has been covering sports business — with a focus on the Meadowlands Sports Complex — since 2002 and has been a reporter for The Record since 1983. He also covers New Jersey's trendsetting efforts to expand gambling options, including online gaming (they did) and sports betting (still in court).

In 2008, Brennan was selected with co-writer Jeff Pillets as a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Local Reporting (for an investigation of the failed Meadowlands EnCap project). It’s the only corru…

John Brennan’s Journalist Portfolio

Court invites solicitor general to weigh in on betting

Court invites solicitor general to weigh in on betting

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday invited the acting solicitor general to file a brief in a long-running case…

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No 'miracle worker' but Donald Trump left his mark on Meadowlands' EnCap project

No 'miracle worker' but Donald Trump left his mark on Meadowlands' EnCap project

When the developer of a floundering golf course and housing project in the Meadowlands was looking for a savi…

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Poker pro Phil Ivey ordered to pay Borgata $10M

Poker pro Phil Ivey ordered to pay Borgata $10M

Late last week, a federal judge told Ivey - who grew up in Roselle - that he had to pay the Atlantic City cas…

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Articles

Paper airplanes, and the 3,000-mile kite journey | Tell Your Story

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By John Brennan Verified
| Chico Enterprise-Record Verified
There have been many heralded aviation milestones connected with my hometown, both military and civilian. Names such as Lindbergh, Earhart, Doolittle and Hiller are legendary in these parts. Then to my astonishment, the realization came to me that another milestone was in the making, and it was all due to two giants in their own […] This article is only available to subscribers Standard Digital $1 for 1 year Offer valid for non-subscribers only
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Arsenal set to sell Gabriel Martinelli, Fenerbahce and Saudi clubs linked - reports

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By Pavlo Pizhol, John Brennan Verified, Oluwa Tosin OT
| Tribuna.com
Arsenal have decided to put Brazilian winger Gabriel Martinelli on the transfer market, according to Turkish journalist Sercan Hamzaoglu. Rather than waiting for offers, the Premier League club are actively informing other clubs of Martinelli's availability as part of a broader plan to offload squad members. Arsenal are taking the initiative to offer him around, with Fenerbahce emerging as a potential suitor.
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California Sports Betting: The Billion-Dollar Fight That Never Ends

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By John Brennan Verified
| Playboy Verified
PRE ORDER THE SPRING 2025 ISSUE! LifestylePlayboy ClassicsSex & RelationshipsAutos The Playboy ClubPlayboy ShopPlayboy PlusPlayboy TVMagazine ArchivesPlayboy Prints Become a Playboy Club CreatorBecome a Playboy Bunny Become a Playboy Club MemberGet a iPlayboy MembershipCommunity GuidelinesFAQPrivacy PolicyT&C Is Sports Betting Legal in California? No. Sports betting is not legal in California.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

cannon fodder - taking HS basketball and wrestling results over the phone for 4 hrs a night, 5 nights a week

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I graduated from college still using a typewriter, was relieved at my internship that the newfangled computer had a QWERTY keyboard at least,

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Lou Grant

Awards

Pulitzer Prize

2008 - Local Reporting, FINALIST

For their probe of how plans to build a luxury community atop old landfills became entangled in questionable state loans and other allegations of favoritism.

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Society of Environmental Journalists Award

2008 - Kevin Carmody Award For Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Print

When New Jersey politicians promised to create a sleek, new wonderland of upscale development out of a long-neglected urban wasteland, the staff of The Record in Bergen County began digging. The result was a series of investigative stories that exposed how the EnCap project was an enormous tangle of political favors, giveaways, and secret, taxpayer-backed subsidies for a catastrophically risky venture. The promised cleanup of old landfills never happened; in fact, almost 2.5 million cubic yards of contaminated material were dumped to create the project's base. "Instead of cleaning up the dumps," The Record reported, "EnCap re-created them." Led by senior writers Jeff Pillets and John Brennan, The Record demonstrated the power of relentless and fearless journalism.

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