NFL reinstates 5 players who had been suspended for gambling

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As two other major gambling scandals shake up professional sports, the NFL has reinstated five players who had been suspended indefinitely for violating the league's betting rules.

Shaka Toney, Rashod Berry, Quintez Cephus, C.J. Moore and Demetrius Taylor were officially reinstated by the NFL. The latter four are all free agents, while Toney remains with the Washington Commanders.

Cephus and Moore were members of the Detroit Lions in 2022, but the team released both of them almost immediately after their punishment.

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The NFL logo on the field before a game between the Tennessee Titans and the Indianapolis Colts at Nissan Stadium Dec. 3, 2023, in Nashville.   (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Detroit wide receivers Jameson Williams and Stanley Berryhill were both suspended six games last season, and Williams played a big role for the up-and-coming Lions late in the season, when the team reached the NFC title game.

Last year's gambling suspensions weren't the NFL's first. Calvin Ridley missed the entire 2022 season after it was discovered he bet during a five-day period on NFL games in November 2021 when he was away from the team and on the non-football illness list. He played last season with the Jacksonville Jaguars and signed a four-year deal with the Tennessee Titans this offseason.

The reinstatement of the players comes just days after the NBA imposed a lifetime ban on Jontay Porter. The league said an investigation discovered before "the Raptors’ March 20 game, Porter disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor.

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