How college athletes face social media abuse from gamblers

Damion Baugh boarded the TCU team bus after the Horned Frogs' second-round loss to Gonzaga like the rest of his teammates, quiet and dejected. Their season had just ended in an 84-81 defeat, a disappointing close loss to a top-10 team for the second NCAA tournament in a row.

Baugh's mood was briefly boosted when a team manager showed him a video of fans in a sportsbook celebrating Baugh's 3-pointer at the buzzer. His shot cut Gonzaga's margin of victory from six to three -- irrelevant to the outcome of the game but crucial to an increasing number of people across the United States.

Gonzaga was favored to beat TCU by around four points, so Baugh's shot flipped the point spread result. People…