Betting N.J.’s house on bad gamble

CHRIS Christie, outgoing governor of New Jersey and a WFAN semiregular, is working to combat opioid abuse among the young — great — while encouraging them and the rest of his state to lose their money and minds on added legalized gambling, this time on sports.

No word, yet, on whether incoming Gov.

Phil Murphy will duplicate Christie by abandoning the office he will swear to uphold to regularly travel to Manhattan — accompanied by security paid for by N.J. taxpayers — to co-host shows on WFAN. As for the outgoing

Mike Francesa, in October he authoritatively claimed — as if he actually knew — that under no circumstances would the Giants sack Ben

McAdoo before the end of this season. We hear that GQ Magazine soon will name LaVar Ball its “Parent of the Year.”

Actually, the greater blame and shame for the Ball Family Farce En Force lies with UCLA for playing the father’s transparent — even disturbingly honest — one-anddone game. Then again, had UCLA declined to play along, dozens of other “schools” would have come knocking.

Reader Tom Lake asks if LiAngelo Ball’s UCLA academic grades will be registered as “incompletes.” Don’t know, but although he never played a game for the Bruins, the kid did get to experience a different culture while visiting China.

What a con. UCLA, a taxpayer-funded school, paid football coach Jim Mora, the highest paid state employee, $12.5 million to go away.