The top two teams in the WNBA will collide when the Seattle Storm face the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals beginning on Friday night, with oddsmakers giving the Storm a clear edge in the series. Las Vegas swept the regular season series 2-0 over Seattle, and the Aces […]
The Chicago Cubs need a win on Friday to keep their season alive, as they trail the Cinderella Miami Marlins 1-0 in their National League wild card series. Yu Darvish will take the mound for the Cubs with the chance to justify his six-year, $126 million contract by giving Chicago […]
Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 test has thrown a new degree of uncertainty into the US presidential election – enough so that bookmakers around the world no longer feel confident offering odds on the contest. President Trump announced that he had tested positive in the early hours of Friday morning. Oddsmakers: […]
He may not have a sterling record of postseason success, but ace Clayton Kershaw will still take the mound as the Los Angeles Dodgers try to eliminate the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of their wild card series. The Dodgers are coming off a 4-2 victory over the Brewers on […]
The San Diego Padres need a big performance from starting pitcher Zach Davies on Thursday night if they want to stay in their National League wild-card series with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Padres face a must-win situation after losing Game 1 of the series 7-4 to the Cardinals on […]
The Champions League draw almost always results in at least one group where two of Europe’s biggest powerhouses are thrown together. Thursday’s draw kept that tradition alive, giving soccer fans at least three different matchups worthy of a European final. Thursday’s Champions League draw placed the final 32 teams into […]
If you wanted to bet on Game 3 of the American League wild-card series between the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics Thursday morning, you were out of luck until about three hours before the game, when both teams finally announced their starting pitchers. Chicago will throw rookie Dane Dunning […]
Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open before her second-round match on Wednesday, one of several prominent women to bow out on the day. Williams announced she was dropping out of the tournament due to a left Achilles injury, handing a walkover victory to Bulgarian wild card Tsvetana Pironkova. Serena […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers come into the playoffs as the consensus favorite to win the World Series, but the biggest threat to their title run could come in the first round of the playoffs when they’ll have to survive the randomness and volatility of a best-of-three wild-card series against the […]
The New York Yankees can book their place in the second round of the American League playoffs on Wednesday while the Cleveland Indians must recover quickly after their ace failed to live up to expectations in Game 1 of their wild-card series. The Yankees trounced Cleveland 12-3 on Tuesday to […]
The San Diego Padres rotation boasts a number of starting pitchers the team can confidently put on the mound to start Game 1 of a National League wild-card series against the St. Louis Cardinals, but Chris Paddack isn’t near the top of that list. That noted, Paddack will get the […]
UFC 253 crowned a new light heavyweight champion in Jan Blachowicz and solidified Israel Adesanya at the top of the middleweight division, but it didn’t take long for new beefs to spring up after the show. Blachowicz (27-8) scored a second-round TKO over Dominick Reyes (12-2) to win the light […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning finally fulfilled their potential on Monday night, blanking the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the Stanley Cup in the NHL’s Edmonton bubble. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves to record a shutout, while Brayden Point and Blake Coleman supplied the scoring to finish off the six-game Stanley […]
The Connecticut Sun will battle the Las Vegas Aces in a decisive Game 5 of their WNBA semifinal series, with the winner moving on to face the Seattle Storm. Seattle swept the Minnesota Lynx to reach the WNBA Finals, finishing off the series with a 92-71 blowout on Sunday. Storm […]
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen comes into the Banter Series final as a significant favorite over Wesley So, but the Norwegian still offers value for bettors if the price is right. The grandmasters will meet in the final on Tuesday, with the winner taking home a $12,000 top prize. Carlsen […]
The Dallas Stars will battle the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday, with the two southern franchises facing off at the NHL’s playoff bubble in Edmonton, Alberta. Tampa Bay enters the series as a -195 favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, despite the fact […]
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So separated themselves from the field on Friday, setting up a two-man race for the title on the final day of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz online chess tournament. Carlsen leads the way with 18.5 points following a blistering 6.5/9 performance in Friday’s blitz round-robin, […]
Two of the Premier League’s favorites will face off at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as Chelsea plays host to defending champion Liverpool in an early test for both contenders. Chelsea comes into the match as a +220 underdog to Liverpool (+116), according to DraftKings Sportsbook. Chelsea, Liverpool Aiming for Premier […]
Two former welterweight champions will square off in the main event of UFC Fight Night 178 on Saturday in Las Vegas as Colby Covington takes on Tyron Woodley in a fight that once could have headlined a pay-per-view card. Covington (15-2) once held the interim UFC welterweight title while Woodley […]
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to allow men’s and women’s college basketball teams to begin playing games on Nov. 25 in what officials are calling a “grand compromise.†The ruling allows schools to begin holding practices on Oct. 14, but teams can’t hold exhibitions or scrimmages before Nov. […]
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