Golfers on the PGA Tour Champions return to the course after more than five months away when The Ally Challenge tees off on Friday. The senior tour event will be the first tournament played since the Hoag Classic, won by Ernie Els, on March 8. The season was suspended because […]
The Barracuda Championship could be the hardest tournament to handicap this season. It took me a while, but I finally settled on a bet that might be a sleeper pick. With this week’s second One Bet, $100, I’m taking Robby Shelton to finish in the top 10 of the Barracuda […]
The FedEx St. Jude Invitational always attracts a top field of golfers, and this year’s tournament is no exception. There are several golfers who are favorites, such as new No. 1 Jon Rahm (10/1), and Justin Thomas (12/1). With two tournaments this week, I am hoping my luck can turn […]
With the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational taking away all of the top players, the Barracuda Championship will provide a second-tier PGA Tour event. The tournament moves from Lake Tahoe’s Montreux to nearby Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood course. The event may be harder to handicap than the St. Jude […]
The World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational takes place a week before the PGA Championship, and several golfers are using it as a tune-up for the major championship. One of those players is Jon Rahm, the new No. 1 golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings. Rahm supplanted Rory McIlroy […]
The USGA announced Wednesday that the US Open will be held without fans because of concerns related to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The major championship will still be played Sept. 17-20 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. The US Open becomes the second major championship that will […]
Officials at Dover International Speedway announced Monday that fans won’t be allowed at the six NASCAR races from Aug. 21-23 because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The races, which include two Xfinity contests and two Cup Series affairs, will go on as planned. The decision not to have fans at […]
The NHL announced Monday that it administered 4,256 COVID-19 tests to 800 players and personnel in the second week of training camp, and had no positive results. The league had two positive test results in the first week of training camp. Twenty-four teams are in the NHL Bubble in either […]
There were plenty of winners and losers at the 3M Open, but one big victor wasn’t on the golf course. A BetMGM customer made a wager on winner Michael Thompson before the event at 125/1. He put down $500 and, when Thompson won by two strokes on Sunday, he cashed […]
Tiger Woods is skipping this week’s World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational to focus on the PGA Championship, but his odds to win the major could slide because of his decision. The odds for Woods to win the PGA Championship, held Aug. 6-9 at Harding Park in San Francisco, have […]
Two days after Toronto Blue Jays officials announced their home baseball games will be played in Buffalo, the team divulged on Sunday when the first one is scheduled to be played. Buffalo’s Sahlen Field, home of the club’s Triple-A Bisons, will host Toronto’s first home game on Aug. 11. It […]
Probably the most shocking thing in NASCAR this season is Kyle Busch not winning a Cup Series Race, but that could change at Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. At least that is what Busch is hoping. Busch hasn’t won a race since November when he claimed victory at Homestead-Miami to […]
Members of the Kardashian/Jenner clan are known to crash a party or two, but can they penetrate the NBA bubble’s security? Oddsmakers at Bovada have posted a proposition bet on which member of the reality television family could have the most success. The NBA is readying to resume its season […]
Kevin Streelman loves the Memorial Tournament, which begins Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. It seems that any time the 41-year-old gets to talk about Jack Nicklaus’ event, he is praising it. That attitude goes a long way with me when I am thinking about who I […]
Tiger Woods makes his return to competitive golf on Thursday at the Memorial Tournament, and sportsbooks are ready for his first action in five months with a bunch of prop bets. The last PGA Tour event Woods played was the Genesis Invitational on Feb. 16, where he finished last among […]
Muirfield Village will be hosting its second PGA Tour event in as many weeks, but don’t confuse The Memorial Tournament with the Workday Charity Open. The Memorial is going to play more like a major, with the course toughened up for the tournament, which begins Thursday in Dublin, Ohio. The […]
Brad Keselowski has never won the NASCAR All-Star Race, but it’s never been held at Bristol Motor Speedway before. Keselowski has been to Victory Lane at the Tennessee track three times before. For that reason, and a couple of others, I’m taking Keselowski at 8/1 to win the NASCAR All-Star […]
There are a lot of firsts for Wednesday night’s NASCAR All-Star Race, one of the sport’s more unusual contests of the year. The biggest change is the venue, with the race moving from Charlotte Motor Speedway to Bristol Motor Speedway for the first time. The move marks the first time […]
The remainder of the PGA Tour schedule will be played without fans because of concerns regarding COVID-19. The affected tournaments announced separately on Monday they will not be allowing galleries or pro-ams at their events. There are eight remaining PGA Tour events beginning with this week’s Memorial Tournament at Muirfield […]
The NFL’s Washington Redskins are getting a new name and one sportsbook’s odds favor the Redtails. BetOnline has a proposition bet on what the team’s new name will be, and installed the Redtails at 3/1. That name supplants the Presidents, which was the favorite when the odds were released on […]
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