The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament are over, and basketball fans now will gear up for the Sweet Sixteen, which begins on Thursday. Before they do, let’s briefly review what happened in the opening rounds. The television ratings were up for the tournament, but the drama was a […]
Even with sportsbetting becoming legal across the county, there is much about the business that is unknown, but Showtime’s “Action†aims to reveal some of the people involved in the business, that makes an estimated $400 to $500 billion annually. The first episode of the four-part docu-series premieres Sunday night […]
By late Sunday night the Sweet Sixteen will be set, but first the last of the NCAA Tournament’s second round games need to be played. The eight contests feature three No. 1 seeds that should cruise to the next round. There are upset possibilities, however in the other five games. […]
Major League Baseball is infatuated with the home run, and oddsmakers have two prop bets that gamblers can wager on. The first is who will be the home run leader for the 2019 season. The other is over/under lines for how many dingers they will hit in the season. This […]
The NCAA Tournament’s second round begins on Saturday and there are 16 games to decide half of the Sweet 16. There weren’t any shocking upsets on Thursday’s first round, but that could change in the second round. Murray State did surprise Marquette, and there were a couple of No. 10 […]
After races on 1-mile, and 1.5-mile race tracks, NASCAR visits Martinsville Speedway and the thrills of half-mile racing. The STP 500 is one of two short layouts drivers see throughout the year. The other is Bristol. Even though they are on them just four times a year, from the sound […]
The second day of the NCAA tournament’s first round and by the end of the day we’ll be down to 32 teams. Friday, like Thursday’s first day, provides gamblers with 16 games. Will there be any big upsets? Can Virginia survive a No. 16 seed, something they weren’t able to […]
All is not well in Los Angeles Dodgers land, but if a team was going to be able to weather its top two pitchers sidelined with injuries, it is the Dodgers. Still there has to be some concern among Manager Dave Roberts and the front office. Oddsmakers certainly aren’t panicking. […]
It took former President George W. Bush more than 40 years, but a member of one of golf’s most influential families finally got a hole-in-one. The 43rd President of the United States defied 12,500 to one odds and made the ace at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. The 72-year-old […]
New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft is apparently determined to fight his arrest for soliciting a prostitute on two separate occasions at a Florida massage parlor in January. Sources have said he is turning down a plea agreement offered by prosecutors. Kraft was one of 100 men arrested in a […]
The first day of the NCAA Tournament is usually a good barometer of how the next day of March Madness is going to go. Will a No. 12 seed upset a No. 5 seed. It happens almost every year. While a lot of gamblers are preoccupied with their brackets, trying […]
One tournament in Florida was going to suffer a lack of stars because of The Players Championship’s move to March, and unfortunately it was the Valspar Championship. This week’s final Sunshine State event has just two players in the Official World Golf Rankings top 10. No. 1 Dustin Johnson gave […]
Rory McIlroy might want to avoid being in the final group if he wants to win a tournament. His record with the lead on Sunday is not stellar. He has been in that situation nine times recently, and hasn’t been able to win on any of those occasions. It was […]
It was a busy weekend for Cole Custer. The 21-year-old returned to his Southern California roots and was eager to race in front of family and friends at the Auto Club Xfinity series on Saturday. There he held off Kyle Busch in the Production Alliance Group 300 Xfinity Series race, […]
Johnny Manziel is returning to the United States to play football, though it is not in his preferred league. The former Heisman Trophy winner signed a deal to play for the Memphis Express of the American Alliance of Football on Saturday. The 26-year-old was playing in the Canadian Football League, […]
Selection Sunday of the NCAA Tournament is going to leave some bubble basketball teams out of March Madness. This year was no exception as the howls of protests started almost immediately after the field of 68 was announced. The last four teams in the tournament, which begins Thursday, were Belmont, […]
The evidence that the Miami Dolphins are conceding the 2019 season before it even begins was given further proof on Friday when the team traded starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill to Tennessee, along with a sixth round pick in this year’s draft. The Titans sent over seventh-rounder this year and a […]
Athletes are usually motivated when they compete, but sometimes there is a variable that gives them a shot of adrenaline that they wouldn’t normally be able to produce on their own. This week’s Five Bets focuses on athletes or teams who have an extra intangible that could give them the […]
Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt learned his fate Friday, getting an eight-game suspension for two off-field incidents, one of which was captured on video. Hunt, who was then with the Kansas City Chiefs, was seen on tape in 2018 shoving and kicking a woman in the hallway of a […]
It’s been a week since LSU officials suspended men’s basketball coach Will Wade after a report came out saying the second-year coach was caught on wiretaps discussing an offer made to a recruit. Wade believes that he should be allowed to coach now, but the university denied his request, despite […]
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