Norway’s Alexander Kristoff (UAE) won the first stage of the 2020 Tour de France on Saturday during a rainy day in Nice that included numerous crashes. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) crashed during Stage 1, but won the yellow jersey with a victory in Stage 2 (Nice Haut Pays > Nice) during […]
The #7 Dallas Mavericks and #3 Denver Nuggets are in trouble heading into Game 6 of the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Mavericks trail the #2 LA Clippers 3-2 and are one loss away from starting their vacation. Denver recently ended a three-game skid with a victory […]
The second round of the NBA playoffs officially begins on Sunday with a fierce fracas. The defending champion and #2 ranked Toronto Raptors square off against the #3 Boston Celtics in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Raptors head into Game 1 of the semifinals with starting guard […]
Battleground NYC. The New York Yankees and NY Mets will meet this weekend in a classic Subway Series with one twist. Both teams must make up missed games (due to COVID-19 postponements) so they will play two doubleheaders this week for five total games within three days. To complicate matters, […]
It started with the Milwaukee Bucks choosing to protest police violence by refusing to come out of their locker room and compete in a playoff game against the Orlando Magic. The team protested the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday. Other NBA teams quickly followed suit […]
The coin-flip series heads into Game 5 and the #4 Houston Rockets and #5 Oklahoma City Thunder are deadlocked at 2-2 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Dennis Schroder, a contender for NBA’s Sixth Man of the year, snapped out of a scoring funk. Schroder dropped 29 […]
The Greek Freak made history once again. Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis ‘Greek Freak’ Antetokounmpo won the 2020 NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) and became the fifth player in NBA history to win both the Most Valuable Player and DPOY in their career. In a landslide vote, the Greek […]
The Bubble MVP is out. Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard will miss Game 5 of their playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a knee injury. The Lakers have a 3-1 lead and seek to close out the first-round series and advance to the Western Conference semifinals. […]
Lucas Giolito etched his name in the history books when the Chicago White Sox pitcher threw a no-hitter in a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. He faced 28 batters and threw 101 pitches while waking just one batter and adding a career-high 13 strikeouts. The surging Chicago White (18-12) […]
The Oakland A’s and Minnesota Twins top the American League with identical 20-10 records. Both teams saw their championship odds improve as they reached the season’s midway mark. The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas listed the Twins at 12/1 odds and the A’s are 14/1 odds to win the World […]
4-0? No problem. In the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs, three teams went 4-0, sweeping their first-round opponents out of the postseason. The #2 Toronto Raptors defeated the #7 Brooklyn Nets 4-0. The #3 Boston Celtics knocked out #6 Philadelphia 76ers in four games. The #5 Miami Heat won their “coin-flip […]
The first round of the NBA Playoffs continues in the wooly and wild Western Conference. The #3 Denver Nuggets are on the brink of elimination and down 1-3 against the Utah Jazz. The #7 Dallas Mavericks tied up their series in Game 4 when a banged-up Luka Doncic and a […]
Abreu.. en fuego! No one had a better week in the big leagues than Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu, who smacked six home runs over the weekend in a series against the Chicago Cubs. Abreu hit a home run in four-consecutive at-bats at Wrigley Field, and he hit […]
It’s time for Game 4 in the opening round of the NBA Western Conference playoffs. The favorites are trying to pull away with 3-1 leads, while the underdogs are trying to even the score at 2-2. The #1 LA Lakers lost Game 1 to the #8 Portland Trail Blazers, but […]
In Eastern Conference action on Monday, the #5 Miami Heat have a chance to sweep the #4 Indiana Pacers. One more win for Jimmy Butler and the Heat, and they’ll advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. After losing the opening game of their playoff series, Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo led […]
In NBA Western Conference playoffs action, the #2 LA Clippers (2-1) have a chance to improve their series lead to 3-1 against the #7 Dallas Mavericks and a hobbled Luka Doncic, who injured his ankle late in Game 3. After losing Game 1 in overtime, the #6 Utah Jazz (2-1) […]
Do you smell a sweep? The Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets find themselves in desperate spots, down 0-3 in their respective series, and on the brink of elimination from the Eastern Conference playoffs. The defending champion #2 Toronto Raptors (3-0) have a chance to knock out the #7 Nets […]
Primoz Roglic from Jumbo-Visma is the new favorite to win the 2020 Tour de France after last year’s champion, Egan Bernal, left the Criterium du Dauphine race early due to a back problem. Bernal’s team, Ineos Grenadiers, also announced they dropped two former champions – Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas […]
The NBA playoffs head into the first weekend of the postseason with decisive Game 3 on the docket. The Miami Heat and Houston Rockets have a chance to extend their leads to 3-0, while the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder are each trying to fade a 0-3 hole. The […]
The Tampa Bay Rays (17-9) swept the New York Yankees (16-9) and secured first place in the AL East as the Bronx Bombers slipped to second. The losing streak coincides with another unfortunate string of injuries to key Yankees that struck down Gleyber Torres (hamstring), James Paxton (elbow), and Zack […]
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