The best team in the East lost their most lethal long-range bomber. The Brooklyn Nets will miss sharpshooter Joe Harris for four to eight weeks while he recovers from an ankle injury. Harris started 14 games with the Nets this season before missing the last six games due to an […]
Gun Runner continued his climb up the stallion rankings this weekend, setting the record for all-time progeny earnings for a first-crop sire. The Three Chimneys’ stallion climbed over the $3.8 million mark when Shotgun Hottie captured a $92,000 maiden special weight race at Churchill Downs on Sunday. That sent Gun […]
Lionel Messi surpassed Robert Lewandowski by 33 points to finish first in the vote for the 2021 Ballon d’Or. Messi won his seventh trophy, breaking the record he previously set with his sixth win back in 2019. Messi accumulated 613 points compared to Lewandowski’s 580. Third-placed Jorginho had 460, while […]
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor announced on Twitter on Saturday that he will resume training next year, and plans to return to the Octagon soon thereafter. McGregor fractured the fibula and tibia in his left leg during his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 on July 10. McGregor […]
The Denver Nuggets announced that power forward Michael Porter, Jr will miss the remainder of the regular season while recovering from back surgery. Porter has been sidelined with a back injury since the first week in November. At first, he was supposed to miss a couple of days due to […]
The bad beats continue in Charlotte. The Carolina Panthers will lose superstar running back Christian McCaffrey for the remainder of the season due to an ankle injury. McCaffrey rushed 10 times for 35 yards against the Miami Dolphins before he went down in the second quarter with an ankle injury. […]
Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or trophy for a record-breaking seventh time in a ceremony held at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Robert Lewandowski finished second, while Jorginho completed the podium. A panel of 180 international journalists representing different countries and territories chose the winner of the men’s Ballon d’Or. […]
Despite some tense moments, neither Magnus Carlsen nor Ian Nepomniachtchi has been able to find a breakthrough in the World Chess Championship thus far, and the match remains tied at 1.5-1.5 heading into Monday’s first rest day. The two men will return to the board on Tuesday when Carlsen takes […]
After a slow start, the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks won seven games in a row, while out West, the Golden State Warriors saw their seven-game winning streak overshadowed by the Phoenix Suns, who have now won 16 in a row. The Suns and Warriors meet twice this week, including on […]
While the market for sports NFTs has bounced up and down throughout 2021, NBA Top Shot remains one of the more attractive and stable products in the sector. Dapper Labs is betting that it can translate that success to other sports as well, with NFL All Day poised to become […]
Four NBA teams are desperate to end a losing streak this week after the Oklahoma City Thunder lost five games in a row, while the Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, and Denver Nuggets each lost six consecutive games. The Denver Nuggets are the biggest surprise considering that they were a playoff […]
The Philadelphia Union will play the first conference final in the franchise’s history after defeating Nashville SC on penalties. The two teams couldn’t be separated after 120 minutes of football. Philadelphia controlled large parts of the game, but it was Nashville who scored first when MVP candidate Hany Mukhtar netted […]
Manchester United has a new boss following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sacking last week. 63-year-old Ralf Rangnick will take over until June when the season concludes. The German manager will then become a club consultant on a contract running until 2024. Solskjaer’s assistant, Michael Carrick, took charge of United’s two previous […]
Cristiano Ronaldo started Manchester United’s big match away at Chelsea on the bench. The Portuguese striker was subbed into the match in the 64th minute, replacing Jadon Sancho. After the final whistle, Ronaldo went straight to the locker room without shaking hands with Chelsea’s players or clapping the United traveling […]
Courtesy of a $10,000 bet by Houston area furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack McIngvale, Smile Happy closed as the individual 8/1 favorite in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1. McIngvale dropped the bet down around 5 p.m. ET, knocking Smile Happy’s odds from 15/1 to 9/1. Even with […]
Real Salt Lake beat rivals Sporting Kansas City 2-1 to book a place in the Western Conference finals. They will play the Portland Timbers next week in a bid to reach the MLS Cup final. Sporting KC opened the scoring against RSL in the 24th minute after a penalty from […]
Paris Saint-Germain won 3-1 in Saint-Etienne to extend their lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Leo Messi assisted all three goals in a game that saw Sergio Ramos finally make his debut in the PSG shirt. The bad news for the Paris giants came from Neymar, who […]
Over the past month, two big sports betting deals have gone bust. DraftKings dropped its $22 billion offer for Entain while, meanwhile, Wynn Resorts called off the merger of WynnBet with Austerlitz Acquisition. And in the blink of an eye, the red-hot sports betting market has started to cool. Once […]
Mike Stidham sent Princess Grace west in search of a hopeful Grade 1 coronation in Sunday’s Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar, whereupon he stabled her at Barn X. Now, the question is, can the four-time graded stakes winner can avoid a Brand X performance in her Grade 1 debut? Princess […]
Joel Embiid scored 42 points for the Philadelphia 76ers in a double-overtime loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which spoiled his return after missing nine games with a nasty bout of COVID-19. Embiid scored 42 points in 45 minutes of action. He shot 12-for-23 from the floor, including 2-for-4 from 3-point […]
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