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Manchester United won their away game vs Tottenham Hospur 3-0, easing the pressure on their manager's shoulders. (Image: Twitter/fotomac)

Ronaldo Scores as United Bounce Back from Liverpool Humiliation to Sink Spurs

Manchester United won 3-0 in North London, throwing manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a lifeline before the derby against Manchester City next week. Ronaldo was back on the scoresheet for the Red Devils after four games without a goal. The Portuguese scored United’s first after 39 minutes, then assisted Cavani’s goal […]

Independence Hall (right), held off Code of Honor in the Keeneland slop to win Saturday's Grade 2 Fayette. This final stakes race of Keeneland's Fall Meet helped the track bring in a record handle. (Image: Coady Photography)

Bettors Give Keeneland an 85th Anniversary Gift: Record Meet Handle

Keeneland threw itself an 85th anniversary party and horseplayers responded with a wagering gift: a record $181 million in all-sources handle for its just-concluded Fall Meet. The 17-day Fall Meet, which ran from Oct. 8-30, brought an all-sources handle of $181,009,626. That destroyed the previous mark of $164,680,229, set during […]

Knicks Go used this Lukas Classic victory as a tune-up for the Breeders' Cup Classic, where his speed figures top his competitors on two scales. (Image: Coady Photography)

Breeders’ Cup Speed Figures: Classic Questions, Possibilities Abound

Hot Rod Charlie, Art Collector, Medina Spirit and Stilleto Boy all come into the Breeders’ Cup Classic off career-best speed figures on all three barometers. Essential Quality and Max Player enter the fray off career-best marks on two tables. So what to make of this year’s 10-horse field in what […]

Barcelona won a single point in their previous three La Liga outings. (Image: Twitter/fcbarcelona)

Barcelona’s Slide Goes On After Koeman Sacking: 1-1 at Home vs Alaves

FC Barcelona failed to return to their winning ways after sacking Ronald Koeman earlier this week. With Sergi Barjuan promoted from the second team to take over as caretaker boss, Barcelona only managed to win a point at home against relegation-threatened Alaves. It finished 1-1 at Camp Now, with just […]

Jockey Umberto Rispoli and Rock Your World headline the final race in Santa Anita Park's Autumn Meet -- the Grade 2 Twilight Derby. Picking the correct winner here could bring someone a $5 million payout on mandatory payout day of Santa Anita's Rainbow Jackpot Pick Six. (Image: Benoit Photo)

Santa Anita Rainbow Pick Six Pool Pushing $5 Million on Closing Day

Santa Anita Park provides the next potentially rich, rollover setting Sunday, amassing a 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot pool with a mandatory payout approaching $5 million. The mandatory payout comes on the 16th and final day of Santa Anita Park’s Autumn Meet. It kicks in provided a single-ticket winner […]

Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman has put up monster numbers in recent weeks and looks to continue that trend against Duke. (Image: Associated Press)

Sam Hartman Leads Daily DFS Picks for College Football Week 9

Fall flies by when you’ve having fun, as the college football season is more than half over. The daily DFS slate should provide plenty of fun this week, with plenty of offensive firepower on the docket, meaning we will need some big scores to compete for tournament wins. Here are […]

Code of Honor breezed to victory in the Grade 3 Philip Iselin at Monmouth. Can he find the boad again in his final race: Saturday's Fayette Stakes at Keeneland? (Image: Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO)

Code of Honor Rides Into Retirement After Saturday’s Fayette Stakes

The Grade 2 Fayette Stakes brings a host of recognizable names to its Keeneland starting gate Saturday for the featured event on Keeneland’s Fall Meet final day. None more recognizable than the horse running his final career race: Code of Honor. The 5-year-old owns two Grade 1 wins: both as […]

Jan Blachowicz (left) will defend his UFC light heavyweight title against Glover Teixeira (right) in the main event of UFC 267 on Saturday. (Image: Chris Unger/Zuffa)

UFC 267: Glover Teixeira Gets One Last Chance at a Title vs. Jan Blachowicz

Glover Teixeira has done just about everything in his 19-year MMA career, other than winning a UFC title. The veteran will get his second – and probably last – opportunity at the gold on Saturday, when he faces Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight championship in the main event of […]

Ian Anderson (pictured) will take the mound against Luis Garcia in a battle of rookie starters for Game 3 of the World Series. (Image: Kevin C. Cox/Getty)

World Series Game 3: Series Shifts to Atlanta with Braves, Astros Tied 1-1

The World Series has turned into a best-of-five contest, with the Braves taking home field advantage as they will host the Astros in the next three meetings starting with Game 3 on Friday night. Ian Anderson will take the hill for Atlanta against Houston’s Luis Garcia in the critical third […]

Imperador (right) used this victory over Arklow to win the Grade 2 Calumet Turf Cup at Kentucky Downs. That earned the Argentinian colt a berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf he will pass up. (Image: Coady Photography)

Breeders’ Cup Early Scratches Include Turf Contender Imperador

We’re still eight days out from Day 1 of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup and six pre-entry horses already scratched, a group led by Kentucky Turf Cup winner Imperador. He pulled out of the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf, one of five Thursday scratches from the Nov. 5-6 two-day racing festival […]

Jose Altuve helped cash a lot of World Series same game parlays on Wednesday by recording two hits, including a home run. (Image: David J. Phillip/AP)

How to Build Same Game Parlays for the World Series

Same game parlays have become an increasingly popular way to bet on major sporting events, with most online bookmakers in the United States now offering this option to bettors. And while you might associate these parlays primarily with football and basketball, the World Series also presents an opportunity to combine […]

Rookie quarterback Justin Field evades a tackler from the Cincinnati Bengals last weekend, but he gts his first taste as a starting QB in Week 3. (Image: Danielle Noonan/Getty)

NFL DFS: Is Justin Fields Worth the Risk in Week 8?

Injuries will play a large role in the selections for DFS value plays on DraftKings this week. Some low-priced players should play a large role in their team’s offenses due to injured starters. In other cases, studs will return from injury and we can get them at a buy-low opportunity […]

Bayern recorded one of the most humiliating defeats in the club's history as they went out from the German Cup after losing 5-0 to Borussia Monchengladbach. (Image: Twitter/FCBayern)

Bayern Destroyed in German Cup Competition, Gladbach Scores Five

Bayern Munich was at the receiving end in an electric German Cup performance from Borussia Monchengladbach. Gladbach won the game 5-0 and advanced to the Round of 16 of the DFB Pokal. Kouadio Kone first pressed Bayern’s alarm button after just two minutes when he scored the opening goal in […]

Del Mar plays host to the Breeders Cup World Championships for the second time. (Image: Breeders Cup)

Here is Your First Look at the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entries

Seven returning Breeders’ Cup champions, including Breeders’ Cup Classic favorites Knicks Go and Essential Quality, lead the pre-entry field for next weekend’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar. The 14-race festival begins on Friday, Nov. 5 with five juvenile races before segueing into nine races on Saturday, Nov. 6. […]

This year's Breeders' Cup wagering menu offers an all-turf Pick 4, mandating you pick the winners of four of the top Breeders' Cup grass races. (Image: K.C. Allred/San Diego Union-Tribune)

Breeders’ Cup Betting Menu Offers a Healthy Smorgasbord of Wagers

The Breeders’ Cup unveiled its 2021 wagering menu on Wednesday, adding a new All-Turf Pick 4 and a third Pick 5 to Saturday’s betting smorgasbord. Along with the wagering menu, officials for the Nov. 5-6 racing festival at Del Mar announced the official race order. Friday’s first day features 10 […]

Ronald Koeman was sacked by FC Barcelona after the 1-0 loss to Rayo in La Liga. (Image: Twitter/FCBarcelona)

Ronald Koeman Sacked by Barcelona After Defeat to Rayo Vallecano

FC Barcelona parted company with Dutch coach Ronald Koeman following the team’s second defeat in four days. After losing to Real Madrid in the Clasico at Camp Nou on Sunday, 1-2, the Blaugrana traveled to Madrid to play newly-promoted Rayo Vallecano. Barcelona’s lack of ideas and bite allowed Rayo to […]