Legislation that would permit sports betting both online and in professional sports venues in North Carolina passed a second state Senate committee this week. Senate Bill 688 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, which heard the legislation because of its prohibition on underage betting and forbidding of betting collusion. […]
The NBA Summer League is in full swing in Las Vegas. A red-hot Max Strus from the Miami Heat caught fire on Wednesday evening with a game-high 32 points, including a sudden death, game-winning 3-pointer in double overtime to lead the Heat to a 97-94 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. […]
Trainer Jorge Navarro, one of the central figures in the blood doping and drug adulteration scandal that rocked horse racing in a long-running scheme starting in 2016, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday. In doing so, Navarro could spend up to five years in prison. Navarro changed his plea from […]
Champions League winners Chelsea added another piece of silverware to their trophy room after beating Villarreal on penalties in Dublin to win the UEFA Super Cup. The match was tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes, and then again after 120 minutes of football, so the two sides headed to a […]
In November 2004 during an Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons game in Michigan, a fight flared up between Detroit’s Ben Wallace and Indiana’s Ron Artest that escalated into a brawl. Their dust-up spilled over into the stands after a fan threw a bottle at Artest, and an all-out melee between […]
Webb Simpson finds himself on the bubble for the American Ryder Cup team, and has a chance to get himself onto the squad with a strong performance in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, this weekend. Simpson has found plenty of success at the Wyndham […]
French mixed martial artist Ciryl Gane continued his run up the heavyweight ranks on Saturday, finishing Derrick Lewis via TKO late in the third round of their main event clash at UFC 265 to win the interim UFC heavyweight championship. Gane (10-0) became the first French-born fighter to win a […]
Point guard Dennis Schroder signed a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics worth $5.9 million after he rejected a four-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers that was worth over $84 million. Either Schroder is really bad at math or he wanted to get the hell out of LA. […]
The Hard Knocks reality series returned to HBO for a new season featuring the Dallas Cowboys. The first episode of Hard Knocks began with quarterback Dak Prescott revealing his scars after recovering from a nasty ankle injury last season. Other highlights included Ezekiel Elliot poorly gift wrapping a birthday present, […]
Lionel Messi signed a two-year contract with PSG and was introduced on Wednesday in front of the French supporters and media. Thousands of fans gathered in front of the Parc des Princes to welcome the iconic Argentinean. 34-year-old Messi promised the PSG faithful he’ll do his best to bring the […]
Lionel Messi was officially unveiled as a Paris Saint Germain player on Wednesday. Messi took questions from the press and waved to the fans who came in the thousands to greet him following his move from FC Barcelona. The Argentinean offered his number 30 shirt to one of the supporters […]
The New York Mets spent most of the season at the top of the NL East standings. Now, an extended rough patch has sent the team into third place, looking up at both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves. The Phillies have won eight straight to take the lead […]
One of Del Mar’s mottos is “cool as ever,†a saying that doesn’t apply to the claiming department for this summer season. The track where the “turf meets the surf,†to borrow another Del Mar phrase, became the track where the claim game is hotter than ever. For the first […]
34-year-old Lionel Messi left Barcelona after 21 years. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner signed a two-year contract with PSG, with the possibility to extend for a third. Messi will receive a signing bonus of $35 million and will earn a further $70 million in wages until 2023. The Argentinean superstar […]
Panini America released its first batch of UFC NFTs on Monday, launching a product that mirrors its physical cards depicting current stars and legends of the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion. Both $10 base packs and $15 “Global Icons†insert packs sold out on Monday, showing that collectors have […]
The betting markets are open for the 2022 NBA Rookie of the Year and Cade Cunningham (+225 odds) and Jalen Green (+450) — the top two picks in the 2021 NBA Draft — are the betting favorites heading into next season. Despite heavy rumors, the Detroit Pistons didn’t trade away […]
PSG officially signed Lionel Messi to a two-year contract worth $70 million. Messi got an extra $35 million signing bonus, and has the option to extend his stay in Paris for another year. PSG plans to have a stellar attack next season, with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe all playing together. […]
The New York Knicks added Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier to their starting backcourt in an effort to become more competitive next season. Walker agreed to a contract buyout with the Oklahoma City Thunder so he could sign with the Knicks, while free-agent Fournier signed a four-year deal worth $78 […]
Luka Doncic, the Slovenian wunderkind, signed a super-max contract with the Dallas Mavericks worth $207 million over five years. The new contract extension begins next season and will keep Doncic with the Mavs until 2027. Doncic finished in fifth place in MVP voting last season after finishing the year averaging […]
Tammy Abraham will be offloaded by Chelsea to AS Roma for $40 million. Meanwhile, the Champions League winners signed Lukaku from Inter on a club-record transfer fee of $135 million. The 23-year-old Abraham isn’t in Thomas Tuchel’s plans at Stamford Bridge for next season, so a move from the club […]
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