The Los Angeles Clippers have never advanced out of the second round of the playoffs and they typically bust in the first round, or fail in the Western Conference semifinals. This freaky phenomena is widely known in LA as the “Clippers Curse” because the franchise cannot get over the playoff […]
Two more states joined the Historical Horse Racing machine parade this week, when Louisiana and New Hampshire passed legislation approving HHR machines. On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate passed SB 209 by a 32-3 vote. That gives off-track betting facilities license to install up to 50 HHR machines per OTB facility. […]
Novak Djokovic handed Rafael Nadal only his third career loss at Roland Garros on Friday to reach the French Open final and end the Spaniard’s bid for a 21st Grand Slam title. Djokovic overcame losing the first set to beat Nadal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in front of a […]
Italy won in fashion against Turkey in the first game at Euro 2020. Tied 0-0 at halftime, the hosts in Rome proved impossible to stop in the second half and scored three times to punish Turkey’s lack of belief. Demiral’s own goal unblocked the scoreboard after 53 minutes, then Immobile […]
Israel Adesanya already has one win over Marvin Vettori in his illustrious career. Now, the middleweight champion will try to author a more convincing victory when the two meet up against in the main event of UFC 263 on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona. Adesanya beat Vettori by split decision back […]
The Los Angeles Clippers were unable to slow down Donovan ‘Spida’ Mitchell from the Utah Jazz who torched their perplexed defense for 45 points in Game 1, then dropped 37 points in Game 2. The Jazz hold a 2-0 series lead after winning the first two games on their home […]
Last year, the Pegasus Stakes ran as the final stop on the Kentucky Derby trail. As such, it enjoyed a large field, serious betting interest and more than casual interest from racing fans. This is a different Pegasus Stakes. Yes, it takes its five candidates – only five, mind you […]
The Denver Nuggets were the never-say-die darlings of last year’s postseason inside the NBA Bubble, but this year, the Nuggets lack the same fire that propelled them to the 2020 Western Conference finals. Heading into Game 3 of the West semifinals, the #3 Nuggets find themselves in an 0-2 hole […]
Three years after the World Cup in Russia, the European Championship kicks off to beat the grim atmosphere induced by the pandemic. Postponed last year because of COVID-19, Euro 2020 kept its name and the concept behind a historic edition to mark the tournament’s 60th anniversary. Initially, the Euros were […]
Neither Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova nor Barbora Krejcikova is a household name in the tennis world, let alone among sports fans as a whole. But the two lightly regarded players have outlasted all of the stars at Roland Garros and will play for the French Open title on Saturday. The 31st-seeded Pavlyuchenkova […]
Belgium is estimated to have 14% chances of winning the European Championship, just ahead of England. That’s according to American company Gracenote, which specializes in providing sports content and technologies using a football ranking system they developed to run one million simulations of the Euro 2020 tournament. The algorithm […]
Vacation time is over for Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun, who comes back from his six-week hiatus into favored status for Sunday’s Listed Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. The reason for Mandaloun’s return to action doesn’t have to do with beating his four rivals in the 1 1/16-mile jaunt around Monmouth […]
Yaroslav Amosov has never lost as a professional inside an MMA cage, but he’ll face the biggest challenge of his career by far on Friday when he takes on welterweight champion Douglas Lima in the main event of Bellator 260 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. Lima will be making […]
Atlanta Hawks small forward De’Andre Hunter had a swollen knee, so the team sent him for an MRI which revealed a partial tear in his meniscus. Hunter opted for surgery, so the Hawks will lose him for the rest of the playoffs. Hunter averaged 10.8 ppg against the New York […]
Two more NBA head coaches were fired this week. The Portland Trail Blazers parted ways Terry Stotts after nine seasons due to another first-round playoff exit, and the Indiana Pacers realized they made a huge mistake with Nate Bjorkgren, firing the rookie coach after one tumultuous season. The Indiana Pacers […]
The Milwaukee Bucks can’t even beat two-thirds of Brooklyn’s Big 3, and after two lackluster games of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Nets opened a 2-0 lead without All-Star James Harden. Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are in deep trouble, down 0-2, but they have two home games […]
Royal Ascot’s 11-horse American invasion hit the Newmarket stables on Wednesday, six days before the five-day meet opens next Tuesday. Nine of those horses come from Wesley Ward’s barn, which shouldn’t be surprising since Ward is the usual American invader to Ascot’s premier meet. Dating to his first victory in […]
The Palmetto Championship at Congaree has never appeared on the PGA Tour. After this year, there’s no telling when or if the world’s top golfers will return to the Tom Fazio-designed course after this, but for one weekend, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and a host of other elite players will […]
Defending French Open champion Iga Swiatek saw her run toward back-to-back titles come to a sudden end on Wednesday after No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari knocked her out in their quarterfinal matchup. Sakkari scored a 6-4, 6-4 win to end the 20-year-old Swiatek’s bid for a second Grand Slam title. […]
The last time Domestic Spending and Colonel Liam tried determining who was the best older male turf horse in the country, they decided nothing but what a dead-heat looks like. That came at the Grade 1 Turf Classic, on the Kentucky Derby undercard. There, Domestic Spending made the most of […]
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