In recent days, Major League Baseball has moved to crack down on foreign substances that benefit pitchers. On Tuesday, Gerrit Cole stumbled over a question about whether or not he had ever used a sticky product known as Spider Tack while pitching. Cole neither confirmed nor denied using Spider Tack […]
Due to a hamstring injury, James Harden will miss Game 3 of the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks series. The Nets hold a 2-0 series lead after winning the first two games in Brooklyn, including a 39-point monstrous victory over Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo. This will be the second game […]
Donovan “Spida” Mitchell shrugged off a poor first half and led the Utah Jazz to a comeback victory with 45 points in Game 1 against the LA Clippers. Even with a painful knee injury, Joel Embiid from the Philadelphia 76ers dominated the Atlanta Hawks with 40 points in a Game […]
As expected, disgruntled quarterback and reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers was a no-show at the mandatory minicamp run by the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday at Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He’s asked for a trade, the team said no, and so his holdout has begun. If you follow the […]
There won’t be any fans in the stands, but Woodbine Racetrack will open for Thoroughbred racing on Saturday. The track is just one beneficiary of the Province of Ontario’s earlier-than-expected move into Step One of its “Roadmap to Recovery†plan. That’s six days earlier than the suburban Toronto track planned […]
Both Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas breezed through their quarterfinal matches to set up a semifinal clash between the two young stars at the French Open. The No. 6 seeded Zverev went first, easily dispatching Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a 6-4, 6-1, 6-1, straight-sets victory. Zverev, Tsitsipas to face off […]
Bob Baffert and Amr Zedan, the trainer and owner of Kentucky Derby champion Medina Spirit, went on the legal offensive Tuesday, filing a lawsuit against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. The suit, filed in Franklin Circuit Court in Kentucky, claims the KHRC’s ban on betamethasone applies only to injections and […]
Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard are both seeking to join an exclusive group of five superstars who won the prestigious NBA Finals MVP award three or more times. Durant is the consensus favorite at +300 odds to guide the Brooklyn Nets to a title and to put his name alongside […]
With the end of the North Carolina Legislature’s 2021 regular session fast approaching, sponsors of bills that would authorize and regulate sports betting hope to see discussion of their legislation this month. The session is scheduled to end just before Independence Day. Lawmakers will return for a special session in […]
As NBA Top Shot grew in popularity in early 2021, it became more and more difficult for individual users to snag rare or legendary packs during drops. While everyone – or at least most collectors – had the opportunity to get in line, only a small percentage won each lottery […]
Before Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout said he’s still not sure when he’ll be back on the field. But even a long-term injury isn’t enough to sportsbooks to remove the superstar outfielder from the list of leading AL MVP hopefuls. The three-time […]
The NBA playoffs continue with a fun series between the #1 Utah Jazz and the #4 LA Clippers battling in the Western Conference semifinals. The Jazz secured the best record in the NBA this season to lock up the #1 seed in the West. The Clippers are trying to ignore […]
The Dallas Mavericks have a once-in-a-lifetime player with Luka Doncic, and the young gun from Slovenia intends to remain with the Mavs by signing a super-max contract extension. That squashed any rumors that Doncic would leave the Mavs in free agency to join the New York Knicks or Miami Heat […]
Both Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek easily dispatched their opponents through the first four rounds of the French Open. Now, both come into their respective quarterfinal matchups at Roland Garros as heavy favorites to continue their title defenses. Both 2020 French Open champions will be in action again on Wednesday, […]
The Ballon d’Or wasn’t awarded in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, the most important individual trophy in world football is set to be awarded again, with Messi dreaming of his seventh Golden Ball, and a flock of youthful superstars dreaming of unseating the overwhelming veteran favorite. Soon, […]
Jairzinho Rozenstruik earned a TKO victory with just one second remaining in the first round of his heavyweight fight against Augusto Sakai in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card. Rozenstruik dropped Sakai with a big left hook followed by a right, then landed punches on the ground. […]
Oaklawn Park announced a proposal for a historic extension of its racing season Monday, adding December race dates to its calendar to create a 66-day season at the Arkansas track. Under the proposal, Oaklawn would open its meet Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 and run through Sunday, May 8, 2022. By […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Logan Paul threw few punches and landed even less in their eight-round exhibition battle on Sunday night in Miami. As agreed, there was no official scoring for the bout, so neither man won the contest. It was a fitting and perhaps predictable end to a spectacle […]
Only eight teams are left in the hunt for the 2021 NBA championship, and the Brooklyn Nets are the favorites at +200 odds despite an injury to James Harden. The #2 Brooklyn Nets lost Harden in the opening minute of Game 1, yet still defeated the #3 Milwaukee Bucks. With […]
Even after Hot Rod Charlie reeled off record early fractions, and even after Essential Quality caught and passed him in the stretch, both leading protagonists from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes came out of their 1 ½-mile “Test of the Champion†in fine form. “He looks amazing. It doesn’t look like he […]
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