Two weeks ago, King Fury needed a miracle of falling Kentucky Derby dominoes to get him into the 2021 Kentucky Derby field. On Friday, the Lexington Stakes champion got that miracle. After the defections of Dream Shake and Hozier Friday and Get Her Number’s Saturday defection, King Fury sits comfortably […]
As if breaking down an intriguing Kentucky Derby didn’t require enough handicapping firepower, Churchill Downs unveiled its wagering menu for Derby weekend. Headlining Derby weekend is a mandatory payout in the Derby City 6. That jackpot-style Pick 6 requires a bettor to hold the only winning combination of the six […]
Jacob deGrom is enjoying the kind of start that could earn him his third career Cy Young Award. After another sterling performance on Friday night, Mets fans were chanting for deGrom to win an even bigger prize: the NL MVP trophy. deGrom threw a complete game, two-hit shutout and struck […]
With the Oscars rapidly approaching, we’re commemorating the Academy Awards with a complete list of Best Picture winners since the award’s inception when Wings won in 1928. At the first two installments of the Academy Awards, the category was known as Outstanding Picture in 1927-28. In the 1930s, it was […]
Anish Giri moved to within a half-point of the lead at the FIDE Candidates Tournament with a win over Ding Liren in Friday’s Round 11 action. The win put Giri right on the heels of leader Ian Nepomniachtchi, who scored a draw against former World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana. Giri […]
WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete will defend his title on Saturday at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida against a hungry Christopher Diaz who knows that this might be his last chance at a major title. The 26-year-old Navarrete (31-1, 27 KOs) has won titles in two different weight classes. […]
Kamaru Usman made the second defense of his welterweight title against Jorge Masvidal last year at UFC 251. Now, Masvidal gets to take a second shot at the champion on Saturday when the two face off in a rematch for the main event of UFC 261. Usman defeated Masvidal by […]
No. 1 contender Rose Namajunas will try to topple China’s only UFC champion on Saturday when she challenges women’s strawweight titleholder Zhang Weili in the co-main event of UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida. Zhang won the strawweight crown when she defeated Jessica Andrade in 2019, then defended that title with […]
The Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Trail Blazers meet twice in the next few days, which means fans get a chance to watch Ja Morant and Damian Lillard go head-to-head twice this weekend. The sizzling New York Knicks won eight in a row and look to extend their winning streak to […]
On Monday, Jose Mourinho left his job as Tottenham Hotspur manager just 17 months into a three-year contract. The self-proclaimed “Special One,” Mourinho (58) was sacked by his last three clubs, all in the Premier League. Before taking charge of Tottenham, in November 2019, he worked for Chelsea and Manchester […]
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez made it clear to captain Sergio Ramos that the club won’t be improving the offer they’ve already made him to stay. As such, Ramos, who currently earns $20 million per season in Madrid, is almost certainly not going to his contract renewed. Ramos has played […]
The Atlanta Hawks unleashed a collective sigh of relief after they learned their leading scorer will only miss a couple of games. Trae Young suffered an ankle injury, which looked a lot worse when it happened, in a game in which the New York Knicks defeated the Hawks in an […]
Head to any public tennis court in America and you may see people playing something that looks a bit like tennis, but is clearly something different. The game of Pickleball uses solid paddles, a polymer ball that looks like a wiffleball, and a smaller court – not to mention different […]
Let’s be clear about O Besos and his Kentucky Derby victory prospects upfront. This is not a victory endorsement for a closer in a race where closers’ victory hopes routinely die painfully short on the Churchill Downs stretch. O Besos has minimal tactical speed, one run in him, and an […]
Jessica Andrade acknowledges that she’s facing one of the best fighters in the world, but says she’ll still be able to put pressure on the champion when she challenges Valentina Shevchenko for the UFC women’s flyweight title on Saturday at UFC 261. Shevchenko will make her fifth championship defense since […]
After floundering to a 1-7 start, the Oakland A’s have ripped off 11 straight wins to become the hottest team in baseball and the leaders in the AL West. The Athletics scored three unearned runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to get past the Minnesota Twins 13-12 on […]
With three weeks remaining in the regular season, Nikola Jokic from the Denver Nuggets is the consensus favorite to win the 2021 NBA MVP. You can back Jokic to win the MVP at -360 odds over at DraftKings, while Joel Embiid from the Philadelphia 76ers is the closest competitor at […]
When the Topps MLB NFT market launched earlier this week, Mike Trout cards promised to be the most valuable collectibles on the platform. On Thursday morning, the most exclusive Trout card in the Series 1 set sold for 420,000 WAX, or about $87,600, according to data tracked by CryptoSlam. The […]
A jockeys’ mutiny for Monmouth Park’s upcoming racing season is brewing after the Superior Court of New Jersey declined a request to stay the New Jersey Racing Commission’s riding crop ban. Three jockeys, including 13-time Monmouth riding champion Joe Bravo, told Thoroughbred Daily News they will not ride at Monmouth […]
Ian Nepomniachtchi blasted Kirill Alekseenko in just 31 moves to take a full-point lead at the Candidates Tournament with just four rounds left to play. Nepomniachtchi has led, or shared the lead, since the first round. This is the second time he’s pushed his lead over the field out to […]
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