Hubert Davis, a former UNC player and assistant coach, will replace Roy Williams as the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. Williams, who won his 900th game just before the season ended, abruptly and unexpectedly retired last week. The move shocked UNC fans and sent shockwaves through the […]
Quarterback Sam Darnold is getting a new lease on life after the New York Jets traded the former #3 pick from the 2018 draft to the Carolina Panthers for three draft picks, including a second-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. The move tipped the Jets’ hand and it’s almost […]
At just 29 minutes into the game between Cadiz and Valencia, all eyes went to the middle of the pitch, despite the ball not being anywhere near that area. French defender Mouctar Diakhaby was showing his anger, suggesting he’d been subject to racist abuse from Juan Cala of Cadiz. Diakhaby […]
The Baylor Bears jumped out to a 9-0 lead against Gonzaga and never looked back. Gonzaga trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half and cut the lead to 10 points heading into halftime. However, Gonzaga couldn’t slow Baylor down in the second half, and the Bears […]
Less than a month after she earned top jockey honors at the Cheltenham Festival, Rachael Blackmore could blaze another riding trail by becoming the first woman to pilot a Grand National champion. Could this be the year Blackmore … or Bryony Frost … or Tabitha Worsley clears that gender hedge? […]
The Boston Red Sox came into 2021 with a faint glimmer of hope that they might rebound from their 2020 struggles and contend for a playoff spot. But an opening weekend sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles poured cold water on that picture in a hurry. The Orioles […]
When horseplayers looking for another angle or trend fixate on Keeneland, they’ll discover Joel Rosario and Luis Saez are the go-to riders — at least in the early going. Over the first two days of Keeneland’s Spring Meet, Rosario (seven) and Saez (six) combined to win 13 races. The pair […]
For most of the NHL season, the North Division – made up of only the seven Canadian teams in the league – avoided COVID-19-related issues far better than its American counterparts. But that situation changed dramatically over the past two weeks, and now the Vancouver Canucks have stopped playing indefinitely […]
Cristiano Ronaldo was back scoring for Portugal (even when the referees didn’t agree), Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to Sweden’s national team after a five-year absence, and Germany is still slack-jawed in front of the panic button after suffering a once-in-a-generation loss to North Macedonia. It’s all happening in the early rounds […]
It was only a matter of time before the injury bug caught up to Gordon Hayward. The Charlotte Hornets forward sprained his foot in a game against the Indiana Pacers and will miss approximately four weeks. The Charlotte Hornets are in the thick of a three-way fight with the Atlanta […]
The Baylor Bears are one victory away from winning their first-ever March Madness men’s college basketball championship, but face a tough challenge against the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs. Baylor won every March Madness game this year by double digits, and didn’t break a sweat in their Final Four matchup against #2 […]
The top two teams in the country will meet in an inevitable showdown between undefeated Gonzaga and Baylor to determine tonight’s 2021 March Madness champion. Gonzaga (31-0) is attempting to become the first team since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers to punctuate an undefeated season with a national championship. Gonzaga advanced […]
It had to be a typo that Todd Pletcher’s Bourbonic entered the Wood Memorial starting gate at 72/1. Surely, the trainer with the most Kentucky Derby starters in history couldn’t have a moon shot like this in a race he’s won five times. It was no typo. Bourbonic left the […]
An agreement that seemed done two months ago is now in doubt. As if it wasn’t enough, Kylian Mbappe’s refusal to extend his contract isn’t the only big problem at PSG right now. The other world superstar on the team, Brazilian forward Neymar, is also reluctant to sign a new […]
Rock Your World rocked the Santa Anita Derby, which rocked bettors into producing Santa Anita Park’s largest all-sources pari-mutuel Santa Anita Derby handle in 14 years. On a day where fans returned to the Southern California track for the first time in more than a year, the 8,246 attendees on […]
Lost in the wash of Keeneland’s opening day of its Spring Meet and Saturday’s three key Kentucky Derby preps across the country was a milestone on the racing calendar. Keeneland opened its 2021 Spring Meet with the first 2-year-old race of 2021. That honor went to Gulfstream Park last year. […]
About the only thing faster than Life Is Good on the track was the rush of horses piling into the Santa Anita Derby the moment the Bob Baffert supercolt departed the Kentucky Derby Trail with an ankle injury. Now, all of a sudden, horses like Dream Shake, Parnelli, Law Professor […]
The biggest problem horseplayers have with the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes is not figuring out who will win. That essential question will likely be answered by 3/5 favorite Essential Quality. No. The biggest issue here is figuring out how to profit off a race where one horse is so […]
Let’s dispense with the Wood Memorial history out of the gate. There are 13 Triple Crown winners, and this Grade 2 Kentucky Derby prep claims four of them: Gallant Fox, Count Fleet, Seattle Slew, and Secretariat. Eleven horses pulled off the Wood Memorial/Kentucky Derby double. You’ve probably heard of a […]
The World Series of Poker announced Thursday that it plans to host a live festival of tournaments at the Rio in Las Vegas this fall, with the action kicking off on Sept. 30. WSOP organizers plan to put on a full schedule of events, with the Main Event – the […]
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