The Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers are the teams to beat in the Western Conference once again, while the Greek Freak and the Milwaukee Bucks are trying to fend off the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference. Let’s take a look at the seven tiers of NBA teams, which […]
The Sacramento Kings won eight out of their last nine games and are riding high on a four-game winning streak, including impressive victories over the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, and LA Clippers. The Kings are crushing it thanks, in part, to De’Aaron Fox, who earned NBA Player of the Week […]
Magnus Carlsen cooled down from his torrid pace over the first two days of the Opera Euro Rapid, but still qualified as the top seed heading into the quarterfinals of the online chess event. Carlsen started the tournament with a 7/10 score, then scored 2.5 points on the final day […]
Freshman sensation Paige Bueckers scored a game-high 31 points, including all of UConn’s nine points in overtime, to lead the #2-ranked Huskies to a 63-59 victory over #1 South Carolina. After falling behind 59-56 with two minutes remaining in OT, Bueckers scored the final seven points of the game as […]
Some of the world’s top players faced very little resistance on Day 1 of the 2021 Australian Open on Monday, with more favorites preparing to join the action for their first-round matches on Tuesday. Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, and Naomi Osaka each recorded victories in straight sets to open the […]
In a Super Bowl where there were more cardboard cutouts in the stands than fans, The Weeknd had the world watching his every move for 12 minutes on Sunday evening. The Canadian star performed between two dominant halves from Super Bowl champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as he reeled off […]
This weekend’s stakes races bring us Essential Quality making his 3-year-old debut in one Kentucky Derby prep. They bring us the first win-and-you’re-in Derby prep, and they bring us a Derby prep that gives the winner a berth in the Preakness Stakes. They also bring back Monomoy Girl for her […]
One Bob Baffert charge watched his Kentucky Derby futures odds fall further this weekend, while another watched his rise to semi-realistic territory. Those were the two biggest takeaways coming out of a weekend that further defined the Derby picture across the odds food chain. The prime beneficiary was Baffert’s Concert […]
In the latest installment of NBA High Guys, Nikola Jokic makes a repeat performance after posting the first 50-point game of his career with the Denver Nuggets. Luka Doncic, Nikola Vucevic, and Kelly Oubre also set career-scoring highs over the weekend. Vucevic, the Orlando Magic’s big man, heard his name […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers suffered a huge blow over the weekend when Larry Nance, Jr suffered a fractured hand that will keep him out of the lineup for at least a month, and for up to six weeks while recovering from the injury. Meanwhile, Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter, who had […]
D-Rose is returning to Gotham! The New York Knicks pulled the trigger on a trade with the Detroit Pistons that will send former MVP Derrick Rose back to NYC in exchange for Dennis Smith, Jr. and a second-round draft pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. Rose, the former #1 pick […]
Super Bowl 55 had barely ended before oddsmakers adjusted lines for next year’s Super Bowl, and it’s no surprise to see the Kansas City Chiefs the favorites at +500, according to an update from the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas. The Tampa Bay Bucs are the second-highest favorite on the […]
We’ve compiled another OG List featuring the top 50 quarterbacks who have tossed the most passing touchdowns in NFL history. Drew Brees ended his career with the New Orleans Saints with 571 passing touchdowns and retired ranked second all-time in NFL history behind Tom Brady. Brady has tossed 581 touchdowns […]
Bezos makes his debut today in a maiden special weight race on Santa Anita Park’s Super Bowl Sunday card. This is hardly the class of race guaranteed to suck the oxygen out of the room on the biggest sporting day on the American calendar. In horseracing, however, today’s fifth race […]
From the coin toss to the potential for overtime, we’ve covered every aspect of Super Bowl 55 betting over the past two weeks. Whether you’re interested in prop bets, the point spread, or playing daily fantasy, our team of writers has examined every angle for gamblers ahead of today’s clash […]
Less than two weeks after picking up his third consecutive Eclipse Award as the nation’s top jockey, Irad Ortiz Jr. illustrated why he owns an Eclipse trifecta: riding six winners on Saturday’s Gulfstream Park card. Putting this into further perspective, Ortiz won half of Gulfstream’s 12-race Saturday card. “You never […]
Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have a true home field advantage on Sunday, but it’s the Kansas City Chiefs who enter as the favorites to win Super Bowl 55. DraftKings Sportsbook lists the Chiefs as a three-point favorite over the Bucs heading into Sunday. Brady Far from […]
The Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park may not be a Kentucky Derby prep in the strictest sense of the term. There are no Derby qualifying points on the table and the winner gets no closer to a gate date at Churchill Downs the first Saturday of […]
Three years ago, a horse named Flameaway captured the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. The Mark Casse-trained colt set a stakes record for the 1 1/16 miles – 1:42.44. Flameaway would finish second in the Tampa Bay Derby. He would win a minor stakes as […]
The Withers predates the Kentucky Derby by one year, a testament to its one-time status as one of the country’s prestigious spring races. This race once held court just below the Triple Crown races in terms of status and prestige. Man o’ War? Won the 1920 Withers. Native Dancer? Your […]
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