The online gambling world took away a lot of lessons last year. Big mergers happened in 2020 and will continue to happen this year as corporations keep pushing for monolithic hegemony. In the US, states will continue to regulate and open for business to become the next New Jersey, Pennsylvania, […]
Yes, it’s time for the Eclipse Awards, which in 2020, were brought to you by a scrambled Triple Crown schedule, along with tracks closing, reopening – and closing. Also featured were few – if any – fans in the stands and a rash of retirements. But the horses running in […]
Iowa was the first to legalize and spin up online sports gambling in the Midwest, but after almost a year and a half, the Hawkeye State is finally poised for exponential growth starting New Year’s Day. Online sports betting went live in Iowa in August 2019, well before neighboring states […]
College football fans get a four-game slate for New Year’s Day, as we say goodbye to a terrible 2020 and hope for a better 2021. In addition to the two College Football Playoff semifinals, Auburn takes on Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl while Georgia plays Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl. […]
After 15 years, Adidas is throwing in the towel and putting Reebok up for sale. Hip-hop entrepreneur Perry “Master P” Miller and former NBA star Baron Davis think they can turn the iconic company around. Success won’t be a slam dunk, however, given Reebok’s hefty $2.4 billion price tag. Reebok […]
San Antonio Spurs assistant head coach Becky Hammon became the first woman to coach an NBA team after the Spurs’ legendary sideline patroller Gregg Popovich was ejected against the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night. The Spurs would eventually lose 121-107, though Hammon doesn’t take the official loss. Popovich was tossed […]
Florida football coach Dan Mullen was sullen at the microphone discussing his No. 7 Gators’ thrashing at the hands of No. 6 Oklahoma Wednesday night at the Cotton Bowl. There was someplace he’d have rather been, the same place most of his star players already were: home. In the aftermath […]
That Into Mischief became North America’s leading stallion for the second consecutive year is borne out by facts that carry weight, heft and meaning beyond the breeding shed. Yes, there’s the $225,000 stud fee he commands. That hasn’t stopped would-be filly and mare owners from beating a path to his […]
Reigning Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes winner Tiz the Law was retired to stud Wednesday, ending one of 2020’s most storied campaigns due to a veterinarian’s diagnosis. That diagnosis revealed bone bruises to his front leg bone. Those bruises were discovered when assistant trainer Robin Smullen noticed Tiz the Law […]
Stephen Bunting overcame long odds again Wednesday and snapped a six-year drought as he made it to the PDC World Championship quarter-final for the first time since his debut season. Nicknamed The Bullet, the 35-year-old Englishman and 26 seed took the first set against fellow countryman, the 33-year-old fan favorite […]
A Paraguayan soccer player literally got caught with his pants down during a recent match, where he may have partially exposed his genitalia after celebrating a goal. Guarani striker Raul Bobadilla scored late in the game to give his club a 3-2 aggregate victory over Libertad last week. He then […]
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura entered every online chess tournament of the COVID-19 era as the clear favorites to make the final. But neither will reach that stage at the Airthings Masters, as both grandmasters fell in shocking fashion in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Skilling Open champion Wesley So also […]
The College Football Playoff committee announced Wednesday new January make-up dates for both its semifinal and national championship games. The announcement came with the notation that all of the participating programs report they have enough healthy scholarship athletes to play. Still, there’s a contingency plan just in case, raising questions […]
Eight years ago this week, Michelle Gisin made her slalom World Cup debut in Semmering. On Tuesday, she took the top of the podium. In a long-anticipated end to an almost two-decade drought, Gisin became the first Swiss woman to earn a slalom World Cup victory in 19 years after […]
Fire up the Zoom, crank up the Keurig, and make sure the mute button’s off. ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit will broadcast from home after testing positive for COVID-19 on the eve of college football’s biggest weekend. The network’s college GameDay analyst tweeted Tuesday night that he was diagnosed with the virus […]
Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both remain in solid positions heading into the final week of the critical Georgia Senate runoff races, but their margins are extremely slim in these two contests that carry major national implications. Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff can give their party control […]
The Nevada Gaming Control Board released its November totals on Tuesday, continuing a year of big ups and downs with reports that more money was wagered on sports in a single month than any other time in history. The $609.6 million bet on sports in November accounted for almost 90% […]
We’ve reached Week 17 — the final week of the NFL regular season. There’s no Monday night game, so we get a 15-game slate for DFS purposes on Sunday. Who is fighting for playoff spots or seeding and who is looking to rest starters and try out rookies? Or, in […]
Life Is Good returns this weekend as the leading player among several Kentucky Derby contenders and would-be contenders among three Derby preps on both coasts. And those Derby contenders and would-be Derby contenders? They lose their juvenile status and become official 3-year-olds on Friday. Aqueduct, Santa Anita Park, and Gulfstream […]
The Mercari Texas Bowl was canceled Tuesday afternoon due to a spike in COVID-19 cases within the Texas Christian University football program, school officials said. The 5-4 TCU Horned Frogs were set to take on the 3-7 Arkansas Razorbacks on New Year’s Eve at NRG Stadium in Houston. TCU was […]
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