Expansion would allow the NBA to pocket billions of dollars that it won’t have to share with players. That’s a tempting option for the cash-strapped league. It’s so tempting, in fact, that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has changed his tune about keeping the league’s team count at 30. The NBA […]
Englishman James Wade scored the first nine-dart finish at the PDC World Darts Championship in more than a half-decade, but his rally was short-lived as he lost to Stephen Bunting Tuesday afternoon at London’s Alexandra Palace. Despite the high-scoring sprint, the 37-year-old, one-time Wunderkind posted his lowest average at the […]
Roger Federer will skip the 2021 Australian Open in February, as the 39-year-old continues to recover from two knee operations earlier this year. The 20-time Grand Slam champion plans to return to tour play later in the winter in the hopes of putting together yet another competitive season. Federer Plans […]
Skiing bettors and regular followers of this space may have woken up to a pleasant surprise, as American Ryan Cochran-Siegle celebrated his 101st World Cup start by topping the podium for the first time in his career on Tuesday. The Vermont native continued his impressive run through the early season […]
The TransPerfect Music City Bowl was called off late Sunday after the Missouri Tigers put up the red light due to a rise in COVID-19 cases within their program. The Tigers (5-5) were set to face No. 15 Iowa (6-2) on Wednesday in Nashville, but Missouri canceled practice Sunday after […]
Pittsburgh men’s basketball head coach Jeff Capel didn’t hold back Monday night during a press conference in advance of what should have been Tuesday’s game pitting his Panthers vs. his alma mater, No. 20 Duke. The game was canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests in the Pitt program. The 45-year-old […]
Consider this week on the Kentucky Derby futures odds watch the lull before the Kentucky Derby prep storm. And that storm blows in this weekend, ushering in three prep races opening 2021. Those are Friday’s Listed Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct, Saturday’s Grade 3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, and the […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and Vancouver, BC-based GeoComply announced Monday that bettors in the Keystone State will be the first in the US to have access to a feature called PlayPause, a self-exclusion tool for online gamblers. GeoComply, a tech company that provides secure geolocation services, created a nonprofit […]
The cream rose to the top during the preliminary rounds of the Airthings Masters, with World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Wesley So sitting tied for first during the round-robin portion of the tournament. Carlsen, So, and Nakamura each scored 6.5/11 in the preliminary rounds, enough to lead […]
The San Diego Padres bolstered their rotation by trading for Tampa Bay Rays starter Blake Snell, a move that’s turned the Padres into a serious World Series contender. FanDuel Sportsbook now lists San Diego as a +1000 pick to win the 2021 World Series. Snell Adds Depth to Strong Rotation […]
Gary Anderson continued his campaign for a third PDC World Darts Championship title after a heady back-and-forth with Mensur Suljovic at London’s Alexandra Palace on Monday night. Down 3-2, “The Flying Scottsman” won the final six legs of the match in a comeback that edged out the 48-year-old Austrian, 4-3. […]
Mikaela Shiffrin has battled through her father’s death, a pandemic, a career-threatening injury, and finally— a wind hold this season. But, the 25-year-old American alpine skiing superstar will be back one more time in 2020 for the scheduled slalom in Semmering, Austria on Tuesday. Coming off an emotional GS win […]
The Dubai World Cup announced this weekend it will retain its US$12 million purse for 2021, while, at the same time, cutting $8.5 million from its undercard purses. This keeps the March 27 Dubai World Cup as one of the richest races in the world. The late March event was […]
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 officially became law Sunday night when President Donald Trump signed the $2.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. That bill provided $900 billion for COVID-19 relief, along with keeping the US government operating. HISA was part of that bill. Representatives Andy Barr (R-KY) and […]
Like the women’s giant slalom in Semmering, the men’s World Cup downhill race at Bormio was canceled Monday after a heavy snowstorm nuked the course as action got underway. The super-G on the legendary Stelvio piste is rescheduled for Tuesday, with the men’s downhill pushed to Wednesday for the last […]
It was an elating-yet-disappointing morning in Semmering for Slovakian speed specialist Petra Vlhová. With a technically sound and fast bottom half of the course, she topped the leaderboard after the first run. But by the start of the second run, hurricane-force winds of up to 62 mph laid waste to […]
Villanova men’s basketball has stopped team activities after head coach Jay Wright tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Wright said he is experiencing mild symptoms and is in isolation. “Unfortunately, we have had two staff members test positive. I am one of them,†Wright said in a statement Sunday. My […]
With one week remaining in the regular season, the NFL playoff picture is coming into focus. The biggest losers were the Las Vegas Raiders, who played themselves out of a postseason spot, and the Indianapolis Colts, who could have secured one of the seven spots in the AFC, but are […]
UK sportsbook William Hill, acquired by Caesars Entertainment in September for $2.9 billion, announced Sunday that it picked up a majority stake of Columbia-based Alfabet SAS—an online casino and sports gambling operation run under the BetAlfa name. Alfabet and BetAlfa are relatively new players on the scene, having been in […]
Highly Distorted became the 11/1 answer to a trivia question when he won the first race run from Santa Anita Park’s new turf chute on Saturday. The 6-½-furlong allowance race was Santa Anita’s sixth of 11 on its Saturday Winter/Spring Meet opening day card. Santa Anita Track Surfaces Consultant Dennis […]
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