Cleveland Browns linebacker B.J. Goodson learned Saturday he tested positive for COVID-19, and the NFL discovered evidence of those who came into his orbit not wearing masks or social distancing. As a result, the NFL put several Browns players, including four of Cleveland’s (10-4) top five receivers, on the reserve/COVID-19 […]
Mikaela Shiffrin’s on-again-off-again season is back to full-throttle this week as she kicks out the old with a trio of World Cup races starting with a giant slalom on Monday. Shiffrin’s extended offseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic and career-defining injury left some questioning whether she’d be in race shape […]
With Charlatan winning Bob Baffert’s 17th Grade 1 race of 2020 headlining an 11-race, six-stakes card, Santa Anita Park set an all-time opening day handle record of $23,003,159 Saturday. That surpassed the previous record: 2018’s 11-race opening-day handle, by more than $2.51 million. And it did so without the traditional […]
Henrik Kristoffersen stormed back under the lights at Madonna di Campiglio to claim an unlikely victory and show that his technical mastery shines best in the spotlight. The crafty Norwegian finished 12th after his first run, almost 1.25 seconds behind his teammate and leader Sebastian Foss-Solevaag. Still, he hit a […]
The first meeting between Philadelphia and Dallas nearly two months ago went decisively in favor of the Eagles, 23-9, and there is no reason Sunday’s game shouldn’t be a repeat of that contest. That is why with this week’s One Bet, $100 and I going to take Philadelphia and give […]
The Detroit Lions announced Thursday evening that interim head coach Darrell Bevell will sit out the game at home vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saturday due to a positive Covid-19 test. Bevell is the first NFL head coach to miss a game this season. He joins the teams’ four other […]
The Duke women’s basketball team ended their season on Christmas Day amidst the program’s pause due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing protocols. The Blue Devils, which haven’t practiced since Dec. 16, were 3-1 and previously had postponed games against Miami, N.C. State and UNC Wilmington. School Supports Decision […]
The Malibu Stakes is the bow on the 2020 racing season. It gives horseplayers and racing fans a deserving end to this year’s wild, unpredictable runaway roller coaster that was Horseracing 2020. There’s Nashville, he of the freakish speed. There’s Charlatan, he of the one-time Kentucky Derby favorite status. There’s […]
Betfred USA Sports is becoming an emerging player domestically as its newest online sportsbook launched Wednesday in Pennsylvania just in time for the NBA season tip-off and college football and NFL playoffs. Based in the UK, Betfred has been a standard-bearer since its founding in 1967 by Fred Done using […]
The tempting storyline in Saturday’s Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita Park is to look at the seven-furlong race through the quality vs. quantity prism. Steve Asmussen’s standout filly Finite vs. Bob Baffert’s quartet of Merneith, Golden Principal, Himiko and Provocation. Asmussen sending a multiple Grade 2 and […]
Let no one accuse Sharing of dodging either travel or terrific competition. And the Grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita Park provides the 3-year-old filly both elements for her considerable resume. Run on the turf, the 1 ¼-mile American Oaks is the final Grade 1 event of the year […]
Colorado set yet another online sports betting record in November as parlays and table tennis continued their reign in the Rockies. According to the Colorado Division of Gaming, the state took in just over $231 million in handle with both brick-and-mortar and online sports betting combined, up 9.7% from October’s […]
After 14 matches, Arsenal finds itself closer to a relegation battle than earning a spot in a European competition next year. But the Gunners can begin their march back up the Premier League table on Saturday if they can get a home win vs. Chelsea in part of the EPL’s […]
On Christmas Eve, NFL fans hope that Santa Claus gifts them a path to win the Super Bowl. With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Kansas City Chiefs are +170 odds to win the Super Bowl according to a recent update by DraftKings. The Green Bay Packers (+650 […]
Winning more than $3.1 million in two races took so much out of Mucho Gusto that Bob Baffert, his trainer, decided Mucho Gusto needed mucho time off. Now, vacation time is over for the reigning Pegasus World Cup Invitational champion, who returns Saturday for his first race since February. After […]
The NBA gave its franchises and individuals a warning Christmas Eve that nobody in the league could cut in line for the first round of COVID-19 vaccines. In a memo released Thursday afternoon, the league made official their position on the FDA-approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which started to be […]
After making it through 90 days in the Orlando bubble without a single case of COVID-19, the NBA couldn’t get through two days of its 2020-21 season before the virus showed up. The league announced the evening game between the Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder was postponed due to […]
The New York Racing Association became the latest racing organization to ban the use of furosemide (Lasix) for stakes races when it announced the prohibition of Lasix use within 48 hours of all NYRA stakes races. The new rule takes effect Jan. 1. Instituted by the New York State Gaming […]
Tennessee jumped on the online sports gambling rally this fall, generating just over $131 million in its first full month of operation. The Volunteer State demolished Indiana’s opening month record of $35 million set in September 2019. November numbers released Wednesday from The Tennessee Education Lottery show the state also […]
Athletic superstars — or GOATs — share certain traits, according to a recent study. Knowing what they are may help you raise one, or more importantly, draft one. When drafting a player, it may be as important to know if they have an older brother than their average yards per […]
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