COVID-19 has sidelined one a top program and the nation’s best quarterback heading into week nine of a chaotic college football season. News broke early Thursday that the No. 9 Wisconsin Badgers paused all team-related activities for at least a week due to an increased number of cases. Their Saturday […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes that WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is on the verge of becoming boxing’s next breakout star. The next step on that journey comes on Saturday night, when Davis takes on WBA super featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz in front of a limited crowd at the Alamodome […]
The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas released MVP odds for the 2021 NBA regular season and the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic is the current favorite at 5/1 odds. The Greek Freak is right behind him at 6/1 odds to win a third-straight MVP award. LeBron James hasn’t won a regular-season […]
Week 8 of the NFL season features a couple of marquee matchups, including the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers (6-0) heading to Baltimore for a throwdown against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens (5-1). The New York Jets (0-7) have yet to win a game this season and face an uphill battle against […]
We’re entering Week 9 of the college football season, and are just now finally getting some Big 10 games on the DFS slate. Thanks, COVID-19. But, better late than never as DraftKings is offering a whopping 13 games (which would have been 14 before the cancelation of the Nebraska-Wisconsin game) […]
As goes Florida, so goes the nation – usually. Florida has served as a fairly reliable bellwether in presidential elections, with 13 of the last 15 national winners also taking the Sunshine State as part of their electoral college coalition. In 2020, that will likely hold true for Donald Trump. […]
When looking at speed figures for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, understand that European horses traditionally dominate this event. They certainly dominate this year’s Juvenile Turf field, comprising half of the 14 horses drawn into the main field. That means speed figures for European horses are not as available. So […]
If you haven’t heard of Naoya Inoue, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Despite being one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world, Inoue hasn’t found stardom outside of his native Japan. He’s hoping to change that on Saturday, however, when he defends his WBA and IBF bantamweight titles against […]
When handicapping the various Breeders’ Cup races, the logical first place to start is with speed figures. Toward that end, OG News will examine the speed figures of several Breeders’ Cup races in an effort to give horseplayers another tool in distilling possible overlays and underlays. The first race we’ll […]
Anderson Silva has put together one of the greatest MMA careers of all time, despite what his recent results might suggest. But his run as a legend in the sport might come to an end on Halloween, when he takes on Uriah Hall in the main event of UFC Fight […]
The Houston Rockets hired Stephen Silas for his first head coaching job in the NBA. Stephen, the son of former NBA player and head coach Paul Silas, becomes one half of the fifth father/son coaching duo in NBA history. Silas graduated from Brown University and played basketball for all four […]
William Hill Nevada opened the first domestic futures pool for the 2021 Kentucky Derby, installing Jackie’s Warrior as the top choice among the 115 2-year-olds listed on its futures board. The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile favorite, Jackie’s Warrior opened at 15/1. He’s currently 14/1 at Bovada, which opened the Steve Asmussen-trainee […]
Winning the World Series doesn’t guarantee that you’ll repeat the feat the next year. But when you’re a perennial favorite like the Los Angeles Dodgers, expectations are high, even before you add a championship to the mix. The Dodgers have opened as the consensus favorites to win the 2021 World […]
The wait is over for Tennesseans looking for sports betting to begin in their home state as a quartet of sites is set to go live this weekend. While many bettors are eagerly awaiting the chance to place legal wagers on their favorite teams, there are some important regulations they […]
The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas released its 2021 NBA championship odds, and the Los Angeles Lakers are the favorite at 7/2 odds to repeat as champions. The LA Clippers at 5/1 odds, Milwaukee Bucks at 13/2, and Golden State Warriors at 8/1 round out the Top 4 favorites to […]
Devante Adams and Tyler Lockett blew up the Week 7 NFL slate in DFS last week, combining for nearly 100 points on DraftKings. Hopefully, if you took some of the value plays touted here last week, you were able to afford some of those higher-priced receivers. Those two are among […]
Along with announcing its race schedule, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships announced a wagering smorgasbord for horseplayers consisting of seven multi-race pools offering a combined $8 million in guaranteed money. The two-day Breeders’ Cup is Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland. Even running spectator-free due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it provides bettors […]
Las Vegas Sands is considering selling its casino properties on the vaunted Las Vegas Strip. According to sources, Sheldon Adelson’s company is in talks to sell the Venetian, the Palazzo, and its convention center. Once Adelson’s crown jewels, the Venetian and Palazzo casinos are now but a small piece of […]
Douglas Lima proved he was the class of Bellator’s welterweight division when he beat Rory MacDonald in the finals of the promotion’s World Grand Prix last October. Now, after a year off, he’s ready to take on veteran Gegard Mousasi for the vacant middleweight crown in the main event of […]
Bob Baffert has six entries, including three in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Aidan O’Brien counters with 10 entries. And just like that with Wednesday’s pre-entries, lineups for the 14 Breeders’ Cup World Championships races are falling into place. All told, 201 horses pre-entered into the Nov. 6-7 racing festival at […]
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