The Los Angeles Dodgers come into the playoffs as the consensus favorite to win the World Series, but the biggest threat to their title run could come in the first round of the playoffs when they’ll have to survive the randomness and volatility of a best-of-three wild-card series against the […]
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Three NFL Players Test Positive for Coronavirus, Titans-Steelers Game Postponed
The Pittsburgh Tennessee game on Sunday has been postponed after three Tennessee players and five team personnel tested positive for the coronavirus. No official announcement has been made on when the game will be rescheduled, but several media outlets are reporting the game will be Monday or Tuesday. The positive […]
COVID-19 Scare Over, Scottie Scheffler Back on Course at Sanderson Farms Championship
Scottie Scheffler beat back COVID-19 and now, the PGA Tour’s 2020 Rookie of the Year is ready to inflict some damage at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The 24-year-old is the 9/1 favorite to win the event, held at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. Scottie Scheffler returns to […]
Will the NY Jets Finally Fire Adam Gase After TNF Game?
The winless New York Jets (0-3) head to Colorado to play the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football, but win or lose, the Jets will most likely fire head coach Adam Gase. The downtrodden fans are fed up, ex-players are speechless, and the relentless NYC sports media machine has been […]
Yankees Seek Wild Card Sweep After Dismantling Indians in Game 1
The New York Yankees can book their place in the second round of the American League playoffs on Wednesday while the Cleveland Indians must recover quickly after their ace failed to live up to expectations in Game 1 of their wild-card series. The Yankees trounced Cleveland 12-3 on Tuesday to […]
Sam Burns Leads DFS Picks for Sanderson Farms Championship
The PGA Tour heads to the farm this week. Specifically, the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi. The par 72 course will play at 7,421 yards and only a handful of the world’s best players will attend so, like last week, we’ll see inflated DFS […]
Paddack Steps Up to Lead Padres into Game 1 vs. Cardinals in NL Wild Card Series
The San Diego Padres rotation boasts a number of starting pitchers the team can confidently put on the mound to start Game 1 of a National League wild-card series against the St. Louis Cardinals, but Chris Paddack isn’t near the top of that list. That noted, Paddack will get the […]
NBA Finals Game 1: Lakers and Heat Ready to Throw Down
The NBA started its bubble nearly three months ago with 22 teams playing at Disney’s World of Sports in Orlando. Now, just two teams remain in the hunt for the championship — the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. LeBron James will appear in his 10th NBA finals with his […]
Trainer Tommy Drury Takes Big Picture View with Art Collector
Art Collector was the biggest “what-if†surrounding this year’s Kentucky Derby. “What if†the multi-dimensional speedster ran the Derby? Would Authentic have run first at every call, like he did en route to his victory? Would he have had run first at the most important call of all – the […]
After Surprising Derby, Mr. Big News Turns the Page to Preakness
Trainer Bret Calhoun vowed he would never dive into the Triple Crown pool until he had a horse worthy of the plunge. So what is it about Mr. Big News that brought Calhoun back into the pool after a subpar 2019 Kentucky Derby from By My Standards? What is it […]
UFC Notebook: Callouts, Complaints, and Charity Matches in Wake of UFC 253
UFC 253 crowned a new light heavyweight champion in Jan Blachowicz and solidified Israel Adesanya at the top of the middleweight division, but it didn’t take long for new beefs to spring up after the show. Blachowicz (27-8) scored a second-round TKO over Dominick Reyes (12-2) to win the light […]
Waiver Wire TE Pickups: Dallas Goedert Fractures Ankle, Jimmy Graham Rising
The Philadelphia Eagles suffered a huge bad beat when they lost tight end Dallas Goedert indefinitely with an ankle injury. With Goedert down, consider adding Jimmy Graham (Chicago Bears), Mike Geisicki (Miami Dolphins), or Eric Ebron (Pittsburgh Steelers) if you need a fantasy football TE. In essentially nine quarters of […]
DraftKings Offers Free Contest Picking Presidential Debate Moments
How will President Trump and Joe Biden greet, who will hone in on China, and will they discuss Bernie Sanders? These are among the questions proposed by DraftKings in the DFS operator’s free-play contest for tonight’s presidential debate. The contest features a $50,000 prize pool, with $5,000 going to first […]
NFL Week 3 Winners/Losers: Josh Allen MVP Love, Trubisky Benched
Week 3 in the NFL had plenty of winners and losers as the games answered a lot of questions for bettors. We learned Kansas City is for real while the Los Angeles Rams are not, and that Seattle’s Russell Wilson has some competition for MVP. We also discovered players for […]
Whale Watch: Mattress Mack Returns, Fires Away $250K on Beloved Houston Astros
It’s not officially the MLB playoffs until Mattress Mack places a six-figure wager on his hometown team, the Houston Astros. Mattress Mack bet $250,000 on the Astros at +150 odds to win Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series against the Minnesota Twins (36-24), who lost 16 postseason games […]
Tuesday’s Presidential Debate Prop Bets Include Drinking Water, Cursing
The first presidential debate is Tuesday between Democratic candidate Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump, and while political pundits have been handicapping who will win, oddsmakers are presenting gamblers with a myriad of prop bets. Two Internet sportsbooks, BetOnline and MyBookie, are offering debate props on everything from what the […]
Tampa Bay Lightning Shut Out Dallas Stars to Win Stanley Cup
The Tampa Bay Lightning finally fulfilled their potential on Monday night, blanking the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the Stanley Cup in the NHL’s Edmonton bubble. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves to record a shutout, while Brayden Point and Blake Coleman supplied the scoring to finish off the six-game Stanley […]
AL Wild Card: Two Aces Clash, New York Yankees (Cole) vs. Cleveland Indians (Bieber)
The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians meet in the AL Wild Card Series, and Game 1 features a classic pitching duel between two aces. Cleveland sends the top pitcher in the American League, Shane Bieber (8-1, 1.63 ERA, 0.87 WHIP), to the mound. The NY Yankees counter with their […]
Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups: Myles Gaskin, Allen Lazard, or Justin Jefferson
If your NFL fantasy football team needs help after three weeks of action, you’d better work the waiver wire to plug those holes in your roster. Consider Myles Gaskin (Miami Dolphins), Carlos Hyde (Seattle Seahawks), rookie Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), or Allen Lazard (Green Bay Packers) as potential Week 4 […]
WNBA Semis: Connecticut Faces Las Vegas in Game 5, Winner Gets Seattle
The Connecticut Sun will battle the Las Vegas Aces in a decisive Game 5 of their WNBA semifinal series, with the winner moving on to face the Seattle Storm. Seattle swept the Minnesota Lynx to reach the WNBA Finals, finishing off the series with a 92-71 blowout on Sunday. Storm […]