Jimmie Johnson won’t be in the NASCAR Playoffs for the second straight year after finishing 17th on Saturday at the Coke Zero Sugar 400. Johnson was involved in a crash at Daytona International Speedway near the end of the regular-season finale, ending any hope he had of making the postseason. […]
William Byron entered Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 as the last driver with a legitimate chance to reach the NASCAR Playoffs. He took away any doubt of making the postseason by winning the final race of the regular season at Daytona International Speedway. The victory, the first Cup Series win […]
Norway’s Alexander Kristoff (UAE) won the first stage of the 2020 Tour de France on Saturday during a rainy day in Nice that included numerous crashes. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) crashed during Stage 1, but won the yellow jersey with a victory in Stage 2 (Nice Haut Pays > Nice) during […]
There might be light at the end of the tunnel for NY Mets fans. On Friday, the beleaguered team won a double-header against the Yankees. On Saturday, fans discovered that billionaire Steve Cohen is in exclusive talks — again — to buy the Mets. In a subway series for the […]
The #7 Dallas Mavericks and #3 Denver Nuggets are in trouble heading into Game 6 of the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Mavericks trail the #2 LA Clippers 3-2 and are one loss away from starting their vacation. Denver recently ended a three-game skid with a victory […]
The second round of the NBA playoffs officially begins on Sunday with a fierce fracas. The defending champion and #2 ranked Toronto Raptors square off against the #3 Boston Celtics in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Raptors head into Game 1 of the semifinals with starting guard […]
Money Moves is in and Shirl’s Speight and Dr Post are out. Those are the latest moves shaping the Kentucky Derby field one week before the gates open for the 146th Run for the Roses. Money Moves is in, as of now. With zero Derby qualifying points, he’s in the […]
British jockey Hollie Doyle’s remarkable 2020 season can’t be considered a breakout campaign in light of her record 116 victories last year. But Saturday at Royal Windsor, Doyle broke out bigger than ever, becoming the first woman in the history of British horse racing to win five races in one […]
Tyler Reddick knows what he has to do on Saturday at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 if he is going to make the NASCAR playoffs. He has to win at Daytona International Speedway. Reddick is one of three drivers on the outside looking in at the NASCAR playoffs. He is […]
The final race of the regular season is Saturday as the Coke Zero Sugar 400 is at Daytona International Speedway. Denny Hamlin is the favorite at 6/1, but the wide-open nature of Daytona allows several drivers an opportunity to win at the Florida racetrack. Which is good, because several are […]
Do you go with the crafty veteran, Whitmore, he of the 14 wins in 35 races? Or do you forego that lukewarm favorite in the Grade 1 Forego Stakes and bet on Funny Guy? What about foregoing Funny Guy and playing betting brain games with Mind Control or Complexity? The […]
On the cusp of the 2020 Kentucky Derby, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a lower court decision validating Maximum Security’s disqualification in the 2019 Derby. In a unanimous 14-page decision handed down Friday, the three-judge appeals court upheld a November 2019 decision by a lower […]
NBC Universal became the latest major American media organization to partner with a sports betting operator on Thursday, announcing a multiyear partnership with Australian firm PointsBet. The deal makes PointsBet the official sports betting partner of NBC Sports. NBC Seeks Engagement, PointsBet Looks for Credibility PointsBet launched its US operations […]
Illustrating in vivid detail the Road to the Kentucky Derby remains perilous, connections for Caracaro scratched the horse from the Sept. 5 Derby after a Friday workout at Saratoga. Exercise rider J.J. Delgado sent the Travers Stakes runner-up on a 1:12.26 six-furlong workout Friday morning. Afterwards, Delgado told trainer Gustavo […]
Manchester City remains the favorite to land the services of Lionel Messi next season, but some of the club’s biggest European rivals have made their interest in the superstar clear as well. Both Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan have shown signs that they could potentially be in the mix for […]
Battleground NYC. The New York Yankees and NY Mets will meet this weekend in a classic Subway Series with one twist. Both teams must make up missed games (due to COVID-19 postponements) so they will play two doubleheaders this week for five total games within three days. To complicate matters, […]
There’s Math Wizard, Multiplier, Tenfold and Mr. Money, which makes Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic sound like either fifth-period math or an exercise in numbers. In their cases, it’s also an exercise in finding a heretofore elusive path to the winner’s circle. And in all but Multiplier’s case, the […]
Zexrow picked up a second win to take the lead in Group C of the second Pogchamps online chess tournament, but three players are still vying for the two spots remaining in the Championship Bracket with one match to play. Zexrow survived two tough games to beat QTCinderella 1.5-0.5, while […]
Jon Jones’ departure has left the light heavyweight division without a champion, and – with the possible exception of No. 1 contender Dominick Reyes – without a clear hierarchy of contenders for the vacant title. That gives Anthony Smith and Aleksandar Rakic room to make their cases in the main […]
The 10th edition of The International (TI), the largest Dota 2 tournament of the year, will boast the largest prize pool in the history of esports, and there’s still time for the purse to grow. The International 10 set the record on Wednesday when the prize pool surpassed the $34,330,069 […]
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