The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors are deadlocked at 2-2 in the NBA Finals, with the Warriors returning home for Game 5. The Warriors opened as -3.5 favorites, but the point spread is currently -4. The Warriors won Game 4 to tie the series after an insane 43-point output […]
Mauricio Pochettino will leave his job as Paris Saint-Germain’s boss a year before his deal at Parc des Princes was set to expire. PSG hasn’t made any official announcement regarding Pochettino yet, but the manager has been told the team will go forward without him. The 50-year-old Argentinian joined PSG […]
Todd Pletcher didn’t know what was more satisfying to him as a trainer: winning the Belmont Stakes with Mo Donegal for one of his top clients, Mike Repole, or winning the Belmont for the fourth time to tie fellow Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas. “Yesterday was why you do […]
Kathryn Mayorga claims she was raped by Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo at a hotel in Las Vegas back in 2009. A US judge has dismissed a rape lawsuit against Ronaldo because Mayorga’s lawyer founded his allegations on leaked and stolen records. Ronaldo has never been charged. He has always […]
Earlier in the week, David Purdum from ESPN reported about an intriguing trend in which bettors are firing away at futures bets on the New York Jets to win Super Bowl 57 — currently at +13000 odds — which is shocking considering that bookies set an initial win total for […]
FIFA blocked Chile’s attempt to see Ecuador thrown out of the World Cup in Qatar. Through a formal complaint sent to FIFA last month, Chile claimed Ecuador used an ineligible player in the qualifiers. Byron Castillo’s presence in the Ecuador squad during the qualifying stage put the nation’s presence at […]
The Belmont Stakes was the race Mike Repole wanted more than any other. It was the race the entrepreneur he called “his Kentucky Derby.†The race the native New Yorker loved so much that he watched the replay numerous times of his best finisher in the race: Stay Thirsty, in […]
This time, courtesy of a slow break, Flightline managed “only†a six-length victory in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap. But his reputation as a superhorse is alive and quite well. The latest convert? Jockey Junior Alvarado, who rode 2.75/1 second choice Speaker’s Corner to third in the Met Mile, one […]
‘Hustle’ is a new basketball movie from Netflix featuring Adam Sandler as Stanley Sugerman — a former college basketball player turned life-long international NBA scout from the Philadelphia 76ers — who finds a diamond in the rough prospect with Bo Cruz (played by real-life NBA player Juancho Hernangomez), a construction […]
The Golden State Warriors tamed a boisterous and rambunctious crowd at TD Garden when they defeated the Boston Celtics 107-097 in Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Finals. The Warriors evened the series at 2-2 thanks to a heroic performance from Steph Curry. In one of the most remarkable performances […]
Steph Curry unleashed one of the finest performances in NBA Finals history when he torched the Boston Celtics for 43 points and willed the Golden State Warriors to a victory in Game 4 to tie the series at 2-2. Curry knocked down seven 3-pointers and finished with 10 rebounds and […]
The Charlotte Hornets narrowed down their search for a new head coach to Kenny Atkinson or Mike D’Antoni, but team owner Michael Jordan ultimately tapped Atkinson to fill the vacancy. James Borrego spent four-plus seasons as the head coach with the Hornets and amassed a 148-183 record since taking over […]
The first thing you need to remember about the Belmont Stakes is forget the long-believed idea the “Test of the Champion†is easy for closers to pass. It isn’t. It sounds counterintuitive, doesn’t it? Send horses 1 ½ miles – the longest distance any of them will ever run and […]
Valentina Shevchenko has easily turned back the last six challengers to her women’s flyweight title. Taila Santos says she can be the one to end that streak in the co-main event of UFC 275 in Singapore on Saturday. Oddsmakers are skeptical, with DraftKings Sportsbook making Shevchenko a -630 favorite over […]
Glover Teixeira will, in fact, come into his title fight at UFC 275 in Singapore as the light heavyweight champion. It might be hard to tell based on the hype surrounding challenger Jiri Prochazka heading into their Saturday night bout. Prochazka comes into the main event of UFC 275 as […]
The Portland Trail Blazers missed the 2022 NBA playoffs when the front office imploded the team prior to the trade deadline. The Trail Blazers will try to rebuild around superstar Damian Lillard, who indicated he’d like to join forces with Deandre Ayton, John Collins, and/or OG Anunoby. Lillard missed 53 […]
The Sacramento Kings were awarded the #4 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, the teams has been aggressive with shopping the fourth-overall pick for a player like Jerami Grant from the Detroit Pistons, or they could trade down in the draft to teams looking to move into the top five. […]
Hunter Renfrow might be undersized for an NFL player, but the 5-foot-10 wide receiver has a lot of heart and grit — plus knack for getting open — which is why the Las Vegas Raiders offered him a $32 million contract to remain with the team for two more seasons. […]
The 2022 NBA Finals continue with the Boston Celtics ahead 2-1 in the series, and with a chance to pad their lead in Game 4 at home on Friday night against the Golden State Warriors. Jaylen Brown has been the most consistent scorer for the Celtics in the NBA Finals […]
When Flavien Prat hopped off Flightline last December, after he had just dismantled the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes by 11 1/2 lengths, the veteran jockey had what could be described as a religious experience. As any jockey can tell you when they’ve ridden a superhorse, the words sometimes don’t come […]
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