Marquette’s Markus Howard is 39 points away from breaking a record that Lawrence Moten has held for 25 years. Moten scored 1,405 points in Big East Conference regular season play while at Syracuse. When Marquette meets Butler today, Howard will get one step closer to claiming that record. Howard is […]
Penn National Gaming and NASCAR announced a multi-year partnership deal on Friday. This is the second sports-related deal for the regional casino operator this year, after taking a stake in Barstool Sports just last month. Penn National Gaming has been a sponsor of a NASCAR Cup Series race, the Hollywood […]
As is usually the case for bookies trying to read the betting public, the two teams that met in the 2020 Super Bowl, are the early favorites to repeat as the champions of the AFC and NFC next season. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook released its odds for who will […]
Martin Truex Jr. has been bumped off as the favorite to win the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Championship. When the odds were released by the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Nov. 19th of last year, Truex was the 5/1 favorite. Behind him were Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, both at […]
The New York Mets announced Thursday that the proposed sale of a controlling interest in the team to hedge fund manager Steve Cohen had collapsed, but that the Wilpon family and Saul Katz are still looking for a buyer for the franchise. Cohen attempted to purchase an 80 percent share […]
Rob Gorodetsky admitted to defrauding a victim of $9.6 million over four years in federal court on Wednesday, pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return. Gorodetsky was once one of the best-known celebrity sports bettors in the world, having been […]
On Thursday, Maine senators voted 20-10, reaching the required two-thirds threshold, to override Governor Janet Mills’ veto of a bill that would legalize sports betting. Maine’s House of Representatives could vote on the issue as early as Tuesday. The bill initially passed last June, however, Governor Mills, however, chose not […]
An appeals court in New York overturned most of a 2016 law that made fantasy sports games expressly legal in the state — a ruling that could threaten the ability for companies like DraftKings and FanDuel to operate there. The New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division determined that not only […]
We have a West Coast showdown when the top-two teams in the WCC, #2 Gonzaga (24-1) and Saint Mary’s (20-5), meet on Saturday. Whenever Duke and North Carolina play, it’s always an intense and heated rivalry. This is an unusual situation in the ACC this year, because #7 Duke is […]
The Toronto Raptors won 12 games in a row, which set a new franchise record, but the Indiana Pacers are trying to avenge a 1-point loss from Wednesday evening. Rookie sensation, Ja Morant, and the Memphis Grizzlies are running hot since New Year’s Eve with a 13-4 record in 2020. […]
New York Yankees left-handed starting pitcher, James Paxton, experienced a back injury and he’s expected to miss up to four months after recovering from surgery. Paxton, 31, became one of the best starters for the Yankees in the second half of the 2019 season. After a slow start with a […]
In Ivy League basketball action, Yale (16-4) hosts Harvard (13-6) on Friday for their first of two meetings this regular season. Yale, the consensus favorites to win the Ivy this season, is currently tied with Princeton for first place with a 4-0 record in the conference standings. Yale opened as […]
Kentucky Derby future bets tend to be more conservative than they used to be at the Wynn hotel and casino in Las Vegas, where legendary oddsmaker Johnny Avello was known for offering great value with his numbers. Avello is now at DraftKings, and William Hill has taken over as the […]
Audio streaming company Spotify Technology announced on Wednesday that it agreed to buy the sports media outlet, The Ringer. And while much of the recent sports media acquisition frenzy is tied to the spread of legal sports betting, this latest deal may be motivated more by fit. The details of […]
With the championship game of that other football league finally in the books, the calendar now turns to the debut season of the new XFL. The startup league begins play this weekend with four, Week 1 games, and bookmakers seem more than happy to let the public place their bets. […]
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones puts his title on the line one again when he battles Dominick Reyes on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 247 at Houston’s Toyota Center. Jones continues to be one of the most dominant fighters in UFC history, while Reyes is an […]
The college football recruiting season ended Wednesday with National Signing Day. Many incoming freshmen made their decisions in December during the early signing period, but there were a few reversals on commitments, and a couple of surprises. Rivals.com, which specializes in tracking and ranking the college recruitment period and national […]
The NFL announced that the Jacksonville Jaguars will play two games at Wembley Stadium in London, England in 2020. Both London games will be played in back-to-back weeks by the Jags at a date to be named later. The Jaguars will only play six games this upcoming season at TIAA […]
With the kickoff of the 2020 NASCAR season just 10 days away, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook released its Daytona 500 odds. The race, held at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 16, is the first official Cups Points race of the season. A quartet of familiar names sit atop the […]
Still reeling from longtime head coach Mark Dantonio’s resignation on Tuesday, Michigan State officials now must find a new football coach. There are several candidates, but the top two favorites don’t seem to want the job. BetOnline put out odds on who will become Michigan State’s new head coach, and […]
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