Football

Medical staff attend to WR Cooper Kupp from the LA Rams, who torn ACL agains the Seattle Seahawks. (Image: Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Rams Lose Top WR, Cooper Kupp Out for Season with Torn ACL

One of the Los Angeles Rams’ top receivers, Cooper Kupp, is done for the season with a anterior cruciate ligament tear in his knee. Kupp injured his knee in the fourth quarter of the Rams 36-31 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. The Rams are 9-1 and looking to […]

Clemson’s football team has plenty to celebrate, including being No. 2 in the country and a 10-0 record. (Image: AP)

Little, but Significant Movement for College Football Teams in AP Poll

There wasn’t much movement with the seven highest college football teams in the AP Poll, but a couple of squads that are hoping to have a chance at the College Football Playoffs did a little jostling in Week 11. Alabama again captured all the first-place votes and stayed atop the […]

Babe Ruth is among three athletes scheduled to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this month. (Image: Photofest)

Three Athletes to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump

Alan Page, Roger Staubach, and Babe Ruth are among a list of seven individuals who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump during a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 16. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is considered the highest civilian honor in the United States, […]

Arizona’s rookie quarterback Josh Rosen wasn’t able to beat Kansas City, but the team did cover the spread. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Bye Week Curse Hits Kansas City for Only Second Against Spread Loss

In the NFL the saying is beware of the team coming off a bye week, and the Arizona Cardinals proved that adage true yet again. The Kansas City Chiefs won, but got only their second defeat against the spread this season, falling to 8-2 when they couldn’t cover 16.5 points […]

The LA Chargers won five straight and are quietly making a run in the AFC West. (Image: Jake Roth/USA Today)

NFL Final Four Shaping Out, But LA Chargers Surging (VIDEOS)

The playoff picture is shaping up in the NFL, but LA Chargers (6-2) are making a strong case as a dark-horse candidate with a mid-season surge after winning five games in a row thanks to the leadership of QB Phil Rivers. Four squads emerged as the proverbial teams to beat […]

Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan led his team over Washington last week, and is a 6-point favorite to do the same to Cleveland. (Image: Getty)

Oddsmakers Tighten Up NFL Lines After Last Weekend’s Beatdown

After last week’s beating the sportsbooks took, oddsmakers seemed to have tightened up their lines for NFL teams this week. It was harder to pick any teams with complete certainty, as been the case the past few weeks. We stayed with teams that haven’t disappointed us this year. Kansas City […]

Central Florida has been almost scoring at will against opponents, and has an undefeated record, but is a big favorite this week against Navy. (Image: Getty)

College Football Betting: Big Point Spreads Come with Bigger Risk

Usually big point spreads in college football are like kryptonite to gamblers. They are something that weakens many a parlay card, and should be avoided in many situations. But we are feeling fortunate here at OG, and have decided this week we were going to pick our five bets based […]

Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II says that he expects Le’Veon Bell to report to the team sometime in the next week. (Image: Michael Wyke/AP)

Pittsburgh Steelers Expect to Have Le’Veon Bell Back with Team Next Week

Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II says that the team expects to see superstar running back Le’Veon Bell report to the team sometime next week after missing the first 10 weeks of the season. Rooney made the comments on Sirius XM Thursday before the Steelers routed the Carolina Panthers 52-21 […]

Former Dallas Cowboy Dez Bryant signed with the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday, and is expected to help them win a Super Bowl. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Dez Bryant Goes Marching to Saints in Hopes of Super Bowl

Do the New Orleans Saints believe former Dallas Cowboy receiver Dez Bryant make them a Super Bowl contender? They do, and so do oddsmakers, who quickly updated the championship game lines, moving the Saints from 16/1 to 7/2 once news broke he was joining the team. They are now only […]