Real Salt Lake beat rivals Sporting Kansas City 2-1 to book a place in the Western Conference finals. They will play the Portland Timbers next week in a bid to reach the MLS Cup final. Sporting KC opened the scoring against RSL in the 24th minute after a penalty from […]
Paris Saint-Germain won 3-1 in Saint-Etienne to extend their lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Leo Messi assisted all three goals in a game that saw Sergio Ramos finally make his debut in the PSG shirt. The bad news for the Paris giants came from Neymar, who […]
Over the past month, two big sports betting deals have gone bust. DraftKings dropped its $22 billion offer for Entain while, meanwhile, Wynn Resorts called off the merger of WynnBet with Austerlitz Acquisition. And in the blink of an eye, the red-hot sports betting market has started to cool. Once […]
Mike Stidham sent Princess Grace west in search of a hopeful Grade 1 coronation in Sunday’s Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar, whereupon he stabled her at Barn X. Now, the question is, can the four-time graded stakes winner can avoid a Brand X performance in her Grade 1 debut? Princess […]
Joel Embiid scored 42 points for the Philadelphia 76ers in a double-overtime loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which spoiled his return after missing nine games with a nasty bout of COVID-19. Embiid scored 42 points in 45 minutes of action. He shot 12-for-23 from the floor, including 2-for-4 from 3-point […]
The match between Belenenses and Benfica in the Portuguese first league had an incredible outcome. The hosts started the game with just nine players, including one of their goalkeepers as an outfielder. Belenenses were down 7-0 at half-time. The clash was abandoned in the second half, after three of their […]
Palmeiras have triumphed in the Copa Libertadores for the second year in a row after beating Brazilian rivals Flamengo 2-1 in Montevideo. Deyverson scored the winning goal in the 95th minute. Palmeiras opened the scoring after just five minutes through Raphael Veiga, but Gabriel Barbosa equalized in the second half […]
Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella sends 4/1 second-choice Subconscious out in today’s Grade 1 Hollywood Derby. But even he knows where most of the attention is during Del Mar’s Bing Crosby Meet closing weekend. And that’s Brown. Chad Brown. Trainer of turf terrors and eastern feaster of this weekend’s […]
Haaland wasn’t expected to play until the new year, but insisted on returning to help his team on their pursuit of the Bundesliga title. Haaland was subbed on after 72 minutes in Wolfsburg and only needed eight minutes to go back to scoring goals. Erling Haaland is BACK! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/eWV6yqEFdE […]
Italian finance authorities raided Juve’s offices in Turin and Milan, seeking papers relating to player moves between 2019 and 2021. Juventus is Italy’s most successful club, winning 36 Serie A titles. Juve is listed on Milan’s stock exchange and its largest shareholder is Exor. Anna Maria Loreto, a Turin prosecutor, […]
Mauricio Pochettino is regarded as the main favorite to take over the Manchester United hot seat next summer, when Ralf Rangnick’s interim manager contract at Old Trafford will end and the German will switch into a club consultant for the next two years. PSG aren’t letting their man go through […]
Oklahoma State hasn’t managed to beat Oklahoma since an overtime victory in 2014. But this year, the Cowboys have a chance to not only hand the Sooners a defeat in the Bedlam rivalry game, but knock Oklahoma out of both Big 12 and national championship contention. The Cowboys enter the […]
On Sunday, CS Universitatea Craiova face FCSB in a Romanian Liga 1 derby match. Craiova’s officials want to make the most of the Romanian Government’s decision to open stadiums at 30% capacity following a month of closure caused by Covid-19 restrictions. Tickets for the game were made available online at […]
The Ohio State Buckeyes moved up to No. 2 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings by dismantling Michigan State last weekend. But they’ll need to back up that performance with a win at Michigan on Saturday if they want to play for a national championship this year. The Wolverines […]
Italy and Portugal are part of the same pathway in the European playoffs leading to the World Cup in 2022. 12 teams will compete for just three places in March 2022. The last two European champions, Italy and Portugal, will play the semi-finals of the playoffs against North Macedonia and […]
Traffic on the Kentucky Derby trail picks up again Saturday with a full cast of 14 entered in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club, the headlining race on Churchill Downs’ Saturday card. Up for grabs are 10-4-2-1 Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers, along with another Derby prospect […]
In August, Steve Asmussen took the mantle as North America’s winningest career trainer. On Thanksgiving Day, he went from macro record-setter to micro record-setter, winning what is believed to be a record five races on one card at Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs officials said records prior to 1991 are incomplete, […]
With Thanksgiving happening this week, we get a skinny 10-game slate in Week 12 this Sunday. That’s required deeper digging to find value plays under $5,000 on DraftKings at the various positions. We’ve got no options at quarterback this week, and limited options at running back. But we can save […]
That Rockemperor is the 8/5 favorite in Friday’s Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup at Del Mar makes sense if you look at the Rockemperor who won the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park. If you look at the Rockemperor who finished a troubled eighth in the Breeders’ […]
The Grade 1 Clark Stakes provides the final opportunity for Maxfield to grab a Grade 1 win. It’s an opportunity for Midnight Bourbon to shake his seconditis and grab his first Grade 1. And it provides a great opportunity for Dr. Post and King Fury to grab validation in their […]
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