The Atlanta Braves can win their first World Series title since 1995 on Sunday, but they’ll have to get past Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros in Game 5 to do it. Atlanta came from behind to capture a 3-2 win at home on Saturday, taking a 3-1 series lead. […]
Manchester United won 3-0 in North London, throwing manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a lifeline before the derby against Manchester City next week. Ronaldo was back on the scoresheet for the Red Devils after four games without a goal. The Portuguese scored United’s first after 39 minutes, then assisted Cavani’s goal […]
Keeneland threw itself an 85th anniversary party and horseplayers responded with a wagering gift: a record $181 million in all-sources handle for its just-concluded Fall Meet. The 17-day Fall Meet, which ran from Oct. 8-30, brought an all-sources handle of $181,009,626. That destroyed the previous mark of $164,680,229, set during […]
Hot Rod Charlie, Art Collector, Medina Spirit and Stilleto Boy all come into the Breeders’ Cup Classic off career-best speed figures on all three barometers. Essential Quality and Max Player enter the fray off career-best marks on two tables. So what to make of this year’s 10-horse field in what […]
Barcelona – Alaves 1-1. Sergio Aguero needed medical attention in the final minutes of the first half. 33-year-old Aguero had trouble breathing and was substituted after 41 minutes by Coutinho. Through a short message posted on their social platforms and on their website, Barcelona confirmed that the Argentine forward “reported […]
FC Barcelona failed to return to their winning ways after sacking Ronald Koeman earlier this week. With Sergi Barjuan promoted from the second team to take over as caretaker boss, Barcelona only managed to win a point at home against relegation-threatened Alaves. It finished 1-1 at Camp Now, with just […]
Santa Anita Park provides the next potentially rich, rollover setting Sunday, amassing a 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot pool with a mandatory payout approaching $5 million. The mandatory payout comes on the 16th and final day of Santa Anita Park’s Autumn Meet. It kicks in provided a single-ticket winner […]
The Houston Astros need their bats to wake up on Saturday as they attempt to once again tie up the World Series against the Atlanta Braves in Game 4. The Braves won Friday’s Game 3 on a combined two-hit shutout, with starter Ian Anderson going five no-hit innings. Snitker relied […]
The Grade 2 Fayette Stakes brings a host of recognizable names to its Keeneland starting gate Saturday for the featured event on Keeneland’s Fall Meet final day. None more recognizable than the horse running his final career race: Code of Honor. The 5-year-old owns two Grade 1 wins: both as […]
Glover Teixeira has done just about everything in his 19-year MMA career, other than winning a UFC title. The veteran will get his second – and probably last – opportunity at the gold on Saturday, when he faces Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight championship in the main event of […]
The World Series has turned into a best-of-five contest, with the Braves taking home field advantage as they will host the Astros in the next three meetings starting with Game 3 on Friday night. Ian Anderson will take the hill for Atlanta against Houston’s Luis Garcia in the critical third […]
We’re still eight days out from Day 1 of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup and six pre-entry horses already scratched, a group led by Kentucky Turf Cup winner Imperador. He pulled out of the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf, one of five Thursday scratches from the Nov. 5-6 two-day racing festival […]
First, Rock Your World tore up the turf. Then, he tore up the dirt – for one race. Now, the 3-year-old returns to the turf in Sunday’s Grade 2 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita Park. The 1 1/8-mile Twilight and its deep, 11-horses field is the featured event on Santa […]
Same game parlays have become an increasingly popular way to bet on major sporting events, with most online bookmakers in the United States now offering this option to bettors. And while you might associate these parlays primarily with football and basketball, the World Series also presents an opportunity to combine […]
We may be just four games into the NBA season, but there are already a few teams that are turning heads in that small sample size. Two of them will match up on the court on Thursday night as the 3-1 New York Knicks visit the 4-0 Chicago Bulls in […]
Injuries will play a large role in the selections for DFS value plays on DraftKings this week. Some low-priced players should play a large role in their team’s offenses due to injured starters. In other cases, studs will return from injury and we can get them at a buy-low opportunity […]
Bayern Munich was at the receiving end in an electric German Cup performance from Borussia Monchengladbach. Gladbach won the game 5-0 and advanced to the Round of 16 of the DFB Pokal. Kouadio Kone first pressed Bayern’s alarm button after just two minutes when he scored the opening goal in […]
Seven returning Breeders’ Cup champions, including Breeders’ Cup Classic favorites Knicks Go and Essential Quality, lead the pre-entry field for next weekend’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar. The 14-race festival begins on Friday, Nov. 5 with five juvenile races before segueing into nine races on Saturday, Nov. 6. […]
The Breeders’ Cup unveiled its 2021 wagering menu on Wednesday, adding a new All-Turf Pick 4 and a third Pick 5 to Saturday’s betting smorgasbord. Along with the wagering menu, officials for the Nov. 5-6 racing festival at Del Mar announced the official race order. Friday’s first day features 10 […]
FC Barcelona parted company with Dutch coach Ronald Koeman following the team’s second defeat in four days. After losing to Real Madrid in the Clasico at Camp Nou on Sunday, 1-2, the Blaugrana traveled to Madrid to play newly-promoted Rayo Vallecano. Barcelona’s lack of ideas and bite allowed Rayo to […]
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