Topps released another round of sports NFTs on Thursday, porting its Inception baseball series to the company’s proprietary blockchain website that previously hosted drops for Bazooka Joe and Bundesliga products. The ToppsNFTs.com website uses Avalanche (AVAX) to power its sports NFT drops, as opposed to the WAX-powered MLB Series 1 […]
The New York Yankees appeared headed to another devastating loss on Monday when they fell behind 5-0 early to the Minnesota Twins. But an Aaron Judge homer in the eighth inning tied the game, and Gary Sanchez knocked in the winning run in the 10th for a 6-5 victory that […]
Cristiano Ronaldo netted for the third time in four days in the Manchester United shirt, but the English giants couldn’t come out as winners against Young Boys Bern. Ronaldo scored in both his starts for United since his transfer from Juventus was completed. The trip to meet Swiss champions Young […]
On Tuesday, the new Champions League season kicks off with some top games on offer for football fans around the world. The new season comes with some major talking points that will interest fans as well. Superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo changed clubs and are set to make their […]
The New Orleans Saints are trying to contain a COVID-19 outbreak after eight people, including coaches and players, tested positive. The outbreak began among their coaching staff after six assistant offensive coaches tested positive. One unidentified player and a nutritionist are also among the positives, according to a report from […]
Heading into Week 2 of the NFL fantasy football season, consider adding waiver wire pickups such as tight end Juwan Johnson, running back Elijah Mitchell, running back Mark Ingram, wide receiver KJ Hamler, wide receiver Christian Kirk, and running back Latavius Murray. Several teams are struggling with injuries after only […]
If you need to bolster your fantasy football roster with a quarterback, keep an eye on Week 2 waiver wire pickups, including Teddy Bridgewater, Mac Jones, Sam Darnold, Tyrod Taylor, and Taylor Heinicke. I’m in a couple of 10-team fantasy football leagues, including a high-stakes keeper league. Most of these […]
Premier League clubs spent more than $9.7 billion this year to form their current squads; more than twice as much as any of Europe’s other top leagues. The study published by the CIES Football Observatory finds Manchester City at the top of the big spenders’ list, followed by their arch-rivals, […]
You won’t find a Safe Conduct path to a Canadian Triple Crown this year, but you will find an eclectic field for the second jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown – the 86th edition of the Prince of Wales Stakes. That eclectic field of eight, Canadian-bred 3-year-olds goes 1 3/16 miles […]
Novak Djokovic may not have finished off his calendar-year Grand Slam at the US Open on Sunday, but he’ll still have plenty of chances to add to his major title haul in the 2022 tennis season. Djokovic won the first three Grand Slam titles of the year in 2021, but […]
Indicating a sports betting record, GeoComply tracked 58.2 million sportsbook transactions in the four-day period from Thursday through Sunday. That’s 126% more than the geolocation company tracked during last year’s NFL season opener. Meanwhile, the number of upsets this week should bode well for sportsbooks — and less well for […]
The San Francisco 49ers lost two key starters in the opening game of the season after they held off a late rally to defeat the Detroit Lions 41-33 at Ford Field in Michigan. Running back Raheem Mostert will miss at least eight weeks for the 49ers due to a knee […]
The Oregon Ducks put themselves in position to make a run at their first College Football Playoff berth since 2014 by scoring a 35-28 win on the road at Ohio State on Saturday. That victory earned them the No. 4 ranking in the latest AP poll. The Buckeyes entered the […]
The New York Jets lost their Week 1 matchup against the Carolina Panthers 19-14, but more importantly, Gang Green lost starting left tackle Mekhi Becton to a knee injury. Becton suffered a sprained MCL and will miss four to six weeks while recovering from surgery to remove damaged cartilage. Becton, […]
The NFL triumphantly returned and fans were treated to a number of touchdown bombs in Week 1 from the likes of Russell Wilson, Matthew Stafford, Joe Burrow, Sam Darnold, and Trevor Lawrence. Burrow returned to the field after a blown-out ACL prematurely ended his rookie season last year. Burrow led […]
The Denver Broncos expected big things from promising second-year wide receiver Jerry Jeudy before he suffered an ankle injury against the New York Giants in the opening game of the season. Jeudy went down with a gnarly injury in the third quarter after hauling in a 20-yard pass from Teddy […]
Oh no, FItzMagic! Ryan Fitzpatrick didn’t last for a full half before the Washington Football Team quarterback suffered a hip subluxation injury, prematurely exiting the first game of the season against the Los Angeles Chargers. Fitzpatrick will undergo an MRI on Monday morning to assess the severity of the hip […]
Thanks to quick-thinking University of Miami football fans, one lucky cat didn’t have to use one of its nine lives to survive a potentially disastrous fall after dangling from the upper deck at Hard Rock Stadium. The stray cat plummeted to the lower deck, but Miami fans cushioned the feline’s […]
If Novak Djokovic can win just one more match on Sunday, he’ll make history as the first man to win a calendar-year Grand Slam since Rod Laver did so in 1969. To do so, he’ll need to beat No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev in the final of the US Open. […]
Cristiano Ronaldo was in the starting line-up on Saturday against Newcastle, just days after he started training with Manchester United following his transfer from Juventus. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner introduced himself to the United faithful in style, scoring twice, as the Red Devils came out 4-1 winners. Ronaldo played […]
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