Primoz Roglic from Jumbo Visma is seeking a third-straight title at the Vuelta a Espana after wins in 2019 and 2020, but he’s still nicked up after a couple of gruesome crashes in last month’s Tour de France. Despite the injuries, Roglic is the betting favorite at the 2021 Vuelta […]
Knicks Go picked a good time to win his fourth career Grade 1 race, using last Saturday’s Whitney Stakes victory to claim the top spot among American horses in the latest edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021. In the rankings compiled by the International Federation of […]
Plucky mare Got Stormy takes on the boys in a Grade 1 race headlining Saratoga’s Saturday card and, yes, this scenario sounds more than a bit familiar. Just change the principals, the surface, and the starring distaff runner, but yes, next verse, similar to the first. Last week, we saw […]
The 2021 Professional Fighters League playoffs begin on Friday with semifinal action in the men’s welterweight and lightweight divisions, and Rory MacDonald and Ray Cooper III among those still vying for the $1 million championship prizes. MacDonald and Cooper will meet in one of the two welterweight semifinals on tap […]
John Salter has won three straight fights and eight of his nine career bouts in Bellator. That’s been enough to elevate Salter into the No. 1 contender position in the company’s middleweight rankings, but he admits he’ll face a whole new challenge on Friday when he takes on Gegard Mousasi […]
The Seattle Storm and the Connecticut Sun could easily meet in the WNBA Finals later this year. But first, two of the league’s top teams will face off in the championship game of the inaugural Commissioner’s Cup. The Storm and Sun each qualified for the Commissioner’s Cup final by posting […]
Jonathan India has quickly risen to the Major Leagues, impressed his Cincinnati Reds teammates, and shown the potential to become a superstar. The 24-year-old second baseman has also positioned himself as the favorite to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award in a race that might come down […]
Randy Arozarena emerged as a postseason hero for the Tampa Bay Rays last year during the team’s run to the World Series. Now, Arozarena leads a crowded pack of young stars vying for the 2020 AL Rookie of the Year Award. The 26-year-old Arozarena is hitting .271 with 16 homers […]
Are you ready for some football? NFL Week 1 begins in four weeks with the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Bucs kicking off the season on Thursday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys. Oddsmakers posted lines for NFL betting action and the big favorites heading into Week 1 include the […]
Legislation that would permit sports betting both online and in professional sports venues in North Carolina passed a second state Senate committee this week. Senate Bill 688 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, which heard the legislation because of its prohibition on underage betting and forbidding of betting collusion. […]
The NBA Summer League is in full swing in Las Vegas. A red-hot Max Strus from the Miami Heat caught fire on Wednesday evening with a game-high 32 points, including a sudden death, game-winning 3-pointer in double overtime to lead the Heat to a 97-94 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. […]
Trainer Jorge Navarro, one of the central figures in the blood doping and drug adulteration scandal that rocked horse racing in a long-running scheme starting in 2016, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday. In doing so, Navarro could spend up to five years in prison. Navarro changed his plea from […]
Champions League winners Chelsea added another piece of silverware to their trophy room after beating Villarreal on penalties in Dublin to win the UEFA Super Cup. The match was tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes, and then again after 120 minutes of football, so the two sides headed to a […]
In November 2004 during an Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons game in Michigan, a fight flared up between Detroit’s Ben Wallace and Indiana’s Ron Artest that escalated into a brawl. Their dust-up spilled over into the stands after a fan threw a bottle at Artest, and an all-out melee between […]
Webb Simpson finds himself on the bubble for the American Ryder Cup team, and has a chance to get himself onto the squad with a strong performance in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, this weekend. Simpson has found plenty of success at the Wyndham […]
French mixed martial artist Ciryl Gane continued his run up the heavyweight ranks on Saturday, finishing Derrick Lewis via TKO late in the third round of their main event clash at UFC 265 to win the interim UFC heavyweight championship. Gane (10-0) became the first French-born fighter to win a […]
Point guard Dennis Schroder signed a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics worth $5.9 million after he rejected a four-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers that was worth over $84 million. Either Schroder is really bad at math or he wanted to get the hell out of LA. […]
The Hard Knocks reality series returned to HBO for a new season featuring the Dallas Cowboys. The first episode of Hard Knocks began with quarterback Dak Prescott revealing his scars after recovering from a nasty ankle injury last season. Other highlights included Ezekiel Elliot poorly gift wrapping a birthday present, […]
Lionel Messi signed a two-year contract with PSG and was introduced on Wednesday in front of the French supporters and media. Thousands of fans gathered in front of the Parc des Princes to welcome the iconic Argentinean. 34-year-old Messi promised the PSG faithful he’ll do his best to bring the […]
Lionel Messi was officially unveiled as a Paris Saint Germain player on Wednesday. Messi took questions from the press and waved to the fans who came in the thousands to greet him following his move from FC Barcelona. The Argentinean offered his number 30 shirt to one of the supporters […]
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