It was only a matter of time before the injury bug caught up to Gordon Hayward. The Charlotte Hornets forward sprained his foot in a game against the Indiana Pacers and will miss approximately four weeks. The Charlotte Hornets are in the thick of a three-way fight with the Atlanta […]
The Baylor Bears are one victory away from winning their first-ever March Madness men’s college basketball championship, but face a tough challenge against the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs. Baylor won every March Madness game this year by double digits, and didn’t break a sweat in their Final Four matchup against #2 […]
The top two teams in the country will meet in an inevitable showdown between undefeated Gonzaga and Baylor to determine tonight’s 2021 March Madness champion. Gonzaga (31-0) is attempting to become the first team since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers to punctuate an undefeated season with a national championship. Gonzaga advanced […]
It had to be a typo that Todd Pletcher’s Bourbonic entered the Wood Memorial starting gate at 72/1. Surely, the trainer with the most Kentucky Derby starters in history couldn’t have a moon shot like this in a race he’s won five times. It was no typo. Bourbonic left the […]
An agreement that seemed done two months ago is now in doubt. As if it wasn’t enough, Kylian Mbappe’s refusal to extend his contract isn’t the only big problem at PSG right now. The other world superstar on the team, Brazilian forward Neymar, is also reluctant to sign a new […]
Rock Your World rocked the Santa Anita Derby, which rocked bettors into producing Santa Anita Park’s largest all-sources pari-mutuel Santa Anita Derby handle in 14 years. On a day where fans returned to the Southern California track for the first time in more than a year, the 8,246 attendees on […]
Lost in the wash of Keeneland’s opening day of its Spring Meet and Saturday’s three key Kentucky Derby preps across the country was a milestone on the racing calendar. Keeneland opened its 2021 Spring Meet with the first 2-year-old race of 2021. That honor went to Gulfstream Park last year. […]
About the only thing faster than Life Is Good on the track was the rush of horses piling into the Santa Anita Derby the moment the Bob Baffert supercolt departed the Kentucky Derby Trail with an ankle injury. Now, all of a sudden, horses like Dream Shake, Parnelli, Law Professor […]
The biggest problem horseplayers have with the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes is not figuring out who will win. That essential question will likely be answered by 3/5 favorite Essential Quality. No. The biggest issue here is figuring out how to profit off a race where one horse is so […]
Let’s dispense with the Wood Memorial history out of the gate. There are 13 Triple Crown winners, and this Grade 2 Kentucky Derby prep claims four of them: Gallant Fox, Count Fleet, Seattle Slew, and Secretariat. Eleven horses pulled off the Wood Memorial/Kentucky Derby double. You’ve probably heard of a […]
The UConn Huskies (28-1) will make their 13th straight appearance in the Women’s Final Four on Friday when they take on the upstart Arizona Wildcats (20-5) with a spot in the national championship game on the line. UConn enters the game as a substantial 14.5-point favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. […]
Baseball returned to play on Thursday, and MLB Opening Day provided a long list of highlights, lowlights, and oddities that fans have been craving since October. From obscure rules to an unfortunate cancellation, there’s plenty to unpack from the first day of the season. Here’s a look at a few […]
UCLA is only two wins away from winning their record-leading 12th March Madness championship, but Johnny Juzang and the Cinderella Bruins face their biggest challenge of the season with undefeated #1 Gonzaga awaiting them in the Final Four. No one expected #11 UCLA would make it this far after their […]
Get ready for an old-fashioned Texas showdown at high noon. In the Final Four, #2 Houston meets #1 Baylor in a battle of two fierce Texas teams to determine if the Bears or the Cougars will advance to the 2021 March Madness championship game. In the early 1980s, Hakeem “The […]
Baylor’s waited 71 years to return to the Final Four, making it back for the first time since 1950. Heading into the Final Four, the #1 Baylor Bears’ three-guard attack faces their toughest opponent in March Madness against the #2 Houston Cougars and their stifling defense. No one shoots the […]
It’s Final Four weekend in college basketball as March Madness comes to an end, but there’s also plenty of NBA action to keep an eye on during the first weekend in April. Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks visit Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers in OG’s […]
The Grade 1 Ashland Oaks is following the path of this year’s Kentucky Oaks prep races, which involves pitting two standouts against each other in a makeshift regional rivalry. You had Travel Column and Clairiere in the Fair Grounds Oaks in Louisiana. Beautiful Gift and Moraz tangle at Santa Anita […]
Erling Haaland’s staying at Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga for another season looks less likely day by day. The 20-year-old goal machine is in big demand. After Manchester City put him at the top of their summer transfer list to replace outgoing Sergio Aguero (32), Spanish giants Barcelona and […]
The Carter Handicap is that rare Grade 1 race sitting on an undercard featuring no other Grade 1s. But there it sits, the sixth race on Aqueduct’s Saturday card, almost an afterthought on Wood Memorial Day at the Big A. The $300,000, seven-furlong Carter, however, holds court as the first […]
Alongside Norwegian sensation Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe is Europe’s most prominent proposal for greatness in the new generation of soccer superstars. Mbappe is just 22, but he’s managed to win the World Cup with France (2018), as well as three French titles, two Cups, two League Cups, and two French […]
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