Chad Brown added to his record-extending seventh consecutive Belmont Park Spring/Summer training title when the conditioner racked up 47 victories. Brown’s 47 victories eclipsed David Jacobson’s 2013 mark of 44 set over a 56-day meet. Brown’s 47 came in 44 days. “My team should be very proud of themselves and […]
The Sierra Leone Football Association is looking at two matches in the country’s second tier. The two soccer encounters produced an astonishing 187 goals between them. Kuhunla Rangers beat Lumbebu United 95-0, while Gulf FC smashed Koquima Lebanon 91-1. The matches set the goal-scoring record for Sierra Leonean football. Both […]
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert eased back into his post-suspension routine with what has been a routine victory for him: the Los Alamitos Derby. The conditioner captured his fifth consecutive Los Alamitos Derby Saturday with High Connection. That came two hours after Baffert’s Rhetoric won a Los Al maiden […]
Luxembourg’s Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroen) won his first-ever stage at Le Tour with an inspiring and dominating victory from Aigle to Chatel in the Swiss Alps during Stage 9 of the 2022 Tour de France. The bookies in Europe expected a rider in the breakaway would win Stage 9 of […]
Raheem Sterling is supposed to become a Chelsea player next week, with the west London club now working on logistics behind his medical and official unveiling. The 27-year-old will join for $57 million after Manchester City accepted the last bid Chelsea made. The Athletic reports Sterling agreed on personal terms […]
Borussia Dortmund’s faithful hope newcomer Sebastien Haller will fill the huge void left in the starting line-up by Erling Haaland’s departure to Manchester City. Haller’s transfer cost Dortmund almost $36 million including bonuses, matching the most expensive club acquisition ever. Haller penned a contract until 2026. Two other exciting talents […]
McKulick was named after trainer Chad Brown’s former bookkeeper, the late Mary McKulick. The filly was the daughter of the legendary sire Frankel. That sire was named after the late Bobby Frankel, the Hall of Fame trainer who Brown apprenticed for before heading out on his Eclipse Award-winning career. The […]
Classic Causeway came into the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational as an afterthought, the “other†horse in Kenny McPeek’s barn. The “other†horse making his turf debut a mere two weeks after finishing third in the Grade 3 Ohio Derby. He came out of it a Grade 1 winner, a […]
Nick Kyrgios made it to the men’s final at Wimbledon in a walkover, as Rafael Nadal couldn’t physically play in their semifinal. If he wants to earn his first Grand Slam title, he’ll have to beat another legend of the game in Novak Djokovic on Sunday. DraftKings Sportsbook rates Djokovic […]
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won a second stage in the 2022 Tour de France with an uphill sprint finish in Stage 8 Lausanne and held off Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and prevented the defending champion from winning three stages in a row. The GC contenders in the peloton wiped […]
The advantages of streaming sports are now at loggerheads with increasing costs and complexity. Media providers are coming out of the woodwork to stream sports, paying top dollar for exclusive rights. As a result, recreational fans and sports bettors, are paying more than ever to follow teams, using a complicated […]
When he was 6 – or two years ago – Channel Maker was the 2020 Champion Turf Male. At 8, he is a nine-time stakes winner, after capturing Friday’s $150,000 Grand Couturier at Belmont Park. Even at 8, Channel Maker had no trouble covering 12 furlongs. Nor did he have […]
James Harden opted out of a $47.4 million final year in his contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, and signed a two-year deal worth $68 million which reflects a $15 million pay cut to help Joel Embiid and the Sixers win a title. Harden, 32, was the biggest available free agent […]
Based on what we saw in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational last year, this European invasion wasn’t only predictable, it was expected. After supertrainer Aidan O’Brien sent Bolshoi Ballet across the Atlantic and into the Belmont Park winner’s circle in 2021, the British are definitely coming. So are the […]
As you’re trying to fit the fluid and shifting 3-year-old colt/gelding class into their places, consider Saturday’s Grade 3 Indiana Derby as one of those bridge events between the Triple Crown season and the higher-profile sophomore races later this summer. Nobody’s confusing the Indiana Derby, or its junior-varsity derby counterparts […]
Charles Barkley isn’t going to win the American Century Championship, the annual celebrity golf tournament taking place this week in Lake Tahoe. But many bettors are counting on his improved game to carry him to a top-70 finish, and after the first round, Barkley is at least making those bets […]
The UFC has twice booked Rafael dos Anjos to fight Rafael Fiziev, but circumstances conspired to cancel both of those bouts. Finally, the two lightweights appear primed to meet in a main event showdown on Saturday night in the main event of UFC on ESPN 39. Oddsmakers see the younger […]
The Utah Jazz indicated they will not trade Donovan ‘Spida” Mitchell, and they will try to rebuild a team around their superstar after they traded away big man Rudy Gobert for a huge haul from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Mitchell hinted that he wanted out of Utah and there were rumors […]
Another day, another stage victory for the Slovenian Wunderkind. One day after securing the yellow jersey with his first stage win at the 2022 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) held off a final attack from Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) during a summit finish at the punishing La Super […]
It may be the heart of the summer of 2022, but some of the hottest football products – with the 2021 rookie class – are just coming out. Meanwhile, 2022 football cards beginning to release and the box prices are worth monitoring due to their lower cost to previous years. […]
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