Sports Betting

Patrick Mahomes is the highest-paid player in sports, and several sportsbooks are offering prop bets on the Kansas City quarterback. (Image: Sports Illustrated)

Super Bowl DFS: Bank on that Mahomes to Hill Connection

Super Bowl 55 will represent the meeting of perhaps the greatest quarterback of all time and his apparent heir when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Both teams bring the offensive firepower, and provide DFS players with plenty of choices for thier Super Bowl DFS showdowns. […]

Would this punter at a British book subject himself to financial scrutiny? Under a proposed system of affordability checks, he may have no choice if he wants to keep wagering on races or sports. (Image: Reuters)

Affordability Checks: What are They and What Do They Mean for Racing?

Picture this scenario, courtesy of the Great Britain Gambling Commission and its proposed “affordability checks” on sports and race bettors. You save your betting money for the Royal Ascot meet in June. The meet arrives and you wager £100 each-way on the second favorite in the Group 1 Queen Anne […]

Knicks Go brings a four-race winning streak into the $20 million Saudi Cup. (Image: Coady Photography/Keeneland)

Saudi Cup Connections Exempt from COVID Ban; Knicks Go a Go

As the Saudi Cup field takes shape, the Saudi Arabian government announced connections for the $20 million race participants will be exempt from the country’s ban on entering Saudi Arabia. Citing COVID-19 concerns, the country banned entry to residents of 20 nations, including the United States and the United Kingdom. […]

Several Australian Open warmup events paused play on Thursday after a worker at a hotel where players are quarantining tested positive for COVID-19. (Image: @AustralianOpen/Twitter)

Positive COVID Test at Hotel Pauses Australian Open Tune-Up Tournaments

A worker at a Melbourne hotel tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, halting play at six different events leading up to next week’s Australian Open. The individual in question works at the Grand Hyatt, one of three Melbourne hotels being used to quarantine players, coaches, and officials for the […]

Keeneland offers 10 turf stakes races on its 15-day Spring Meet. It begins April 2 and runs through April 23. (Image: Coady Photography)

Keeneland Springs Into Robust Stakes Slate for Spring Meet

The 97th running of the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes and the 84th running of the Grade 1 Ashland headline Keeneland’s 2021 Spring Meet, which runs April 2-23 at the Lexington, Kentucky, track. The Blue Grass is one of the last Kentucky Derby preps. Last year, it featured a stellar […]

The NHL has cancelled the next three New Jersey Devils games, as the team has 10 players currently in the COVID-19 protocol. (Image: Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP)

NHL Shorthanded as COVID-19 Issues Plague League, Causes Cancellations

Several teams will miss action this week as the NHL grapples with multiple squads who have players in the league’s COVID-19 protocols. The league cancelled all games for the New Jersey Devils through Saturday, which impacts two games against the Pittsburgh Penguins and another with the New York Rangers. Sabres […]

The Connecticut Whale withdraw from the NWHL bubble, leaving only four teams competing for the Isobel Cup. (Image: Michelle Jay)

Two Teams Withdraw from NWHL Isobel Cup Bubble Tournament

Six teams entered the National Women’s Hockey League bubble tournament in Lake Placid in hopes of winning the Isobel Cup. Now, just four remain in contention – and not just because it’s time for Thursday’s semifinal matchups. Last Thursday, the Metropolitan Riveters withdrew from the tournament after several members of […]

Tarantino, seen here in an October workout, finished a solid second in the Grade 3 Holy Bull. That earned him a prominent odds cut on this week's Kentucky Derby futures boards. (Image: Ernie Belmonte)

Derby Futures: Tarantino Shows Even Reservoir Dogs Have Their Day

It wasn’t a case of pulp fiction that Tarantino was sitting at 225/1 when he debuted on the Circa Sports and William Hill Nevada Kentucky Derby futures boards last week. Even the Jackie Browns and Inglorious Basterds of the world stared juicy odds in the face before Tarantino entered the […]

Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon, seen here against the Toronto Raptors, suffered a serious ankle injury. (Image: Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty)

Orlando Magic Lose Aaron Gordon for 4-6 Weeks with Ankle Injury

The Orlando Magic will miss their starting forward, Aaron Gordon, for up to six weeks due to a nasty ankle injury. Gordon is the second starter that the Magic will miss this season due to injuries. Starting point guard Markelle Fultz blew out his ACL in the eighth game of […]

It doesn't get much simpler than betting on a coin toss prop at the Super Bowl, but there's ,more to that bet than you might expect. (Image: Bleacher Report)

A Deep Dive into the Super Bowl Coin Toss Prop Bet

Among the myriad prop bets that gamblers can make on the Super Bowl, perhaps none is more both derided and loved than the coin toss prop. Due to its simple nature, the coin toss proves to be a popular prop bet for sportsbooks, but few can deny the bet is […]

Known Agenda (inside) beat Greatest Honour in this November maiden special weight at Aqueduct. He returns to Derby prep action this weekend in the Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. (Image: Coglianese Photo)

Weekend Stakes: Not Every Good 3-Year-Old Race is a Derby Prep

We’ll see several Kentucky Derby hopefuls return this weekend when two East Coast Grade 3 Derby preps headline the stakes races. And, we’ll meet some Kentucky Oaks contenders in two Oaks preps – one on each coast. At the same time, we’ll see a Grade 2 for 3-year-olds that isn’t […]

Major League Baseball is proposing a delay to spring training and the regular season, but players appear unlikely to accept the change. (Image: Sue Ogrocki/AP)

MLB, MLBPA Sparring Over Proposal for Delayed 154-Game Season

Major League Baseball has proposed delaying the start of the 2021 season and shortening it to 154 games, but the MLB Players Association appears unlikely to accept the change. Under the MLB proposal, spring training would start in late March, with the regular season beginning in late April. League Proposes […]