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Kansas City TE Travis Kelce earns a Madden 21 rating of 99 after another historic season. (Image: AP)

KC TE Travis Kelce Joins Exclusive Madden Football 99 Club

The game designers at EA Sports upgraded their player ratings for Madden Football 21, and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce earned much-deserved bump to a 99 rating, thereby becoming the newest member of the exclusive 99 Club. Four players entered this season with a 99 rating for Madden […]

LA Lakers star LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers battle once again for a Pacific division title. (Image: Getty)

NBA 2021: Back-to-Back Pacific Titles for LeBron and LA Lakers?

The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers come into the 2020-21 NBA season as the favorite to secure back-to-back Pacific division titles at -143 odds, according to the most recent update by DraftKings. Last season, LeBron James and the Lakers secured the Pacific division title, ending a five-year reign by the […]

Rookie Jalen Hurts will start at quarterback for the Eagles this week. His running ability could yield high DFS scores. (Image: CBS Sports)

Week 14 NFL Value Plays in DFS: Hurts So Good

Week 14 provides a big, 13-game slate with some juicy, high-priced options like Devante Adams and Derrick Henry. But there are also some tantalizing players to be found deeper in the salary pool. Here are five value players (OK, four this week) under $5,000 on DraftKings. Jalen Hurts, Eagles QB […]

The Arizona Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings are fighting for the final NFC Wild Card spot. (Image: NFL/YouTube)

NFC Playoff Hunt: Arizona and Minnesota Fighting for Wild Card

The Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Bucs, and Minnesota Vikings currently occupy the three wild-card spots on the NFC side of the NFL playoff bracket. The Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, and Washington Football Team are currently on the NFC wild-card bubble with four weeks remaining. The New Orleans […]

Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (pictured) will defend her flyweight title against fellow undefeated fighter Juliana Velasquez in the main event of Bellator 254. (Image: Wilson Fox/Bellator)

Bellator 254 Odds: Undefeated Flyweights Macfarlane, Velasquez Face Off for Title

Bellator women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will put her belt on the line Thursday against undefeated Juliana Velasquez in the main event of Bellator 254 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. Macfarlane (11-0) won the inaugural Bellator women’s flyweight championship in November 2017, and has successfully defended her crown four […]

James Harden wants to leave Houston, but will the Rockets trade him to the Philadelphia 76ers? (Image: Tim Warner/Getty)

James Harden Still Wants Out Houston, Wants Trade to Philly

The Houston Rockets are in no rush to trade James Harden even though the disgruntled All-Star wants out ASAP, preferably in a trade with a contending team like the Philadelphia 76ers. Harden, 31, led the NBA in scoring over the past few seasons, but you know it’s a crazy world […]

Mutamakina (4) edged Traipsing to win the Long Island Stakes. Both horses are trained by Christophe Clement, who won the Aqueduct training title. (Image: Chelsea Durand/Coglianese Photo)

Aqueduct Records Daily Handle Increase During Shortened Fall Meet

Aqueduct continued the trend of spectator-free racetracks racking up handle increases, reporting a 12.8% increase in average daily, all-sources handle for its just-completed fall meet. The New York Racing Association announced Aqueduct checked in with an average daily handle of $9,261,276. This daily increase came despite a drop in overall […]

Instilled Regard won his first graded stakes race on the turf in the Ft. Lauderdale Stakes last December. He turned into a standout turf horse over his career. (Image: Ryan Thompson/Coglianese Photo)

Instilled Regard Reinvents Himself Again, Retires to Stud

Instilled Regard, a horse who illustrated the upside of redefining himself, retired Tuesday, his owners OXO Equine LLC announced. And, according to OXO Equine, Instilled Regard already has his first date. That would be Blue Prize, the three-time Grade 1-winning Argentinian mare. She is currently in foal to Into Mischief, […]

Kendrick Carmouche still hasn't come down from his first Grade 1 win, piloting True Timber to the Cigar Mile winner's circle last Saturday. Carmouche won his first NYRA riding title during Aqueduct's fall meet. (Image: Eclipse Sportswire)

Carmouche Breaks Into Big Time with First NYRA Riding Crown

Between 2008 and 2011, Kendrick Carmouche won seven riding titles at Parx, outside Philadelphia, staking his claim as that track’s dominant jockey and earning a spot in its Hall of Fame. But that was at Parx; a nice track, but a track out in the riding provinces. Now, Carmouche is […]

Kansas City OC Eric Bieniemy is the favorite to become the next NY Jets head coach. (Image: Scott Winters/Getty)

Who Wants to Coach the New York Jets, Aside from Eric Bieniemy?

The New York Jets, currently 0-12 and hoping to avoid an 0-16 season, will have a job opening for a head coach at the end of the season when they finally part ways with Adam Gase. Eric Bieniemy, offensive coordinator of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, is the […]