Scottie Scheffler beat back COVID-19 and now, the PGA Tour’s 2020 Rookie of the Year is ready to inflict some damage at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The 24-year-old is the 9/1 favorite to win the event, held at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. Scottie Scheffler returns to […]
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Will the NY Jets Finally Fire Adam Gase After TNF Game?
The winless New York Jets (0-3) head to Colorado to play the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football, but win or lose, the Jets will most likely fire head coach Adam Gase. The downtrodden fans are fed up, ex-players are speechless, and the relentless NYC sports media machine has been […]
Yankees Seek Wild Card Sweep After Dismantling Indians in Game 1
The New York Yankees can book their place in the second round of the American League playoffs on Wednesday while the Cleveland Indians must recover quickly after their ace failed to live up to expectations in Game 1 of their wild-card series. The Yankees trounced Cleveland 12-3 on Tuesday to […]
Sam Burns Leads DFS Picks for Sanderson Farms Championship
The PGA Tour heads to the farm this week. Specifically, the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi. The par 72 course will play at 7,421 yards and only a handful of the world’s best players will attend so, like last week, we’ll see inflated DFS […]
Paddack Steps Up to Lead Padres into Game 1 vs. Cardinals in NL Wild Card Series
The San Diego Padres rotation boasts a number of starting pitchers the team can confidently put on the mound to start Game 1 of a National League wild-card series against the St. Louis Cardinals, but Chris Paddack isn’t near the top of that list. That noted, Paddack will get the […]
NBA Finals Game 1: Lakers and Heat Ready to Throw Down
The NBA started its bubble nearly three months ago with 22 teams playing at Disney’s World of Sports in Orlando. Now, just two teams remain in the hunt for the championship — the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. LeBron James will appear in his 10th NBA finals with his […]
Trainer Tommy Drury Takes Big Picture View with Art Collector
Art Collector was the biggest “what-if†surrounding this year’s Kentucky Derby. “What if†the multi-dimensional speedster ran the Derby? Would Authentic have run first at every call, like he did en route to his victory? Would he have had run first at the most important call of all – the […]
After Surprising Derby, Mr. Big News Turns the Page to Preakness
Trainer Bret Calhoun vowed he would never dive into the Triple Crown pool until he had a horse worthy of the plunge. So what is it about Mr. Big News that brought Calhoun back into the pool after a subpar 2019 Kentucky Derby from By My Standards? What is it […]
UFC Notebook: Callouts, Complaints, and Charity Matches in Wake of UFC 253
UFC 253 crowned a new light heavyweight champion in Jan Blachowicz and solidified Israel Adesanya at the top of the middleweight division, but it didn’t take long for new beefs to spring up after the show. Blachowicz (27-8) scored a second-round TKO over Dominick Reyes (12-2) to win the light […]
Waiver Wire TE Pickups: Dallas Goedert Fractures Ankle, Jimmy Graham Rising
The Philadelphia Eagles suffered a huge bad beat when they lost tight end Dallas Goedert indefinitely with an ankle injury. With Goedert down, consider adding Jimmy Graham (Chicago Bears), Mike Geisicki (Miami Dolphins), or Eric Ebron (Pittsburgh Steelers) if you need a fantasy football TE. In essentially nine quarters of […]
NFL Week 3 Winners/Losers: Josh Allen MVP Love, Trubisky Benched
Week 3 in the NFL had plenty of winners and losers as the games answered a lot of questions for bettors. We learned Kansas City is for real while the Los Angeles Rams are not, and that Seattle’s Russell Wilson has some competition for MVP. We also discovered players for […]
Whale Watch: Mattress Mack Returns, Fires Away $250K on Beloved Houston Astros
It’s not officially the MLB playoffs until Mattress Mack places a six-figure wager on his hometown team, the Houston Astros. Mattress Mack bet $250,000 on the Astros at +150 odds to win Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series against the Minnesota Twins (36-24), who lost 16 postseason games […]
Tampa Bay Lightning Shut Out Dallas Stars to Win Stanley Cup
The Tampa Bay Lightning finally fulfilled their potential on Monday night, blanking the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the Stanley Cup in the NHL’s Edmonton bubble. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves to record a shutout, while Brayden Point and Blake Coleman supplied the scoring to finish off the six-game Stanley […]
AL Wild Card: Two Aces Clash, New York Yankees (Cole) vs. Cleveland Indians (Bieber)
The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians meet in the AL Wild Card Series, and Game 1 features a classic pitching duel between two aces. Cleveland sends the top pitcher in the American League, Shane Bieber (8-1, 1.63 ERA, 0.87 WHIP), to the mound. The NY Yankees counter with their […]
Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups: Myles Gaskin, Allen Lazard, or Justin Jefferson
If your NFL fantasy football team needs help after three weeks of action, you’d better work the waiver wire to plug those holes in your roster. Consider Myles Gaskin (Miami Dolphins), Carlos Hyde (Seattle Seahawks), rookie Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), or Allen Lazard (Green Bay Packers) as potential Week 4 […]
WNBA Semis: Connecticut Faces Las Vegas in Game 5, Winner Gets Seattle
The Connecticut Sun will battle the Las Vegas Aces in a decisive Game 5 of their WNBA semifinal series, with the winner moving on to face the Seattle Storm. Seattle swept the Minnesota Lynx to reach the WNBA Finals, finishing off the series with a 92-71 blowout on Sunday. Storm […]
NBA Finals: LeBron James and LA Lakers vs. Jimmy Butler and Miami Heat
Over the weekend, the NBA Finals were finally set. The Los Angeles Lakers knocked out the Denver Nuggets in six games to win the Western Conference championship while the Miami Heat held off the Boston Celtics to win the Eastern Conference title. The Lakers come into the NBA Finals as […]
Queen’s Plate Winner Mighty Heart Made Prince of Wales Stakes Favorite
Mighty Heart’s days of sneaking up on rivals have ended after he blew his rivals away on Saturday in the Queen’s Plate. That explains his 7/5 favorite status for Tuesday’s Prince of Wales Stakes. the second leg of Canada’s Triple Crown. The marquee event at Fort Erie Racetrack in Ontario, […]
NFL Betting Recap Week 3: Big Bets Cost Gambler $1 Million on Giants
One gambler became $1 million poorer after two big bets he made on the New York Giants in Week 3 failed to cash. DraftKings reported the two bets made for the Sunday contest against San Francisco. They didn’t identify where or who made them. The gambler would probably like to […]
Big Ten, Pac-12 Return to AP Top 25 Poll Spells Doom for Small Schools
With the Big Ten and Pac-12 announcing their return to football this season, teams from both conferences are once again listed in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll. Three teams from the Big 10 and one from the Pac-12 were in this week’s AP Top 25 Poll. Ohio State […]