Team Ineos Grenadiers secured its first stage win of the 2020 Tour de France when Michal Kwiatkowski and Richard Carapaz crossed the finish line together at Stage 18. The Ineos teammates finished 1-2 at La Roche-sur-Foron, with Kwiatkowski getting the official win in the record books. “That was some day, […]
Four teams will compete in single-elimination matchups in the WNBA playoffs on Thursday night, with the winners advancing to face the league’s top teams in the best-of-five semifinals. The Minnesota Lynx will take on the Phoenix Mercury in the first game, while the Los Angeles Sparks battle the Connecticut Sun […]
The Saturday slate for college football DFS will feature plenty of high-scoring offenses, with players like Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard and Houston’s Marquez Stevenson among those likely to put up big points for daily fantasy players. The 12-game slate was reduced to 11 after the Thursday cancellation of the Charlotte-North […]
Ten teams in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll are in action in Week 3, including the first contest of two ranked teams. Miami (No. 17) will travel to No. 18 Louisville where the Cardinals are 2.5-point favorites. Clemson is a 44.5-point favorite over the Citadel, but failed to […]
Then there were four. The Los Angeles Lakers are the favorites to win the NBA championship at 1/2 odds, followed by the Miami Heat at 4/1, the Boston Celtics at 11/2, and the Denver Nuggets at 9/1. The #1 Lakers are the lone team remaining from the top two seeds […]
When Major League Baseball expanded the 2020 playoffs to eight teams per league, it provided a cushion that protected baseball’s best teams from the variance of a shortened 60-game season. The Los Angeles Dodgers went out and proved they didn’t need any extra help. The Dodgers beat the San Diego […]
The #5 Miami Heat struck first blood in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 117-114 overtime victory in Game 1 over of the #3 Boston Celtics. Bam Adebayo, the unsung hero of the Heat, literally saved the day with a blocked shot by thwarting a game-tying dunk from Celtics’ All-Star […]
A second crack at Art Collector and a first crack at a Triple Crown race. That’s what Swiss Skydiver’s connections ponder as they explore running the filly in the Preakness Stakes. Kenny McPeek, Swiss Skydiver’s trainer, said the Oct. 3 Preakness at Pimlico is in the mix for the standout […]
Jackie’s Warrior made himself the juvenile to watch with his victories in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes and two other races. The overseas bookmakers paid enough attention to make the 2-year-old star the 4/1 favorite to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Oddschecker put Breeders’ Cup Juvenile future lines on 26 […]
DraftKings continued a busy week of deal-making on Wednesday, as the company announced a sports betting partnership with the New York Giants. Under the agreement, DraftKings becomes the official sports betting and daily fantasy sports partner of the Giants. DraftKings Expanding Pro Sports Presence The announcement comes just two days […]
They call him Superman. After a sensational performance from Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) in the Alps in Stage 17 of the Tour de France, it’s no surprise how the Colombian cyclist earned the nickname. Lopez held off a late charge and fended off the current general classification leader, Primoz Roglic, […]
With baseball heading into the final weeks of its regular season, a six-pack of teams is at the top of the World Series futures board, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Oakland A’s. The LA Dodgers, along with […]
The presidents and chancellors of all 14 Big Ten schools unanimously voted to start a shortened fall football season during the fourth weekend of October. Each school could play an eight-game regular season, beginning on the weekend of Oct. 23-24. The vote comes a little over a month after an […]
We finally get our second major of the golf season with the US Open taking place at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York, this week. Opens tend to be tough, but Winged Foot amps up the difficulty, making par quite the challenge for even the world’s best golfers. For our […]
Only an ankle injury can stop Michael Thomas of the New Orleans Saints. Drew Brees won’t have his favorite wide receiver on the field during Monday Night Football when the Saints visit the Las Vegas Raiders. Thomas, a three-time Pro Bowler, sprained his ankle in the season opener against Tampa […]
Major League Baseball will switch to a bubble solution for the final three rounds of its postseason under a plan the league announced on Tuesday. Higher-seeded teams will host the best-of-three, first round of the 2020 playoffs, known as the Wild-Card Series. Leagues Swapping Ballparks for Postseason Eight teams in […]
Germany’s Lennard Kamna (Bora-Hansgrohe) finally won a stage in the 2020 Tour de France with a victory in Stage 16 during a 164 km ride through La Chartreuse mountains from La Tour du Pin to Villard-de-Lans. Last week, Kamna finished in second place in Stage 13 at Puy Mary and […]
Former Golden Gloves national boxing champion Danyelle Wolf will try to earn a UFC contract on Tuesday night when she takes on the undefeated Taneisha Tennant in Dana White’s Contender Series. The 37-year-old Wolf comes in as a -142 favorite in her professional MMA debut, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Wolf […]
The #3 Denver Nuggets and the #2 LA Clippers square off in a do-or-die Game 7 to determine which team advances to the Western Conference Finals to play the #1 LA Lakers. Nikola Jokic and Denver have a chance to make history by becoming the first NBA team to rally […]
The first week of the NFL season wouldn’t be complete without a slew of injuries to key players. For Week 2 waiver wire pickups, you should target Malcolm Brown, Nyheim Hines, Frank Gore, and Benny Snell Jr. for your rosters. In Week 1, three running backs went down with injuries, […]
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