Sports Betting

Throw These Three Derby Hopefuls Off Your Betting Tickets

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Picking a Kentucky Derby winner this year may seem easy on paper. Or chalk, as Tiz the Law and his generational-low 3/5 morning line odds illustrate. But while there’s plenty of value underneath, there are also plenty of minefields – horses you want to avoid stuffing underneath in those trifectas […]

A spectator-free Churchill Downs for Saturday's Kentucky Derby might thn the in-person betting herd. But plenty of wagers will go down across the risk-reward spectrum. (Image: Getty)

Kentucky Derby Betting Options Go Deeper than Just the Derby

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This weekend’s Kentucky Derby/Oaks cards provide bettors with a veritable wagering smorgasbord, one giving you betting options covering the entire risk/reward spectrum. There are, of course, your regular standbys: the win-place-show, exactas, trifectas, and superfectas. But because of the spectator-free nature of this year’s Derby and Oaks weekend, Churchill Downs […]

Central Arkansas is playing its second college football game in five days, while many programs won’t see the field for another week. (Image: UCA Athletics)

Central Arkansas, UAB Kick Off Thursday College Football Doubleheader

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While most college football teams aren’t beginning their seasons until next week — if they’re doing so at all — Central Arkansas will be preparing for its second game of the season. The Bears are visiting the University of Alabama at Birmingham in one of two games scheduled for Thursday […]

The Zozo Championship is one of two PGA Tour Asian tournaments that is moving to the US next season because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. (Image: Reuters)

Zozo Championship Moves to California, HSBC Canceled

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The remaining two PGA Tour Asian tournaments learned their fates on Tuesday, with the Zozo Championship coming to California, and the HSBC Champions being canceled. Those two events, along with the CJ Cup, made up an early part of the 2020-2021 schedule. Ty Votaw, PGA Tour executive vice president of […]

Neymar has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss PSG’s first two matches, according to multiple media reports. (Image: David Ramos/AFP/Getty)

Neymar Tests Positive for COVID-19, Will Miss PSG Season Opener

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Multiple media outlets have reported that Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a vacation in Ibiza, Spain. Those reports also say that Angel Di Maria and Leo Paredes, who vacationed with Neymar during the truncated offseason, also tested positive. More Cases Could Trigger Ligue 1 […]

Chris Paul of the OKC Thunder blows by Eric Gordon of the Houston Rockets in Game 6. (Image: AP)

Game 7 Preview: Houston Rockets and OKC Thunder Tied 3-3

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Another exciting Game 7 is on the docket today in the NBA Playoffs. The #4 Houston Rockets and the #5 Oklahoma City Thunder are tied 3-3 in their first-round series. Chris Paul and OKC’s three-guard attack will battle James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Mike D’Antoni’s small-ball offense. The winner will […]

Dustin Johnson is the 9/1 favorite at one sportsbook to win the US Open next week. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Can We Fade Dustin Johnson in DFS at Tour Championship?

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Dustin Johnson nearly won again last week, and now he’ll try to top the leaderboard again at the Tour Championship. We have precious few selections this week, with just the top 30 players in the field at East Lake Golf Club, a par 70 playing at 7,385 yards. Johnson will […]

Considered the Kentucky Derby's second favorite, Art Collector will miss the Run for the Roses after suffering a minor injury during a Monday gallop. (Image: Eric Crawford)

Hoof Injury Knocks Art Collector Out of Kentucky Derby

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Expected to be a single-digit second favorite and the chief challenger to favorite Tiz the Law, Art Collector withdrew from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby due to a slight injury to his left front hoof. Trainer Tommy Drury, who was making his first career Kentucky Derby appearance with Art Collector, said that […]

Jockey Manny Franco and Tiz the Law, seen here winning the first leg of the Triple Crown in June, go for the second as the 3/5 Kentucky Derby favorite Saturday. (Image: Seth Winig)

Tiz the Law Opens as Lowest-Priced Kentucky Derby Favorite in 31 Years

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The fact nobody has ever won the Kentucky Derby from post 17 didn’t dissuade Churchill Downs morning line oddsmaker, Mike Battaglia, from making Tiz the Law a 3/5 favorite for Saturday’s 146th Kentucky Derby. The Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes champion drew post 17 in the 18-horse field, the smallest […]

Primoz Roglic reaches the finish line first at Orcieres-Merlett in Stage 4. (Image: Anne-Christine Poujjular/AP)

Primoz Roglic Power Climbs to Summit Win at Orcieres-Merlett (Stage 4)

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Primoz Roglic, the consensus Tour de France favorite from Holland’s Team Jumbo-Visma, rode to a victory in Stage 4’s summit finish following a hellacious power climb up to Orcieres-Merlett. Roglic quickly recovered from a nasty crash at the Criterium du Dauphine two weeks earlier to win his first stage at […]

Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm are the favorites for the Tour Championship, but there are plenty of prop bets to wager on. (Image: Getty)

Tour Championship Prop Bets Could Offer Value for Savvy Bettors

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With the odds on Tour Championship favorites Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm so low as to provide negligible returns, prop bets might be a better option for gamblers looking to wager on the season-ending event. There are several Tour Championship prop bets at this week’s event at East Lake Golf […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars waived running back Leonard Fournette on Monday and Bovada posted odds on his new team. (Image: AP)

Chicago, New England Favorites to be Leonard Fournette’s New Team

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Now that the Jacksonville Jaguars have waived running back Leonard Fournette, the question becomes, who will his new team be? The former No. 4 overall 2017 draft pick apparently wore out his welcome with the organization, who cut him loose on Monday. Bovada quickly put out a prop bet on […]

Coco Gauff dropped her opening match at the US Open on Monday, losing to Anastasija Sevastova in three sets. (Image: Getty)

US Open: Coco Gauff Loses Opener, Novak Djokovic Starts Strong

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Coco Gauff won’t repeat her magical run in the 2019 US Open this year, as the teenage sensation lost her first-round match to Anastasija Sevastova on Monday. Sevastova defeated the 16-year-old Gauff 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in an empty Louis Armstrong Stadium on the opening day of the 2020 US Open. […]

Yankees prospect Deivi Garcia makes his MLB debut against the NY Mets at Yankees Stadium.  (Image: Paul J. Bereswill/NY Post)

Prospect Deivi Garcia Shines in MLB Debut for Banged-Up Yankees

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Little Pedro finally made it to the show! Deivi Garcia, a highly-touted pitching prospect, made his MLB debut with the New York Yankees during a doubleheader against the New York Mets over the weekend. Garcia, 21, looked great in his big-league debut. The Yankees needed fresh arms during their five-game […]

Denver Nuggets shooting guard Jamal Mitchell defended by Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell in Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs. (Image: Porter Lambert/Getty)

Will Donovan Mitchell and Utah Stop Denver’s Jamal Murray in Game 7?

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It’s the Spida and Jamal Show! The Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets series will go the full seven games thanks to a sizzling shooting streak from Denver’s Jamal Murray. In the last three games, Murray averaged 47.3 points per game and dropped not one, but two 50-point games. Meanwhile, Donovan […]

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