Sports Betting

NCAA officials guaranteed the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will take place next March. (Image: AP)

Officials Guarantee NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2021

While the college football season is in jeopardy, NCAA officials guaranteed there will be an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2021. March Madness was canceled this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was one of the first major sporting events to fall victim to the disease. Dan Gavitt, NCAA […]

Charles Howell III is an 8/1 pick to finish in the top 10 at this week’s Wyndham Championship. (Image: Getty)

One Bet, $100: Charles Howell III Takes Momentum into Wyndham Championship

With few top-ranked golfers playing at the Wyndham Championship this week, finding a winner might be a little daunting. Both the favorite, Webb Simpson (10/1), and the next pick, Brooks Koepka (11/1), underperformed at the PGA Championship last week. The field could be wide open, and someone could ride a […]

You won't see scenes like these from the 2019 Kentucky Derby infield at this year's Derby. The infield is closed for the Sept. 5 race and seating is limited to 40% of capacity. (Image: Christopher Fryer/Louisville Business First)

Churchill Downs Limit Kentucky Derby Attendance to 40% of Capacity

In further response to COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Churchill Downs Racetrack officials released a 62-page health and safety operations plan on Wednesday that will limit Kentucky Derby attendance to fewer than 23,000 guests for the Sept. 5 race. That total is less than 14% of the record 170,513 fans […]

Paul Casey might be a good golfer to back this week at the Wyndham Championship after his performance at the PGA Championship. (Image: Getty)

Wyndham Championship has Flicker of Star Golfers

Usually, the Wyndham Championship would suffer without star golfers in attendance since it’s being played the week after a major championship. This year, however, the Wyndham is the beneficiary of being the last event before the FedEx Cup playoffs. Golfers are trying to improve their position before next week’s Northern […]

For the first time since the tournament began in1934, there will not be patrons at the Masters. (Image: Getty)

Augusta National Officials Announce No Fans for Masters

Officials at Augusta National announced on Wednesday that no fans will be allowed at this year’s Masters. The tournament, usually played in April, was moved to Nov. 12-15 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Online sportsbooks had the “yes” for fans at the Masters at -150, while the “no” was +110. […]

Brandt Snedeker celebrates after winning the 2018 Wyndham Championship by three shots over Pan Cheng-tsung and Webb Simpson. (Image: Chuck Burton/AP)

5 DFS Picks for Wyndham Championship

The PGA Tour heads to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, this week for the Wyndham Championship. A week after the year’s first major (thanks, COVID-19), many top players will sit this one out, meaning we DFS participants will have to pay up for players who usually feature lower […]

Brooks Koepka is one of four golfers now favored to win the US Open in September. (Image: Getty)

Updated US Open Odds have Four Golfers Favored

With golf’s next major championship a little more than a month away, sportsbooks have updated the odds for the US Open, and four golfers are now favored to win, according to one facility. That major, which was originally scheduled for June 18-21, but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Kentucky Derby hopeful Max Player is on the move, from Linda Rice's New York barn to Steve Asmussen's Kentucky barn. (Image: Skip Dickstein)

Derby Hopeful Max Player Moved to Steve Asmussen’s Kentucky Barn

Three days after Max Player finished third to Tiz the Law in his second consecutive Grade 1 effort, owners for the horse switched trainers, moving him from Linda Rice to Steve Asmussen. The move came after Max Player finished third – 7 ½ lengths behind Tiz the Law at Saturday’s […]

Kylian Mbappe (right) should be able to play for PSG in the club’s Champions League quarterfinal match against Atalanta on Wednesday. (Image: David Ramos/AP)

Champions League Quarterfinals: Atalanta Challenges European Powerhouse PSG

First-timers Atalanta will try to keep their incredible run alive as they battle French champions Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarterfinal match in Lisbon on Wednesday. The Champions League is concluding with single-elimination games in the Portuguese city after nearly five months off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Atalanta […]

Maximum Security (7) 
edged Midnight Bisou to win February's inaugural Saudi Cup. Only Midnight Bisou, however, received her purse winnings this week as Saudi officials investigate Maximum Security's former trainer. (Image: Edward Whitaker)

Saudi Cup Purse Money Released to All but Maximum Security

Nearly four months from its initial announcement to withhold Saudi Cup purse money, the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia announced it will award prize money to the horses finishing second through 10th. That conspicuously excludes race winner Maximum Security. The JCSA said it will withhold prize money from Maximum Security […]

Tiz the Law made the Travers Stakes look as easy as his other three 2020 victories. Oddsmakers dropped his Kentucky Derby odds under 2/1 as a result. (Image: Stacey Heatherington/NYRA via AP)

Derby Odds Fall as Tiz the Law’s Stock Rises

It is a testament to Tiz the Law’s dominance over the rest of his 3-year-old contemporaries that his odds to win the Triple Crown (+250 at Circa Sports) are lower than any of his counterparts’ future odds on them winning the Kentucky Derby. That’s one takeaway from Tiz the Law’s […]

Kevin Harvick won the Consumers Energy 400 on Sunday to cap off a sweep of two races over the weekend in Michigan. (Image: Paul Sancya/AP)

Harvick Wins Consumers Energy 400 to Complete Michigan Sweep

Kevin Harvick held off Denny Hamlin down the stretch to win the Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, completing a sweep of the two NASCAR races held at the track over the weekend. Harvick also won Saturday’s FireKeepers Casino 400, beating out Brad Keselowski in overtime after […]

Those that placed money on prop bets on Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship were mostly disappointed. (Image: Getty)

Betting on Tiger Woods at PGA Championship Losing Proposition

Tiger Woods might have been somewhat satisfied with his performance at the PGA Championship, but bettors certainly were not. Woods finished the major tournament tied for 37th, 12 shots behind the winner, Collin Morikawa. The 44-year-old former No. 1 player in the world was never a threat, shooting rounds of […]

With the San Gabriels framing the track, horses go through their morning paces at Santa Anita Park. The Southern California track's fall season opens Sept. 19 -- one week earlier than usual. (Image: Jenna Schoenfeld/NY Times)

Santa Anita Park Falls into Autumn Meet with 24 Stakes Races

Santa Anita Park’s fall season begins a week earlier than usual, but features 24 stakes – 15 graded – over its 18-day autumn campaign. The Southern California track opens Sept. 19 and runs through Oct. 25. Usually, Santa Anita’s opening weekend loads up with graded stakes races. But with the […]