Saturday marks what may be the biggest game of the college football season when LSU visits Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama. Normally, the game is a slog, as those who witnessed that 9-6 LSU victory in 2011 can attest. This year may be different, however, as the over/under is 64, […]
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UFC Fight Night 163: After Delay, Magomedsharipov Faces Kattar in Front of Moscow Crowd
Russia’s Zabit Magomedsharipov will finally get his chance to fight Calvin Kattar, with the two featherweight contenders meeting up in Moscow on Saturday for the main event of UFC Fight Night 163. The two men were originally scheduled to fight each other in Boston for UFC on ESPN 6 three […]
Is USC’s Clay Helton on the Hot Seat?
Two college football coaches – Rutgers’ Chris Ash and Florida State’s Willie Taggart — have already been fired this season, but rumors of other coaches losing their jobs are getting louder with each defeat. Several universities are getting tired of their football programs spiraling downward, and some might not wait […]
Alabama Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa Practicing, Readying Ankle for LSU
There’s good news for those fans interested in the health of Alabama quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa. Coach Nick Saban says the field captain’s high-ankle sprain is responding to treatment, and Tagovailoa could play on Saturday against LSU. The Crimson Tide’s starting QB suffered the injury in a game against Tennessee on […]
Home Dog Alert NFL Week 10: Steelers, Titans, Bengals, Jets
In NFL Week 10, a couple of usual suspects – the NY Jets and Cincinnati Bengals – are home dogs once again, while the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans also find themselves getting points at home. In addition, the Thursday Night Football matchup between the LA Chargers (4-5) and Oakland […]
Cam Newton (Foot) Out for Season, Career Over with the Carolina Panthers?
The Carolina Panthers and Cam Newton made the difficult decision to pull the plug on this season after his left foot injury failed to respond to medical treatments. The Panthers put Newton on the IL for the remainder of the season with a Lisfranc foot injury. Kyle Allen is 5-1 […]
Cole Anthony Sizzles, Sets UNC Freshman Scoring Record with 34 Points in Debut
Cole Anthony, the son of former New York Knicks point guard Greg Anthony, made his collegiate debut with the #9 North Carolina Tarheels. Anthony, 6-foot-3 guard from New York City ranked as the second-best high school recruit in the country, set a UNC freshman scoring record with 34 points in […]
Chargers & Philip Rivers Face Raiders in Thursday Night DFS Showdown
Thursday’s night game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Oakland Raiders is shaping up to be a hard-nosed battle between AFC rivals playing on short rest. Oddsmakers have pegged the Chargers as 1-point road favorites in a game with an over/under of 47.5. I expect the running backs to […]
ATP Tour Finals 2019 Betting Preview
London is the destination for the final leg of the ATP Tour this year, as the world’s top eight players face off in the hotly anticipated ATP Finals. The eight competitors have finally been decided, and with huge fortunes and ranking points up for grabs, it won’t be easy to […]
Champions League Recap: First Three Teams Clinch Knockout Stage Positions on Matchday 4
Qualifying for the Champions League knockout rounds is coming into sharper focus as three teams, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, and Juventus, have already advanced to the fourth group stage matches. Several other top squads, including Real Madrid and Manchester City, are still actively competing to earn their spots in the […]
NFL Betting: Longest and Shortest Odds of the Week
Betting against the Miami Dolphins seemed like a safe wager until last Sunday. So did betting on another Patriot’s win, which is why they still play the games. Upsets happen. Teams have bad weeks, and the ball takes funny bounces. Still, the bookies carry on, leaving us to ask, what […]
Chargers, NFL Deny Rumors Team Could Relocate to London from Los Angeles
On Tuesday, The Athletic published a report suggesting that the NFL has been considering moving the Los Angeles Chargers to London. Later that day, however, both the team and the league strongly pushed back on that report, saying that nothing of the sort is being discussed. In the Athletic’s report, […]
Casino Lawsuit Makes Evander Kane a Marked Man On and Off the Ice in Vegas
Vegas Golden Knights enforcer, Ryan Reaves, isn’t the only person in Las Vegas who has a beef with San Jose Sharks left winger, Evander Kane. Officials at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas filed a lawsuit against Kane, alleging the professional hockey player owes $500,000 in gambling markers the casino issued […]
Chargers, Raiders Take Different View on Short Week
Both the Chargers and Raiders are coming off victories on Sunday, but have little time to celebrate and recover before their meeting in Oakland on Thursday night. The two are facing off in an AFC West showdown that will give the winner an edge in the chase for a possible […]
Ohio State No. 1 in First College Football Playoff Rankings
LSU might be No. 1 in the AP Top 25 Poll, but Ohio State is atop the College Football Playoff rankings. The first of five rankings was released Tuesday night by the 13-person committee. There are four more weekly rankings leading to the selection of the four teams that will […]
Baltimore Ravens 9/1 Super Bowl Odds After Victory Over Patriots
The Baltimore Ravens (6-2) saw their Super Bowl 54 odds bump up to 9/1 after they defeated the New England Patriots on Sunday Night Football. The Ravens lead the AFC North by two games over the Big Ben-less Pittsburgh Steelers. They are also one of only five AFC teams with […]
Super Bowl 54 Odds: New England and New Orleans Midseason Favorites
We’ve passed the midway point of the NFL season heading into Week 10, and the New England Patriots (3/1 odds) and New Orleans Saints (5/1 odds) are the favorites to win Super Bowl 54, according to William Hill. The Patriots (8-1) lost their first game of the season, and had […]
2020 March Madness Odds: Michigan State 6/1 Championship Favorite
Tom Izzo’s Michigan State squad boasts five returning starters from last year’s Final Four team, including the nation’s top point guard, Cassius Winston, which is why the Spartans enter the 2019-20 college basketball season as the favorite to win the March Madness championship at 6/1 odds. Kentucky and Kansas are […]
NBA Super Sophomores Trae Young and Luka Doncic
Less than a week into the new NBA season, second-year players Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks) and Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks) appear to have avoided the sophomore slump that often plagues top rookies, and are each leading their teams in scoring with 26-plus points per game. Doncic already posted a triple-double […]
Silver Lake Tech Investors Want Bigger Piece of Knicks, Rangers
Silicon Valley investment firm Silver Lake Partners is looking to beef up its stake in the New York Knicks and New York Rangers. The private equity company already owns nearly 10 percent of the Madison Square Garden Company, but according to the New York Post, the firm wants to become […]