Andy Murray made his return to singles tennis on Monday, losing to Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The return to singles came less than seven months after Murray underwent hip surgery in an effort to eliminate chronic pain that […]
Five football games are on tap for Thursday, as NFL preseason Week 2 begins. Philadelphia faces Jacksonville, New York Jets are at Atlanta, Cincinnati is at Washington, Green Bay is facing Baltimore, and Oakland travels to Arizona. There are several storylines in these five games, such as how Oakland’s backup […]
Some golfers are trying to play well enough at this week’s BMW Championship to advance to the Tour Championship. Others, however, others are already thinking about the season-ending tournament. It’s almost two tournaments in one. You have a group of golfers that are outside the top 30 that will be […]
The WNBA has issued suspensions to five players following a fight during Saturday’s game between the Dallas Wings and Phoenix Mercury, with Phoenix center Brittney Griner receiving a three-game ban. It was Brittney Griner bobblehead night in Phoenix, and the 6-foot-9 star had 13 points in the game, including her […]
Hard Knocks Oakland Raiders Episode 2 featured a raw glimpse of Antonio Brown’s cracked feet, local rookie WR Keelan Doss, got to witness the sheer toughness of rookie DE Maxx “Mad Max” Crosby, who broke his hand in the first preseason game, but returned to action against the LA Rams […]
 The NFL has taken a significant step towards supporting legalized sports betting, as the league has reached an agreement with Sportradar to distribute official league data to regulated sports betting operators both in the United States and abroad. The multiyear partnership will give Sportradar the exclusive right to distribute official […]
Nebraska football fans believe their Cornhuskers are poised to take on the powerhouses in the Big Ten conference. But is the team from Lincoln ready to make the leap into contention for a Big Ten championship? After a lackluster campaign in 2018, is the resurgent Nebraska program worth the long […]
Valentina Shevchenko had no trouble defending her UFC women’s flyweight title on Saturday, defeating Liz Carmouche by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night 156 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Shevchenko won 50-45 on all three cards, and was never in any danger of losing the five-round fight. Shevchenko: […]
Bryson DeChambeau’s slow play was skewered on social media by fellow golfers at the Northern Trust. Now the PGA Tour said it would review its policy and consider ways to penalize players People had posted video of DeChambeau, including one clip where it took him more than two minutes to […]
It didn’t take long for the NFL to tell Raiders receiver Antonio Brown what he could do with his old helmet. League officials informed Brown that he would not be allowed to use his old headgear and would be required to pick a league-approved model. Brown had threatened on Friday […]
Cincinnati Reds rookie outfielder Aristides Aquino set a new MLB record on Monday when he hit his eighth career home run in just his 12th game in the big leagues. The record-setting shot came off of Washington Nationals reliever Tanner Rainey in the eighth inning of a 7-6 loss to […]
The regular season is around the corner, and NFL prop bets are on the board. Will anyone make it through the 2019-2020 regular season undefeated? How about winless? Or maybe a lock for the best overall record? The oddsmakers will offer you prop bets on all of those teasers and […]
Patrick Reed had largely been a ghost since winning the 2018 Masters, but he changed that with his victory at Sunday’s Northern Trust. The 29-year-old was 50/1 to win the first of three tournaments in the PGA Tour’s playoffs. Reed hadn’t sniffed a victory since winning the major in April […]
NFL Preseason Week 1 ended on Saturday, and there were plenty of winners and losers. Some were expected while there were a couple of surprises. One of the biggest stunners was the play of Dallas Cowboy rookie Tony Pollard. He was going to have to step up with Ezekiel Elliott […]
The Kansas City Chiefs are one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl at 8/1 odds, but is Patrick Mahomes ready to take over the reigns as the best quarterback in the AFC? It will not officially happen until the Chiefs pick off Tom Brady and the New England […]
The New York Jets are one of the many Super Bowl long shots on the board with 66/1 odds according to William Hill. The Jets had a bump when they signed Le’Veon Bell, but all signs indicate that new head coach Adam Gase is headed for an 8-8 season at […]
With startling ease, Bricks and Mortar won the 37th Arlington Million. Yet somehow trainer Chad Brown managed to steal the limelight from his top horse by sweeping the final four races on the Arlington card. Brown is also the winning conditioner of the first place finishers in both the Beverly […]
Belmont Park, the venerable metro New York City Thoroughbred racetrack, now has key government approval as the site for the new home of the NHL’s New York Islanders. On Thursday, the Empire State Development board unanimously approved a $1.3 billion project that will bring the NHL’s New York Islanders back […]
It appears Antonio Brown has problems from his head down to his toes. The Oakland Raiders wide receiver apparently has informed team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play, according to ESPN. The 31-year-old, who has been out with possible frostbite on his […]
Flush with venture capital, CBD companies are hunting for new sports-related endorsements and sponsorships. After the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp, the US market for marijuana’s non-psychoactive cousin — Cannabidiol, or CBD more colloquially — is exploding. On a temperate February morning, driver RC Enerson made advertising history when he […]
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