New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement from professional football on Sunday, putting an end to a nine-year career during which he was one of the most dominant offensive weapons in the NFL. Over his nine years, all spent with the Patriots, Gronkowski made four All-Pro teams […]
The PGA Tour suspended longtime golfer Robert Garrigus for three months on Friday for a failed drug test. The 41-year-old tested positive for marijuana, a substance he has talked about battling in the past. Garrigus has one career victory, the 2010 Children’s Miracle Network Classic. He has struggled in recent […]
The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament are over, and basketball fans now will gear up for the Sweet Sixteen, which begins on Thursday. Before they do, let’s briefly review what happened in the opening rounds. The television ratings were up for the tournament, but the drama was a […]
Novice horseplayers learn early on that when it comes to betting the ponies there are no real certainties. But now, Winx the incredible Australian race mare is displaying that when she sets foot on the turf, perhaps, she’s a sure winner after all. This week, in the most recent in […]
Even with sportsbetting becoming legal across the county, there is much about the business that is unknown, but Showtime’s “Action†aims to reveal some of the people involved in the business, that makes an estimated $400 to $500 billion annually. The first episode of the four-part docu-series premieres Sunday night […]
By late Sunday night the Sweet Sixteen will be set, but first the last of the NCAA Tournament’s second round games need to be played. The eight contests feature three No. 1 seeds that should cruise to the next round. There are upset possibilities, however in the other five games. […]
Major League Baseball is infatuated with the home run, and oddsmakers have two prop bets that gamblers can wager on. The first is who will be the home run leader for the 2019 season. The other is over/under lines for how many dingers they will hit in the season. This […]
No. 8 lightweight contender Anthony Pettis is moving up a weight class to take on No. 3 welterweight Stephen Thompson in the main event of UFC Fight Night 148 in Nashville, Tennessee. The fight pits two flashy veterans against each other in a bout that has the potential to put […]
The Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers will open the 2019-2020 NHL season in the Czech Republic, as the two teams are scheduled to meet in Prague on Oct. 4. That announcement came from the NHL on Thursday, with the league also saying that the Buffalo Sabres would be playing […]
The NFL’s competition committee has submitted a series of proposals for owners to cover on when they meet in Phoenix next week, including one that would expand instant reply to cover a variety of additional situations. The competition committee proposal is one of several changes to replay that might be […]
The NCAA Tournament’s second round begins on Saturday and there are 16 games to decide half of the Sweet 16. There weren’t any shocking upsets on Thursday’s first round, but that could change in the second round. Murray State did surprise Marquette, and there were a couple of No. 10 […]
After races on 1-mile, and 1.5-mile race tracks, NASCAR visits Martinsville Speedway and the thrills of half-mile racing. The STP 500 is one of two short layouts drivers see throughout the year. The other is Bristol. Even though they are on them just four times a year, from the sound […]
There’s little left for Australian superhorse Winx to prove on the racetrack. Yet, the champion mare, winner of 31 straight races, is set to fortify her place in history Saturday at Rosehill Gardens, near Sydney. Winx currently ranks first in a poll of international voters as world’s best race horse. […]
The second day of the NCAA tournament’s first round and by the end of the day we’ll be down to 32 teams. Friday, like Thursday’s first day, provides gamblers with 16 games. Will there be any big upsets? Can Virginia survive a No. 16 seed, something they weren’t able to […]
The Alliance of American Football (AAF) was envisioned as a league that would fully embrace sports betting as a way to attract and engage fans. Now, the fledgling football league is moving its title game away from the epicenter of American gambling. The AAF announced Wednesday that it would be […]
The Wheeling Island Casino Racetrack and the Mardi Gras Casino & Resort in West Virginia won’t be able to take bets on the first weekend of March Madness, as a contractual dispute continues to interrupt operations at both sites. The disruption began on March 6, as operator Delaware North was […]
All is not well in Los Angeles Dodgers land, but if a team was going to be able to weather its top two pitchers sidelined with injuries, it is the Dodgers. Still there has to be some concern among Manager Dave Roberts and the front office. Oddsmakers certainly aren’t panicking. […]
It took former President George W. Bush more than 40 years, but a member of one of golf’s most influential families finally got a hole-in-one. The 43rd President of the United States defied 12,500 to one odds and made the ace at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. The 72-year-old […]
New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft is apparently determined to fight his arrest for soliciting a prostitute on two separate occasions at a Florida massage parlor in January. Sources have said he is turning down a plea agreement offered by prosecutors. Kraft was one of 100 men arrested in a […]
TJ Dillashaw will no longer be the UFC bantamweight champion, as the 135-pound fighter announced he was “voluntarily relinquishing†the title after the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) and the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed him of an “adverse finding†on a drug test taken before his last bout. […]
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