Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani received 25 of the 30 first place votes to win the AL Rookie of the Year award over Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres of the New York Yankees. Ohtani became the fourth Japanese-born player to win a Rookie of the Year award, joining […]
Alan Page, Roger Staubach, and Babe Ruth are among a list of seven individuals who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump during a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 16. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is considered the highest civilian honor in the United States, […]
According to a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, NFL sources are now saying that Le’Veon Bell is unlikely to report back to the Pittsburgh Steelers by a Tuesday deadline to sign his franchise tag tender and play this season. Bell has not shared any information about his plans directly with […]
Marc Stein from the New York Times reported that Carmelo Anthony’s time with the Houston Rockets “will soon be ending.” The Rockets started the season 5-7 and went from the highest-scoring offense in the league to the lowest scoring. Stein tweeted, “The Rockets have denied they are waiving Carmelo Anthony, […]
In the NFL the saying is beware of the team coming off a bye week, and the Arizona Cardinals proved that adage true yet again. The Kansas City Chiefs won, but got only their second defeat against the spread this season, falling to 8-2 when they couldn’t cover 16.5 points […]
Taking a knee near the end of a game is nothing different, but stopping short on a run or kneeling before the end zone is becoming a disturbing trend to gamblers, both in the NFL and college football. Two weeks ago it was LA Rams running back Todd Gurley who […]
Jimmer Fredette, former BYU basketball star and former lottery pick, scored a career-high 75 points for the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association. Fredette, the 2011 College Basketball Player of the Year, scored 40 points in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough for the win. The Sharks […]
Kyle Busch broke away after a late restart to win the Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway in Phoenix on Sunday, closing out the third round of the NASCAR playoffs and setting up a star-studded Championship 4 for next weekend. The win was Busch’s eighth of the NASCAR Cup Series season, […]
Tyreek Hill from the Kansas City Chiefs scored two touchdowns in a 26-14 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Hill’s celebration dance on his second score included a funny moment when he jumped into a CBS camera well to film his teammates celebrating in the end zone. With the win, the […]
After an auspicious debut against the Oakland Raiders, backup quarterback Nick Mullens gets the start for a second week in a row for the San Francisco 49ers. Mullens and the Niners (2-7) are three-point favorites when they host the downtrodden New York Giants (1-7) on Monday Night Football. Meanwhile, Eli […]
LaMelo Ball, the youngest son of controversial father, LaVar Ball, has decided to put professional basketball aspirations on hold temporarily and return to high school. The 17-year-old enrolled at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio, a private school that focuses on top-level athletes preparing for furthering their athletic careers. Ball […]
It’s only one game, but Duke basketball showed how they could possibly be as dominant as Alabama’s football team. Oddsmakers were certainly impressed. After the Blue Devils dismantled Kentucky, 118-84, many sportsbooks lowered the team’s odds to win the National Championship. Before the season, both Duke and the Wildcats were […]
Thirteen games into the NBA season, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally honored Jimmy Butler’s trade request. The Wolves traded Butler and Justin Patton to the Philadelphia 76ers for Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Jerryd Bayless and a second-round pick. According to a report from ESPN, the Sixers are expected to sign Butler […]
The playoff picture is shaping up in the NFL, but LA Chargers (6-2) are making a strong case as a dark-horse candidate with a mid-season surge after winning five games in a row thanks to the leadership of QB Phil Rivers. Four squads emerged as the proverbial teams to beat […]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 139 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The UFC hosted its first ever event on Nov. 12, 1993, with UFC 1 having also taken place in Denver. Long Layoffs Create Intriguing Main Event […]
After last week’s beating the sportsbooks took, oddsmakers seemed to have tightened up their lines for NFL teams this week. It was harder to pick any teams with complete certainty, as been the case the past few weeks. We stayed with teams that haven’t disappointed us this year. Kansas City […]
Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has made significant progress as a minor league baseball player in the New York Mets organization, and now the team’s recently hired general manager is saying it’s not out of the question that Tebow could find himself on the major league roster sometime next season. […]
When Kevin Harvick won last week at Texas Motor Speedway, he thought he had punched his ticket to the Final Four of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Instead the 42-year-old veteran driver of the Stewart-Haas Racing Team was the one who got hit with a major penalty, and now, like […]
Kristaps Porzingis is still far away from playing in an NBA game following the torn ACL he suffered last season. But according to his latest Instagram posts, he may be doing better in his recovery than his coach realized. Porzingis posted two photos of him sprinting Thursday night following comments […]
Usually big point spreads in college football are like kryptonite to gamblers. They are something that weakens many a parlay card, and should be avoided in many situations. But we are feeling fortunate here at OG, and have decided this week we were going to pick our five bets based […]
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