Sports Betting

Manager Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City team is the 4/7 favorite to repeat as Premier League Champions. (Image: Getty)

Manchester City Favorite to Win Premier League Championship

Manchester City has become the Golden State Warriors of the Premier League, in both titles and betting odds. The Citizens have won three titles in seven years, including last year. The season begins on Aug. 10. The club had the highest point total in league history, finishing last season with […]

Gennady Golovkin connects on a punch to Canelo Alvarez in their first fight last September. (Image: Getty)

Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Alvarez Rematch Appears to be Set

The on again, off again rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez appears to be on again. The two boxers are headed to a Sept. 15th rematch at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It is a day shy of a year when the two first fought at the same location. […]

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua could work his way back into the light heavyweight championship picture with a win over Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night 134. (Image: Getty)

Anthony Smith Takes on Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua at UFC Fight Night 134

Anthony Smith will look to continue his improbable rise towards becoming a light heavyweight contender when he battles Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the main event of UFC Fight Night 134. The fight will headline the UFC’s card Sunday in Hamburg, Germany, marking the second time that the UFC has come […]

Kyle Busch has won at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway three times, and is looking for a fourth at the Foxwoods Resorts Casino 301. (Image: AP)

New Hampshire Three-Time Winners Have Short Edge at Foxwoods

Winning at New Hampshire seems to be easy for Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, and Jimmie Johnson, and they will be trying to go for a four-peat at the Foxwoods Resorts Casino 301 on Sunday. Those six have captured three races at the New Hampshire […]

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks at an owners meeting in Glendale, Arizona in February 2010. (Image: AP/Ben Margot)

MLB Commish Rob Manfred Opines on Impact of Legal Sports Betting for Baseball

In a series of interviews this week, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said that he sees both opportunities and challenges when it comes to the expansion of sports betting that is currently happening across the United States. Manfred’s comments were generally positive towards how sports betting could improve engagement […]

Tampa Bay’s Matt Duffy feared his baseball career was over, but he has rebounded this season. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Baseball’s Midway Point Showcasing Winners, Losers

Baseball teams have reached the midway point of the season and after several surprises the first two months of the season, order has seemingly been restored. Teams that were supposed to be leading their divisions are in first place after stumbling in March and April. One surprise of the season […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard was traded to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. (Image: Getty)

Kawhi Leonard Gets Trade Wish, but to Toronto, Not Los Angeles

San Antonio star forward Kawhi Leonard was traded to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday for guard DeMar DeRozan, center Jakob Poeltl, and a 2019 protected first-round pick. The Raptors also received guard Danny Green. It ends months of speculation of where Leonard would go after he told the Spurs he no […]

Liverpool is paying a record transfer fee to pry Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson away from Roma. (Image: AFP)

Liverpool Agrees to Record $87M Transfer Fee for Brazil Goalkeeper Alisson

Liverpool is paying €75 million ($87 million) to bring in Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson, a move that would set a record for the highest fee ever paid for a keeper on the transfer market. The price would easily surpass the €40 million ($46.4 million) paid by Manchester City paid to Portuguese […]

Rory MacDonald trains in an open workout in June 2016 before UFC Fight Night Ottawa. (Image: Justin Tang/CP)

Bellator Announces Field for 10-Man Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament

Bellator has announced nearly the entire field for their upcoming Welterweight Grand Prix tournament, a series of fights that will bring together 10 of the company’s top fighters over the course of several shows. Nine of the 10 welterweights who will participate in the tournament have been revealed, including current […]

Brittany Lincicome will be competing against the men at this week’s Barbasol Championship. (Image: Maddie Meyer)

LPGA’s Brittany Lincicome Ready for PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship

While the Open Championship has taken just about everyone in the top 100 of the World Golf Rankings, the Barbasol Championship is the consolation prize for those who could not qualify for the major championship. The tournament, held at Champions at Keene Trace outside of Lexington, Kentucky, is in its […]

The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday to win the NBA Summer League championship. (Image: Sporting News)

Portland Trail Blazers Defeat Lakers to Win NBA Summer League Title

The Portland Trail Blazers got a measure of revenge on Tuesday by knocking off the Los Angeles Lakers 91-73 in the final of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. The game was a rematch of the previous year’s Summer League final, in which the Lakers beat the Blazers to […]

Brian Harman is a 3/1 pick to be the top lefty at the British Open over Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson. (Image: Getty)

Daring Open Championship Prop Bets Involve Unknown Golfers

If bettors are not thrilled with the outright bets for the Open Championship, or they want to add to their slips, several sportsbooks are offering some attractive proposition bets for the major championship. Everything from what the cut will be to the winner’s nationality are available. Dustin Johnson is the […]

Novak Djokovic holds his trophy after winning the men’s singles final over Kevin Anderson in the 2018 Wimbledon tennis tournament. (Image: Ben Curtis/AP)

Wimbledon Victory Makes Novak Djokovic Early Favorite for US Open

Novak Djokovic showed that he is still capable of winning Grand Slam events this past weekend, and now bookmakers are predicting he could add another title to his haul at the US Open. Djokovic won his fourth career Wimbledon title on Sunday, defeating Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to […]

France celebrates winning the 2018 World Cup, and is the favorite to defend in 2022. (Image: Getty)

France Favored to Defend Title at 2022 World Cup

France will be defending its championship at the 2022 World Cup championship in Qatar, and will be the favorite with at least one sportsbook. Bovada released its odds for the next global soccer competition, and put France at 5/1 to win its third title. Brazil is next at 7/1, with […]

Carnoustie Golf Links is the host for the Open Championship, and players will try to avoid disaster like what happened to Jean Van de Velde in 1999. (Image: Getty)

Carnoustie Ready to Claim More Victims at Open Championship

It is said golfers don’t conquer the Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links, they survive it. The layout nicknamed “Car-nasty” is a links-style golf course that will test a player’s game, nerves and mental state. The gorse is high, water hazards seem to be everywhere, and the bunkers are extremely […]