Now that the World Cup Round of 16 gets underway on Saturday, teams will begin to show more of their true form, and finding value bets will be much more difficult. Teams that shocked the soccer world by advancing will have a much harder time surprising opponents and will probably […]
Martin Truex Jr. is looking for a little respect with oddsmakers at this week’s Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. The 38-year-old has several positive factors going into Sunday’s race, but still is looking behind Kevin Harvick. Harvick is at +180, according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Truex is next […]
Anyone looking to handicap a possible winner at the Open Championship at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland, need only look to two weeks ago at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. The Southhampton, New York, site of the US Open is a links-style layout that golfers say has many […]
Freshman pitcher Kevin Abel threw a complete game, two-hit shutout on Thursday night to lead the Oregon State Beavers to their third College World Series title in a 5-0 Game 3 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks. The title is Oregon State’s first since winning back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007. […]
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will challenge Stipe Miocic for his heavyweight title at UFC 226 on July 7, with Cormier hoping to become only the second person in the company’s history to hold two championship titles at the same time. That is, of course, assuming that the bout […]
Four minutes, four lousy minutes. That’s all it took to turn a happy watcher of the World Cup into someone who was bitter as an imaginary sports bettor can be. As part of OG’s coverage for Russia 2018, we’ve introduced a column tentatively called “Five Bets.” In it, as […]
Yerry Mina scored on a header in the 74th minute to give Colombia a 1-0 win over Senegal at the World Cup on Thursday, sending his team through to the Round of 16. The win also eliminated Senegal, who suffered their first group stage loss in the country’s history. Japan […]
The Los Angeles Lakers and other teams are engaged in serious trade talks with the San Antonio Spurs, all in the hopes of getting Kawhi Leonard on their roster. On Wednesday, ESPN creported that the Lakers had once again been talking to the Spurs about bringing the two-time All-Star forward […]
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz won a Cy Young Award and a World Series ring, but said that pales in comparison to his latest athletic achievement — qualifying for the US Senior Open. Upon learning he qualified, the 51-year-old baseball broadcaster said it’s the most excited he has […]
Arkansas was one defensive play away from earning the school’s first College World Series championship. Instead, they’ll have to try again on Thursday, as Oregon State rallied to score three runs in the ninth inning for a 5-3 win to force a decisive Game 3. Three Razorbacks defenders had a […]
Germany was seen as one of the favorites to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup. But the defending champions won’t be celebrating this year, as a shocking 2-0 loss to South Korea has sent Germany out of the tournament in the group stage. Germany had never failed to advance out […]
Ariya Jutanugarn wants to win this week’s Women’s PGA Championship, but not in the manner she captured last month’s US Women’s Open. The 22-year-old squandered a seven-shot lead over the final nine holes, and then survived in a playoff to become victorious at the US Women’s Open. Avoiding that drama, […]
There’s a simple formula for the group stage at the World Cup: survive and advance. But when teams already know they’re through to the knockout stage, they might have to ask a strange question: do we really want to win the group? It sounds strange to think that a team […]
Usually the sign of a desperate golfer is when they start changing putters, but Tiger Woods said it might be time to make a switch as he prepares for this week’s Quicken Loans National at the TPC Potomac, in Maryland near Washington DC. Addressing Putter Problems Woods played a practice […]
The Arkansas Razorbacks scored all four of their runs in the fifth inning to come from behind against the Oregon State Beavers and win the first game of the College World Series finale. Arkansas will now need just one more win to clinch the best-of-three series and earn the first […]
James Harden was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Monday, capping off an entertaining night at the second annual NBA Awards Show. Harden averaged a league-leading 30.4 points per game for the Houston Rockets, while also averaging 8.8 assists and 5.4 rebounds on the season. Harden Takes Top Honors […]
A frantic finish in Group D saw Argentina go through to the knockout round after a 2-1 victory over Nigeria at the World Cup on Tuesday. The result wasn’t certain until the final moments, and for a few minutes, it seemed as though a single goal might result in Argentina, […]
The opening game in the final best-of-three matchup at the College World Series was supposed to happen Monday, but Oregon State and Arkansas will have to wait another day. Thunderstorms pounded TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha and the NCAA Baseball Committee postponed the opener until Tuesday evening. The one-day delay […]
England’s Harry Kane has managed to get his foot in the door for the World Cup’s Golden Boot, the award given to the player who scores throughout the month-long tournament. As of Tuesday, Kane was in the lead with five goals after only two games. Romelu Lukaku of Belgium, and […]
Early in the second half of Monday’s World Cup match between Iran and Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo went down inside the box. After the referee waved off Ronaldo’s call for a penalty, the VAR – or video assistant referee – recommended a review, and a penalty was awarded. Ronaldo would fail […]
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