This season’s market for baseball free agents was unusually insipid. There was no bumper crop of marquee players available, and those who were hardly experienced a feeding frenzy from teams looking to shore up their rosters in the offseason. Trades seemed to be the preferred method of choice with baseball […]
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Arsene Wenger Not Ready To Retire: Is Real Madrid His Next Stop?
It was assumed when Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger stepped down after 22 years with the English Premier League club, he did so because he was retiring. But the 68-year-old told the media he has no intention of spending his remaining days rocking in a chair on a porch. The Gunners […]
Tricky Triangle Tests Driver’s Temerity at Pocono 400
While most drivers perform well at certain racetracks, the layout for the Pocono 400 seems to favor no one. In the last 13 races at the Pennsylvania track, there have been 12 different winners, including defending champion, Ryan Blaney. Names such as 2016 winner Chris Buescher are alongside icons Jimmie […]
Knights Must Prove One Save Doesn’t Turn Tables on Stanley Cup Chances
Momentum can be rather fickle, but the first big shift in the Stanley Cup came to the Washington Capitals in Game Two on Wednesday. Now the Capitals will try to tap into that surge of confidence to overcome a less than spectacular home record in the playoffs to take the […]
Sports Betting in Delaware Casinos to Begin on Tuesday
The race to see which state would be first to offer sports bets after the May Supreme Court ruling that overturned PASPA has been decided, with Delaware keeping true to its nickname. On Thursday, the state known as the First State announced that it will start accepting wagers on single-game outcomes […]
New Cleveland Brown Damarious Randall Wants Cavs to Lose NBA Finals
This is one bet that Damarious Randall might hope he loses. The former Green Bay Packer became a Cleveland Brown by trade in March, but he isn’t winning over fans in his new hometown after taunting the Cavaliers, who are underdogs in the NBA finals against the Golden State Warriors. […]
Kevin Durant Favorite to Repeat as NBA Finals MVP
Golden State’s Stephen Curry might steer the team, but Kevin Durant has been the engine that makes the Warriors go. As a result it is the forward, not the guard, that is the favorite to win the Finals MVP. BetOnline has Durant at -150, while Curry is a distant second […]
LeBron James Focused on NBA Finals, not Future Team
With oddsmakers and fans believing the result of the NBA Finals are a foregone conclusion, a far more interesting bet is on what team LeBron James will play for next season. The 33-year-old superstar is in the final year of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and many are speculating […]
Ukrainian Dmytro Badanov Receives Lifetime Ban from Tennis for Fixing Matches
Ukrainian tennis player Dmytro Badanov was banned for life and fined $100,000 after an investigation found him guilty of fixing tennis matches. An independent hearing officer with the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) discovered the 30-year-old fixed the outcome of two matches on the ITF Futures Tour. He was also found […]
Stanley Cup: Caps Hold On for 3-2 Victory to Even Series with Golden Knights
The Washington Capitals evened up the Stanley Cup Final at one game each by holding on for a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the series. The Capitals now have home-ice advantage after nabbing a win at T-Mobile Arena, and will look to increase their […]
Jack’s Track Rewards Plodders at Memorial Tournament
Though Jack Nicklaus was considered a bomber of the ball when he played, golfers at his Memorial Tournament are rewarded less for distance than they are for being methodical. The last few winners have proven that grip-it-and-rip-it is not the preferred strategy for tackling the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, […]
Four Curious Stories to Watch as MLB Season Passes Memorial Day Milestone
Traditionally, baseball pundits have said that it’s not worth looking at the MLB standings until at least Memorial Day. There’s some logic to this: in a league where almost every team will both win and lose at least 50 games during the season, it takes a while to separate short […]
MLS Upping FC Cincinnati as Newest Expansion Team for 2019 Season
Major League Soccer announced Tuesday that FC Cincinnati would be ready to take the pitch for the 2019 season, making them the 26th MLS team. FC Cincinnati already exists as a professional soccer franchise. The team currently competes in the United Soccer League (USL), which is considered to be on […]
Storming to Victory at US Women’s Open Requires Success in Rain
Picking a winner in golf is never easy, and this year at the US Women’s Open it’s going to be even more difficult. Steady rain has pummeled the Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club for the last three days making the golf course a wet, muddy mess. The area was […]
Golden Knights Driving Record Stanley Cup Ticket Prices, TV Ratings
Everywhere you look in Las Vegas, Golden Knights fever is reaching new levels. Locals are all-in on the #nocaps campaign, barbers at Bellagio are creating golden Stanley Cup beards for fans, and casinos up and down the Strip have installed displays supporting the team. And now there’s statistical data to […]
Manchester City Gets Early Nod as Favorite to Win 2018-19 English Premier League
Bookmakers are making Manchester City a heavy favorite to repeat as English Premier League champions next season, though a quick start to the transfer window has made bettors consider Liverpool as a serious contender as well. Manchester City is coming off a record-setting campaign in which the side won the […]
Vegas Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury Picked as Favorite for Conn Smythe MVP
The goalie that Pittsburgh didn’t want might end up winning the Conn Smythe Trophy, given to the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Marc-Andre Fluery, who was picked up by Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft last year, is set to guide his team to the championship. […]
Top-Seeded Florida Favored to Win NCAA Baseball Tournament
Though Florida sputtered at the end of the regular season, they were still named the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Baseball Tournament that begins Friday. The Gators are 8/1 to repeat as College World Series champions. They begin their quest Friday when they host one of 16 regional tournaments […]
Vegas Golden Knights Open Stanley Cup Finals with Thrilling 6-4 Win Over Capitals
The Vegas Golden Knights are now only three wins away from winning a championship in their first year in existence after defeating the Washington Capitals 6-4 in the first game of the Stanley Cup Final. The game was an exhilarating start to the series, featuring a Finals-record four lead changes […]
Golden State Advances to NBA Finals After Houston’s Historic Cold Streak
The Golden State Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets 101-92 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Monday, advancing to face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive season. The Warriors staged yet another third-quarter surge to erase an 11-point halftime deficit, the largest halftime […]