The NBA schedule this weekend is thin on Super Bowl Sunday, but stacked on Saturday including a sizzling-hot Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavs continuing their domination of the LA Clippers, the Brooklyn Nets attempting to end their 10-game losing streak when they head to Miami, and the best team […]
When you’re hot, you’re hot. They have that expression in Slovenia too. Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavs exploded for 28 points in the first quarter including seven 3-pointers against the helpless LA Clippers, and he finished with a career-high 51 points. The scoring eruption occurred a couple hours after […]
True to his running style, Knicks Go broke out to a big lead and proved uncatchable, capturing the Eclipse Award for 2021 Horse of the Year when the Eclipse Awards were announced Thursday night at Santa Anita Park. The now-6-year-old horse received 228 votes out a possible 235 first-place votes […]
At the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) looked poised to win the team figure skating competition and sweep the podium in the women’s event. But a doping controversy has delayed the team medal ceremony and threatened the participation of Russia’s biggest skating star. Russian […]
This time last year, Lone Rock was preparing for a mid-level allowance race at Oaklawn Park. He was three months away from being claimed for $40,000 after a November race at Churchill Downs. Now, the gelding is two days away from racing for a chunk of a $600,000 purse in […]
Nils van der Poel won Sweden’s first Olympic gold medal in speed skating in 34 years when he won the 5000-meter competition on Sunday. Now, he’ll try to turn that into a double for his nation as he heads into the men’s 10,000-meter event as the clear favorite. DraftKings Sportsbook […]
The Unicorn is on the move from the Dallas Mavericks. On Thursday, the Mavs agreed to trade big man Kristaps ‘Unicorn’ Porzingis and a future second-round draft pick to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans. The Washington Wizards (24-29) currently occupy the #11 seed in […]
Within hours of the NBA trade deadline, the Brooklyn Nets traded James Harden and Paul Milsap to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Ben Simmons, Andre Drummond, Seth Curry, and two first-round draft picks. In five seasons with the 76ers, Simmons averaged 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.7 assists per […]
Super Bowl 56 features two former #1 draft picks with Joe Burrow from the Cincinnati Bengals versus Matthew Stafford from the LA Rams. DraftKings posted a slew of quarterback-centric prop bets for Super Bowl 56 including over/under wagers on passing yards, touchdowns, interceptions, and combined passing/rushing yards. During the regular […]
The Utah Jazz traded Joe Ingles to the Portland Trail Blazers for Nickeil Alexander-Walker in a three-team trade that also includes the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs send Jauncho Hernangomez to the Jazz and get back Tomas Satoransky from the Trail Blazers and a second-round draft pick from the Jazz. […]
Jon Rahm may still represent his homeland of Spain, but he played college golf at Arizona State and now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. That means he’ll have a short commute as he heads the field at the Waste Management Phoenix Open this weekend. Rahm comes into the Phoenix Open as […]
Steve Asmussen hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to talking up Midnight Bourbon to anyone who will listen. And given what the heretofore snakebit colt has done to bettors, avid listeners are becoming harder and harder to find. “The only time he’s missed the break in his life was […]
Premier League star Kurt Zouma was caught on video while kicking and slapping his pet cat. The recording was made on Sunday, a day after he played for West Ham United in the FA Cup. Adidas dropped Zouma’s sponsorship following the disturbing video, while all his pets were seized by […]
American snowboarding legend Shaun White used a strong second qualifying run to move on to the finals of the men’s halfpipe event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. White fell in his first of two qualifying attempts, putting up a 24.25 score that would have left him far out of the […]
Women’s curling has arguably never enjoyed as much balance internationally as it has now. That should set up an exciting tournament at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, where at least eight of the 10 teams stand as legitimate medal contenders as the event begins on Thursday. Four teams rate as […]
With Super Bowl 56 rapidly approaching, DraftKings posted a prop bet for which player (if any) from the LA Rams or Cincinnati Bengals will score multiple touchdowns. Cooper Kupp is the prop bet favorite at +250 odds to score two or more touchdowns in the Super Bowl, followed by Joe […]
The Brooklyn Nets are the betting favorite at +170 odds to win the Eastern Conference even though they recently plummeted to the #8 seed amidst a nine-game losing streak. With only 4.5 games separating the top seven teams, the rest of the field in the Eastern Conference offers up tremendous […]
A tough year for Bradley Beal got a lot worse after the All-Star guard from the Washington Wizards announced he will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a wrist injury. Beal, a three-time NBA All-Star, led the Wizards with 23.2 points, 6.6 assists, and 4.7 rebounds per game this season. The […]
The New Orleans Saints did not have to look very far or very hard to find a new head coach when they hired Dennis Allen, who has been their defensive coordinator since 2015. Sean Payton abruptly retired at the end of the season, but in his exit interview with the […]
The third of five pools for the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens Friday at noon ET with the familiar “All Other 3-Year-Olds†– a.k.a. “the field†– as the 5/2 morning-line favorite. But it opened with a new co-individual favorite sharing that status with a familiar favorite. That newcomer […]
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