Experts in Sports and Gambling
The Dallas Stars will battle the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday, with the two southern franchises facing off at the NHL’s playoff bubble in Edmonton, Alberta. Tampa Bay enters the series as a -195 favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, despite the fact […]
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So separated themselves from the field on Friday, setting up a two-man race for the title on the final day of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz online chess tournament. Carlsen leads the way with 18.5 points following a blistering 6.5/9 performance in Friday’s blitz round-robin, […]
Two of the Premier League’s favorites will face off at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as Chelsea plays host to defending champion Liverpool in an early test for both contenders. Chelsea comes into the match as a +220 underdog to Liverpool (+116), according to DraftKings Sportsbook. Chelsea, Liverpool Aiming for Premier […]
Two former welterweight champions will square off in the main event of UFC Fight Night 178 on Saturday in Las Vegas as Colby Covington takes on Tyron Woodley in a fight that once could have headlined a pay-per-view card. Covington (15-2) once held the interim UFC welterweight title while Woodley […]
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to allow men’s and women’s college basketball teams to begin playing games on Nov. 25 in what officials are calling a “grand compromise.” The ruling allows schools to begin holding practices on Oct. 14, but teams can’t hold exhibitions or scrimmages before Nov. […]
Four teams will compete in single-elimination matchups in the WNBA playoffs on Thursday night, with the winners advancing to face the league’s top teams in the best-of-five semifinals. The Minnesota Lynx will take on the Phoenix Mercury in the first game, while the Los Angeles Sparks battle the Connecticut Sun […]
When Major League Baseball expanded the 2020 playoffs to eight teams per league, it provided a cushion that protected baseball’s best teams from the variance of a shortened 60-game season. The Los Angeles Dodgers went out and proved they didn’t need any extra help. The Dodgers beat the San Diego […]
Magnus Carlsen won all three of his games on Wednesday to grab an early lead in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz chess tournament. Carlsen scored nine of a possible 12 points after two days of play in the tournament, which organizers moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Carlsen […]
DraftKings continued a busy week of deal-making on Wednesday, as the company announced a sports betting partnership with the New York Giants. Under the agreement, DraftKings becomes the official sports betting and daily fantasy sports partner of the Giants. DraftKings Expanding Pro Sports Presence The announcement comes just two days […]
The presidents and chancellors of all 14 Big Ten schools unanimously voted to start a shortened fall football season during the fourth weekend of October. Each school could play an eight-game regular season, beginning on the weekend of Oct. 23-24. The vote comes a little over a month after an […]
Major League Baseball will switch to a bubble solution for the final three rounds of its postseason under a plan the league announced on Tuesday. Higher-seeded teams will host the best-of-three, first round of the 2020 playoffs, known as the Wild-Card Series. Leagues Swapping Ballparks for Postseason Eight teams in […]
Former Golden Gloves national boxing champion Danyelle Wolf will try to earn a UFC contract on Tuesday night when she takes on the undefeated Taneisha Tennant in Dana White’s Contender Series. The 37-year-old Wolf comes in as a -142 favorite in her professional MMA debut, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Wolf […]
New Jersey sportsbooks took advantage of a loaded August schedule by collecting $667.9 million in bets during the month, setting a new all-time high for any state with legalized sports betting. Nevada set the previous record last November when its sportsbooks took $614.1 million in bets. New Jersey set its […]
Michelle Waterson did just enough to win against Angela Hill at UFC Fight Night 177 on Saturday, earning a come-from-behind split-decision victory in the women’s strawweight main event. Waterson won by a 48-47, 49-46, 47-48 decision after all three judges gave Hill the first round. Waterson Overcomes Slow Start Two […]
The Washington Mystics beat the Atlanta Dream 85-78 behind 26 points from Ariel Atkins to clinch a spot in the WNBA playoffs on the final day of the regular season. The defending champions won their final four games in a row to finish 9-13, beating out the Dallas Wings (8-14) […]
ESPN announced Monday that it reached separate, co-exclusive deals with Caesars Entertainment and DraftKings, both of which are designed to expand the sports media giant’s exposure to the sports betting industry. Under the agreements, Caesars will become ESPN’s exclusive odds partner while DraftKings becomes its exclusive daily fantasy sports provider. […]
Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka will both seek to win their third career Grand Slam titles on Saturday when the two meet in the women’s final at the US Open. Osaka won the 2018 US Open along with the 2019 Australian Open, while Azarenka hasn’t won a Grand Slam since […]
The Dallas Wings, Washington Mystics, and Atlanta Dream are all in contention for the eighth and final seed in the WNBA playoffs with just three days remaining in the regular season. The WNBA regular season wraps up on Sunday with three games the league rescheduled after players sat out in […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida will seek revenge for a controversial decision loss to Phil Davis at UFC 163 back in 2013 when the two clash in the main event of Bellator 245 at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday night. Bellator is holding two cards this weekend […]
The top two remaining seeds in the men’s draw will face off on Friday as No. 2 Dominic Thiem and No. 3 Daniil Medvedev fight for a spot in the US Open final. Medvedev, who lost a five-set match to Novak Djokovic in last year’s US Open final, comes into […]
Chess: World Champion Magnus Carlsen Leads Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz After Second Day 
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Chess: Carlsen, So Dueling for Title on Final Day of Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 
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