There is never a good time to crash, but Jimmie Johnson picked one of the worst moments to wreck his No. 48 Chevrolet. The 43-year-old was just 15 laps into the Consumers Energy 400 when he hit the wall in Turn 2. The crash didn’t knock him out of the […]
Defensive prop bets have some of the best odds of any NFL wager. The only problem is they are more difficult to handicap. Still the payoff can be worth the risk, and gamblers shouldn’t overlook defensive categories. The most obvious is sack leader, but there are other props as well, […]
Five football games are on tap for Thursday, as NFL preseason Week 2 begins. Philadelphia faces Jacksonville, New York Jets are at Atlanta, Cincinnati is at Washington, Green Bay is facing Baltimore, and Oakland travels to Arizona. There are several storylines in these five games, such as how Oakland’s backup […]
Some golfers are trying to play well enough at this week’s BMW Championship to advance to the Tour Championship. Others, however, others are already thinking about the season-ending tournament. It’s almost two tournaments in one. You have a group of golfers that are outside the top 30 that will be […]
Bryson DeChambeau’s slow play was skewered on social media by fellow golfers at the Northern Trust. Now the PGA Tour said it would review its policy and consider ways to penalize players People had posted video of DeChambeau, including one clip where it took him more than two minutes to […]
It didn’t take long for the NFL to tell Raiders receiver Antonio Brown what he could do with his old helmet. League officials informed Brown that he would not be allowed to use his old headgear and would be required to pick a league-approved model. Brown had threatened on Friday […]
Patrick Reed had largely been a ghost since winning the 2018 Masters, but he changed that with his victory at Sunday’s Northern Trust. The 29-year-old was 50/1 to win the first of three tournaments in the PGA Tour’s playoffs. Reed hadn’t sniffed a victory since winning the major in April […]
NFL Preseason Week 1 ended on Saturday, and there were plenty of winners and losers. Some were expected while there were a couple of surprises. One of the biggest stunners was the play of Dallas Cowboy rookie Tony Pollard. He was going to have to step up with Ezekiel Elliott […]
It appears Antonio Brown has problems from his head down to his toes. The Oakland Raiders wide receiver apparently has informed team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play, according to ESPN. The 31-year-old, who has been out with possible frostbite on his […]
The San Francisco 49ers have had their share of injuries during training camp, and now they have lost their first-round draft pick, Nick Bosa. The Ohio State defensive end, who was the second pick in the 2019 NFL Draft suffered an ankle sprain. General manager John Lynch went on KNBR […]
The NASCAR Cup series has an opportunity to do something quite unusual this weekend at the Consumers Energy 400 by having a 10th different victorious driver in as many races. The mark currently is at nine, and the last time that happened was in 2017. The streak was broke the […]
Three NFL preseason games are on the schedule for Saturday, with Los Angeles Rams at Oakland, Cincinnati at Kansas City, and San Francisco at Dallas. The games will conclude the first full week of preseason contests. The first match up, Los Angeles Rams and Oakland, is a rivalry game. The […]
Golfer Thorbjorn Olesen might have booked himself a one-way ticket to prison after his actions on a flight from the US to London. The Danish golfer is facing charges of sexual assault, common assault and being drunk on an aircraft. The member of the European Tour, Olesen was suspended by […]
There are two games on Friday in the first full week of NFL preseason football. The first game is Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, followed by Minnesota at New Orleans. The Steelers are favored by 2.5 points, and the over/under is 37. The Saints are three-point picks against the Vikings, and […]
With just four races to go until the Monster Energy Cup Series Playoffs, drivers are starting to feel the pressure. Some winless drivers, who are on the outside of the top 16 that make the postseason, were a little crabby at last week’s race at Watkins Glen. The first incident […]
Wayne Rooney has decided to return to his home country of England to play soccer, but with a new wrinkle. The 33-year-old, who is the second highest scorer in the Premier League with 208 goals, has accepted a position as a player, coach with Derby County of the English Football […]
The FedEx Cup Playoffs begin Thursday at the Northern Trust. It is played at Liberty National in Jersey City, NJ. The golf course is one of the most scenic in the country with several of the holes providing views of the Statue of Liberty, and the Lower Manhattan skyline. There […]
Thursday’s NFL preseason games will be the first action for all the teams, except for Atlanta and Denver. Those two played in last week’s Hall of Fame game. The other 20 teams, though, will be making the 2019 preseason debut on the field. As usual, don’t expect to see a […]
With NFL preseason fully under way, three quarterback competitions have arisen, though all three are in vary states of intensity. They range from foregone conclusion to up in the air. Oddsmakers have put out lines on the battles for signal callers. The proposition bet is “What quarterback will start for […]
The trend of first-time PGA Tour winners continued in unbelievable fashion, as J.T. Poston won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. It was the fifth time since June 30 that a golfer became a first-time winner. The others were Nate Lashley (Rocket Mortgage Classic), Matthew Wolff (3M Open), Dylan Frittelli (John […]
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