Experts in Sports and Gambling
Tennessee hosting Kentucky might just be what the Volunteers need on Saturday after a demoralizing loss a week ago. The Volunteers got hammered last week by Georgia, 44-21, and the Wildcats are going to face an upset group of Tennessee football players. That, along with a couple of other factors […]
WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko will put his status as one of boxing’s top pound-for-pound fighters on the line on Saturday when he takes on IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez in a title unification bout at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. ESPN ranks Lomachenko as […]
There’s been no shortage of trash talk between Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung. Now, the two featherweight contenders will face off in the main event of UFC Fight Night 180 at Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. The bout took on added importance earlier in the week, when UFC president […]
Undefeated 3-year-old multiple stakes winner Nadal will head to Japan for his stud career, Japanese breeding farm Shadai Stallion Station announced Wednesday. The announcement ended speculation on where the $700,000 Blame progeny would stand after his once-promising racing career prematurely ended in May. The one-time Kentucky Derby points leader, Nadal […]
Magnus Carlsen did what he needed to do in Round 8, beating Aryan Tari to take the lead at Norway Chess. Now, the world champion faces off with the hottest young talent in chess, Alireza Firouzja, who holds second place behind Carlsen heading into Round 9. Carlsen holds the Norway […]
The British Champions Long Distance Cup is where dominance ended for Stradivarius last year. And after his seventh-place finish in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the British Champions Long Distance Cup is where Stradivarius seeks to regain it this year. And bettors think he will. The standout Irish stayer […]
The Tampa Bay Rays come into Game 4 of the American League Championship as the favorite to beat the Houston Astros and reach only the second World Series in franchise history. The Rays lead the Astros 3-0 in their best-of-seven series after a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night. Altuve’s Error […]
Handicapping a golf tournament is tough enough, but it’s made even more difficult with a new course like at this week’s CJ Cup at Shadow Creek Golf Club. The exclusive resort course in Las Vegas is subbing this year for the CJ Cup’s usual locale, Nine Bridges in JeJu Island, […]
Las Vegas hosts its second consecutive PGA Tour event this week as the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek Golf Club is set to start on Thursday. The tournament was moved from Nine Bridges Golf Club in JeJu Island, South Korea, for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dustin Johnson […]
The Atlanta Braves are closing in on their first World Series berth since 1999 after taking a 2-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. The Braves staved off a late Dodgers comeback to win Game 2 of the NLCS 8-7 on Tuesday. Dodgers Rally […]
In the age of COVID-19, the CJ Cup, normally played at Nine Bridges in South Korea, will take place at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas this week. Justin Thomas won the event two of the past three years, a stat that might prove irrelevant given the change of venue. Shadow […]
Three key Kentucky Derby prep races headline Fair Grounds Race Course’s 51 stakes schedule for the 2020-21 season, which begins Thanksgiving Day. Those stakes on the Louisiana track carry a combined purse of more than $7 million over the 76-day meet, which runs through March 28. What’s interesting about the […]
One day after opening the first domestic Breeders’ Cup Classic futures board, Circa Sports puts Improbable as the favorite to capture the $6 million Breeders’ Cup’s marquee event on Nov. 7 at Keeneland. Improbable opened at +380, then moved up slightly to +410. His best odds overseas are 4/1. The […]
Let’s not hand the NFL Coach of the Year Award over to Kevin Stefanski just yet, even though he definitely deserves early props for guiding the Cleveland Browns to a 4-1 record. The Browns, thanks to the top rushing attack in the NFL, are off to their best start since […]
The heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers dropped the first game of the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves. Now, they’ll attempt to get back into the series without the help of their ace. The Dodgers scratched Clayton Kershaw from Game 2 of the NLCS, and will instead give […]
Heading into Week 6 of the NFL season, consider these waiver wire pickups: Chase Claypool, Travis Fulgham, Andy Dalton, Alexander Mattison, or Tee Higgins. After Dak Prescott suffered a brutal, season-ending injury, fantasy football owners will scramble to find a suitable replacement like his backup, Dalton. Dalvin Cook injured his […]
DFS players at DraftKings and FanDuel are finally receiving payouts from the weekend contests after delays due to live scoring issues, but participants in some contests are still left waiting. DraftKings paid out all college football contests on Monday, and experienced no scoring issues in NFL games on Sunday, so […]
Quarterback Dak Prescott is done for the year and oddmakers believe so too are the chances the Dallas Cowboys will win the Super Bowl. Several sportsbooks adjusted the lines for Dallas to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and they’re not optimistic about the Cowboys. Prescott suffered a compound fracture and […]
Defending National Champion LSU became the second team to fall out of the AP Top 25 Poll. The Tigers are the first defending champion to fall out of the AP Top 25 Poll since Auburn in 2011. They had been ranked in 43 straight polls, dating to Nov. 5, 2017, […]
Las Vegas residents have embraced their new silver-and-black home team, but gamblers? Not so much, especially in NFL Week 5 betting. The sportsbooks were the big winners on Sunday, after the Las Vegas Raiders upset the Super Bowl-favorite Kansas City Chiefs. William Hill reported 60% of the tickets on the […]
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