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Ryan Saunders was the youngest head coach in the NBA at 32-years old when the Minnesota Timberwolves promoted him in 2019. (Image: Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Minnesota Timberwolves Suck Again, Fire Head Coach Ryan Saunders

The Minnesota Timberwolves are the worst team in the NBA with a 7-24 record, so the front office needed a scapegoat and fired head coach Ryan Saunders. The Timberwolves hired offensive guru Chris Finch from the Toronto Raptors in hopes that he can make the T-Wolves great again. But like […]

Ungraded copies of a 1991 Upper Deck baseball card showing Michael Jordan taking batting practice have sold for upwards of $100 in recent days. (Image: eBay)

Jumped the Shark? Jordan’s Rookie Baseball Card Sees Record Prices

Even though he finished his brief, one-year minor league career with a .202 batting average, three home runs, and 51 RBIs, collectors now clamor for Michael Jordan’s baseball “rookie card.” That card, an insert in the 1991 Upper Deck baseball set that shows Jordan taking batting practice with the Chicago […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers pose for a team picture after winning the 2020 World Series. (Image: LA Times)

MLB Win Totals: Will the LA Dodgers Avoid the World Series Hangover?

Oddsmakers set the win totals for the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers at 103.5 over/under, for one of the highest totals in some time. So, will the Dodgers really fade the curse of the World Series hangover? In the last 50 years, only three franchises have won the World Series […]

Betting on single games, like this NHL grudge match between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens, could finally be legal for Canadians. Two bills permitting legal sports wagering on single games are winding their way through Canada's government. (Image: Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

Canadian Single-Game Betting Gets Big Parliamentary Push

Canada moved one step closer to legalized single-game sports betting this past week when its House of Commons overwhelmingly passed a private measure bill, 303-15. The bill, authored by Conservative MP Kevin Waugh (Saskatoon-Grasswood), would open the windows for legalized single-event sports wagering throughout Canada. Much as the May 2018 […]

Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al Faisal, the chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, said in a Saturday TV interview he hopes the final dispersal of the 2020 purse will happen soon. (Image: Doug De Felice/Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Cup Official Said 2020 First-Prize Payout Near Resolution

In a short television interview before Saturday’s Saudi Cup, Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia Chairman Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al Faisal said the final $10 million purse distribution for the 2020 Saudi Cup should come within six weeks. Prince Bandar addressed the elephant in the room regarding the world’s richest […]

Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards elevates for a dunk against Toronto Raptors forward Yuta Watanabe at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Image: David Sherman/Getty)

Dunk of the Year: Rookie Anthony Edwards Thunderous Thrown Down (Video)

It’s only the mid-point of the season, but Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards pretty much locked up the NBA Dunk of the Year when he posterized Yuta Watanabe from the Toronto Raptors. It’s been an ugly season and winter of discontent with the last-place Timberwolves. Edwards, the #1 overall pick […]

Miguel Berchelt (left) takes on Oscar Valdez (right) in an all-Mexican battle for the WBC junior lightweight title. (Image: Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty)

Miguel Berchelt Favored over Oscar Valdez in WBC Junior Lightweight Title Defense

Miguel Berchelt has run roughshod over the junior lightweight division, successfully defending the WBC 130-pound title six times. Now, he’ll face perhaps his most dangerous challenger in the division in the form of fellow Mexican Oscar Valdez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night. DraftKings Sportsbook pegs […]

Trainer Bob Baffert called Charlatan's Malibu Stakes win 'pure brilliance.' He would take more of that from his 9/5 favorite in Saturday's $20 million Saudi Cup. (Image: Benoit Photo)

Let’s Cut to the Saudi Cup Chase: It’s Charlatan vs. Knicks Go

The best-case scenario for the connections of every Saudi Cup horse not named Knicks Go or Charlatan is easy to comprehend, if not easy to realize. It goes something like this. Leaving from Post 5, Joel Rosario sends Knicks Go out like a shot. From Post 9, Mike Smith and […]

I bought this salon on Wednesday, and will spend the next two months transforming it into a the finest sports card store in all of Cullman, Alabama. I'm making a big bet on the future of TK. (Image: Amy Kampis)

Opening a Sports Card Shop, Part 2: Buying a Building

Last week, I signed on the dotted line, paving the way to open a sports card store in my hometown of Cullman, Alabama. As I previously recounted for OG News readers, I’m jumping on the sports trading-card bandwagon. Even though some investors speculate this crypto-hot market will burn out soon, […]

Umberto Rispoli is one of the top riders in North America. The Italian jockey won't ride in the Saudi Cup due to changing COVID-19 testing protocols. (Image: Hong Kong Jockey Club)

New COVID Protocols Scratch Saudi Cup Jockeys Rispoli, Velazquez

Star jockeys Umberto Rispoli and John Velazquez lost their mounts for Saturday’s $20 million Saudi Cup after Saudi race organizers abruptly changed their COVID-19 testing protocols. That takes Rispoli off Max Player and removes Velazquez from Tacitus. Rispoli had three mounts on the Saudi Cup card, including Cowan in the […]

Saratoga's 40-day 2021 meet features 76 stakes races. The upstate New York track runs Wednesday-Sunday most weeks during the summer. (Image: NYRA)

Saratoga Adds Two Grade 1s to Stakes-Loaded 2021 Meet

The tradition-rich Saratoga Race Course meet just picked up two more tradition-rich races for its 40-day summer meet, which the New York Racing Association announced Friday. The $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup and the $600,000 Flower Bowl move from Belmont Park to the Spa, where they will anchor Saratoga’s […]