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Several Australian Open warmup events paused play on Thursday after a worker at a hotel where players are quarantining tested positive for COVID-19. (Image: @AustralianOpen/Twitter)

Positive COVID Test at Hotel Pauses Australian Open Tune-Up Tournaments

A worker at a Melbourne hotel tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, halting play at six different events leading up to next week’s Australian Open. The individual in question works at the Grand Hyatt, one of three Melbourne hotels being used to quarantine players, coaches, and officials for the […]

Keeneland offers 10 turf stakes races on its 15-day Spring Meet. It begins April 2 and runs through April 23. (Image: Coady Photography)

Keeneland Springs Into Robust Stakes Slate for Spring Meet

The 97th running of the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes and the 84th running of the Grade 1 Ashland headline Keeneland’s 2021 Spring Meet, which runs April 2-23 at the Lexington, Kentucky, track. The Blue Grass is one of the last Kentucky Derby preps. Last year, it featured a stellar […]

The NHL has cancelled the next three New Jersey Devils games, as the team has 10 players currently in the COVID-19 protocol. (Image: Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP)

NHL Shorthanded as COVID-19 Issues Plague League, Causes Cancellations

Several teams will miss action this week as the NHL grapples with multiple squads who have players in the league’s COVID-19 protocols. The league cancelled all games for the New Jersey Devils through Saturday, which impacts two games against the Pittsburgh Penguins and another with the New York Rangers. Sabres […]

The UKGC announced new rules and regulations for online slot machines, which make up the majority of games at casino websites. (Image: Bovada.lv)

UK Gambling Commission Implementing New Regulations for Online Casinos

In recent years, the UK Gambling Commission has been tightening the reins on everything from machines in betting shops to advertising on television. Now, the regulator has announced new rules that online casinos will have to implement later this year in an effort to limit the impact of problem gambling […]

The Connecticut Whale withdraw from the NWHL bubble, leaving only four teams competing for the Isobel Cup. (Image: Michelle Jay)

Two Teams Withdraw from NWHL Isobel Cup Bubble Tournament

Six teams entered the National Women’s Hockey League bubble tournament in Lake Placid in hopes of winning the Isobel Cup. Now, just four remain in contention – and not just because it’s time for Thursday’s semifinal matchups. Last Thursday, the Metropolitan Riveters withdrew from the tournament after several members of […]

Tarantino, seen here in an October workout, finished a solid second in the Grade 3 Holy Bull. That earned him a prominent odds cut on this week's Kentucky Derby futures boards. (Image: Ernie Belmonte)

Derby Futures: Tarantino Shows Even Reservoir Dogs Have Their Day

It wasn’t a case of pulp fiction that Tarantino was sitting at 225/1 when he debuted on the Circa Sports and William Hill Nevada Kentucky Derby futures boards last week. Even the Jackie Browns and Inglorious Basterds of the world stared juicy odds in the face before Tarantino entered the […]

Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon, seen here against the Toronto Raptors, suffered a serious ankle injury. (Image: Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty)

Orlando Magic Lose Aaron Gordon for 4-6 Weeks with Ankle Injury

The Orlando Magic will miss their starting forward, Aaron Gordon, for up to six weeks due to a nasty ankle injury. Gordon is the second starter that the Magic will miss this season due to injuries. Starting point guard Markelle Fultz blew out his ACL in the eighth game of […]

It doesn't get much simpler than betting on a coin toss prop at the Super Bowl, but there's ,more to that bet than you might expect. (Image: Bleacher Report)

A Deep Dive into the Super Bowl Coin Toss Prop Bet

Among the myriad prop bets that gamblers can make on the Super Bowl, perhaps none is more both derided and loved than the coin toss prop. Due to its simple nature, the coin toss proves to be a popular prop bet for sportsbooks, but few can deny the bet is […]

Known Agenda (inside) beat Greatest Honour in this November maiden special weight at Aqueduct. He returns to Derby prep action this weekend in the Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. (Image: Coglianese Photo)

Weekend Stakes: Not Every Good 3-Year-Old Race is a Derby Prep

We’ll see several Kentucky Derby hopefuls return this weekend when two East Coast Grade 3 Derby preps headline the stakes races. And, we’ll meet some Kentucky Oaks contenders in two Oaks preps – one on each coast. At the same time, we’ll see a Grade 2 for 3-year-olds that isn’t […]

Major League Baseball is proposing a delay to spring training and the regular season, but players appear unlikely to accept the change. (Image: Sue Ogrocki/AP)

MLB, MLBPA Sparring Over Proposal for Delayed 154-Game Season

Major League Baseball has proposed delaying the start of the 2021 season and shortening it to 154 games, but the MLB Players Association appears unlikely to accept the change. Under the MLB proposal, spring training would start in late March, with the regular season beginning in late April. League Proposes […]