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Mookie Betts is one of several Dodgers stars among the favorites to win World Series MVP honors. (Image: Tom Pennington/Getty)

Who’s the Favorite to Win World Series MVP? Depends Who You Ask

In most seasons, a handful of superstars dominate the World Series MVP discussion. But with the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers taking on the Tampa Bay Rays – a team that has made a point of not having big names on its roster – the race is wide open heading into […]

Defensive lineman Nyles Pinckney celebrates after scoring a touchdown in in of College Football Week 7 highlights. (Image: USA Today Sports)

College Football Week 7 Highlights: Big Man Scores, Amazing Catches

Week 7 of college football produced some amazing highlights, including a 300-pound defensive tackle doing his best William “the Refrigerator” Perry impersonation. It was pretty appropriate since Clemson’s Nyles Pinckney did it at Perry’s alma mater. More conventional offensive players chipped in some highlights as well. BYU’s wide receiver Dax […]

Brian Ortega (right) swept all five rounds to earn a resounding unanimous decision victory over Chan Sung Jung (left) at UFC Fight Night 180. (Image: Josh Hedges/Zuffa/Getty)

UFC Notebook: Ortega Slays Korean Zombie; McGregor Sets Date for Poirier Fight

Brian Ortega pitched a shutout against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night 180 on Saturday, earning himself a featherweight title shot in the process. All three judges scored the main event bout 50-45 for Ortega, who looked fresh and dominant against Jung throughout the 25-minute fight. […]

Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen stiff arms Troy Hill of the LA Rams. (Image: Mark Konezny/USA Today Sports)

Monday Afternoon Football: Super Bowl Champs KC Meet Bills Mafia

Due to COVID postponements and the NFL juggling its schedule, Week 6 features a Monday Night Football doubleheader with the Kansas City Chiefs visiting the Buffalo Bills as the opening game on Monday afternoon. This first MNF game marks the first of two Gotta Get Unstuck contests to end Week […]

Magnus Carlsen defeated Alireza Firouzja in Round 9 to win Norway Chess with a full round to spare. (Image: Lennart Ootes/Altibox Norway Chess)

Chess Bets: Carlsen Wins Norway Chess, Firouzja Takes Second

Magnus Carlsen tricked Alireza Firouzja in a theoretically drawn endgame to win their Round 9 encounter and clinch first place at Norway Chess with a round to spare. Carlsen would go on to lose his final game to Levon Aronian – his second classical loss of the tournament, after his […]

LA Rams WR Cooper Kupp catches a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills. (Image: AP)

Sunday Night Football: SF Niners +3 Home Dogs Against LA Rams

In Sunday’s Gotta Get Unstuck Game of the Day, the Los Angeles Rams (4-1) head up the coast to play Sunday Night Football against the San Francisco 49ers (2-3) at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. San Francisco has lost all three home games this season, which is one of the […]

Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers takes in Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Bucs in NFL Week 6. (Image: Sean Gardner/Getty)

NFL Week 6 Quickie Preview: Packers, Steelers, Titans Strive for 5-0

Despite a spike in coronavirus, NFL Week 6 soldiers on with ten close games that oddsmakers initially set lines between 2.5 and 3.5 points. Green Bay Packers (4-0), Pittsburgh Steelers (4-0), Tennessee Titans (4-0) are the only undefeated teams remaining and all three seek to continue their perfect seasons. The […]

Decorated Invader owns four stakes victories on four different tracks. He leads the field in the Grade 2 Hill Prince Sunday at Belmont Park. (Image: West Point Thoroughbreds)

Decorated Invader Looking for More Wins at Less Distance in Hill Prince

Those extra three-sixteenths of a mile Decorated Invader tackled in his last race apparently did what few other horses could do to the standout 3-year-old — slow down the son of noted sire Declaration of War. This explains why Decorated Invader cuts back to a mile for Sunday’s Grade 2 […]

The payouts for Santa Anita's eighth race Friday. This produced a single winning Rainbow 6 ticket worth more than $450,000. (Image: Santa Anita Park's Twitter)

Single Bettor Hits Santa Anita Park’s Rainbow 6 for $450,706

A horse named New Heat brought new riches to one lucky ticket holder who held the lone winning ticket for $450,706.96 in Friday’s Santa Anita Park 20 cent Rainbow 6 Jackpot. New Heat went off at 14/1 in the maiden special weight eighth race. The 3-year-old, Cal-bred daughter of Unusual […]

Tennessee got manhandled by Georgia last week, but is facing an inferior Kentucky team and should be able to bounce back. (Image: USA Today Sports)

One Bet, $100: Tennessee will Bounce Back Against Kentucky

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 […]

Vasiliy Lomachenko (pictured) will take on Teofimo Lopez in a lightweight title unification bout on Saturday. (Image: AP)

Vasiliy Lomachenko, Teofimo Lopez Battle for Lightweight Supremacy on Saturday

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 […]