The 2019 March Madness Final Four is finally here and the festivities begin with #1 Virginia Cavaliers (33-3) vs. Bruce Pearl and the #5 Auburn Tigers (30-9) in the opening game. Virginia is the only #1 seed remaining in the tournament. Gonzaga and Duke busted in the Elite 8, while […]
Professional sports gambler James Holzhauer had an impressive performance on Jeopardy! Thursday, winning $43,680 to secure his spot as the defending champion. Holzhauer had locked up victory heading into Final Jeopardy!, as his $40,412 was more than double the $18,000 held by second-place contestant and defending champion Alex Koral. Holzhauer […]
According to a report by The Washington Post, the review of the University of North Carolina women’s basketball program was triggered by allegations that head coach Sylvia Hatchell had made racially insensitive comments and endangered players by forcing them to play through injuries. That report comes just days after Hatchell […]
An eye-popping field of Kentucky Derby hopefuls are contesting the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes Saturday at Kentucky’s historic Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington. And, it’s just one of a trifecta of Derby preps, the best group seen yet on the road to glory in Louisville, the first Saturday in May […]
It’s been a week of Major League Baseball and though there are 156 or so games remaining in the season, there have already been some winners and losers in the first week. Some teams like the Dodgers and Houston, have performed exactly as expected, as they pursue a trip to […]
Seventeen of the participants in this week’s Texas Valero Open already have a invite to a small Masters field, but one of the other 127 entrants will be fighting for a coveted spot at Augusta National for the men’s first major championship of the year. If one of those 127 […]
Murray State’s Ja Morant and North Carolina’s Coby White announced they are leaving their respective schools early and declared themselves eligible for the upcoming 2019 NBA Draft. Ja Morant has been on everyone’s radar for most of the season. The sophomore was recently named a First-Team All-American. Morant led Murray […]
Bryce Harper endured boos from the Washington Nationals crowd in his return to D.C. on Tuesday night. But in the end, it was the new Philadelphia Phillies superstar who silenced his former fans with his play. Harper went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer in the eighth inning in Philadelphia’s 8-2 […]
One week into the new baseball season, the New York Yankees have only two wins and seven notable players on the injured list, which means manager Aaron Boone will rely on replacements such as Clint Frazier, Tyler Wade, Johnny Lasagna, and Stephen Tarpley to play the role of “next man […]
Match play is probably the hardest PGA Tour event to try and handicap, and thinking Kevin Kisner was going to win was probably an even harder leap to make. The 35-year-old had won on tour twice, and finished runner up in the WGC-Match Play last year. No one had ever […]
The NCAA Midwest regional final featured two SEC teams and #5 Auburn defeated #2 Kentucky 77-71 in overtime to advance to the 2019 Final Four. Auburn came into the game against Kentucky as a four-point underdog. Kentucky had beaten them twice in the regular season, but failed to complete the […]
For the second time in eight years a fan was attacked and seriously injured in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium. The latest assault happened on Friday after the team’s second game of the season. A man identified as Rafael Reyna was talking to his wife on the phone when […]
Rick Pitino went to Europe to coach pro ball in Greece after he lost his job at Louisville and he waited for an opportunity to coach in collegiate ranks again, but he’s on the short list to become the next UCLA basketball coach along with Eric Musselman (Nevada), Kelvin Sampson […]
Two SEC teams will be battling for a spot in the Final Four with #5 Auburn taking on PJ Washington and #2 Kentucky in the Midwest Regional. The Auburn Tigers drilled 17 three-pointers and stunned #1 North Carolina on Friday night to advance to their first Elite 8 in 35 […]
Then there were eight. The Final Four is one game away for the teams in the Elite Eight and the teams that most thought would be here are playing. The only exception is No. 1 seed North Carolina, which was an upset victim to No. 5 Auburn, the highest remaining […]
In Sweet 16 action, #1 North Carolina out of the Midwest regional lost to #5 Auburn 97-90 and became the first top seed to lose in a chalk-heavy March Madness as Auburn advances to the Elite 8. Auburn moves onto the Elite 8 for the first time in 35 years. […]
Gary “Kraken” Sanchez, the starting catcher for the New York Yankees, had a disappointing 2018 season hitting .189, while leading the majors with 18 passed balls. Sanchez missed 73 games last season and played hurt most of the year nursing a sore shoulder. The Yankees hope a healthy Sanchez in […]
With eight games remaining in the NBA regular season, the Eastern Conference playoff race is coming down the stretch with five teams – Brooklyn, Detroit, Miami, Orlando and Charlotte – fighting for the final three spots and only 2.5 games separating the teams in the bubble pack. If the playoffs […]
Final exam time arrives Saturday for Kentucky Derby hopefuls in Florida and 7,827 miles away in Dubai. In these two far-flung locations, contenders are intent on proving they’ll have what it takes to enter the Derby starting gate on May 4, a scant five weeks away. At Gulfstream Park, near Miami, […]
With the last of the Elite Eight teams to be decided on Friday, the betting lines have seen some movement that might matter to the savvy sports gambler. Here’s what you need to know about adjusted point spreads that hardly made a difference — all four games have seen half-point […]
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