France’s Julian Alaphilippe, riding for Deceuninck-Quick Step in first place with the yellow jersey, secured his second stage win at the 2019 Tour de France Stage 13 individual time trail at Pau in the Pyrenees Mountains. On a historic day marking the 100th anniversary of the first awarding of the […]
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Overwatch League: Role-Locking Soon to be Enforced, 2020 Format Plans Revealed
Overwatch League teams will soon be forced into standardized compositions in a move that may serve to limit the meta-gaming arms race in the esports competition. When the change goes into effect for Stage 4 of the current season, each team will be required to feature two damage-dealing heroes, two […]
El Nino Making Waves in San Diego with Padres Rookie Fernando Tatis Jr
Fernando Tatis, Jr., nicknamed “El Nino”, came into this Spring Training as one of the Top 5 prospects in baseball. Tatis made the opening day roster for the San Diego Padres and he’s made a huge splash during his rookie season hitting .326 with 14 home runs. If it were […]
Daniel Sturridge Fined, Banned Six Weeks for Breaching FA Betting Rules
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is facing a six week ban from soccer and a £75,000 ($93,800) fine for breaching the Football Association’s betting regulations following a review by an independent regulatory commission. According to the FA, Sturridge had been charged with 11 alleged breaches of its gambling rules, but […]
Washington Nationals Pitcher Stephen Strasburg Has Historic Day – At the Plate
Stephen Strasburg got the win in the Washington Nationals’ 13-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. But while his pitching performance was nothing more than pedestrian, his day at the plate was one of the best ever for a pitcher in the modern era. Strasburg went 3-for-3 with a […]
Kurt Busch Gets Good Luck After Bad Break Six Days Prior
Kurt Busch got two breaks in the span of less than a week, one unfortunate, and the other lucky. Two Sundays ago, Busch was in the lead at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 when he made a pit stop late in the race. The strategy was Busch was hoping for […]
Domestic Violence Allegations Affect Two WNBA players
Two recent allegations of WNBA players involved in domestic violence incidents has resulted in one 10-game suspension, and looming disciplinary action. Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams and Natasha Howard of the Seattle Storm were the two players involved. Williams received the 10-game suspension for a dispute with an ex-girlfriend. […]
Thunder Could Not Move Chris Paul, CP3 to Stay in OKC
The Oklahoma City Thunder traded Russell Westbrook and two draft picks to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul last week, but Thunder have been unable to trade CP3 to another team due to salary cap issues. It looks like Paul will be playing next season in Oklahoma City. Not many […]
Shane Lowry Shocks Even Himself After Strong Open Championship First Round
Irishmen Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry couldn’t have had two different rounds of golf at Royal Portrush for the first round of the Open Championship. One golfer struggled, while the other thrived, but it’s not who you think it was. Lowry, who went off at 80/1 to win, shot a […]
National League Wild Card Tight Race: Everyone Still Alive Except the Miami Marlins
The National League Wild Card race is such a toss up with 70 games remaining that every team in the NL, with the exception of the last-place Miami Marlins (35-58), are still in the thick of the Wild Card. Only the Los Angeles Dodgers (64-34) and Atlanta Braves (58-39) have […]
Simon Yates Wins Three-Way Sprint in Stage 12, Tour de France Reaches Mountain Stages
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) won a three-man sprint to win Stage 12 as the Tour de France departed Toulouse and reached Bagneres-de-Bigorre in the Pyrenees after a 209.5 km ride during the treacherous mountain stages. Yates outsprinted Pello Bilbao (Astana) and Gregor Muhlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) during the final stretch of Stage 12 […]
UFC on ESPN 4: Dos Anjos, Edwards Fight for Welterweight Relevance
Perennial contender Rafael dos Anjos will take on rising English star Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC on ESPN 4, this Saturday night in San Antonio. Both dos Anjos and Edwards are currently ranked contenders in the UFC’s welterweight division, though they’ve gotten to that point via very […]
Manny Pacquiao Taking on Undefeated Keith Thurman Saturday in Welterweight Title Bout
Manny Pacquiao will try to hand WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman his first loss on Saturday when the two meet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. While Pacquiao may now be 40 years old, he remains one of the biggest draws in boxing, and he has shown […]
NASCAR Set to Launch Pilot Version of Sports Betting Product in September
NASCAR is planning to conduct a soft launch of its proprietary betting product in September in a move designed to put the sport at the forefront of legalized sports betting in the United States. The launch date for the pilot version of the product comes after NASCAR announced in May […]
Bandwagon Betting: When Not to Follow the Crowd
When everyone thinks the same way about a game, we call that a bandwagon. Jump on board, we’re all going to win. In the real world, things are seldom that simple. ‘We all got it right’ seems like a sentiment we should easily avoid. But sometimes we can get swept […]
NFL Owners Continue Push for More Regular Season Games
Adding games to the regular season schedule has been an NFL priority for nearly a decade. So no one was surprised when New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pushed the idea of an 18-game season at a recent collective bargaining session, according to The Wall Street Journal. Two more games […]
Jerry Hollendorfer Heads to Court Challenging Del Mar Exclusion
Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is now suing the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. The DMTC manages the racing operation at the track on the San Diego County Fairgrounds. The track begins its 80 season Wednesday. The civil action filing in California Superior Court Monday seeks a temporary restraining order, […]
Resolute Group Ready to Test Maximum Security’s Defenses Saturday at Monmouth Park
Maximum Security makes his second start Saturday since his disqualification in the Kentucky Derby, squaring off against just six rivals in the $1 million Haskell Invitational Stakes. It’s a small but highly talented field in the 1 1/8 mile signature race during the summer season at Monmouth Park on the […]
No Second Thoughts About Finishing Runner Up in Majors for Koepka
There is a driving range full of professional golfers that would take the results Brooks Koepka has had in the last four major championships. The 29-year-old has finished no worse than second in his last four majors. Yet Koepka comes into the Open Championship not satisfied with his performance, and […]
Tiger Still Waiting for Koepka to Return Text About Playing Together at Open Championship
Tiger Woods was looking for a little advice before the Open Championship, and thought who better to get it from than Brooks Koepka. Koepka’s caddie, Ricky Elliott, lives in the town where Royal Portrush is, and could have helped out Woods and his caddie, Joe LaCava. Neither of them had […]