The NBA All-Star Weekend kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Rising Stars Challenge, and Kyle Kuzma from the Los Angeles Lakers scored 35 points and won the MVP while leading USA Rising Stars to a 161-144 victory over the World Rising Stars. The Rising Stars Challenge featured the […]
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Jacob deGrom Doesn’t Know When, If Mets Will Offer Long-Term Deal
Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom will once again take the mound as the New York Mets’ ace for the 2019 season. But as of now, the franchise has yet to offer a long-term deal to its star pitcher, and deGrom says he doesn’t know when that might […]
Almost Spring Training, All-Stars Bryce Harper and Manny Machado Still Unsigned
With less than a week to go until Spring Training, two of the best players in baseball, outfielder Bryce Harper and shortstop Manny Machado, remain unsigned free agents. After 100-plus days of negotiations, neither player is close to signing a deal. Several teams expressed interest, but it’s a week from […]
NBA Odds: Greek Freak’s Bucks Jump to 8/1, Warriors Still Favorites at All-Star Break
The NBA All-Star Weekend is upon us and according to the WestGate Super Book in Las Vegas, the Golden State Warriors (41-16) are -250 favorites to three-peat and win the NBA Championship for a third season is a row. The Milwaukee Bucks (43-14) saw the biggest swing over the season. […]
Steve Stricker Hopes Being Fair-Weather Golfer Pays Off At Chubb Classic
Steve Stricker had a choice to make, play in the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open, or the PGA Tour Champions Chubb Classic. He had entered both, but the time was coming where he had to make a decision. If he had his druthers, he would have picked Riviera Country Club. Stricker […]
John Smoltz Ready for Professional Golf; Gets Three PGA Tour Champions Exemptions
After getting a taste of professional golf last year at the US Senior Open, former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is ready to drench himself in the PGA Tour Champions this year. The tour announced that the Hall of Fame pitcher is receiving three event exemptions. The first tournament Smoltz […]
LSU Stuns No. 5 Kentucky on Controversial Buzzer-Beater (Video)
In SEC conference action, #19 LSU (20-4) picked off #5 Kentucky (20-4) with a buzzer-beater, tip-in by LSU’s Kavell Bigby-Williams. Kentucky lost to LSU at home 73-71. Bigby-Williams beat the buzzer, but replays indicated he committed offensive interference. In addition to the controversial tip-in, officials blew numerous calls down the […]
Oscars Betting: Alfonso Cuaron Huge Favorite to Win Best Director After BAFTA Win
“Roma” won seven BAFTA awards including best director, and director Alfonso Cuaron is the runaway favorite to win an Oscar in the Best Director category against filmmakers Spike Lee, Adam McKay, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Pawel Pawlikowski. The BAFTA is the British version of the Oscars. “Roma” picked up four awards, […]
Bernhard Langer Wastes No Time Proving He’s Still Force
Any small doubt that Bernhard Langer couldn’t regain his throne as the King of the PGA Tour Champions was blown away after his victory at last weekend’s Oasis Championship. Langer, who lives 10 minutes from the golf course, won the event by five strokes as the 4/1 favorite. Not only […]
Limp Ducks Lose Seven Straight; Anaheim Fires Head Coach Randy Carlyle
The Anaheim Ducks, the worst team in the Western Conference, relieved Randy Carlyle of head coaching duties and installed general manager Bob Murray as an interim head coach. Murray has been the GM of the Ducks since 2006, but has zero head coaching experience. Randy Carlyle, 62, has the most […]
No. 2 Duke Easy Win Over Virginia, Frosh RJ Barrett Drops 26
In one of the biggest matchups of the college basketball season, freshman RJ Barrett scored 26 points for #2 Duke and the Blue Devils defeated #3 Virginia at home 81-71 Two of the top three teams in the country faced off in a game so special that NBA stars LeBron […]
Plenty of Changes in NASCAR Offseason Pose Several Questions for 2019
With the official start of NASCAR season a little more than a week away at the Daytona 500, the was plenty of action off the track to keep fans occupied during the seven-week break. Drivers signed with new teams, new rules were put into place, and Jim France replaced his […]
No NFL, No Problem; Alliance of American Football, Other Sports, Will Try to Fill Void
The first weekend of no NFL since August can give gamblers a hangover effect betting-wise, but fear not, there is football this weekend. The Alliance of American Football begins its season this week. The league has four games on the schedule in its debut season. There is also a full […]
College Basketball Teams to Watch: Last Year’s Cinderella Story Loyola-Chicago
Loyola-Chicago (15-9) took March Madness by storm last year and became the Cinderella story of the 2018 college basketball tournament, but this season the Ramblers got off to a slow 7-6 start. Loyola-Chicago has won 8 of their last 11 games to move into first place in the Missouri Valley […]
New York Knicks Valued at $4 Billion, Tops Forbes NBA List
Despite being one of the perennial worst teams in the leauge, the New York Knicks are the most valuable team in the NBA worth $4 billion according to the latest report by Forbes. Playing home games at the historic and newly-renovated Madison Square Garden (aka MSG) is one of the […]
Washington Wizards Trade Otto Porter to the Chicago Bulls for Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis
The Washington Wizards and the Chicago Bulls worked out a trade in which the Wizards will send small forward Otto Porter Jr. to the Bulls in exchange for forwards Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis, plus a second-round draft pick. With all eyes on the future of Anthony Davis, the Wizards/Bulls […]
Future is Now for Kentucky Derby Bettors, Bob Baffert Leads the Way
Game Winner and Improbable, both from the stable of Bob Baffert, are expected to attract the most individual Kentucky Derby future book wagering action when the second phase of the popular bet opens Friday. Bettors also have an “all others†option covering any horse not listed by veteran linemaker Mike […]
NASCAR Plans to Disqualify Illegal Cars After Races in Effort to Stamp Out Cheating
NASCAR announced a stronger set of penalties for cheating in the 2019 season on Monday, up to and including the possibility of disqualifying cars that have already won races. The move represents a major change for NASCAR, which has previously considered it critical for fans at the track and watching […]
New Jersey Sportsbooks Lose $4.5M on Super Bowl, While Nevada Casinos Post $10M Win
The first Super Bowl after the legalization of sports betting in New Jersey wasn’t a profitable one for sportsbooks in the state, as bookmakers took $4.5 million in losses on the New England Patriots 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. According to numbers released by the New […]
Little Scoring in Super Bowl 53 Translates to Big Payouts for Prop Bettors
Super Bowl 53 might have been the lowest scoring game in history, but for some lucky prop bettors it provided some big payouts. Several of the defensive prop bets hit, a couple with nice odds in the 13-3 victory by New England over Los Angeles. The first big payday hit […]