#All-Stars

The Sacramento Kings have scored a franchise-record 130-plus points in four consecutive games. Halfway through the 2022-23 season, the playoff contender is 23-18 and ranks fourth in the Western Conference standings. They're five games over.500 for the first time since April 2006. Sacramento is also averaging a league-best 119.7 points per game.…

The Phoenix Suns (50-12) and New York Knicks (25-37) face off on Friday night at Footprint Center in Phoenix. The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. MST and can be seen on Bally Sports Arizona, ESPN and MSG Networks. Who will win the game? Phoenix is -300 on the money line and New York is+230. The over/under for the game is set at 223.5 points. It…

The Golden State Warriors will meet the San Antonio Spurs in NBA action on Friday night. Despite their recent struggles, the Warriors will come into this game as the favorites. They are a team that has a lot of talent, and they will be looking to bounce back after their loss to the Suns. They are led by Steph Curry and Draymond Green, two All-Stars…

Tuesday at Dodger Stadium saw the Dodgers, Major League Baseball, and the city of Los Angeles announce plans for All-Star week in and around downtown in July. Dodger Stadium hosts the MLB All-Star Game for the first time since 1980. But while that Tuesday, July 19 game - called by Joe Davis from his home booth in his new role as Fox Sports' No. 1…

Let's try to boost our betting bankrolls heading into the NFL's Super Wild Card Weekend by gambling on a few of these NBA Friday games. There are nine games scheduled to tip-off Friday in the Association and I have gambling looks in Pelicans-Pistons, Knicks-Wizards, and Nuggets-Clippers. You can listen to the audio versions of these handicaps on my…

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers face off at Wells Fargo Center tonight. The pregame narrative: Kevin Hayes is Philadelphia's lone representative for the All-Star Game, and we like him to find the stat sheet. We're also backing William Nylander to stay hot with two plus-money props. Odds as of 10:37 a.m. on 01/08/2023. Best Bet:…

The Phillies will head to San Diego to finish their long road trip. The Phillies have gone 4-3 on the trip but are coming into play on a three game losing streak. The Padres have been one of baseball's best this season, welcoming the Phillies to town with a 44-27 record near the top of the National League. The Padres will be playing this series…

The Brooklyn Nets (25-12, 2nd in Atlantic) head to the Midwest as they face off against the Chicago Bulls (16-21, 4th in Central) at the United Center at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday night. The Nets have been sensational the last month as they're currently on a 12-game winning streak and are 13-1 since the start of December. Their lone loss came against…

Tuesday is opening day at Angel Stadium, the beginning of another hugely hyped, All-Star-studded, high-payroll and high-expectations season for the hometown Angels. Angels fans are thinking World Series for the club that hasn't made the playoffs since 2009 and won its only crown in 2002. Here are nine things every Angels fan should know going into…

The league-leading Boston Bruins (30-4-4, first Atlantic) come to town to face off against the San Jose Sharks (12-20-8, seventh Pacific), and a rough night has never seemed so imminent. The Bruins are having a good "year," winning their last two contests, including the Winter Classic win against the Pittsburgh Penguins and a padded 5-2 victory…

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Unfinished business. That's the theme of the 2022-23 season for the Cavaliers. Fueled by an underdog, Cleveland-against-everybody mentality, the scrappy young group became the NBA's greatest surprise last season, rocketing up the Eastern Conference standings, doubling their win total from the previous season and advancing to the…

Welcome to the first 2023 edition of Screen Shots, a THN.com regular feature in which we tackle a few hockey topics and analyze them in a few paragraphs. You know how this works by now, right? Onward we go: The NHL revealed most of the rosters for the league's upcoming All-Star Game in South Florida. The best news is the league has decided to give…

Well, after a 0-2 dumpster-fire effort in the NBA Thursday, Imma try to get some of that money back. Usually, I stick with sides when handicapping team sports but my three gambling looks Friday are for the totals in Knicks-Raptors, Nets-Pelicans, and Wizards-Thunder. You can listen to the audio versions of these handicaps on my recently…

Ready yourself for a possible huge night from reserve guard Russell Westbrook, as the shorthanded 10-13 Los Angeles Lakers will need all the scoring help they can get against the 12-12 Toronto Raptors. There's still fun to be had for Lakers fans, at least in the (gambling) margins -- in applicable states, that is. Whether or not Westbrook starts is…

Siri, play Boyz II Men, "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" because the NFL Week 18 Season Finale has got us feeling very emo. From the last snap of the Super Bowl until the first kickoff of the regular season, we long for the NFL's return. And when it finally arrives - even though the regular season is 18 weeks long - it seems like it's…

You can't go into the All-Star break on a higher note than the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners beat the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park on Sunday (SEA 6, TEX 2) to extend their winning streak to 14 games. It is tied for the longest winning streak in baseball this season (the Atlanta Braves won 14 straight from June 1-15) and is the second longest…

After a weak Tuesday, the NBA is back with a respectable 12-game slate for Wednesday. Below, I'll handicap and give picks for the Bucks-Raptors, Hawks-Kings, and Heat-Lakers. You can listen to the audio versions of these handicaps on my recently launched NBA Hoops At Lunch show on the OutKick Bets podcast feed. I'm looking at the total in the first…

There were high expectations for the Atlanta Hawks coming into the 2022-23 campaign after an Eastern Conference Finals appearance two seasons ago and notable roster additions this past offseason. However, the team has been mediocre so far and is nowhere near having championship contender status. On top of that, the Hawks were in the headlines for…

The Nepal T20 Cricket League took an ugly turn today after the Home Ministry wrote to Nepal Police to investigate into the spot-fixing scandal and payment of players, while a commentator made serious allegations of irregularities in the maiden official premier tournament of the Cricket Association of Nepal. CAN has signed Seven- 3Sports as…

Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies have a marquee matchup on New Year's Eve, as they host Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night. Morant and Williamson were the two top picks in the 2019 NBA Draft, and they have both blossomed into All-Stars early in their careers. The Pelicans have the No. 1 spot in the Western Conference…

Shaun Wane is the international coach who has barely been able to coach internationals. The ex-Wigan boss took charge of England in February 2020. But in two and a half years, Wane has only overseen one official match. It is no wonder he admitted ahead of Saturday's World Cup opener against Samoa: 'I've been bored for the last two years, so I am…

Hello everyone! Welcome in to the first mailbag of my tenure at Mile High Sports. It certainly won't be the last. Throughout the season and the offseason, there comes a time in every NBA writer's tenure where the content well runs a bit dry. That doesn't mean there aren't still outstanding topics to discuss though, and a mailbag is the perfect…

DALLAS - Luka Doncic followed his historic 60-point, 21-rebound, 10-assist triple-double in the Mavericks' Tuesday night thriller over the New York Knicks by hydrating with water, a protein shake and beer and sifting through his own highlights on social media and NBA TV while relaxing in the locker room. How did everyone else recover? At least some…

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell's Padres Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year! 2022 was a roller coaster for the Padres. So what do they have in store next year? Here are 23 predictions for'23: 1. The Padres will win the West. I'm getting the…

The final days of 2022 are nigh and in the football realm, it's been a year filled with plenty of joy, sadness and epic moments that constantly left us baffled. We had a World Cup mired in controversy before, during and after the tournament, but there was little discounting the thrilling action across every match as Lionel Messi finally led…

Raleigh, N.C. - The 2001-2002 version of the Carolina Hurricanes had no business being three wins from the Stanley Cup. At that point, they were just a few years removed from playing in front of sparse crowds at the Greensboro Coliseum, where a curtain regularly draped off much of the upper level seating. But the spring of 2002 brought the infancy…

The Grizzlies and Warriors' anticipated Christmas Day matchup took a hit with Steph Curry's injury. Golden State's bracing for Andrew Wiggins' return but our NBA picks still see Memphis as too strong for the hosts. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports Santa drops off five NBA games for us to unwrap on Christmas Day including a rematch of last season's…

Who: Memphis Grizzlies (19-11) at Golden State Warriors (15-18) When: Sunday, Dec. 25 Time: 8:00 p.m. ET Where: Chase Center (San Francisco, California) Betting Odds Summary Spread: Grizzlies -4.5 (-110), Warriors+4.5 (-110) Moneyline: Grizzlies (-185), Warriors (+140) Total: Over/Under 228.5 (-110/-110) A new rivalry will add another chapter when…

SALT LAKE CITY - The crowd roared and bounced so enthusiastically that seats in the upper deck of the arena were shaking. The public address announcer had been crowing since the third quarter that the Jazz were about to win the game, urging the Utah fans to believe it too. With 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Jazz up by 1 point,…

The NBA Friday slate is absolutely loaded since the Association takes Christmas Eve off every year and only 10 teams play this Christmas. My favorite gambling looks are in Clippers-76ers, Bucks-Nets, Trail Blazers-Nuggets, and Hornets-Lakers. Wait for the final injury reports to be released before placing a bet because more and more NBA players are…

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen followed through on his promise to spend whatever it takes to build this team into a contender. The largest payroll in MLB history gives New York a chance to be the best team in MLB, but there is always room for improvement. The NL East is the best division in baseball. It's going to be a three-team slugfest in 2023…

There are over three months left in the 2022-23 NBA regular season. A lot can change in a couple of weeks, let alone a quarter of a calendar year. But we also have two months of games, video and information on which to base our takes. That's enough for some way-too-early predictions on each of the league's shiny (and recently rebranded) individual…

A new week is here, bringing us another loaded slate of NBA action on Monday night. There are nine games tonight, each of which will have implications that can shake up the standings as teams battle to break apart from the pack. In the East, the Milwaukee Bucks lead the way at 21-8, following the Celtics' fall back to Earth. Only 6.5 games separate…

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the St. Louis Cardinals. Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and…

The Monday Night Football game in Week 15 is a bit of a dud so what's wrong with getting some action down on the NBA? My favorite gambling looks in the Association Monday are in Spurs-Rockets, Bucks-Pelicans, and Jazz-Cavaliers. (Buyer beware: The NBA's "load management" stuff is bogus and players are sitting out more and more games. It would…

The Minnesota Wild will play against the Nashville Predators for the fourth and final time this season. The Predators beat the Wild all three times they have faced them and are going for a series sweep in this game. The Predators scored a combined 17 goals in those three games. Both of these teams are in questionable positions. The Wild clinched a…

The Yankees have started their long road trip losing their one-game makeup against the Houston Astros and taking two of three in Cleveland against the Guardians. After their first scheduled off day since the 13th of June, they return to action today with their first set of road interleague games this season, as they head to Pittsburgh to take on…

The Sabres are 30 games into what has been a whirlwind season. They started off hot, winning seven of their first 10 games. Injuries contributed to the team hitting a roadblock in November and losing eight straight games without even collecting an overtime point. Since that streak ended, the Sabres are 7-3-2 and have worked themselves back to…

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Weeks after the Cleveland Cavaliers' season ended with back-to-back play-in tournament losses against Brooklyn and Atlanta, president of basketball operations Koby Altman stood inside Cleveland Clinic Courts and recapped the successful-yet-painful season. When asked specifically whether it was time to raise expectations on the…

Ezequiel Tovar, the next in a succession of Rockies shortstops behind Trevor Story and Troy Tulowitzki, fielded groundballs Thursday under a gray sky for the first time at Coors Field. But all he could see was the third deck. "Wow, this feels big," Tovar said of his new home. The Rockies on Thursday called up Tovar from Triple A to play out the…

Having publicly stated a desire to add elite talent to their roster this offseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers are left to improve via trade in the wake of being passed over by Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg in free agency. The Dodgers have long been linked to trade speculation involving Cleveland Indians teammates Mike Clevinger…

The New York Yankees are doing New York Yankees things. They're near the top of 2023 World Series odds boards after a pair of high-profile signings. Their most recent big-ticket purchase is dominant southpaw Carlos Rodon. Is now the time to side with the Yankees as the eventual 2023 World Series champions? They still trail the Astros across…

The Raptors are slumping, and with the way the Nets have been playing lately, this doesn't look like the get-right spot. See why our NBA picks are on the road side for this East clash. The Brooklyn Nets head north of the border to face off against the Toronto Raptors in NBA action on Friday night. These are two teams moving in opposite directions…

The weights for the 2022 Randox Grand National at Aintree Racecourse have risen by 5lbs after the top three in the handicap - Galvin, Conflated and Melon - were taken out at the latest scratchings' stage. There are now 78 entries remaining, with Henry De Bromhead's Chris's Dream now topping the weights at 11st10lb, for the Aintree showpiece on…

Akuta (Bettor's Delight), the reigning New Zealand two-year-old of the year, and his co-trainer Mark Purdon made a big statement when taking out the time-honoured Hannon Memorial on Sunday afternoon (Sep. 18) in Oamaru. While the 2600m journey was a sedate affair (3:20.1) and the second slowest Hannon since 2005, the manner in which in Akuta was…

The NBA is in mid-season form already with this trash slate. It's a bunch of double-digit spreads and matchups with players missing. The NFL comp to this NBA's Sunday card would be if 24 of the 32 teams played backup QBs. Nikola Jokic is one of the few people in American sports with COVID, Chris Paul's foot hurts and most of the Miami Heat's…

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the Chicago White Sox. Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard University football senior defensive lineman has earned FCS Associated Press Third Team All-America honors as well as an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl on February 2, 2023 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2022 Bushnell Cup winner as the Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Jones…

The NBA Wednesday slate is headlined by a rematch of last season's Western Conference play-in tourney and Luka Doncic facing off with one of the NBA's best defenses in the Cleveland Cavaliers. My favorite looks in Wednesday's action are in the Timberwolves-Clippers, Warriors-Pacers, and Cavaliers-Mavericks, along with a player prop in Trail…

The top club players from Major League Soccer take on the elite from Liga MX on Wednesday when the 2022 MLS All-Stars host the Liga MX All-Stars in an exhibition match in St. Paul, Minn. The teams faced off in the MLS All-Star Game for the first time last year in Los Angeles. The MLS All-Stars won 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The American…