#Changing of the Guard

After another disappointing Six Nations and an embarrassing defeat by the Barbarians, Eddie Jones leads England into a three-Test tour of Australia with odds of 6/4 to be sacked before the 2023 Rugby World Cup. England are unbeaten in eight games against the Wallabies under Jones, but it's the hosts that are 8/13 favourites to win the first Test…

Michael Schumacher is one of F1's legendary drivers. He turned 54 on the 3rd of January, with his legacy still resonating and impacting the sport today. His achievements are illustrious. The Germans raced from 1991 to 2006, returning in 2010 to 2012. Schumacher's career numbers are mind-blowing. 7 world championships, 91 race wins, 155 podiums, 68…

Inches separated TCU from perfection. After coming up just short in the Big 12 championship game against Kansas State, the Horned Frogs and first-year coach Sonny Dykes will settle for the most unexpected College Football Playoff berth in the history of the postseason format. And now the really hard part begins: third-seeded TCU enters the Vrbo…

Saturday's UFC 282 in Las Vegas is the organization's last pay-per-view event for the calendar year. The 13-bout card begins at 2:30 p.m. PT, with the main card starting at 7 p.m. PT. Last week Phil Rowe got his hand raised as a+120 underdog padding 2022 profitability to 26-19+9.77 units entering the remaining two events of the year. Light…

After a rollercoaster 2022, 2023 looks set to one of the most important years in Jurgen Klopp's reign as Liverpool manager. Having been denied what would have been an historic quadruple after missing out on the Premier League and Champions League to Manchester City and Real Madrid respectively, the Reds have somewhat different ambitions now…

Miami is set for one of the juicier matchups of the college bowl season on Friday. Tennessee faces Clemson in what may be the orangest Orange Bowl in the game's 87-year history. Our Orange Bowl preview shows how it will be the culmination of an interesting season for each team. For Josh Heupel's orange and white squad, this season was the…

Verry Elleegant and Nature Strip, the nation's best racehorses, are defying time - but for how much longer? Since the retirement of all-time great Winx three years ago, the Chris Waller-trained duo have reigned supreme. Nature Strip inherited the Horse of the Year title from his former stablemate in 2019-20 before Verry Elleegant claimed the honour…

SAN DIEGO - One of the guiding forces beneath the surface that has helped carry the North Carolina football team to the palm trees and picturesque vistas of a bowl game in Southern California is the sickening feeling that set in as last season ended. Coach Mack Brown thought back Tuesday, with his Tar Heels preparing to face Oregon here in the…

The coaches, culture and attitude have propelled the Michigan Wolverines back to being the apex predators in the Big Ten and on the cusp of playing for a national title. However, Michigan would not be in the rarified air it now occupies without several surprising developments happening along the way. Below are my top five picks for these phenomena,…

FanSided MMA's 2023 fighters to watch. What a year 2022 was for combat sports, better or worse. We saw a betting scandal, a majority draw title fight, the changing of the guard for several titles, and many millionaires were made. FanSided MMA will be announcing its end-of-the-year awards soon, but until then, we wanted to take a look ahead. Here,…

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Her Majesty's passion for horses will be celebrated with unseen footage on ITV showing her feeding horses at the Sandringham stables The Queen will miss the Epsom Derby on Saturday for only the third time in her reign, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Friday. She will watch on television from Windsor Castle as she continues to suffer with mobility…

Bizarrely placed amidst the European Flat Classics, French racing's answer to the Cheltenham Festival takes place this weekend, as we are treated to two formidable days of Gr.1 action at the Hippodrome d'Auteuil. There is over €2.4 million in prizemoney to be allocated throughout the weekend bonanza, which not only has enticed the best in France,…

A changing of the guard could be in the offing on Friday evening at Ball Arena. The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Colorado Avalanche for Game 5 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay is seeking a third straight championship, with Colorado aiming to bring the Stanley Cup to Denver for the first time since 2001. The Avs lead the series by a 3-1…

Chinese legend Ma Long and world No. 1 Fan Zhendong will square off Friday morning in what should be a thrilling men's table tennis final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ma is the reigning gold medalist, while Fan is the world's top-ranked player, and it is a rematch of the 2020 World cup final, a nail-biter won by Fan. Ma is widely considered the best…

Last weekend, Big Ten football witnessed one of the most brutal beatdowns that Ohio State has ever seen. No one demolishes Ohio State like Michigan did - especially not in back-to-back years - yet that is what we saw on Saturday. Michigan football is a unique team right now. After a stunningly lousy season in 2020, the Wolverines have been reborn…

This content was produced in partnership with Gambler Labs. It was a regular season to remember for Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. But at the end of the year, Embiid could not dethrone Nikola Jokić, as the Denver Nuggets center won his second-straight National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award. Jokić picked up 65 first-place…

The UFC is back in New York City for its big annual trip to Madison Square Garden. This year, it's UFC 281 featuring a stacked lineup that starts with the prelims at 6 p.m. EST before the main card gets underway at 10 p.m. EST. UFC 281 centers around a rivalry that goes beyond MMA. Middleweight kingpin Israel Adesanya aims to continue his dominant…

The Toronto Raptors head into the 2022-23 NBA season with so much upside, but they also don't (yet) have that true superstar to capture everyone's imagination. Pascal Siakam earned Third Team All-NBA honors last season and reigning Rookie of the Yeart Scottie Barnes could be that guy, but for now, neither are quite there yet. Here we will discuss…

The MLB trade deadline shook up the landscape of the league, especially in the National League highlighted by the Padres' huge splash acquisitions. It was the NL division leaders who cleaned up for bettors, as there was a changing of the guard in the NL Central as well with the Cardinals lighting the world on fire with an undefeated week, but their…

Lewis Hamilton will be aiming to extend his recent dominance at the Spanish Grand Prix with a sixth straight victory when he hits the track in Barcelona this weekend as a slim+115 favorite. Hamilton is coming off a decisive victory last weekend in Portugal, marking his second win in three outings this season. However, the reigning Formula 1…

The Los Angeles Dodgers could be experiencing a changing of the guard in the leadership department this offseason, and not in the way the fan base was hoping (sorry, but Dave Roberts will still be here communicating the front office's decisions next season). Whether it's this offseason or next, both Justin Turner and Clayton Kershaw are rapidly…

Unpredictability is what makes MMA arguably the most exciting sport in the world. Anything can happen no matter who steps foot inside the cage, and nothing displays that better than a wild upset. There have been plenty throughout history, but these 10 all left oddsmakers with their mouths agape by the end. If MMA wasn't exciting enough alone, the…

Jimbo Fisher's (lack of) performance has been the talk of college football this season, and rightfully so. After starting 2021 ranked No. 6, the Aggies finished unranked. Despite that underperformance, the Aggies again started No. 6 this fall, and at press time it looks like Texas A&M will not only finish out of the rankings come January, they…

When it comes to pageantry and tradition, college football does it better than the rest. The Big 12 ranks right up there with doing it right. With a mix of traditional powerhouses and programs looking to carve their own long-term niche, Big 12 football has a vibrant feel of both old and new. The conference has 15 national titles won by four…

KING Charles is set to axe the role of one of the late Queen's closest and most trusted friends, it's been claimed. Racing manager John Warren oversaw all the late Queen's racing and breeding interests for more than 13 years and famously celebrated next to Elizabeth II when her horse Estimate won the Ascot Gold Cup in 2013. The bloodstock maestro…

I'm picking Edmonton to win the Stanley Cup this year. And I wouldn't be surprised if the Oilers end up beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the final. That is, if both teams' goaltending holds up. It's just one of the questions heading into the 2022-23 season. From whether the Calgary Flames are better or worse after dismantling their core, to…

Liverpool's languid start has them staring up at Arsenal atop the table. As the Reds look to make up ground, count on them making the most of this opportunity, as our EPL picks explain. With Liverpool off to an uncharacteristically floundering start, Sunday's match represents a rare opportunity for league leaders Arsenal, who've lost only one of…

LEGENDARY racehorse Stradivarius - famed for his money-making partnership with Frankie Dettori - has been retired aged eight. with the jockey calling him the'horse of a lifetime'. The superstar stayer trained to greatness by John Gosden will now stand at stud after picking up an injury last month. Stradivarius earned just shy of £3.5million in…

Once American Frances Tiafoe beat Rafael Nadal in the Round of 16, it marked just the second time since 2005 that one of the "Big Three" (Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer) did not reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. Not only was history made on that front, but with this collection of four semi-finalists, we are guaranteed to have a…