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2023 is here, meaning the 28th season of Betfred Super League is just around the corner. But what are we thinking about most for each club as the new campaign approaches? Here's part one of your handy guide... CASTLEFORD TIGERS Stealing your neighbours' half-back of eight years standing is a lark, isn't it? Cas have nicked Jacob Miller from…

The 2022 college football season has finally returned and so has your favorite weekly blog post featuring score predictions of each and every Southeastern Conference football game (that hasn't already been played because the writer missed deadline). Anywho, enough about me. Let's go predict Week 1 of the 2022 SEC football season (minus those two…

It was 2013 and Alev Kelter, then 23, stood on top of a mountain near her house in Eagle River, Alaska, clutching her snowboard with both hands. Her mind was elsewhere. She was replaying the just-concluded Olympic ice hockey team tryouts over and over in her head. She had been so close. But she'd failed to make the final cut for the 2014 Sochi…

The back half of Sunday's compelling Big Ten Basketball doubleheader is set to feature the Maryland Terrapins traveling to Iowa City to face the Iowa Hawkeyes. Read on for our Maryland-Iowa college basketball picks based on current odds. After winning each of its first eight games, Maryland (10-6 against the spread, 5-11 Over/Under) has struggled…

Notre Dame welcomes 12 early enrollees to its 2023 football team, and five of those signees are on the offensive side of the ball. Getting this group in early should give the Irish depth chart a big boost in the spring, and several could have a chance to make an early impact. A look at the early enrollees for the Notre Dame offensive signees who…

Here are the latest rugby headlines on Friday, January 13. Scotland's sporting anthem Flower of Scotland should be ditched because of its anti-English "chippiness", according to rugby legend Jim Telfer. Having previously made the call for it to be replaced 12 years ago, the Scot hasn't changed his mind about the song which refers to Robert the…

What was the BOOM, you ask? Tommy Eichenberg will return for a final season with the Buckeyes in 2023. Get ready for more grunts next fall. Let's have a good Friday, shall we? THE ACHILLES HEEL. The term "Achilles heel" comes from the legend of the Greek hero Achilles, who was dipped in the River Styx by his mother, making him invulnerable…

So other than basketball (note that by just typing "basketball" you have now been blocked by Stack on Twitter), and eventually baseball season previews (Andrew's note: I'm getting to them... season starts on February 17th; next week, I will start the position previews; pre-season mail bag to follow), there's not a lot to talk about over here at…

Has Georgia surpassed Alabama as the best program in college football?Dan Wolken looks at if Georgia can now be considered the team to beat in college football. Big 12 football has come a long way in 18 months. From possible extinction to viability. From newfound parity to newfound prosperity. And then on a stormy Monday night in Inglewood,…

The University of Georgia's football team won the national championship Monday night, winning by 58 points. The Bulldogs easily covered the 13.5-point spread, setting a record for the largest margin of victory in any bowl game. While Georgia won, Georgians weren't able to legally wager on Stetson Bennett and the Bulldogs. Sports betting isn't yet…

College football's era of SEC super teams isn't over yet. Georgia started the 2022 season with a 49-3 victory against Oregon, and the Bulldogs' finished off their perfect record on Monday night with a 65-7 beat down of TCU in the College Football Playoff national championship game. A team from the SEC has now won the last four national…

Rodney Dangerfield would love these TCU Horned Frogs. It's hard to remember the last time a team got so little respect as these Big 12 champs, who entered the college football championship game against Georgia as massive underdogs. The Bulldogs enter as 13-point favorites, a whopping spread for a contest between the two best teams in college…

Cinderella didn't find Prince Charming on Monday night. In fact, she didn't even find her glass slipper. TCU football entered the season with 200-1 odds to win the national championship game, and they nearly lost by that much to their powerful, SEC opponent. Georgia's 17 points in the first quarter were a College Football Playoff record. Then, the…

Most of us grew up watching Disney movies, many of which tell tales of the little guy navigating through the impossible to achieve a dream. Even as adults, we're romantic about the underdog stories, the Davids versus Goliaths, the Cinderellas. We crave them. We so badly want to believe they're true. That's what made some of us inexplicably…

The Georgia Bulldogs won their second College Football Playoff National Championship title, this time against the TCU Horned Frogs. They were big favorites to win another title. The first time the Bulldogs played in the CFP was during the 2017-2018 season, on that occasion they lost 26-23 to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Four years after their loss…

We haven't quite put a bow on the 2022 college football season just yet with Georgia and TCU keeping everyone in suspense for the rest of the evening, but more and more experts, analysts and pundits can't wait for the upcoming fall schedule to kick off. As far as Kalen DeBoer's second University of Washington team goes, a definitive trend is…

The current Spanish national soccer team has existed for ten years. As far as Spanish football teams go, Real Madrid is peerless. At the start of 2022-23 season, Los Blancos had won over 100 domestic and international trophies, including 35 La Liga championships & 20 Copa del Rey titles. There is no debate that La Liga teams Barcelona, Valencia, &…

No. 1 Georgia will face off against No. 3 TCU on Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship game. The Bulldogs (14-0) are the defending champs and have been on a mission all season, while the Horned Frogs (13-1) have been a scrappy, Cinderella story out of the Big 12. But this isn't David vs. Goliath. Anyone that's been…

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Konrad Wasiela was stunned after his first time watching the Intel Extreme Masters professional gaming competition in Poland. It had all the trappings of a serious sporting event: a packed stadium, tens of thousands of fans, and esports athletes as committed as Wasiela's teammates had been during his days playing in the Canadian Football League. "I…

When No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU battle Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship, the Bulldogs will be looking to become the first back-to-back national champions since Alabama in 2011-12. Georgia has enjoyed one of the most remarkable seasons in recent memory, finishing the regular season undefeated for the second…

Georgia seeks its first back-to-back national title, and the first repeat champ since Alabama a decade ago, when it faces TCU Monday night in the College Football Playoff championship game. The Bulldogs are large favorites in Vegas, with a steady 12.5-point spread across most sportsbooks. Former Georgia athletes, a local baseball star, an…

One of my good female friends graduated from a rival college of mine. We love talking smack about who has a better football team. When her school loses games, I gloat. One time this year, I said her school had zero chance of winning against my school. I did this level of trash-talking for two months, practically daily. She said that if I was so…

I'm not sure when the statute of limitations expires on making New Year's resolutions, but it's safe to say the first week of January falls within the acceptable window. So, here, dear sports bettor, is a resolution you should consider adding to your 2023 list. Please write this on the chalkboard 50 times: I will not call every last freaking wager…

The TCU Horned Frogs football team shocked the world, defeating the Michigan Wolverines in the College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl to advance to the National Championship game vs. the Georgia Bulldogs. Unsurprisingly, Quentin Johnston and company were viewed as heavy underdogs against Michigan- and are already viewed as such against the SEC…

We are just five days into the new year, and people are slowly getting acclimated to the normal, day-to-day realities of living their lives. The same is likely true at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. So, if Ryan Day and his coaching staff are a bit behind on putting together their 2023 New Year's Resolutions, we figured we would give them a…

This article is part of our NHL Picks series. My editor told me to tout my wins more, so… just dropping in to say my picks are 10-4 in the last 2 days of articles to start off 2023, and we're hitting at 60% since Nov. 19. There are 10 games on the NHL slate tonight, and with stats like that, you bet your behind I've got a pick for every single one…

The college football playoffs provided excitement and captivating drama. The Michigan Wolverines, for the second year in a row, bowed out in the semi-final round. The TCU Horned Frogs jumped off their lily-pads and defeated the Michigan Wolverines 51-45. The Michigan defense, which had been stout all season long, pretty much imploded in this…

Sports betting is becoming more prevalent as states continue to legalize and launch their own retail and online sportsbooks. And while sports betting itself is starting to enter the mainstream, it's been popularized in media and film for decades. Here's a breakdown of five popular sports betting scenes in movies. There are plenty of films about…

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TCU has heard the doubt from practically every corner of the college football world. Coming off a 5-7 season and a coaching change, the Horned Frogs in the preseason were picked to finish seventh in the 10-team Big 12. Then came a gauntlet of four straight October games against ranked opponents. TCU destroyed Oklahoma by 31 points and followed with…

On Friday, New Jersey gambling regulators ordered bookmakers to stop accepting bets on the Citrus Bowl. The game, features Purdue and LSU squaring off on January 2nd in Florida. Reportedly, someone linked with the Purdue Football team violated state regulations and this prompted the decision. According to sources, they have identified the…

The NCAA College Football Playoff has arrived, with tonight's Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl featuring a showdown between the #4 Ohio State Buckeyes and #1 Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta - to see which team advances to the National Championship! If you're located in Ohio and would like to receive $100 in Bet Credits once bet365…

The Anchor-Bone Classic is one of DII football's best rivalries, especially in recent years. The annual battle of GLIAC superpowers takes on larger meaning in the 2022 rendition. The defending DII football champion - and No. 1-ranked - Ferris State Bulldogs host No. 2 Grand Valley State. At stake? Obviously, the team that walks away on the losing…

Come on, man. New Jersey sports bettors were thunderstruck on Friday when state regulators pulled odds for the upcoming Citrus Bowl matchup between the LSU Tigers and Purdue Boilermakers, citing a violation from "an individual associated with the Purdue Football team," per ESPN's David Purdum. And who should be at the center of this controversy…

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. - Why, you ask, is the picture for this article a rhinoceros? This morning, at the Phoenix Zoo, Chutti the rhino made his prediction for Saturday's Fiesta Bowl showdown between No. 2 seed Michigan and No. 3 seed TCU. In an electric display of decision-making only a rhino is capable of, Chutti emphatically chose the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - When the ball drops at midnight on New Year's Eve, Ohio-based sports betting sites will launch. FanDuel DraftKings SuperBook BetMGM Tipico Sportsbook BetRivers Bet365 Betfred BallyBet Betr Caesars Sportsbook Hard Rock PointsBet Legal sportsbooks in Ohio have been available internationally since the days of Kirk Herbstreit on the…

GLENDALE, Ariz. - The University of Michigan football team is in the College Football Playoff for the second year in a row following an undefeated regular season and the 44th Big Ten championship in program history. The Wolverines (13-0, 9-0 Big Ten) rode running back Blake Corum for most of the year, but will once again have to find a way to win…

Another season has come and gone Penn State fans. The Nittany Lions finished with double-digit wins following two subpar seasons, but with losses to Ohio State and Michigan, there's still plenty to prove in Monday's Rose Bowl. James Franklin has led the Lions to three New Year's Six Bowl games since taking over the program. He's 2-1 in those games,…

Versatility is a key attribute in small-school football. And arguably no one in the area proved more versatile, at least on defense, than Windthorst junior Brayden Berend. Throw in Berend's penchant for making big plays at receiver for the Trojan offense, and you have the profile of a classic Red River 22 small-school football Most Valuable…

In case you missed it, the Bayou Bets crew is holding their second annual College Bowl Pick'Em, and we're hoping you're the big benefactor from our predictions. Like we did last year, we started with $1000 Bowl Bucks, and we're making a play on each of the 42 bowl games this season. And when it's over, we'll take whatever money we have left and…

We're less than 24 hours out from Florida State's (9-3) Cheez-It Bowl matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners (6-6). The game is set for a 5:30 p.m. eastern time kickoff inside Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Noles247 staff broke down Thursday night's matchup between the Seminoles and the Sooners and shared our score predictions for the…

Ohio State's first defining game of the year didn't go well. The Buckeyes were outscored 28-3 in the second half by Michigan to lose their rivalry game for the second year in a row, suffering a 45-23 defeat that kept them out of the Big Ten Championship Game for the second straight season. Had that loss also knocked Ohio State out of the College…

The Ohio State football team is two wins away from claiming a national championship, but that is easier said than done. To win that championship, the Buckeyes would need to beat the reigning national champion, Georgia (in Atlanta), and then beat either high-powered TCU or their biggest rival, who has beaten them in their their two meetings,…

The 2022 College Football Playoff kicks off with the Michigan Wolverines (13-0) and TCU Horned Frogs (12-1) looking to earn their first ever CFP victories. Michigan dominated the Big Ten while the Horned Frogs were the Cinderella story of the 2022 season. Location: Glendale, Ariz. (State Farm Stadium) When: December 31st - 4:00 PM ET Network:…

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- In qualifying for the postseason, Duke had to defy all odds in its first year under head coach Mike Elko. On Wednesday, it looked every bit the part, earning a monumental victory before the long offseason. Playing in their first bowl game since 2018, the Blue Devils took control late in the first half of their Military Bowl showdown…

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After almost a month of waiting, the Cheez-It Bowl is finally here. Florida State (9-3) will square off against Oklahoma (6-6) in the 5:30 p.m. game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando (TV: ESPN). Not since 2019 have the Seminoles played in a bowl game. They are looking to capture their first 10-win season since finishing 10-3 in 2016. FSU enters…

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known to the world as Pelé and nicknamed by his admirers as O Rei (The King), is hailed by many as the greatest icon of the football world. Many of the numerous records and other achievements that Pelé set in his stellar career of 21 years from 1956 to 1977 remain unbroken to this day. The Brazilian legendary…