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It seems like such a simple question. Can Kawhi Leonard win this season's MVP award? According to the odds, it would be an extreme longshot. But, when you look into the way the season is playing out? Well, let's dig in. According to ESPNBET, here are the five players with the shortest odds to win MVP: Nikola Jokic (-140), Shai…

After just 10 games, Victor Wembanyama is on pace to have a rookie season as good as or perhaps even better than LeBron James' in 2003-04. Yet, Wembanyama might not be having the best season of his rookie class. Chet Holmgren is also on a historic pace for a rookie, among the best this millennium. Another rookie quietly tossing his hat into the…

Analytics has become a buzzword in all sports ever since "Moneyball" and Billy Beane hit the scene with the Oakland Athletics. While familiar names - Jaime Rodriguez, Jamie Ness - top the rider and trainer standings at Delaware Park, digging into the data a bit more reveals a number of riders and trainers - and angles - that can benefit the…

Is the man roundly recognized as the greatest Raptor of them all going to end up in the basketball hall of fame once he hangs up his high tops? Don't have an account? Create Account Kyle Lowry definitely has a shot, and it's only going to be enhanced if he helps the Miami Heat cap one of the most unlikely postseason runs in NBA history with a…

On the NHL schedule today, the Maple Leafs will be taking on the Flames in a pivotal matchup for both teams on Thursday night. This is a huge game for both teams because playoff positioning is going to matter at this point in the NHL regular season. In the NHL standings, Toronto has currently played in 61 games so far this season and is currently…

Austin Riley has be a key member of the Atlanta Braves offense for the past two years. In 2022 he took his offensive output to a new level. Let's explore what he did differently that helped him see his offense reach the elite level territory. In 2021, Riley had a slash line of.303/.367/.531 with 33 HRs and a 136 wRC+ in 662 plate appearances. In…

The Sharks and the Kings are a fun rivalry, but its been one-sided so far this season. The Kings earned a 5-2 victory in San Jose on Nov. 25 then followed up with a 3-2 shootout win against the Sharks on Dec. 17. At a glance, those results weren't surprising given Los Angeles' strong play this season coupled with the Sharks' seeming race to the…

The bookmaker (nearly) always wins, as the adage goes. But if you want to tip the balance in your favor, look to female riders. Gamblers' biases have created a situation where punters can make greater returns by backing female jump jockeys. In our recently published research that was funded by the Racing Foundation, my colleagues and I discovered…

The bookmaker (nearly) always wins, as the adage goes. But if you want to tip the balance in your favour, look to female riders. Gamblers' biases have created a situation where punters can make greater returns by backing female jump jockeys. In our recently published research that was funded by the Racing Foundation, my colleagues and I discovered…

Welcome to the 12 tips of Santa Anita. We're counting down to the meet at the Great Race Place with stats, facts and figures related to one of the nation's premiere meetings. 12. Jockeys Of the top 15 riders by starts at the winter-spring meeting this year, only Juan Hernandez, Flavien Prat and John Velazquez won more than 20 percent of their…

Determining a bettor's best friend among the trainer ranks is more difficult than jockey, because a disproportionate number of trainers make a disproportionate number of the total starts available relative to their jockey brethren, and those big names all get over bet. Of the six trainers with at least 1000 starts this year through Monday, only…

Welcome to VSiN's NHL Bets page. Your source for comprehensive and dynamic hockey betting analysis. Read on for odds, predictions and best bets for November 29. Follow me on to stay up to date. Tuesday: Tuesday's NHL schedule features nine games, but there is one bet that I believe is better than all the rest. Tuesday's Bets: Pittsburgh Penguins…

Welcome to VSiN's NHL Bets page. Your source for comprehensive and dynamic hockey betting analysis. Read on for odds, predictions and best bets for Wednesday, November 23. NHL Bets Today: Odds, predictions and picks for Wednesday, November 23 Recap: Tuesday's best bet on the Los Angeles Kings got off to a great start, with the Kings jumping out to…

Welcome to VSiN's NHL Bets page. Your source for comprehensive and dynamic hockey betting analysis. Read on for odds, predictions and best bets for Monday, November 21st. NHL Bets Today: Odds, predictions and picks for Monday, November 21 Monday: The week of Thanksgiving is always a bit of a weird one in the NHL. There are no games on Thursday, and…

The Ottawa Senators are currently 4-8-0, have lost six straight games, and are on the verge of losing their season before it even gets started. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, they placed Nikita Zaitsev on waivers. He has two years remaining on his contract, which is valued at $4.5 million per season. The 31-year-old has played seven games this season and…

How soon is too soon to reassess NFL teams? For bettors, the risk might be in waiting too long rather than not waiting long enough. NFL teams often don't conform to their preseason expectations, so you must be ready to change your mind based on new information and not stay locked into your August assumptions. It's never too late to look at…

A hoarse Eric Foster stood outside the winner's circle Monday at Kentucky Downs next to owner Doug Miller. The trainer tried to gather his thoughts and find the words to describe his first graded-stakes win. "I just knew we had him ready," Foster said of Kitodan, who pulled a 20-1 upset in the Grade 3, $750000 Dueling Grounds Derby. "Doug always…

Playing the NFL futures market can be a fulfilling endeavor - even late in the offseason, when seemingly every wager has been moved by sharp money. The key is to think strategically and set yourself up for success by looking a bit deeper into the numbers, perhaps connecting dots that haven't been connected yet by the public at large. Plus, depth…

In Thursday's eighth race at Del Mar, a $50000 waiver maiden claimer going one mile on grass, Hector Berrios showed why he has quickly become a turf-riding sensation on the Southern California circuit. Berrios was on Tisquantum, a 5-year-old gelding who was making his first start in more than 15 months for low-profile trainer Rolando Quinonez.…

With Del Mar now a quarter of the way into its eight-week summer meet, it's time to check in on how the jockey colony has performed before the action picks up again on Thursday. Juan Hernandez, who was the leading rider at last year's Del Mar fall meet after being runner-up in the summer, leads the standings again with 13 wins from 54 mounts, which…

The Washington Capitals host the Carolina Hurricanes in Monday NHL Action. The Carolina Hurricanes come into this road contest with an overall record of 43-15-7. Through 65 games, the Hurricanes are 1st in the Metropolitan Division. On the season, they have found the net 216 times, good for a rank of 9th among NHL teams. Heading into the game,…

The Boston Celtics are a force to be feared. They have the best point differential and defensive rating in the Eastern Conference, and they boast the conference's best record since turning their season around on January 8. Within the past month, they've bludgeoned the 76ers by 48 points, the Heat by 30, and the Nets by 35 and 23. The Celtics are…

The legacy of Jim Crow continues to this day. Contemporary historians, such as Chernow (2017), have cast off the traditional depiction of the'carpetbagger era' and have documented the official and unofficial repression of African Americans in the post-Civil War period. Economic research, such as Lisa Cook's (2014) study of the dearth of patents for…

Fred Archer was known as The Tin Man owing to his love of money, while 26-time champion Sir Gordon Richards' annual income used to be a source of constant speculation in the press. Among today's top riders in Europe, there is more to the bottom line than merely their percentage cut of win and place prize-money, with retainers as first jockey to an…

The home-town drought looks set to continue in the Longines International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley on Wednesday after Douglas Whyte, Zac Purton and Keith Yeung Ming-lun drew a grab bag of the good, the bad and the downright ugly. Purton and Yeung, the only combatants on hand at yesterday's draw for mounts, emerged hopeful rather than…