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After a thrilling final week to the NFL regular season which saw several teams clinch a spot in the postseason on the final day, attention now shifts to "Super" Wild Card Weekend. Action kicks off Saturday with the San Francisco 49ers hosting the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Chargers hosting the Jacksonville Jaguars. You can claim up to…

We are less than two weeks into the 2023 calendar year, but we've got bold predictions of a litany of things that will go down in Major League Baseball over the course of the next 11.5 months. Most of our predictions are about things that will happen during the 2023 MLB season, of course. A breakout rookie. An unlikely MVP. A surprise AL West…

Betway Bets of the Day: Calgary Flames at St. Louis Blues (again) Welcome to the Betway Bets of the Day! Every single game day we are going to provide you with some recommended bets while also showing the value behind placing said bets. Disclaimer: Betting problems are not just about losing money. If you or anyone you know has issues with gambling…

Betway Bets of the Day: Calgary Flames at St. Louis Blues Photo credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to the Betway Bets of the Day! Every single game day we are going to provide you with some recommended bets while also showing the value behind placing said bets. Disclaimer: Betting problems are not just about losing money. If you or…

Newcastle United vs Leicester City Newcastle to win 2-0 against Leicester- 7/1! At 7/1, a £10 bet would return £80! Betfred Sports Bet £10 Get £60 in Bonuses After having their FA Cup dreams shattered on Saturday night, if Newcastle are going to end their 54-year wait for major silverware, it's going to have to come in this competition. At the…

We've got several good games on the Tuesday night slate with major conference clashes and some good low-major matchups. It looks to be an exciting night on the college hoops hardwood, as many of them will be going forward. With only one college football game left and a limited NFL schedule after this weekend, college basketball will move closer to…

Marshall has won four in a row while UConn aims for its first winning season in more than a decade. Raise your hands if you thought the UConn Huskies would be playing in a bowl game at the end of the 2022 season. If you raised your hand just now, then congratulations on predicting one of the more surprising campaigns seen in college football this…

This in from the Edmonton Oilers, winger Evander Kane is expected to miss three to four months. With Kane (and his cap hit) going on Long Term Injured Reserve, The Oilers have recalled forwards Mattias Janmark and Klim Kostin from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. 1. First off, the obvious; Kane's injury was an extremely scary moment in…

Revenge may be on the mind of the Penguins when they host the New York Rangers in one of eight games in the NHL odds on Tuesday, December 20th. It's the first meeting between the two teams since New York defeated Pittsburgh in overtime in game seven of their first round playoff series last year. Although the Blueshirts can't seem to lose right now,…

Newcastle United vs AFC Bournemouth Newcastle to win 2-0 against Bournemouth- 11/2! At 11/2, a £10 bet would return £65! Newcastle, infamously, haven't won any major silverware since beating Újpest in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final in 1969. But, with the Magpies currently sat third in the Premier League table, supporters on Tyneside firmly…

SHE'S a living treasure, a sporting legend, the best thing since sliced bread and Black Caviar, and up there with our national pastime of "Flick the Prime Minister" as the most famous thing about Australia just now. The beauty part is, she's still racing in our lifetimes. And the even beauter part is, this Saturday could be the biggest celebration…

Jockey John Velazquez, riding Authentic, celebrates winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday. Photo by John Sommers II/UPI | License Photo Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Breeders' Cup World Championships, just as they were designed to do, nicely wrapped up some issues for the 2020 racing season, including the "Horse of the…

Carlos Correa bet on himself last season when he signed what turned out to be a one-year deal with the Twins. He was right to want to test the free agent market again, because the Giants are now betting three times the Arizona Diamondbacks' entire 2022 payroll that Correa is the man it needs in the middle of its lineup for the next decade-plus. And…

Carlos Correa bet on himself last season when he signed what turned out to be a one-year deal with the Twins. He was right to want to test the free agent market again, because the Giants are now betting three times the Arizona Diamondbacks' entire 2022 payroll that Correa is the man it needs in the middle of its lineup for the next decade-plus. And…

Two teams on the opposite side of coasts will go head-to-head on the hardwood as the Brooklyn Nets battle it out with the Los Angeles Clippers. With that being said, let's take a look at our NBA odds series where our Nets-Clippers prediction and pick will come true. Believe it or not, since the suspension of Kyrie Irving, the Nets have sustained…

Extremist (pink and black checks) will aim to raise the bar again in The Gateway on Saturday. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography Rob Heathcote knew Extremist had some ability in her early days. But he never would have believed she would be stakes-placed and shooting for a spot in the rich Stradbroke Handicap, a race that the 12-time Group…

Harry Davies will be back aboard Shine So Bright at Newmarket on Saturday Harry Davies is deservedly garnering praise as a 7lb claimer to follow, but the market might be overestimating his influence as backing all of the rider's mounts this season blindly to £1 stakes has yielded a £8.61 loss. Shine So Bright provided the biggest victory of…

WILLIE MULLINS has had his fair share of Cheltenham triumph....and heartache. But the Irish maestro reckons he's more excited than ever before about one of his current crop of stable stars. Facile Vega is unbeaten after four starts with his latest success coming back in April in the Punchestown festival. That followed his win in the Weatherbys…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to MLive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. The Detroit Tigers fell to the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, so the visitors will try to grab a bounce-back victory on Tuesday. Matt Manning is making his…

Formula 1 is one of the fasting growing sports in popularity here in the United States. While it enjoys soccer/football levels of fanaticism the rest of the world over, we're just now coming around to it. And when first getting into any new sport, it is difficult to decide who to root for; they're all just helmeted faceless dudes-and they are all…

For once, you couldn't blame Matt Chapman's enthusiasm. "Nicky, you were rated 6lb below Istabraq going into that, have we seen, arguably, the greatest hurdler of the modern era just now?" Nicky Henderson, watery eyed at Newbury, 300 miles away from the scene of the Betfair Fighting Fifth, tried his best to play it cool. "Now now, hang on a minute,…

UFC fighter-turned-coach James Krause continues to be embroiled in controversy. The Missouri native was an active UFC roster member from 2013 to 2022. The former welterweight contender faced names such as Jorge Masvidal and Bobby Green. He ultimately retired earlier this year, having been out of the octagon since a 2020 win over Claudio Silva. In…

Nick Martinez bet on himself when he went to Japan in 2017. He became a better pitcher and returned to Major League Baseball in 2022, signing a contract with the Padres that was essentially another bet on himself. That four-year deal allowed him to opt out after every season if he chose, which is what Martinez did earlier this month before…

Hungary to draw 1-1 with Greece- 11/2! At 11/2, a £10 bet would return £65! Hungary vs Greece November 20, 2022 7:15 pm GMT Hungary and Greece are both enjoying an upward trajectory just now, so who will win this friendly in Budapest? This year, Hungary beat Germany away and England twice in the Nations League, narrowly missing out on a place in…

Nearly two full months have passed since former Nebraska football head coach Scott Frost was relieved of his duties. Athletic director Trev Alberts has succeeded in keeping his national coaching search quiet in the time since as the Huskers play through the 2022 season. Nonetheless, Alberts will most likely make a decision before the end of the…

The Houston Rockets will play the Philadelphia 76ers in an inter-conference battle on Monday. It's time continue our NBA odds series with a Rockets-76ers prediction and pick. The Rockets and 76ers will play on Monday as Philadelphia looks to continue their winning streak vs. a struggling Houston team. The 76ers were hit hard by Covid and injuries a…

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…

The Detroit Lions are trying to find any solution possible to fix what has been ailing their defense. All this week, Detroit's coaching staff have discussed making changes to the defense to allow the players the ability to play faster and to decrease the amount of fundamental mistakes being made out on the field. Defensive coordinator Aaron…

The two-day spectacle of the Breeders' Cup World Championships is essentially a combination of Christmas and Super Bowl for the horse racing fan. With 14 championship deciding races and $26 million in purses on the line, there is something for everyone. Wagering successfully on the Breeders' Cup can be a daunting task. The marquee event draws the…

This weekend a new round of matches will be played in Serie A, where we will have the teams looking to get 3 points that will allow them to be better positioned in the overall standings. After a very interesting round 8, the standings did not have much movement at the start of this round 9, with Napoli still leading the table with 20 points, equal…

The start of the 2022-23 NHL regular season is just around the corner so it is time to take a look at the Metropolitan Division as a whole and see what sort of competition the Pittsburgh Penguins will be looking at this season. This is Part 1 of our divisional preview and looks at teams we see finishing in the fifth through eighth place spots. What…

2 Queen Catrine (J P Spencer) 14-1 3 Wee Jean (William Twiston-Davies) 16-1 4 Graceful Grit (C P Lemaire) 25-1 24 ran Big question: Can Muteela make all the running? That's what she'd done for her last two wins and this lightly raced filly may not respond well to more restrained tactics in the toughest race she has ever faced. But leading from…

The Western Michigan Broncos were the only Division I team besides Alabama to finish the regular season undefeated, winning the MAC Championship with a 13-0 straight up and 9-4 against the spread record. The Broncos hope to put the finishing touches on this dream season with an upset win over the Wisconsin Badgers in the Cotton Bowl. Western…

MINNESOTA -- It's hard to glean just how good the University of Minnesota football team might be after its nonconference schedule, but after three dominant wins, there are a lot of sources of encouragement. The sample size will continue to grow, as will the caliber of opposition starting this weekend. Minnesota (3-0) heads into the Big Ten opener…

Heavily favored Mysterious Night ran himself into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) with a romp in Saturday's "Win and You're In" Summer (G1) at Woodbine. The companion Natalma (G1) witnessed an upset, however, as longshot Last Call broke her maiden in this Challenge race for the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). Bet down to 0.55-1 favoritism in the…

Welcome to Week 3 of the college football season. Each week, our VSiN experts will combine to give their best bets on select games. It was a 5-5 showing for Week 2, but we're dusting ourselves off and we're back at it for Week 3. Season record: 6-11-1 Saturday, noon ET Danny Burke: The buildup to this game would've been a lot more exciting if…

Before MMA became my obsession (and career), I spent a great deal of time at the horse races, both thoroughbred and standardbred, which is "the one with the guys in the little carts behind the horses," as I often had to explain. Going to and betting on the ponies was a family tradition passed down for generations, and what started as a day to get…

Superstar striker Erling Haaland will face off against his former club tonight in UEFA Champions League action as Manchester City host Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium. The home team kick-off this match as the red-hot betting favourites with the bookies, and that should come as no surprise. City and Dortmund are no strangers to playing at…

Cold Case (yellow): finished third to Noble Style and Marshman in the Gimcrack in August Two horses stand out in this sales race and the market has found them - Group 1-entered pair Cold Case and Magical Sunset. Both arrive with differing profiles but similarly appealing claims. Cold Case ran third to Noble Style and Marshman in the Gimcrack in…

We say "baseball happened" when some lousy team beats one of the better teams. That scenario plays itself out basically every day somewhere across baseball. The reality that it is hard to sweep a series leads to these outcomes. It's essentially a baseball meme to hold up what is essentially an exception as almost an expected occurrence. Fans and…