#Media Day

UFC did a nice job to salvage the main event for UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Sean Strickland had no fight scheduled at the week's start and Nassourdine Imavov planned a cut to 185 pounds. The two ranked middleweights will now headline the UFC Apex in Las Vegas up a weight class. Imavov and Kelvin Gastelum were the original headliners for UFC's…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State football's quest to find a starting quarterback for 2023 looms as one of the most pivotal position battles in the country this offseason. The battle between third-year Kyle McCord and second-year Devin Brown could be intense. The stakes are unquestionably massive for a team expecting to once again contend for a national…

Georgia Bulldogs vs TCU Horned Frogs Monday, January 9th Spread: Georgia -13 7:30 PM on ESPN It's always a bittersweet feeling on the day of the National Championship. We've watched the two best competitors give their all to get to this point. The best team will walk away hoisting that solid gold trophy. However, there's always the fact that after…

Neither Georgia nor TCU are willing to buy into "the Bulldogs vs. the Underdogs" narrative ahead of the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday at SoFi Stadium. The Bulldogs are considered the favorite for the title game, having won 16 straight games, including last year's championship game. "We just think about it as another game,"…

Both Georgia and TCU emerged from Semifinal victories with a few new bumps and bruises, and new names on the injury report ahead of Monday's National Championship. While both coaches have maintained a positive outlook on the injury status of players headed into Monday's big game, there are key contributors for both sides who may be limited or out…

The Bulldogs look to stay on top of College Football when they face the Horned Frogs at SoFi Stadium on Monday night. Read more to see our full breakdown and analysis in our TCU vs. Georgia betting picks. It's the College Football Playoff National Championship matchup that no one outside of Forth Worth could have imagined. The reigning champions…

What a difference a winless month makes. That's the bottom line when it comes to analyzing the recently completed BYU football season, as the Cougars marched out of independence and into the Big 12 with an 8-5 record marred considerably by the 0-for-4 October in which star quarterback Jaren Hall played hurt, the Cougars' defense utterly collapsed…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The first inclination of Ohio State football's defensive players might have been to burn the film of that Nov. 26 loss to Michigan. Or bury it, perhaps. Bury it with a shovel and then throw that shovel in the Olentangy River. Whatever it takes to erase the memory of five big touchdowns allowed and one gut-wrenching loss. The…

The world's premier MMA promotion will kick off 2023 with UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Gastelum (also known as UFC Fight Night 217, UFC on ESPN+ 75 and UFC Vegas 67). The event will take place at the UFC Apex Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 14, meaning there won't be any Fight Night events or pay-per-views for the next three weeks. The UFC…

Santiago Ponzinibbio and Alex Morono are set to lock horns in a welterweight clash at UFC 282 on December 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Let's take a look at how the betting lines have shaped up for the bout. Based on live odds on DraftKings Sportsbook, Ponzinibbio is a -190 favorite to win the fight, while Alex Morono is a+160 slight…

The Oakland Athletics are soon expected to trade catcher Sean Murphy, and the Boston Red Sox are reportedly among the clubs in on the 28-year-old standout. According to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand, the Red Sox, Cardinals, Rays and Guardians are among the teams that have been connected to Murphy in recent weeks. Feinsand had previously reported the…

Before Gary Trent Jr. buried a couple of three-pointers in a game for just the third time this month, snapping a rough streak of poor shooting, I was starting to wonder something that would have been laughable on media day: Is it possible that Trent might have to opt in to his contract with the Raptors for a bit north of $18 million. Trent had been…

Kenny Dillingham introduced as new Arizona State football coachASU announces Kenny Dillingham as the new head football coach. Kenny Dillingham seems like an earnest young man, and in the press conference Sunday to introduce him as Arizona State's new football coach, we learned that he has a deep love for the university and the salsa at Ajo…

Since entering the world of professional boxing, Jake Paul has drawn no shortage of attention. Now set for a showdown with UFC legend Anderson Silva on Saturday night, Paul faces what should be the stiffest test of his young career (9 p.m. ET, Showtime PPV). Silva is the first opponent Paul has faced who will enter the ring with a professional…

For the third year in a row, the Bruins enter the season as the favorites to win the conference. The Pac-12 preseason media poll dropped Wednesday morning ahead of Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day in San Francisco, and UCLA men's basketball was once again the heavy favorite to take home the conference crown. The Bruins have not actually won the…

The UFC will be heading to the Amway Center in downtown Orlando, Florida for its next fight card, UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland (also known as UFC on ESPN 42). The event will go down on December 3, with a series of exciting matchups lined up for the fight fans. Headling the UFC Fight Night card will be headlined by a much-anticipated…

The Texas Rangers and Globe Life Field will host the 2024 All-Star Game! Rob Manfred made that announcement today at the conclusion of the owner's meetings in New York. It will be the second time the Rangers organization has hosted the All Star Game, as The Ballpark in Arlington hosted the 1995 All Star game and fans saw a thrilling 3-2 NL…

Look no further than last season's Finals combatants: the champion Warriors are dealing with fallout from Draymond Green punching teammate Jordan Poole in practice, while the Celtics are helmed by a new head coach after Ime Udoka was suddenly suspended for the year just before training camp. Given that, plus owner drama in Phoenix, trade-demand…

Light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov and lightweight champion Patricky Pitbull appear to have their backs against the wall at Bellator 288 against challengers Corey Anderson and Usman Nurmagomedov, respectively. Both titleholders are on track to enter the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois on Friday night as underdogs. Nemkov (15-2, 1 NC) was…

UFC Fight Night Lewis vs. Spivac: time, date, venue, full fight card, media day details, how to watch it live, and latest betting odds, and more. After another successful PPV event in New York, the UFC action returns to the Apex this weekend. Former heavyweight title challenger and fan favorite Derrick Lewis takes on Sergey Spivac in the main…

Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo are out to prove they have what it takes to fight UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso and Araujo headline UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. Grasso (14-3) has finally found consistency in the UFC after an impressive run on the regional scene. The Mexican fighter…

Just a few hours and the ATP Finals in Turin, the last big event of the year, will officially start. Many dream of winning this tournament, probably the most important after the four Grand Slam tournaments. Missing number one, Carlos Alcaraz, who is injured, but it will be a tournament with many highlights. Some of the best tennis players…

After a successful pay-per-view event in Madison Square Garden, the UFC will be returning to its Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada for the next fight card, UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac (also known as UFC Fight Night 215, and UFC Vegas 65). The event will go down on November 19, with a series of exciting matchups lined up for MMA fans. The…

1pt over 0.5 tie-breaks in Casper Ruud v Felix Auger-Aliassime at 6/5 (bet365, William Hill) 1pt Casper Ruud (+3.5) to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime on the game handicap at evens (General) When this tournament made its debut in Turin 12 months ago, conditions got pretty quick. The Greenset Grand Prix surface, Dunlop balls and slight altitude increased…

Jimmie Johnson was targeting "Bucket list" races. Everything from the Indy 500, Rolex 24, Daytona 500, Coke 600, Le Mans, Chili Bowl, the NASCAR All-Star race, all of it. And notably, Johnson didn't appear to have any sort of priority list. After a year of learning the hard way that his calendar would be far too full for a self-described family man…

The Jazz and Spurs were supposed to be in a race for the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Will unexpectedly hot starts change their tanking plans? Early in this NBA season, the standings are a simple-celled creature. Most of what will become lies undefined before us. Last year's Western finalists (Golden State, Dallas) and this year's championship…

Purdue coach Matt Painter has lamented that last season's Boilermakers squad, led by eventual NBA lottery pick Jaden Ivey, failed to reach lofty expectations, plateauing early after being No. 1 in the country for a week during the non-conference season. Those Boilermakers flamed out in a Sweet 16 loss to NCAA tourney Cinderella Saint Peter's. He's…

MINNEAPOLIS - This 19-year-old truly enjoys going to museums all over the globe. This fashion aficionado wore a lilac Indochino suit with a Van Gogh-inspired lining on NBA draft night. The self-described "citizen of the world" asked legendary San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to dinner, and he accepted. And this NBA rookie actually cares more…

The big question now is whether Haase still will be around when Carlyle enrolls next year. After six seasons without an NCAA Tournament appearance (even allowing for 2020's pandemic cancellation of the tournament), Haase enters Monday's opener against Pacific facing heightened stakes: Another March Madness absence could mean the end of his Stanford…

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Evan Mobley was inside an L.A.-based gym on Sept. 1 -- the day Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman stealthily traded for Donovan Mitchell, raising the organization's ceiling and shifting the Eastern Conference landscape. Mobley was oblivious -- until a bystander shouted the stunning news that brought his…

With the first full week of the 2022-23 NBA regular season in the books, here are seven early observations about a wild card in Brooklyn, a dilemma in Utah, and more: Simmons deserves time to get back into a rhythm following a long basketball hiatus. But his first week of action is a little worrisome. Back when he was with the Sixers, he was a…

PROVO, Utah - It hasn't drawn many national headlines yet, but the NCAA Tournament could expand beyond 68 teams. Despite the lack of national conversation, there has been a lot of chatter about this possibility within the college basketball community. The idea of changing the Big Dance brings strong opinions. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said last…

Rob Font and Marlon Vera are pining to prove they have what it takes to take out the best bantamweights on the planet. Font and Vera will collide in the main event of UFC Fight Night on April 30 with the desire to make a serious impression on matchmakers at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Font (19-5) is on his comeback tour after being outperformed by…

Milwaukee has had an interesting offseason, to say the least. Between locking up practically their entire championship roster from 2021 and landing some smart complementary wings like Joe Ingles and Marjon Beauchamp, it's a safe bet that they'll at the very least be in the thick of things to represent the East once again. Per the NBA GM Survey,…

What: Sacramento Kings at Phoenix Suns, Preseason Game #4 When: Wednesday night, 7:00 PM AZ Time Where: Footprint Center, Phoenix Listen: 98.7 FM It's all about the vibes, isn't it? As I look around my twitter timeline - THE place to go for NBA news, notes and random hot takes - I see a lot of the typical preseason crowing about'immaculate vibes'…

The Hornets were one of my stronger bets for the under last season, so let's just start off by making it clear that I don't have a great feel for this team. Charlotte got off to a fast start last season, going 5-2, lost five in a row, then won five in a row. It was like that for the Hornets the rest of the way. Their performance seemed random,…

Dallas Mavericks point guard Luka Doncic (77) jumps and passes the ball as Orlando Magic forward Chuma Okeke (3) defends during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson) DALLAS -- Luka Doncic has a new sidekick -- but not a co-star -- as the Dallas Mavericks try to build on their…

When the puck drops at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Washington (TNT, 98.5 FM), the executive branch of the Boston Bruins will be looking for signs that it deemed unforgivably absent from Game 7 of their opening-round playoff ouster on May 14 in Raleigh. Perhaps, had Carolina toppled defending champion Tampa Bay in the second round and made the conference…

The Brooklyn Nets have made a lot of effort to make up for the rocky offseason full of trade rumors. Social media has been a good tool to help them do so. After a roller coaster offseason of messy contract negotiations with Kyrie Irving, it was on social media that the team showed Irving support at his August' More Than a Run' event as well as…

The Phoenix Suns, according to Bleacher Report, are hesitant to pay Cam Johnson. The Phoenix Suns like Cam Johnson. Johnson has made good on his draft position since entering the league, slowly but surely working towards earning the starting spot that opened up for him over the summer when the organization opted to remove Jae Crowder from that…

The Dallas Mavericks enter the 2022-23 season with high hopes. They reached the conference finals last year, and the team has made their goal of winning a championship clear during media day. Luka Doncic is one of the best players in the league, but do the Mavs have enough talent around him to win it all? Much has been made of Jalen Brunson's…

The UFC will be returning to its Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada for the next up fight card, UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo (also known as UFC Fight Night 212 and UFC Vegas 62). The event will go down on October 15, with a series of intriguing matchups for MMA fans. The card will be headlined by a women's flyweight bout between No.5-ranked…

Last week, we analyzed one defining number for every team in the Eastern Conference as the 2022-23 season approaches. Now it's the West's turn. Presented below is one key fact or figure that can help explain every Western Conference team's outlook this season, for better or worse. Teams are listed in order of their over/under win totals from…

The Washington Wizards' Media Day has concluded. The Wizards have also played two preseason games in Japan. While they lost to the Golden State Warriors twice, Washington still played solid basketball. Should this be a reason why the Wizards could return to the postseason? Not so fast. The odds unfortunately aren't particularly optimistic for the…

The good news: your Los Angeles Lakers enjoyed a solid first half showing in their first preseason action of the 2022-23 season, when Darvin Ham actually used something resembling what's going to be his team's regular season rotation. The bad news: L.A.'s young reserves failed to get the job done in the second half, getting run off the floor by a…

How and when LeBron James is expected to become NBA's all-time scoring leader USA Today Images LeBron James is on the verge of making history, and it could possibly happen sooner rather than later. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward is on the brink of breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time NBA scoring record. A record (38387 points) that at…

DENVER - Aaron Gordon went to Hollywood this offseason, but the start of the season signals the time to get gritty. Gordon was among the NBA stars to appear in the Netflix original "Hustle," a fictional story of a Spanish basketball player who goes from street baller to top prospect. He also served as a model in a spicy commercial for his new…

As the Los Angeles Lakers get set to begin the 2022-23 NBA season with their preseason opener against the Sacramento Kings, a lot of the discourse surrounding the team remains on what went on off the court this offseason. It's no secret that the Los Angeles Lakers tried to trade Russell Westbrook this summer, although they were unsuccessful in…

The NBA is loaded with individual talent and several teams that could reasonably be expected to compete for a title. It's easy to fall for a number of those contenders, but increased parity throughout the league might lead to heartbreak. To determine which teams are likeliest to let you down, we'll look at preseason marks from FanDuel's sportsbook…

With October coming up here soon, the new NBA season is just around the corner. This offseason was a little slow with the trade request of Kevin Durant. But that didn't stop teams from loading up for another run at a title. With the start of the season comes predictions. I have already done a too early Eastern Conference standings prediction so…