#Modern Era

A tour of Coolmore Stud in Fethard, County Tipperary is a wonderfully enriching experience for any Flat racing fan, the site being home to so many champions from years gone by. To drive the point home, simply check out the stud's roster for 2021 which counted 16 stallions and the winners of 44 Group/Grade 1 races between them. Of course, winning…

Hopes of a fairytale ending to the Royal Ascot career of Stradivarius, with a record-equalling fourth Ascot Gold Cup win under Frankie Dettori, turned into a horror story on Thursday. For the second year running, the pair were beaten without having a decent shot at the prestigious prize. One of the great stayers of the modern era frustratingly…

Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic's countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We're ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who's No. 1 - it's the 99 spots behind No. 99 we have to figure out. Every Monday through Saturday until February we'll unveil new members of the list. Martin St. Louis' decorated playing career…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. The 2021-22 College Football Playoff showed that it was in fact possible for new blood to finally break into the sport's final four teams. With big question marks hanging around a number of the playoff's annual contenders, could the 2022-23 season repeat with two programs making their…

It's been a year when disciplinary decisions have been in the spotlight like never before. We've had the Joe Marler gypsy-boy row, Argentine assaults, a vicious hit on a female referee and a suspension following a bizarre incident in an airport toilet cubicle! Rugby correspondent Simon Thomas looks back on these and the players who picked up bans…

The college football season has sadly come and gone. It started with a week one Georgia Bulldog blowout, and ended with one, as the Dawgs beat TCU by a whopping 65-7 margin in the national title game Monday night. But, college football is a year-round sport in terms of media attention. Nothing outside the NFL moves the needle like college football,…

Georgia flexed on Monday night. There is no question about which team was the nation's best in 2022, and there was even less doubt about which team was best at SoFi Stadium in the national championship game. But where does the Dawgs' 65-7 rout of TCU rank on the list of biggest BCS/CFP title game beatdowns? Let's flip through the history books and…

There will be some history made Monday night when Georgia and TCU face off in the College Football Playoff national championship game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The Bulldogs can be the first team to repeat as champions in 10 years and would be just the ninth program to achieve the feat. With another upset in the playoff, the Horned…

Cricket's reckoning didn't arrive to drumbeats in 2022. It came innocuously, via an email. Trent Boult, the left-hand half of the most prolific fast-bowling duo in New Zealand's history, had chosen to walk away from a national central contract to pursue a freelance career. It wouldn't rule him out of playing in national colours - he did, in fact,…

Poetry in motion: Baaeed (left) and Jim Crowley storm to Queen Anne Stakes success Just when you thought you had witnessed the last firework on a British racecourse after the shenanigans at Epsom, William Haggas sent a rocket into orbit as Baaeed started the royal meeting with an almighty bang in the Queen Anne Stakes. Officially rated the best…

The 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship game features two programs looking to make history is different ways. No 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU will meet on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Calif. The Bulldogs hope to become the first back-to-back champions in the CFP era while the Horned Frogs look to prove that Cinderella programs…

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First published on July 20, 2015, Steve Dennis looks back at the race of the century, when Grundy and Bustino went eye to eye down the Ascot straight Naturally, there has to be a race considered to be'the race of the century', but why this one? What elevated this particular race to the general understanding that, in 100 years, there had never been…

One of the fastest-growing industries on the planet right now is online sports betting. The simplicity of accessing betting markets online and via mobile devices has been one of the main drivers of their growth. Sports fans may easily place bets on the sports and leagues they are most enthusiastic about thanks to the sportsbook user interfaces'…

With the start of a new year, the excitement is catching up with NASCAR fans, who are just waiting for the beginning of the NASCAR Cup Series 2023 season. With a new season on its way, NASCAR 2023 top contendersare also ensuring they are ready to compete again for a championship. This new NASCAR season will mark the organization's 75th anniversary.…

Here's a rare case where maybe stranger things haven't happened. In the modern history of the Louisville-Kentucky basketball rivalry - everything since 1983's NCAA tournament "Dream Game" - there hasn't been one quite like the Cardinals and Wildcats will stage Saturday. The Cards are 2-11. And that more than anything Kentucky has done figures to…

Wall, who saddled his first winner, Romantic Prince, at Haydock in 1987, is perhaps best known for saddling globetrotter and eight-time Group winner Premio Loco, who earned over £750000 in prize money from 2006 to 2014. His first big-race success came when Rotherfield Greys landed the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood in 1988. Other notable winners…

I Am Maximus: narrowly denied on his chasing debut at Fairyhouse this month It was in this race 12 months ago that we witnessed the best chasing debut of the modern era according to Racing Post Ratings. Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Galopin Des Champs dazzled on his introduction to fences last Christmas when bolting up by 22 lengths - posting an…

Few people, if any, have had to confront the jumble of emotions Henry de Bromhead looks set to face on Wednesday. From a purely racing point of view, the Co Waterford trainer is throwing some of his greatest names at day three of Leopardstown's Christmas festival. They are topped by the brilliant Cheltenham Gold Cup winner A Plus Tard in the…

The French Ligue 1 League is part of the top leagues that got suspended in November because of the FIFA World Cup tournament. The tournament lasted between November, and December due to the intense summer heat. Other top leagues will return after the new years break and we can't wait for them to start as every bettor are ready to bet on their…

With the USA vs. Netherlands World Cup match on Saturday having almost every sports fan in America watching, there is plenty of betting excitement for the game. Making things even more exciting is this weekend's BetMGM Bonus Code ROCKYBET, which gives new customers $200 in free bets. A user must place a $10 bet on the USA vs. Netherlands match to…

WITH the Cheltenham Festival now 27 days away, the Sun Racing team will be bringing you their'Festival 50' every day between now and 10 March. We will salute the Prestbury Park heroes that made us fall in love with the Festival, all the way until the'Cheltenham roar' signals that the wait is finally over. 'Dessie' will always be best known for his…

UFC 278 was what fans come to mixed martial arts for. The extremes of the sport delivering on the highest stage just when you think they can't get any wilder. Leon Edwards earned the welterweight crown just as everyone was ready to once again hand the belt to Kamaru Usman. Edwards was dominated for most of the fight before a head kick in the final…

First run on Sept. 24, 1776, less than three months after the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the St Leger at Doncaster is the oldest of the five Classic races that form the backbone of the flat season in Britain. Run over 1 mile, 6 furlongs, and 132 yards, the St Leger is the longest of that classic quintet - the others are the…

There appears to be a trend among overseas cricketers to move away from certain franchise competitions. This is a packed calendar in the modern era and it's clear that many players need to manage their workload. In the case of the Indian Premier League, Australian skipper Pat Cummins and the English pair of Sam Billings and Alex Hales have…

Hockey players used to come from places like Moose Jaw and Medicine Hat and Prince Albert. Now they come - some of the biggest stars, it seems, some of the most explosive players - from Scottsdale and Phoenix and suburban Los Angeles. When Tage Thompson scored five goals the other night for the Buffalo Sabres, bringing his total to 21 in 26 games…

Ireland has a long history with betting with many people in the country loving to have a bet. Various sports have been popular to bet on in Ireland over the years. While relatively new inventions like esports have their fans, plenty of people prefer more traditional sports. Here are the five most popular sports among people browsing betting sites…

Our college football bowl game opt-out tracker is here to take stock of who is in and who is out of every CFB postseason game for the 2022-23 slate. In the modern era of college football, things have changed in a big way thanks to the transfer portal, the preservation of NFL Draft stock and much more. And the college football bowl game opt-out has…

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After playing seven seasons for the Colorado Rockies, All-Star second baseman DJ LeMahieu was not resigned by the club prior to the 2019 campaign. As Rockies fans are well aware, the New York Yankees inked LeMahieu to a two-year, $24 million deal that became a bargain for the Yankees as LeMahieu has proven time and time again that he is no Coors…

NBA Regular Season Venue: Paycom Center Home: Oklahoma City Thunder Away: Miami Heat 15.12.2022, @04:00 AM (+03:00 UTC) Odds Bet Type Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Odds2032 Bet TypeTotal Under 223.5 Bookmaker Bet Now! The NBA world is as strange as it gets. You have a basketball player like LeBron James unable to lead his teams to even 50% wins, someone…

Welcome to NHL 99, The Athletic's countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We're ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who's No. 1 - it's the 99 spots behind No. 99 we have to figure out. Every Monday through Saturday until February we'll unveil new members of the list. Stan Mikita was arguably the NHL's most…

Just a few weeks ago, Georgia was the clear-cut favorite to finish an undefeated season and win the national championship. Alabama had something to say about that, and now the Bulldogs need to get up off the canvas for the first time this season entering their College Football Playoff Semifinal matchup with No. 2 Michigan in the Orange Bowl. The…

Formula 1 is back to its former glory. The sport's popularity has been revived in the past couple of years, and many fans are more than eager to watch the races. Of course, numerous changes have been made compared to 10 years ago, but that's all part of adapting to the modern era. Throughout history, all of us had the pleasure of witnessing great…

Over the second half of the 2022 college football season, Utah State head coach Blake Anderson - in every postgame press conference, weekly press conference, you name it - made certain to reference bowl eligibility and how badly he wanted the Aggies to get into a bowl game. At first, that goal seemed pretty lofty, considering Utah State started the…

Tuesday: Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham This, according to some, was going to be the day Honeysuckle was found out. The secret she has been keeping to herself for the best part of four years was going to get out and expose her as a fraud. She had beaten nothing, apparently, and her most redeeming feature was the 7lb sex allowance she has been…

Horse racing has taken back its rightful place as king of the spring due to the strength of Sydney and Melbourne's competing carnivals, but the evolution must continue. For too long racing depended on Melbourne in the spring. While it will always have history on its side, competition has taken the sport to another level. In six years, The Everest…

The NASCAR Cup Series moves to Sonoma this weekend for the Toyota Save Mart 350. Our resident experts, Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi, dive into several questions - Joey Logano's momentum, why Chase Elliott is such a massive favorite, when to expert retaliation on Ross Chastain… and more! Jeff: Unfortunately for betting purposes, the practice format…

The Army Football had another solid season. How much better can the Black Knights be this fall? If you travel to upstate New York and visit West Point, some people in the Army football offices might see last season as a failure. The Black Knights played the Wisconsin Badgers within one score and defeated an SEC opponent (Missouri) in the Armed…

We now have a collective bargaining agreement, the lockout is over, and the hot stove is going to be blazing hot through the weekend. With Grapefruit League games scheduled to begin on March 18th, players have only a few days to sign a deal, find places to live, get cleared to enter the country, and report to camp in time to get some workouts in…

Bristol City's matches over the years have been befitting of a soap opera and the 3-3 draw at Wolves would have been the start of a great script. In 2017 Donald Trump was elected as the US President, the UK triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting Brexit negotiations, and Liverpool signed Mo Salah. That year also included the arrival of…

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,…

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images. Pictured: Crew members push the #48 Ally Chevrolet, driven by Alex Bowman The NASCAR Cup Series enters a new phase of the 2022 season, beginning with this Sunday's DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover (3 p.m. ET, FS1). Dover, Darlington and Kansas make up the next three races. Each track is a non-drafting oval that has…

The regular season has come to a close, and for the 2nd year in a row Georgia is 12-0. The Dawgs haven't lost a regular season game since playing Florida on Nov. 7, 2020. That's 27 wins. Counting postseason games, the Dawgs are 30-1 in their past 31 contests. From the moment Georgia hammered Oregon in the opener to the dominant win against…

John Cooper is not a name that gets brought up often anymore in college football, but he represents a very specific period in history that many younger fans don't remember and cannot conceive. Cooper coached the Ohio State Buckeyes for 13 seasons, an undeniably long run in which he won three Big Ten titles, posted five top-10 finishes and twice…

Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics tips off tonight at 7PM ET. Our NBA expert provides his predictions and picks for tonight's clash, as Boston currently holds a 3-0 lead over Brooklyn and can clinch the series tonight. The Boston Celtics have been head and shoulders above the Brooklyn Nets in this series so far, and don't expect that form to end…

Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has claimed that the national side have'no chance to win the World Cup' and are'too old' for the competition. The Manchester City star went on to say that his country have'lost key players' from the'Golden Generation' that finished third in Russia four years back. Belgium sit top of the standings in Group F…

The first Grade 1 chase of the National Hunt season, the Betfair Chase over three miles at Haydock, takes place on Saturday. First run in 2005, it has been won by some of the greats of the modern era. The most successful horse in the history of the race is Kauto Star, with four wins between 2006 and 2011, while Cue Card triumphed three times in…

Atlanta United appoint Lagerwey president and CEO Atlanta United have appointed Garth Lagerwey as club president and CEO, the club announced Tuesday. Lagerwey leaves Seattle Sounders FC to take this new role on a multi-year deal. Lagerwey is viewed as perhaps the best sporting director in MLS history. The executive was the chief architect behind…

The Rays do a lot of things differently. And that includes how they are defending their first American League championship since 2008. Since losing to the Dodgers in the World Series, the Rays have parted ways with two of their top three starting pitchers, Blake Snell and Charlie Morton, along with a few other players, while making only moderate…