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Three of the four matchups for the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs have been set. The Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) will host the New York Giants (10-7-1) at 8:15 p.m. ET Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field and have opened as 8.5-point favorites. The Eagles are the #1 seed in the NFC and the Giants are seeded #6. On Sunday, the Giants upset the…

Flying high: Paul Townend manages to hold on to Flame Bearer at the last fence Saturday: Fairyhouse The Foley family will be forever associated with Danoli and the late Tom's final winner was Rebel Gold at Gowran Park in 2021. Fast-forward almost two years and the same horse gave son Pat the biggest day since the training baton was handed over when…

Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Odds1,80 Bet TypeDan Ige to win Bookmaker Bet Now! The featherweight division of the UFC throws up an intriguing matchup in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 217 when American Dan Ige seeks to reverse an embarrassing run of defeats by taking down compatriot Damon Jackson. Intriguing because Ige is on a three match losing…

The odds for this bout are provided by DraftKings Sportsbook. Click on the odds below to head to DraftKings and place a bet. Alex Morono is arguably in the best form of his career, riding a three fight winning streak which started off with a first round TKO over UFC legend Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, before going on to win two unanimous decisions in a…

Victimized by an NBA record in their previous game, the Oklahoma City Thunder (18-23, 25-16 ATS) must now deal with the Philadelphia 76ers (25-15, 23-16-1 ATS), one of the Association's best home squads. Among all NBA teams, only the Cleveland Cavaliers (18) have won more home games this season than the 17-6 Sixers. In a 112-111 loss to the Miami…

Like Israel Adesanya, his countryman one weight class up, former champion Kamaru Usman ended his 2022 by losing his title but is favored to win it back and remain welterweight champion by the end of the year. One of the most active champions in recent years, Usman fought and defended his welterweight strap three times in 2021. However, he fought…

The week just gone over jumps was a welcome pause after the unrelenting Christmas and New Year action, but it has nevertheless thrown up several Festival clues in the last few years. The feature event at Sandown, the Unibet Tolworth Hurdle, has gone to subsequent Sky Bet Supreme winners Constitution Hill and Summerville Boy in recent seasons, while…

A big weekend of boxing is unfolding this weekend, with several title fights taking place this Saturday night. One of these is for the vacant IBF World Welterweight title, relinquished by Josh Taylor in August 2022. Jaron Ennis and Karen Chukhadzhyan step into the ring to contest this one, and we have all of the best bets to make ahead of the first…

The UFC will be ringing in 2023 with a middleweight bout on January 14. Rising star Nassourdine Imavov faces former Ultimate Fighter winner Kelvin Gastelum. UFC Vegas 67 takes place inside the UFC's APEX Center in Las Vegas. Making his pro debut in 2010, Gastelum joined the UFC via The Ultimate Fighter in 2013. In the middleweight tournament…

The 2022 NFL season has come to an end. Here are things to take away from the final week of the season. Time is a Flat Circle The Kansas City Chiefs are once again the AFC's top seed, and Super Bowl favorites. The Chiefs are somewhat fortunate to have claimed the no.1 seed, as Week 17's no-contest between the Bills and Bengals afforded them the…

Manpreet Jhass and Cody J Saftic break down UFC Orlando from a props perspective. Kevin "Trailblazer" Holland is a 30-year-old male fighter from the United States with 23 pro wins and 8 losses. Holland is scheduled to fight Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Kevin Holland has gone 2-2 in the…

New Year will reaffirm old axiom as younger Franco will outlast Ioka. This hasn't been the most satisfying 12 months over the course of modern boxing history. When a fight that didn't happen - the apparently impossible Terence Crawford-Errol Spence to-do - becomes the sport's biggest news of the last quarter of the year, you know things can only…

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Mid-way through Week 11, the OKC Thunder dip out for one game on the road versus the Charlotte Hornets. Both teams last played on Tuesday with the good guys collecting a win and then proceeded to watch the Hornets game in San Francisco hoping for the upset since it would've pulled the Warriors closer to OKC in the seeding. Unfortunately, that…

Grant White Every year, the dog days of summer are punctuated by the MLB All-Star Game. Although the mid-summer classic interrupts the year-round entertainment we've come to expect from the Big Four, that blow is softened by the Home Run Derby the night before the game. There is no defensive play, and batters choose their respective pitchers,…

On the main card of the stacked UFC 280 card, a key bantamweight bout goes down as number one contender Petr Yan takes on fan-favorite Sean O'Malley. The card takes place on Saturday, October 22 in Abu Dhabi, Dubai. UFC 280 Opening Odds: Petr Yan -250 Sean O'Malley+210 Current UFC 280 Odds (as of Sept. 26): Petr Yan -380 Sean O'Malley+310 Yan and…

New York Racing Association stewards ruled Sunday's seventh race at Saratoga a No Contest due to a mechanical issue with the starting gate tractor. That mechanical issue created a delay in removing the gate once the field started the race. The outriders communicated to the jockeys there was a problem. Several pulled up their mounts during the 1…

UFC veterans Drew Dober and Bobby Green will face one another in a lightweight bout on the main card of UFC Fight Night 216. Dober has a record of 25-11 (1) in his professional mixed martial arts career, while Green has a record of 29-13-1. Fixture: Drew Dober vs. Bobby Green Date and Time: Saturday, December 17th, 7:00 p.m. EST Venue: UFC Apex,…

When handling a top thoroughbred racehorse in excess of 1000 pounds, Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens often remained acutely aware of a mechanical issue in the starting gate that could imperil the safety of the riders. Now, working as an analyst with Saratoga Live for the famed Saratoga Race Course summer meet, Stevens reacted with incredulity on…

Naoya Inoue overcame a brief scare to move forward in his quest to create history. The three-division and reigning lineal/WBA/WBC/IBF bantamweight champion needed two tries to make weight for his undisputed championship with WBO titlist Paul Butler. Both boxers ultimately hit the mark ahead of a fight that-barring a draw or No-Contest-will crown…

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…

Ovince Saint Preux vs Antonio Trocoli UFC 282 T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Saturday, December 10, 2022 Ovince Saint Preux will face off with Antonio Trocoli at UFC 282 on. The line has Preux priced at+140 while Trocoli is coming in at -110. Ovince Saint Preux steps into the cage with a mark of 26-16-0. The 39-year-old tips the scales at 205 lbs…

Ladies and gentlemen, start your adjustments. Had a column discussing the best bets at UFC 282 been written just a few weeks earlier, it would have looked significantly different than this one. That's because the main event was turned upside down when light heavyweight champion Jiří Procházka, who'd been poised to defend his title against the man…

Why should organized crime have all the fun? In 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court declared that sports gambling was a "states rights" issue, making what had been illegal for many years now able to become legal. This opened the door for "legitimate" businesses to turn what had been dominated by organized crime to go mainstream. Although laws varied from…

Matheus Nicolau will face Matthew Christopher Schnell on the main card of UFC on ESPN 42. Nicolau is currently ranked seventh in the flyweight division, while Schnell is one spot behind him, ranked eighth. Nicolau enters with a professional mixed martial arts record of 18-3-1, while Schnell is 16-6 (1). Fixture: Matheus Nicolau vs. Matthew…

Andre Fialho will take on Muslim Salikhov in a welterweight bout on the main card of UFC Fight Night 215. Fialho enters with a record of 16-5 (1) while Salikhov's record is 18-3. Fixture: Andre Fialho vs. Muslim Salikhov Date and Time: Saturday, November 19th, 4:00 p.m. EST Venue: UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada Odds courtesy of DraftKings…

The bright finisher who cleared the division was noticed by the matchmakers and made him the main contender for the title. In November 2016, Stephen entered the octagon to challenge Tyron Woodley's belt. But after 5 rounds, the judges did not reveal the winner and declared a draw. This fight was one of the top 20 best welterweight fights of all…

The biggest PPV event of the year is finally here. UFC is back in the Middle East for UFC 280 on Saturday night from Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The card features a pair of title fights atop the marquee along with rising contenders primed to take the next step on the road to the gold. It doesn't get much bigger than the vacant lightweight title bout…

Although Rob Font admits he isn't wild about having an opponent who is ranked lower than him, the No. 5-ranked bantamweight believes everything will fall in place if he takes care of business against No. 8-ranked Marlon Vera in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on Saturday. The important matchup of ranked contenders closes the…

Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington spent most of the week slinging ruthless insults toward each other. Now, the verbal battle will give way to a real fight when the recent welterweight title challengers meet on Saturday in the main event of UFC 272 in Las Vegas. Their matchup headlines the marquee from T-Mobile Arena, and the main UFC 272 fight…

Jamahal Hill has just one professional MMA defeat, but that one subpar performance has earned him plenty of doubters. The rising light heavyweight prospect intends to prove them wrong when he faces Johnny Walker on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill. The battle of ranked contenders closes the curtain on the main UFC…

Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev have combined to win 21 consecutive fights, but one of the lightweight contenders will see a long winning streak come to an end Saturday when they square off for the vacant title in the main event of UFC 280. The pay-per-view main UFC 280 fight card is set for 2 p.m. ET from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The…

No John Collins? No problem. The Hawks thrashed the Hornets on Wednesday night and are poised to crush the Cavs on Friday in their second play-in game in three days. Find out more in our Hawks vs. Cavaliers betting picks. We're about to discover how much momentum really matters in sports as the red-hot Hawks travel to Cleveland to take on the…

Kevin Holland is coming off a tough loss at UFC 279 but will hope to avenge it with a win over Stephen Thompson, who's well past his prime. Find out why we're backing the younger striker in our Thompson vs. Holland betting picks. Stephen Thompson vs. Kevin Holland is the main event for UFC Fight Night betting on Saturday, December 3. This should be…

Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson steps into the octagon for the first time since December 2021 to take on the now un-retired Kevin Holland in this Saturday's main event. A former two-time welterweight title challenger, Thompson is just 2-4 in his last six fights and has lost his last two in a row at the hands of Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad (both…

A pivotal welterweight bout will be taking place during the UFC's return to Orlando on December 3. Highlighting a stacked card full of potential contenders, Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson faces Kevin Holland. The fight will take place inside the Amway Center. This will be the first fight in a year for Thompson, who is on a two-fight losing streak.…

Why are the Milwaukee Brewers consensus favorites in the NL Central for 2022 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals? The St. Louis Cardinals, with a far superior every-day lineup, ought to be the preseason divisional favorites. For the record, they also ought to be getting substantial interest for winning the entire National League, and possibly the…

It was not long ago that MMA fights were attracting millions of fans in the US, whereas they were quite unpopular in European grounds. This situation has changed much lately, especially as Europe boasts a handful of MMA talents that have reached top levels in competitions and have enjoyed great recognition and support from the sport's lovers. And…

The odds for this bout are provided by DraftKings Sportsbook. Click on the odds below to head to DraftKings and place a bet. Light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov is yet to meet his match in the promotion and remains undefeated at Bellator so far. Nemkov put together a string of wins over Philipe Lins, Liam McGeary, Phil Davis, and Rafael…

The #2 team in the nation, the Ohio State Buckeyes, travels east to take on the Maryland Terrapins. The Terrapins can cause issues for the opposition with a potent passing game, but this isn't Ohio State's first rodeo. The Buckeyes are on a roll heading into this contest at 10-0, with most games being no-contest. Next week is The Big Game against…

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…

The TVG.com Haskell Invitational has emerged as a summer fixture at the Jersey Shore and beyond, with a $1 million purse, Grade 1 stature and a national television audience on NBC for the 52nd running on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Its namesake, Amory L. Haskell, played a prominent role in amending the state constitution after World War II to legalize…

It might have come as a surprise to some that the four-year disqualification penalty imposed on Darren Weir runs its course on February 6 next year. That is not to say he can resume training, even if he wants to, the very next day. There is a bridge over some many troubled waters to cross before that. But such news did not stop a raft of hastily…

The encore to the 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic was Ghostzapper's 2004 performance. The 1998 Classic was said to be the greatest field ever assembled. Then the 2004 race was said to be the best. November 5, 2022, we saw Flightline win with a hand ride to an 8 1/2 victory and that race and Flightline were called the best. So, who is the BC Classic…

Roman Gonzalez vs Julio Caesar Martinez takes place this Saturday from the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California. 'El Rey' Julio Ceasar Martinez puts his WBC flyweight title on the line against the Nicaraguan, Roman'Chocolatito' Gonzalez. California sports betting is still far from reaching state-endorsed legalization, but there are still a ton…

Hoping to snap a two-fight losing skid, number-four bantamweight Cory Sandhagen takes on number-ten ranked Song Yadong in the main event of UFC Fight Night. Song Yadong has won three straight - most recently defeating former title challenger Marlon Moraes via first-round knockout this past March. His performance was worthy of a post-fight bonus. In…

We're only a few days into this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs, but so far no contest has epitomized postseason hockey more than the Stars and Flames Game 1 tilt. The two teams fought for every inch of ice in the series opener, literally, yielding few scoring chances along the way. The end result was a hard fought, 1-0 Calgary victory. The Flames will…

WASHINGTON, PA, Oct. 11, 2022 - A mishap in Tuesday's 10 race at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows unseated harness racing drivers Mike Wilder and Jack Killeen and resulted in the judges declaring the race "no contest" for wagering purposes, although purse money was awarded per the usual formula. Wilder was transported to a local hospital for…

Islam Makhachev has a single blemish on his professional MMA record, a 2015 TKO loss to Adriano Martins. Given that legacy, the former UFC lightweight talent has been asked his opinion on who will prevail when Makhachev faces Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 280 later this month in Abu Dhabi. "Charles doesn't have anything to prove to…