#The Band

Wasps have been suspended indefinitely from the Gallagher Premiership and will become the second club this month, after Worcester Warriors, to be punished with relegation for going into administration, leaving English rugby in the grip of an unprecedented crisis. Wasps, the debt-ridden former European champions, pulled out of Saturday's game…

It's another Wednesday evening at BCB After Dark: the swinging spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It's the last show of the week and we're going out with a bang. We're so glad you could come and join us. It's cold out there but it's warm in here. There are still a few good tables available. There's a two-drink…

Windsor Avenue produced a dramatic 40/1 shock win in a gruelling Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster for Northern-based trainer Brian Ellison. The 10-year-old, whose last victory was back in November 2019, picked off Kerry Lee's Storm Control who ran out of steam in the final few strides on Town Moor. Windsor Avenue, wearing blinkers for the first time, led…

Believe it or not, Red Sox spring training opens in just about five weeks. The roster is not complete quite yet, but the large majority of the 2023 team has already been put together, and it looks quite different than the group that last took the field at Fenway Park in early October. Boston's chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom entered the winter…

Chicago Tribune readers can get up to $2500 in free bets with FanDuel's updated No Sweat First Bet promotion ahead of Thursday Night Football. FanDuel offers NFL bettors incredible incentives on moneyline wagers, spread bets and parlays. Take a look at some of the best offers for all the Week 16 action. FanDuel's popularity has increased with…

If you want to dance, you got to pay the band. And if you want to bet against 2023 IIHF World Junior Champion Canada, you have to wear their jersey for Jordan Eberle. Seattle Kraken forward Matty Beniers made good on a friendly wager he lost to Eberle, wearing a Team Canada jersey to practice on Friday. Beniers, fresh off being named a 2023 Pacific…

CLEVELAND - Think about how much has changed in a year. Last January, baseball stood still, and we were left to talk ourselves into Bradley Zimmer, ponder José Ramírez trades and evaluate commissioner Rob Manfred's negotiating tactics. It was bleak. But the lockout ended, Ramírez signed a long-term deal, Zimmer lasted one day of the regular season…

Stonestreet homebred Clairiere (Curlin) kicked home convincingly in Saturday's GI Cotillion S. at Parx to earn a first highest-level victory and snap a five-race winless streak while capping an exacta for her sire. A neck winner of the GII Rachel Alexandra S. in February, the Steve Asmussen pupil was second best to familiar foe Travel Column…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Orange. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! Best Bet Race 5, No.4: LISTEN TO THE BAND Made an amazing return from a two and a half year break with…

Cheltenham Festival 2022 will cover four days from Tuesday, March 15 to Friday, March 18, 2022. The popular horse racing festival is returning to Prestbury Park Racecourse, also known as Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire, and day two is Ladies Day. Each day will see seven events, meaning the entire festival will provide 28 events in total.…

GUINEAS glory proved a life-changing moment for diamond geezer Phil Cunningham. When Cockney Rebel won the colt's Classic in 2007 at 25-1, most racing fans couldn't Adam and Eve it. But it wasn't a surprise to Cunningham, founder and chief of Rebel Racing, whose rise to the top of the sport was nothing short of meteoric. And without a slice of…

Racing's most eloquent ambassadors are frequently the jockeys and it is they who take centre stage at Ascot in the Dubai Duty Free-sponsored Shergar Cup, an annual team competition in which the stardust is sprinkled on the riding talent rather than necessarily on the handicappers that they must pilot. In particular, the Rest of the World line-up…

With the Pac-12 as we know it winding down for its final couple of seasons, rivalry games are going to mean a little extra. Not many rivalries within the conference are as big as Stanford versus California. The Big Game, as it's affectionately called, has been the source of many memorable football moments, including the iconic "The band is on the…

Welcome to ParlayPlay. A new way to enjoy projecting your favorite players. ParlayPlay offers two exciting contests, More or Less and Hit It. More or Less is like it sounds and involves you projecting/predicting whether a particular set of players will hit More or Less in the statistic of choice. Hit It is a fantasy game where you attempt to…

WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his Washington Wizards vs Oklahoma City Thunder betting preview for Tuesday, January 11. At the time of posting, the Wizards have opened as a 9-point home favorite over the Thunder, with the total sitting at 217 points. Stay on top of the latest NBA updates direct from Las Vegas! The Thunder travel to…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Played Hard Could Be "Played Hard" in G3 Falls City (Played Hard / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Rigney Racing's Played Hard, winner of the $400000 Locust Grove (Grade III), will headline a field of six fillies and mares that were entered in Thanksgiving Day's 107 running of the $500000 Falls…

It looks like the fun times from a 4-2 start are a distant memory, as the Spurs have won just two of their last 10, and have lost five straight away from home. The latest was a 130-112 whipping at the hands of the Sacramento Kings, the second time in the last three games they've surrendered 130 or more points. Devin Vassell had 29 points, three…

It's the middle afternoon of three at Cheltenham's November Meeting on Saturday and the card is headlined by the Paddy Power Gold Cup at 2.20pm. The meeting also features high-quality Grade 2 trials for the Triumph Hurdle and the Arkle alongside a Listed bumper. They race from 12.35-4.05pm in the Cotswolds and our racing expert has selections for…

The draw for Saturday's 147th Preakness Stakes lacked the drama of a Kentucky Derby draw because the field is half its size. The draw was held at a lakeside restaurant in Baltimore on Monday if for no other reason than Pimlico Race Course is very old and shows every bit of its age. In fact, there were more mentions of the post-draw private event…

CRANBERRY - Evgeni Malkin will most likely complete his NHL career with the Pittsburgh Penguins, in what he dubbed his second hometown. Only hours before the start of free agency, Malkin signed a four-year deal with clauses that make it buyout proof, essentially guaranteeing his Penguins tenure. On Day 1 of Penguins training camp, he was already in…

Welcome to the daily NHL betting market report, your source for comprehensive and dynamic hockey betting analysis. Follow me on Twitter to stay up to date as I handicap the NHL each day. Market Report for Wednesday, October. 12 All game lines via DraftKings Sportsbook and BetMGM Sportsbook, but always shop around for the best price. All recommended…

The Arizona Coyotes face a stern test to open the new season. They have to play 20 out of their first 24 games on the road to start their 2022-23 campaign as renovations are made on their arena. The first of these games is against the Pittsburgh Penguins, a playoff team last season. Pittsburgh is going to be at home with a flurry of weapons at its…

When it comes to pageantry and tradition, college football does it better than the rest. The Big 12 ranks right up there with doing it right. With a mix of traditional powerhouses and programs looking to carve their own long-term niche, Big 12 football has a vibrant feel of both old and new. The conference has 15 national titles won by four…

For the longest time, NHL teams just didn't repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Between 1989-2015, only the Pittsburgh Penguins (1990-91, 1991-92) and Detroit Red Wings (1996-97, 1997-98) were able to win back-to-back titles. Recently, there's been some repetition in repeating. The Penguins did it again in 2015-16 and 2016-17. Then the Tampa Bay…

The 2022-2023 NBA season is right around the corner and before the new campaign gets tipped off, we're providing our best picks to reach the NBA Finals. The dynastic Golden State Warriors are looking for their fifth championship in 10 seasons, but we're eyeing a team from the East as our best bet. Here are our top NBA Finals picks and predictions…

Are USC and Oklahoma State true college football playoff contenders?Given that no one team looks untouchable, Caroline Darney gives her reasoning on why she thinks a few dark horse teams, including USC and Oklahoma State, have a chance to sneak into the CFP. Savannah State's alumni and fans are notoriously late arriving to their seats for the…

Although the Colorado Avalanche are the clear betting favorites to win the Stanley Cup, the 2022-23 NHL season feels wide open. Every division is deeper than it was in 2021-22, and it feels like there could be a couple of Stanley Cup favorites that are at risk of being pushed out of the playoff picture by some emerging teams. Which teams are…

In an uncertain division, the consistency of the CarolinaHurricanes gives them the edge to win the Metropolitan Division. Here's a look at the early odds and top picks to win the Metropolitan Division. The NHL's Eastern Conference was a tale of haves and have-notslast season. That also held true for the Metropolitan Division, in which the…

BetXgol, the sports betting house, will now be on the Jogo Aberto program on TV Band do Ceará. The purpose of the platform is to become closer and closer to its target audience. For this, nothing better than sponsoring one of the most relevant and influential sports programs in Brazil. So far, BetXgol's placement plan on the Band runs from…

The eyes of the racing world on this September Saturday will be turned to a place that usually gets virtually no national attention: the day's best card, and the day's biggest races, are at Parx Racing, just outside of Philadelphia. With a staggering ten stakes races on a 13-race program, this is the biggest day of the year for Thoroughbred racing…

According to numberFire Racing's projections, these are the best bets to make at FanDuel Racing today. Leader of The Band is having a good season and makes most appeal. A winner of three races this season, including a stakes contest at Saratoga last month, she'll be hard to stop attempting to follow up. Chub Wagon has a superb strike-rate and can…

TennisSection previews the 2022 Laver Cup as Alex De Minaur takes on Andy Murray on Day 1 on Friday, September 23rd 2022. The night session at the 2022 Laver Cup will be headlined by three of the four members of tennis Big Four. The quartet of Djokovic, Federer, Nadal and Murray have dominated this sport for over a decade and it is only fitting the…

The Pennsylvania Derby appears to be a throw down this year. The race at Parx drew some of the ultimate 3 year old superstars including Taiba, Zandon and Cyberknife. Post: 12:05 PM ET; $100k Maiden Special Weight going 7 furlongs on dirt; Entries: 17 #12 DIDINGER (7-2) could be a dangerous threat to get loose on the front end. This one has the…

It was only April 24. It really didn't seem like that big a deal. But the White Sox had just lost six straight games on a miserable swing through Cleveland and Minnesota, and their losing streak stood at seven overall. Clearly, such an early-season slog hadn't been anticipated and would not stand - not with the talent on this Sox team, not with its…

Make no mistake, Brad Treliving is far from done this offseason. The Calgary Flames currently have 12 forwards listed on their NHL roster, which includes rookie Jakob Pelletier and restricted free agent (RFA) Adam Ruzicka. Pelletier had an outstanding first season in the AHL, putting up 62 points in 66 games, and the 21-year-old has a good shot at…

NASCAR's Cup Series playoffs begin Sunday at Darlington, beginning a 10-race dash to the trophy, with three breaks along the way to eliminate four more drivers. By the time they get to Phoenix (cue the band!) for the final Sunday of the season, only four racers will have survived elimination and will race for the 2022 Cup Series title. Below are…

When the college football ATM recently spit out an expanded playoff format, moving from four teams to 12, my head began arguing with my heart. The internal debate between Me, Myself and I occasionally goes public, like last year when the three of us could not agree on whether college players should opt out of bowl games. Me: "They're selfish.…

Raptors star Fred VanVleet has been on a tear and we like his chances of draining a ton of shots against the visiting Spurs on Tuesday. The Raps are getting healthy and will extend their win streak by covering at home. Read on with our NBA betting picks. The Toronto Raptors getting healthy and reminding people what the best version of them looks…

Prospect camp begins in a few days, with full-on training camp to follow. Before too long, actual hockey games will be played. Can't wait? You're not alone. But with about a month until the start of the NHL regular season, it's time to start thinking about your respective fantasy squads. The Athletic has everything and anything a fantasy hockey GM…

North Island harness racing heads south of the Bombay Hill's top Cambridge on Thursday night with the promise of some even fields and exciting betting races. And while the Waikato meeting may be void of some of the star power we have seen at Alexandra Park in recent weeks, only one of the eleven races on the programme has an odds-on favourite at…

NHL Free Agency started four weeks ago and after all the frenzy, what we were seemingly left with was a contingent of formalities. One of the more intriguing things is the fallout from any "flurry" of moves that can potentially shift the NHL betting processes. The other is whether they move the needle regarding the books. Alas, there are still…