#The Big Dance

After a tough overtime at UCF on Wednesday, Memphis will look to get back in the win column today as they visit Temple, who sits a surprising third in the American Athletic Conference. This afternoon's matchup between the Owls (10-8, 4-1 American) and Tigers (12-5, 2-2 American) is set for a 3:00 pm tip at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, and…

Sydney is set to steal some of the Melbourne Cup's thunder with a brand new event on the same day as the race that stops the nation. The $2 million race called The Big Dance will reportedly be run at Royal Randwick on the first Tuesday in November. Watch the video above for more on the brand new event Stream the world's best reality, entertainment…

Only one team remains undefeated in Atlantic Sun conference play so far this year and that's the Stetson Hatters (9-6, 9-3 ATS) who look to run their perfect conference record to 5-0 when they visit the Bellarmine Knights (7-10, 8-5-1 ATS) on Thursday, January 12th in Louisville. Tipoff for this game is set to go at 6:30 pm ET from Freedom Hall.…

A team that's halfway through the NHL schedule with less than 10 regulation losses should feel good about itself and provide fans ample positives ahead of playoffs. But these are the Maple Leafs, whose string of six first-round defeats in the Shanaplan era keep clouding such semi-annual midway mirth. You can sense the pessimism in Leafs Nation.…

Monday's NSW meetings are at Moruya and Gilgandra and no surprise we'll be dealing with good tracks at both venues. MORUYA BEST BET Race 2 No. 4: Quire Belied her $41 SP on debut when splitting a couple of handy types at Goulburn. Go well. NEXT BEST Race 6 No. 3: Kattegat Was off his game on the Town Plate Prelude but too good around here to punish…

college basketball odds series for our Houston Cincinnati prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Houston Cincinnati. The college basketball season involves a number of notable plot points, and one of them is if Houston - which gained a No. 2 seed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament - can take the next step and gain a No. 1 seed for the 2023 edition of…

The Liberty Flames (11-4, 2-0) and Jacksonville State Gamecocks (7-8, 0-2) will meet Thursday night at Liberty Arena. Jacksonville State had a banner year in their first season in the ASUN a year ago. The Gamecocks finished the season with a 21-11 overall record and were the ASUN regular season champions with a 13-3 record in conference play.…

There are many statistics that you could cherry-pick when trying to decipher the absolute calamity that has been Kentucky basketball so far this season. But one glaring stat stands out, as presented by ESPN insider Jeff Borzello: If you aren't in-tune with college basketball metrics such as KenPom, this can be broken down much simpler in layman's…

Conference play tips off as Rams visit unbeaten Lobos What: Colorado State Rams (8-5, 0-0) @ New Mexico Lobos (12-0, 0-0) When: Wednesday, December 28th - 7:00 MT Where: The Pit; Albuquerque, NM How To Watch: CBS Sports Network Odds: New Mexico -7 Over/Under 150 Here we go. After seven weeks of non-conference action, one of the most highly…

Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports I hope that all of you had a very merry Christmas full of family, friends, and lots of cheer. The good news is that I'm mostly here to talk hoops, not rehash last week which included a disappointing end to the football team's season, a bittersweet football signing day, and for our friends in the Lone Star State,…

A former film student, Mary Dixon Reynolds, lists her top-rated horse racing films and documentaries. 1983 Before there were Winx and Black Caviar, Australians were transfixed by a big chestnut horse named Phar Lap. The horse reigned during the 1930s depression and gave the nation something its pride. Trainer Harry Telford, played beautifully by…

The Furman Paladins take on the NC State Wolfpack. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Furman NC State prediction and pick. The North Carolina State Wolfpack led the Miami Hurricanes for a large portion of this past Saturday's ACC game in South Florida. N.C. State led 55-43 with 13:45 left. The Wolfpack scored just five points in a…

Last season, the Lancers won the Big South tournament and earned their first trip to the NCAA tournament as a Division I program. In that 2021-2022 season, Longwood had the best record in the Big South at 15-1 and led over Winthrop wire-to-wire through the entire Big South tournament championship game. For a program that's not discussed very often…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass runs the rule over every race, including suggested bets, for the Randwick meeting on Saturday. 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. Track: Soft 5. Rail: True. Overview: Supido Beauty…

The 2022-23 men's college basketball season is a wee infant, less than two weeks old, but we've seen enough to jump to conclusions that may fly in the face of preseason expectations. After months of offseason portal watching, injury-update checking and exhibition-box-score dissecting to concoct a "definitive" ranking of teams heading into the…

March Madness keeps going on Sunday, the final day of the 2022 NCAA Tournament's first weekend. The Big Dance has already seen several stunning upsets over the past three days and more could be in store as the second round comes to an end with eight more games today. Brackets have already been busted due to early exits from No. 1 Baylor and No. 2…

Two AFC powerhouses do battle on Sunday, with the 9-and-2 Chiefs visiting the 7-and-4 Bengals. These two squads are very familiar with each other, with Cincy winning both duels last year by a field goal, including the AFC Championship game. Kansas City is the front-runner in the Super Bowl odds, with the Bengals the ninth choice to get back to the…

Now that the second-round schedule and tipoff times are set for the 2022 NCAA Tournament, we can look ahead to Saturday and Sunday's encore performances from some of the early stars of March Madness over the last few days. Thursday's first-round action featured one of the most stunning upsets in tournament history with Saint Peter's becoming just…

The four nations of the clunkily named Rugby Championship do battle after dodgy July series. Argentina nipped a depleted Scotland at the last moment. South Africa laboured to a brutal win over a limited, dour Wales. Australia was overpowered by England after a hopeful first Test. New Zealand lost every facet of their series against Ireland. With…

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A ten race card has been set down for Rosehill on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out five metres for the entire circuit. WATCH LIVE RACING AT tab * Above offers may only be available to select customers.Back Me 2 Secret Glamour (Bet Now: $6.00) is a progressive mare for the Maher/Eustace camp that has good…

Later this evening, your University of Kentucky Wildcats will host the Bellarmine Knights from Louisville in the next game at Rupp Arena. A new in-state opponent for the Wildcats, tonight's game will be Bellarmine's first-ever eastbound trip across I-64 to play the state's flagship basketball program in Lexington. Before Kentucky added Bellarmine…

As the FGCU men's basketball team opens the Gulf Coast Showcase on Monday night at Hertz Arena, there's a good chance the Eagles will be facing teams that'll be in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Northern Kentucky (2-1), the co-favorite to win the Horizon League, will play FGCU at 7:30 p.m. Monday to cap first-day action. Toledo (3-0), which is averaging…

Trainer James Ponsonby participated in the inaugural The Little Dance with the luckless Phillipsburg and is now intent on having the first horse picked for the second annual The Big Dance via Sunday's Taree Cup. Ponsonby has former Group 1 competitor Socrates in career-best form ahead of Sunday's Taree Cup which doubles as a qualifier for the next…

With just two weeks left in the regular season, the College Football Playoff is taking shape. It's been a dizzying season that has seen top dogs humbled, unknowns rise to the top, and perennial contenders stay steady. There's still plenty to shake out. You can count on a couple more surprises before the nation's top four teams punch their tickets…

Another weekend, another A$1 million race in New South Wales. For the ninth weekend in a row, there's a seven-figure race in Australia's most populous state; this time it's The Gong, a handicap over about a mile at Kembla Grange, near Wollongong, south of Sydney. TwinSpires' Rest of the World Bet Back offer, where those who opt in can get up to $10…

THE OPENING TIP: This weekend, the UMD men's basketball team will see tournament action once again- only this time, they won't be playing host to it. The Bulldogs will instead travel to Aberdeen, S.D. to take part in the inaugural Small College Basketball Champions Classic. UMD's slate of opponents consists of Point Loma on Friday, Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)…

The finish of the Premiere Stakes proved champion Nature Strip will have some real competition for the $15m The TAB Everest in a fortnight. Lost And Running narrowly defeated Mazu and Masked Crusader with the trio showing they will be worthy rivals to Nature Strip in the world's richest turf race at Royal Randwick on October 15. Throw spectacular…

2022 was a season of a lifetime for both the Philadelphia Phillies and Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge. The Phillies went on a miracle run to the World Series, and the team has recaptured the hearts of Philadelphia. The team won the National League even after finishing with just 87 wins during the regular season. The club went to the big dance, but…

College basketball season is officially in full swing, with countless non-conference games taking place each and every night as the 363 Division I programs vie for a spot in the Big Dance. And while the best has yet to come in terms of high-stakes matchups, college hoops fans across the map are in for a major treat this Friday night as the Michigan…

Earlier this week, we looked at the roster construction for the 2022-23 season. As discussed, Buzz and his staff utilized the transfer portal to bring some additional size and to the frontcourt while also improving the perimeter defense. The addition of an extremely athletic freshman forward will also help to fill the gaps left by some key…

Let's take a trip up north to the "Land of the Polar Bear," as the St. Louis Blues will fight it out on the road at Rogers Place against the stingy Edmonton Oilers. With this game having major playoff implications, why don't we get down to the nitty-gritty and check up on our NHL odds series, where our Blues-Oilers prediction and pick will be…

Race-by-race preview and tips for Newcastle on Saturday We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. The barrier looks problematic for 1. Cylinder but we'll leave that to James McDonald to overcome. The Godolphin colt has the benefit of two trials and he has looked professional in both…

Tommy Berry had a big few days with a two-state feature double taking out the VRC Oaks and the Five Diamonds. Picture: Daniel Pockett-Getty Images Star jockey Tommy Berry's VRC Oaks-Five Diamonds feature race two-state double last week is a sign of the changing times in Australian racing. Sydney's extended spring carnival has encroached on…

Hall of Fame jockey Hugh Bowman can leave for his three-month riding stint in Hong Kong with winning momentum from The Hunter meeting at Newcastle on Saturday. Bowman has eight rides including the Kris Lees-trained Gem Song in the $1 million The Hunter (1300m). Lees has trained three successive second placings in The Hunter with Wandabaa (2021),…

If the theory is right that you need to lose one to win one then Kris Lees and the Australian Bloodstock team are overdue. There has been three renewals of the $1m The Hunter at Newcastle and each time the trainer and owners have had to settle for second place. In the inaugural running of The Hunter, they had Tactical Advantage beating all but…

College basketball fans may feel as though the Bellarmine Knights and Louisville Cardinals are two programs heading in different directions when they open the season against each other on Wednesday night. The Knights are coming off an Atlantic Sun championship last season, while the Cardinals will be led by new head coach, Kenny Payne. Bellarmine…

The college basketball season will continue on Tuesday. The Purdue Boilermakers will host the Milwaukee Panthers at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Boilermakers finished last season 29-8, punching their ticket to the Big Dance for a seventh straight season. Unfortunately, Purdue was one of the three single-digit seeds to fall against…

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The Syracuse men's basketball team enters the year with aspirations of making it back to the Big Dance after missing the NCAA Tournament a season ago. Just how rare was last year? It marked the first time the Orange has ever missed the tourney under head coach Jim Boeheim, who enters his 47th season at the helm. With many legendary coaches leaving…

PROVO, Utah - The 2022-23 BYU basketball season tips off this week. It's BYU's final year as a member of the West Coast Conference, so it's the last time you'll see a schedule like the one the Cougars will face this season. Key non-conference games will be important for shaping an NCAA Tournament at-large resume, a handful of Quad One conference…

With 64 teams that will be whittled down to one champion over the course of three weeks of basketball games played across the country, a completed March Madness NCAA Tournament bracket is a thing of beauty. At least that's the case until the first round of games tip-off around lunchtime on Thursday and the majority of brackets become marred with…

The Big Ten has a diverse set of 14 head coaches. It has long-tenured coaches who took over for their mentors years ago and have delivered big-time successes. It has former NBA assistants who have made big splashes immediately at their alma maters. It has inexperienced head coaches who have energized their programs, hoping that bigger wins are…

The 2022-23 SEC basketball season is sure to be full of surprises. Maybe Kentucky will be the top team in the league, a traditional expectation, or perhaps another conference team will step up to claim that honor. Perhaps Auburn will reach a No. 1 national ranking as it did last season, or it could be Tennessee or Alabama or Arkansas capturing that…

Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller is optimistic favourites Naval Seal and Bella Rouge are ready to strike winning form at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Naval Seal is one of the shortest favourites on the program at $2.90 for the Quayclean Handicap (1800m). "I think he is a great chance, he is going terrific,'' Waller said. Naval Seal ran very well…

Champion sprinter Nature Strip can edge closer to Winx's world prizemoney record if he wins the Group 1 $3 million Darley Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Nature Strip, the world's number one-ranked sprinter, took his career earnings to just over $20 million when he ran fourth to Giga Kick in The Everest last start. In latest TAB…

Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou can continue their successful Sydney spring carnival with stable star Ellsberg in the $2m Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Ellsberg is racing for a hat-trick of wins after his dead-heat (with Top Ranked) in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap and his last start romp in the Five Diamonds…

Head Coach: Mike Anderson (Fourth season as head coach) 2021-22 Record: 17-15 (8-11 Big East) 2021-22 Conference finish: Seventh Final 2021-22 KenPom.com Ranking: No. 55 2022-23 Conference Coaches Poll Ranking: Sixth 2022-23 KenPom Rating: No. 37 Aside from its 21-point drubbing of Elite Eight participant St. Peter's, St. John's beat the teams they…

Rustic Steel will tackle the Five Diamonds at Rosehill on Saturday after his win in the Big Dance at Randwick on Tuesday. Rustic Steel has already won The Coast and Big Dance - now for the $2m Five Diamonds. Trainer Kris Lees revealed the horse he calls "The Prizefighter" Rustic Steel has bounced through his win in the Big Dance on Cup Day and will…