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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels played three miserable months without getting on the type of roll they've hit over the past week. The surge is probably too late to save the Halos' season, but any chance to shine means the world to Tucker Davidson and the other Angels playing for their futures. Davidson pitched six innings of four-hit…

UFC Fight Night Sean Strickland vs. Nassourdine Imavov was a great way to kick off the new year, and it provided the fans with a lot of exciting fights. I found success in the card as well by starting the year with a 9-2 record on my predictions. In this article, I will be ranking how impressive each of the winners were from worst to best, so let's…

Douglas Whyte believes a trip to Qatar for the H.H. The Amir Trophy (2400m) at Al Rayyan Racecourse on February 18 could "spark up" his two-time Group One winner Russian Emperor. Russian Emperor is joined by the Caspar Fownes-trained Senor Toba among the entries for the Qatar Group One contest, which boasts a purse of US$2.5 million (HK$19.5…

Portuguese Primeira Liga Round 16 Benfica vs Sporting CP Estádio da Luz, Portugal. 15.01.23 at 21:00 Odds Bet Type Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Safe Choice Odds1,74 Bet TypeW1 Bookmaker Bet Now! The Lisbon derby witnesses Benfica hosting Sporting CP at the Estádio da Luz for the 16th matchday of the Primeira Liga with the goal of consolidating their…

Tough as teak gelding Larynx will soon raise the baton on 50 starts and top $200000 in earnings but not before potentially adding the Cowra Cup (1280m) to his win tally at Orange on Sunday. Born and bred at Gooree, the son of the Mudgee nursery's Group 1 winning sprinter Your Song, is closing on his eighth win and/or 28th podium finish at his 48th…

They will all dream on Saturday. Owners and trainers and jockeys of 20 thoroughbred horses will be hoping their prayers will be answered when the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby is done at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. One thing learned from the prior 144 editions of America's greatest horse race is that any horse entered has a shot to win…

Ayrton returned to the winners' list after saluting in the Gunsynd Classic. Picture: Trackside Photography It wasn't quite the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap they had dreamt of, but boom horse Ayrton is back on track after a dominant win in Saturday's Group 3 Gunsynd Classic, prompting trainer Mick Price to put the super rich Golden Eagle on the…

L.A. has plenty of issues on its own, especially with the continued health concerns around Kawhi and PG, but Denver faces a tough test tonight with Nikola Jokic doubtful. You can imagine where our Nuggets vs. Clippers picks are looking tonight. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The Denver Nuggets head to Hollywood to face the Los Angeles Clippers in NBA…

The first UFC event of 2023 takes place this Saturday night, Jan. 14, with a light heavyweight matchup between Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov set as the UFC Vegas 67 five-round main event. Kelvin Gastelum was initially scheduled to be Imavov's main event opponent but needed to withdraw from the card earlier this week after suffering a mouth…

We go to Moe Racing Club this Sunday for a competitive eight-race card. The Moe track is currently rated a Soft 5, but considering we have an extremely hot day forecast for Saturday, we should see a Good track on race day. The rail will be in the True position for the entire circuit, when racing gets underway at 1:20pm AEDT. Here are our free Moe…

Middleweight contender, Sean Strickland, becomes the first UFC fighter to headline back-to-back events this Saturday (Jan. 14, 2023) when he steps up on short notice to face fast-rising striker Nassourdine Imavov inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Vegas 67 will also feature a Featherweight crossroads bout between Dan Ige and Damon Jackson…

Jockey Kate Hercock salutes the judge as she brings Soldier Boy back at the head of the field following the horse's gallant win in last Saturday's Marton Cup at Trentham. Photo / Supplied Hawke's Bay jockey Kate Hercock capped off a successful Christmas/New Year period by picking up her second black-type success of the season aboard Soldier Boy in…

Thomas Bryant's been stepping it up in Anthony Davis' absence, and against the Mavericks' depleted frontcourt, he should be in for a big night. Find out why our NBA picks are backing the Lakers big tonight. The Dallas Mavericks close out an extended stay in Southern California, taking on the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena Thursday. Dallas…

2023 is here, and after a little break to finish our year and give us some time to rest from all the holiday feasts and enjoy the start of the year, the UFC Fight Night starts the action on the second Saturday of January with a middleweight headliner to get everybody excited. The UFC Apex in Las Vegas is getting ready to be the first venue to host…

With the Magic Millions taking centre stage this week, we thought it would be a good time to catch up with Queensland racecaller Josh Fleming to talk about his journey in racing. A proud boy from the bush, Fleming talks about his punting highs and lows, along with his favourite calls and horses, among other things. 1. Who or what got you interested…

A look at the Irish successes over the history of the English Grand National Every April, the greatest steeplechase in the world takes place on a racecourse outside Liverpool - The Aintree Grand National, an exhilarating test of endurance for horse and jockey. Unfortunately, this year the great sporting spectacle has fallen victim to COVID-19 and…

King's Gambit is on target for a big autumn after trialling brilliantly at Randwick on Monday. Picture: Julian Andrews Golden Slipper favourite King's Gambit made a resounding statement with an effortless barrier trial win at Royal Randwick on Monday. But Godolphin's boom unbeaten two-year-old colt Barber also impressed despite being beaten in his…

When drafting Tampa Bay Rays players for a fantasy team I usually go by this principle: do I have to? Like in years past, the Rays have a core group of players that need to be drafted and started in all formats. Wander Franco (80 ADP), Tyler Glasnow (86), Shane McClanahan (33), Randy Arozarena (38), Jeffrey Springs (186), and Drew Rasmussen (187)…

Reading the form on a racecard is the very best way to make an informed decision on which horse you think may win the race or get placed. Read left to right, the form listings are easy enough to understand when you know what each character signifies. In simple terms, the numbers tell us where in the race the horse finished, and dashes indicate…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Gunnedah and Moruya. 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 6, No.9: SKYFORGER The three-year-old has been runner-up at three of…

Middleweights helm UFC's first event of 2022 this Saturday (Jan. 14, 2022) when fast-rising Nassourdine Imavov squares off with super short notice replacement, Sean Strickland, inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Vegas 67 will also see Dan Ige look to get back on track at Damon Jackson's expense, knockout punchers Punahele Soriano and Roman…

Los Angeles is in big trouble, losers of six straight and now having to face a Dallas team that may be getting Luka Doncic back. With so many key offensive pieces missing, our NBA betting picks expect a low-scoring affair. The Los Angeles Clippers are in desperation mode when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday. Los Angeles is mired in a…

A lot can change in a decade and the growing dominance of the Irish at the Cheltenham Festival is becoming all too potent to ignore. Irish trainers have won more festival races than their counterparts in Britain in three of the last four seasons, drawing on the other occasion last year. Such is the depth of jumping talent in Ireland, it is hard to…

The Jags have been a bettor's darling and are riding high after an incredible comeback win over the Cowboys in Week 15. Our betting picks look into whether or not the offense can counter the Jets' ball-hawking secondary on Thursday Night Football. The Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets are first up on the NFL odds board for Week 16, with a…

Golden Slipper favourite King's Gambit made a resounding statement with an effortless barrier trial win at Royal Randwick on Monday. But Godolphin's boom unbeaten two-year-old colt Barber also impressed despite being beaten in his comeback heat. The Randwick trials session featured a number of potential autumn carnival contenders but none made…

UFC 280, one of the most competitively matched fight cards of the year, is upon us. The Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, with the larger 30-foot Octagon, will host the event. Fights kick off in prime time Saturday in Abu Dhabi (9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT), which is more proof of the global growth of the UFC. Lightweight and bantamweight titles will be up for…

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Northfield Park had a full evening of 15 races planned on Monday, July 11, but officials canceled the card after the second race due to a pacer named Alfred Hanover finding his way into the park's pond and drowning. The two-year-old standardbred had just run second in the event which was part of the Buckeye Stallion Series. While handlers were…

Twice early in its history the Cheltenham Gold Cup fell foul of the weather, both times in the 1930s. The atrocious winter of 1962/63 abated just in time for Cheltenham to go ahead as normal that March but snow on the final day of the 1978 Festival resulted in that year's Gold Cup, won by Midnight Court, being postponed four weeks until…

Orlando, FL hosts this week's UFC Fight Night. Prelims for the fifteen scheduled bouts kick off at 4 p.m. PT with the main card beginning at 7 p.m. PT. Three events remain in 2022 before a break until mid-January which provides time to update my UFC roster/database. Two weeks ago, I went 1-1-1 on digital releases. The Spivak bout was canceled, and…

Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are our best bets for Friday, Dec. 23: The play: College football Gasparilla Bowl: Missouri+2½ over Wake Forest The odds/bet: -110…

Racing is never short of a storyline and 2022 was certainly no different. Be it the good, the bad or the sometimes ugly, racing can at times resemble a soap opera as much as it does a billion dollar industry. With 2022 now in the rear view mirror we look back at the 30 biggest stories to shape the year with Part 2 today covering 15-1. 15) Melbourne…

The Los AngelesChargers look to keep their momentum going into the playoffs when theyvisit the Denver Broncos in Week 18. Read on for our Chargers-Broncos pick based on the top odds. The Chargers (10-6) are one of seven teams in the league with anactive four-game winning streak. That run is the longestin two seasons under head coach Brandon Staley…

Don't know where 23. Devine Miss gets to from the draw, but like the way she closed off in BM72 company last start at Warwick Farm behind Bitcoin Baby and Tashi. The four-year-old didn't get a lot of room in the straight either. She is racing like she'll relish 1200m now fourth up. We've seen her once before in Highway Handicap company, but it was…

Red Rum proved he was the people's champion when he stopped traffic after taking to the streets of Dundee in 1982. People were hanging out of windows to catch a glimpse of the three-time Grand National winner during his canter through the city centre. Rummy spent the night at stables in Invergowrie before travelling to Dundee where he was making a…

Two outstanding trials by Black Fantasy have given co-trainer Dan Pearce a big boost in confidence ahead of the dual stakes winner's return in the $100000 Easingwold Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. A winner of his past three starts over staying journeys last season, Black Fantasy caught the eye of trial watchers when running second to…

The Magic Millions Carnival just keeps getting better and this is an outstanding card as a prelude to next week. Gold Coast is a tight, tricky track and there is some rain around which should make for a soft surface and have them heading to the centre of the track in the straight. With the rail true those that can take a position in the first half…

Selections based on a good track Kembla-based runners are set to dominate the opener on Showcase Cup day, with a progressive three-year-old the one to beat. All Too Hard-sired 1. Mr Rock It closed off strongly in a much deeper metro BM 72 16 days ago, and desperately wants to get back out over more ground deep into the prep. Naturally a big jump in…

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…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Gundagai and Canterbury. 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 4, No.4: BLACK ON BEAUTY The John O'Shea-trained…

The exciting Jet Powered lost his unbeaten record in the Coral Racing Club Join For Free'Introductory' Hurdle at Newbury as Jupiter Du Gite recorded a wide margin success at 66/1. Sent off at a prohibitive price, Jet Powered tracked Jupiter Du Gite through the early stages with the field well strung out at halfway. The field closed a little on the…

Hall of Famer Darren Beadman was succinct in his appraisal of star apprentice Zac Lloyd's winning ride on Yoshino at Royal Randwick on Saturday. "It was a 10 out of 10 ride by Zac, and a 10 out of 10 performance by the horse,'' Beadman said. "Zac gave Yoshino a lovely run and he didn't panic when others started to make their move from the…

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…

New Prairie State bettors can now register and claim the FanDuel bonus from anywhere in Illinois. The FanDuel welcome bonus is more accessible than ever for gamblers in Illinois. Prior to March 5, 2022, would-be sports bettors were required to visit a FanDuel retail sportsbook at Par-A-Dice Casino or FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing to complete…

If horseracing could be purely calibrated by a stopwatch and mathematical tables, if you were good enough at the game, you would literally never lose. Every result would be inevitable - and the story of Winx would be a boring one. But that ignores the abilities and character of horses - the fascination with champions of racing has little to do with…

The Paddy Power Chase eluded Willie Mullins but nothing else on Tuesday's card at Leopardstown did as the champion trainer recorded a remarkable 102-1 six-timer. It was not a first for the trainer who has achieved almost everything the sport can ask - he did likewise on April 25, 2018, at Punchestown - but the only surprise was the fact he fell…

2022 Blue Jays Retrospective: Things go south, Charlie Montoyo takes the fall, and more Over the next few days, we'll be taking a look back at the year that was for the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto hit the "dog days" of summer in June. Emotionally derailing series' against the Yankees, Brewers, and White Sox triggered a multitude of question marks…

It's time to start anew in 2023 and use all the data we've accumulated over 16 weeks to fuel the home stretch. Jason Logan's Underdogs like Joe Burrow and the Bengals on Monday Night Football against the Bills among his picks. The bulk of NFL Week 17 picks and predictions kick off on New Year's Day, not only giving football bettors a clean slate to…

Rhea Moon (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) was produced by the hot-riding Juan Hernandez approaching the final furlong and fought her way past pace-pressing stablemate School Dance (Animal Kingdom) in the final couple of jumps to win Monday's GI American Oaks at Santa Anita. A 6-1 gamble exiting a 1 1/4-length success in the GIII Autumn Miss S.…

We start group 3 Belle of the Turf day with a very competitive maiden for the boys at set weights on a surface that could settle closer to a good 3 with no rain in sight. Drawn to sit right behind the speed on debut, like Real Impact three-year-old 5. Bias who starts as a gelding. Given plenty of maturing time at the trials, the latest at the…