#The Storm

Another week has come and gone as the NHL season continues. The Pittsburgh Penguins have been in hold on mode, looking to weather the storms that they find themselves in. After having so much health and favorable availability for most of the first half of the season, 2023 has not been kind to the Pens. Their starting goalie has been out for almost…

TWICE in their grand old history, Arsenal have won the league at White Hart Lane. And this North London Derby victory might almost have felt like a third time. Mikel Arteta's men are not even halfway through their Premier League campaign but this was a hugely significant triumph - one which may be pinpointed as the most crucial of the lot if they…

On Wednesday, the Indiana Pacers lost to the Knicks, 119-113, but the biggest loss wasn't the game, it was their soon-to-be all-star, Tyrese Haliburton to an elbow sprain. Haliburton will be evaluated in two weeks, but now the Pacers will be without their point guard that has led them to 23-19. The Atlanta Hawks have their point guard, Trae Young,…

After a rocky start to 2023, the UFC will put on its first card of the year in the wake of the promotion's president Dana White being caught on camera slapping his wife across the face. In a fight made on short notice due to Kelvin Gastelum pulling out due to injury, Sean Strickland will be stepping in to take on Nassourdine Imavov in Saturday…

The two favourites of the inaugural SA20 competition go head-to-head in the opener later today. A star-studded MI Cape Town side takes on a Paarl Royals side full of experience at Newlands in what should be an entertaining affair. Lwanele Poswayo has the best bets and a prediction for the SA20 opener. Jos Buttler is one of the best batters in T20…

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. Cups double to Major Meister Major Meister, a son of the American sire Art Major, has been the star of the Country Cups racing in Victoria. He won the $100000…

On Thursday evening, the NBA slate features six games, headlined by a matchup between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets on TNT at the Barclays Center. Ahead of tip-off Boston owns the best record in the Eastern Conference, with Brooklyn trailing in the standings by two games. In this highly-anticipated contest, oddsmakers have the Celtics priced…

The Boston Celtics (30-12) visit the Brooklyn Nets (27-13) on Thursday night. Action tips off at 7:30 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Nets prediction, pick, and how to watch. Boston has won four consecutive games and remains in first place in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics covered 55% of their games while 53% went…

Trevor Bauer become a free agent on Thursday, but the market will be a lot more hostile toward the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner than it was two winters ago, when Bauer signed a three-year, $102-million deal with the Dodgers after turning down a lucrative offer from the New York Mets. "The only guy who I know for sure would sign him is…

Calgary Flames Post-Game: Flames can't quite overcome injuries, penalties and the Habs Be sure to check out NHL betting site Betway for the latest Flames game day odds! The Calgary Flames headed to Montreal on Monday evening to play their third road game in four nights. The Flames did not play a perfect game, but they hung around and rode a strong…

Can England finally end their Euros heartbreak? We'll find out on Sunday evening as the women's side look to go one better than the men and win the European Championship. Sarina Wiegman's side have been brilliant in their home tournament so far and put in another superb performance as they swept aside Sweden 4-0 in their semi-final in Sheffield on…

The Phoenix Suns (20-21) visit the Golden State Warriors (20-20) on Tuesday night. Action tips off at 10:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Suns-Warriors prediction and pick. Phoenix has lost nine of their last ten games and tumbled to eighth place in the Western Conference. The Suns covered 49% of their games while 55% went…

In a middleweight championship bout in the co-main event, Israel Adesanya and Jared Cannonier meet Saturday at UFC 276 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Below, we analyze the UFC 276 Adesanya vs. Cannonier odds and lines, with picks and predictions. The early prelims can be viewed on ESPN/ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the prelims on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+…

The Los Angeles Lakers (19-21) visit the Denver Nuggets (26-13) on Monday night. Action tips off at 9:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Lakers-Nuggets prediction and pick. Los Angeles has won five straight games to bump them into 11th place in the Western Conference. The Lakers have covered 45% of their games while 60% have…

Fixture: (2) Aryna Sabalenka vs Irina-Camelia Begu Date: January 7, 2023 Tournament:Adelaide International 1 Round: Semifinal Venue: Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt Prize money: $826837 Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Amazon Prime Video Second seed Aryna Sabalenka will square off against World…

On Friday night, Real Madrid returned to action after the World Cup with a 2-0 win over Real Valladolid in La Liga. The defending champions did not produce their best football for eighty minutes, but a late surge in the final third and a Karim Benzema brace in six minutes helped them secure three points. On Tuesday, they step onto the grass again,…

The New York Islanders are weathering the storm right now. Down their No. 1 defenseman and four forwards, the Isles are doing everything they can to hang in the mix in the relentless Metropolitan Division. The Isles have won four of their last five games, but they can't afford any drop in form as they've got a brutal schedule ahead of them in…

2022 has certainly not been an easy year for Novak Djokovic. The Serbian champion encountered many difficulties due to his choice not to get vaccinated against the Coronavirus and ended up in the eye of the storm following the Australian soap opera. The former ATP number 1 had to give up the Australian Open and the US Open, two tournaments in which…

7pm: Cameroon v Brazil Both Teams To Score? No Under 2.5 Goals Richarlison to Score or Assist 7pm: Serbia v Switzerland Over 2.5 Goals Aleksandar Mitrovic to Score Anytime *A Multi-Match Bet Builder with these bets pays at approximately 24/1 with Paddy Power. All good things must come to an end and we've reached the culmination of the first round…

This year's Duke's Mayo Bowl pits two teams with entirely different outlooks entering college football bowl season. One has weathered the storm all year amid intense adversity under center, while the other enters this game with an established quarterback and … not much else. NC State lost star quarterback Devin Leary (pectoral) in mid-October and…

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With only four weeks left in the regular season, it can be tempting to overstate the role of motivation, or lack thereof, when handicapping remaining games. When the Patriots and Raiders matchup on Sunday, for instance, does New England have an edge because of its bubble status? Don't count on it. In that game and the more lopsided pairings on the…

The Minnesota Timberwolves (16-18) visit the New Orleans Pelicans (21-12) on Wednesday night. Action tips off at 8:10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Timberwolves-Pelicans prediction and pick. Minnesota has lost three consecutive games and since dropped to 11th place in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves are 13-21 against…

When is North Queensland Cowboys vs Melbourne Storm on and what time does it start? North Queensland Cowboys vs Melbourne Storm will take place on Saturday 21 May, 2022 - 08:30 (UK) Where is North Queensland Cowboys vs Melbourne Storm taking place? North Queensland Cowboys vs Melbourne Storm will take place at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in…

Morello drawing away to a win in the $62000 Feature Allowance at Laurel Park, Oct. 8, 2022. (Jim McCue/MJC) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, Iapetus Racing and Diamond T Racing's graded-stakes winner returns from a two-month absence in Friday's $135000 Gravesend, a six-furlong sprint for 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct…

The official men's World Rugby rankings have, for some time now, been widely dismissed. Too often the prescriptive modelling does not accurately reflect the true balance of power. At present World Rugby's top fivereads: 1. South Africa (90.61) 2. France (88.88) 3. All Blacks (88.75) 4. Ireland (88.22) 5. England (84.50) This week, following the…

This season has been an absolute roller-coaster ride for Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors as they pursue back-to-back NBA titles. After defeating the Boston Celtics in the Finals in June, the team set its sights on repeating as champions, a feat they accomplished in 2017 and 2018. With Klay Thompson back healthy and Stephen Curry playing…

The Memphis Grizzlies (20-11) visit the Golden State Warriors (15-18) in a Christmas Day matchup. Action tips off at 8 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Grizzlies-Warriors prediction and pick. Memphis comes into Sunday's game fresh off a 25-point win over Phoenix and sits in second place in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies…

Patrick Gilligan, a former Newmarket racehorse trainer who moved to Kentucky five years ago, reflects on the state of American racing as he sees it. Gilligan (left), who was a'small-time' trainer in the UK for 15 years, moved to the U.S. so his son could pursue his goal of becoming a jockey. He wrote a book - Around Kentucky with the Bug - about…

Sodashi, shown winning the Sapporo Kinen in her last start Aug. 22, returns in Sunday's Grade 1 Shuka Sho at Hanshin Racecourse. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association Oct. 15 (UPI) -- As American horse racing enters its pre-Breeders' Cup "calm before the storm" this weekend, the international contingent ably plugs the gap with the world's…

Epsom was where it all started for Richard Kingscote. While it might not have been the Derby, it might well have felt like it to the teenager was thrown in the deep end for his very first ride in public, taking on the likes of Frankie Dettori, Johnny Murtagh and Kieran Fallon - all now Derby-winning jockeys themselves - in a conditions race there…

Aside from racing among each other, people have used other means of popular transportation to organise racing competitions. That includes horses and camels among others, turning them into some of the most popular sports globally. However, new popular racing sports emerged as technology moved forward, and people have started using cycles,…

There are a plethora of factors that go into picking a game, whether it's straight up or against the spread. Weather, health, history, stakes and matchups can play roles to varying degrees. All of those factors have loomed large throughout the week in the matchup between No. 10 NC State and No. 5 Clemson at Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 7:30…

The Eastern Conference is full of win streaks right now, as the Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat have all won at least four straight games to tighten the top half of the standings in the conference. The Orlando Magic deserve an honorable mention in here (may be the only time I say that this…

The United States took the field in Brazil on Tuesday as the reigning Olympic champion in rugby. However, none of the current U.S. players could recall that previous moment of glory - because rugby was last played at the Olympics in 1924. The U.S. wasn't known as a world power in rugby back then, and the victory in Paris, 92 years ago, stunned both…

The sadly-missed Arrogate is slowly starting to pick up as a sire, with the former champion's tally of winners now up to six. Rated by some agencies as the best North American-trained horse of the 2010s after phenomenal victories in the Travers S. (G1), Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Pegasus World Cup (G1), and Dubai World Cup (G1), Arrogate was sadly…

UFC's tumultuous 2022 comes to a close this Saturday (Dec. 17, 2022) when Sean Strickland and Jared Cannonier duke it inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Vegas 66 will also feature Arman Tsarukyan battling Damir Ismagulov in a pivotal Lightweight battle and rising Flyweight, Amir Albazi, taking on late-notice newcomer, Alessandro…

The Warriors' struggles away from Oracle Arena this season are well-documented, but faced with a six-game road trip, Curry & Co. have a chance to right some wrongs. That starts with a matchup in Milwaukee - read our NBA picks below to see how it plays out. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports This has hardly been a textbook title defense so far from the…

The Bruins defeated the Golden Knights 3-1 on Sunday, with a pair of third period goals proving to be the difference. Boston will be back at TD Garden on Tuesday (7 p.m.) for a matchup against the Islanders. Also on Sunday, the Pride completed a two-game weekend sweep of the Buffalo Beauts in Premier Hockey Federation regular season action,…

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Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to MLive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. We are now getting into the guts of the NBA season, and from the perspective of the Detroit Pistons, they need to start performing better. At the same time,…

TEMPLEGATE has picked out some surefire winners across Saturday's big races and beyond. Read on for our man's tips. SUMMERGHAND (3.15 Newmarket, nap) The veteran sprinter burst back into form last time with an cosy win at York and took this race last season at big odds. He looks over-priced again and can do the double. KORKER (2.40 Beverley, nb) He…

Gold Cup third Protektorat meets the last two winners of the Betway Bowl on day one of the Grand National meeting. Dan Skelton's chaser, the best of the British runners in the Cheltenham Festival feature, is up against Clan Des Obeaux and Kemboy. The pair have flourished in the Grade 1 Aintree contest, run over conventional fences at a distance of…

If the calendar says it's December and Bills vs. Patriots props are on the betting board, your most prudent first move should be to consult your favorite weather app. As it happens, a rainstorm packed with gale-force winds blew through Foxborough, Mass., on Wednesday. Dry conditions and mild breezes followed the storm, and those conditions are…

UFC Fight Night brings us a bantamweight tilt between Matheus Nicolau and Matt Schnell on Saturday night from Orlando. Read more to find out which fighter we're backing in our Nicolau vs. Schnell betting picks. Matheus Nicolau vs. Matt Schnell is scheduled for three rounds in the flyweight division as a featured undercard attraction of this…

August is the month of hope and with hope, comes a little bit of exaggerated enthusiasm and misplaced belief. The storm before the storm of college football. The 2022 college football season begins in 10 days with "Week 0" and fans and media outlets alike are churning out takes, polls, opinion pieces and, even worse, vapid think-pieces at a…

BUCKLE up and prepare for lift off as supersonic Flightline seeks equine immortality. The Breeders' Cup at Keeneland features Euro stars like Highfield Princess, Nashwa, Tuesday and Modern Games. But there is no doubt Flightline's date with destiny in the Classic is the talk of the town. I'm lucky enough to bring you all the interviews for the…

Thousands of punters are packing racecourses in Sydney and Melbourne for two of Australia's biggest races. At Sydney's Royal Randwick Racecourse thousands began arriving for The Everest, one of the biggest days on Australia's horse racing calendar. But drama unfolded on Saturday after the race's second-favourite Lost And Running was scratched,…

Champ is ante-post favourite for the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival 2022. Chantry House, Pied Piper and Hillcrest are other leading contenders for Saturday's racing Champ (right) is one of the favourites for the Cheltenham Festival Cheltenham Festival favourite Champ is the star on show as horses trial for the big meeting at the…