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Saturday will be the first Premier League match that Chelsea has taken part in since January 23, as numerous different cup competitions have filled the fixture list over the past few weeks. The Blues have been successful, but not dominant, during this run, which has alarmed some supporters due to the perceived relative weakness of the team's…

The Philadelphia 76ers will continue their road trip as they head to Southern California to face the Los Angeles Lakers. It's time to continue our NBA odds series and make a 76ers-Lakers prediction and pick. The 76ers are coming off a thrilling 118-117 victory over the Utah Jazz last night. Ultimately, they won the game when Joel Embiid converted a…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to Newyorkupstate.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. At this point, it is a brand new season. While we certainly have knowledge of what transpired over the regular season, it is postseason time. Despite…

With the 2022-23 NHL season entering the second half, it's a good time to see where we're at in the betting markets. A lot has changed since the puck first dropped in early October, including the emergence of Tage Thompson as an elite No. 1 center, Erik Karlsson's renaissance season and the Panthers and Flames both coming out as losers (this…

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Fixture: (30) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Alexander Bublik Date: 17 January 2023 Tournament: Australian Open 2023 Round: First Round (Round of 128) Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt Prize money: $76500000 Thirtieth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off against Alexander Bublik in the first round of…

NFL Super Wild Card Weekend 2023 kicks off Saturday and the theme of the week is rematch. All six 2023 NFL playoff games this weekend are rematches from the regular season. This is the fifth time since the 1970 merger that every game in the opening round of the 2023 NFL playoff bracket is a rematch from the regular season. The marquee matchup comes…

Trainer Ramon Minguet and jockey Samuel Marin had a strong feeling their 3-year-old gelding Zydeceaux was prepared for his winning effort in Saturday's seven-furlong $125000 Pasco Stakes for 3-year-old males at Tampa Bay Downs. "He's a very, very fast horse," Minguet said. "I believed in my horse. I knew he was getting good and that he was going to…

Sunland Park Saturday features the LaSenora Stakes. Hannah's Highlife was installed as the morning line favorite, but appears to have some vulnerabilities. The small New Mexico track has is home to the Sunland Derby which has become a popular prep for some of the west coast's best horses looking to get to the Kentucky Derby. Post: 12:25 PM MT;…

As the 2023 Kentucky Derby trail takes a one-weekend pause, the 2023 Kentucky Oaks path continues Saturday in New York. Occult is the 7-5 morning-line favorite for the $100000 Busanda Stakes. Post time from Aqueduct is 3:47 p.m. EST, with FS2 showing the 1 1/8-mile stakes for 3-year-old fillies. The Busanda is the first prep race to pay points on a…

Perhaps the pick of the fixtures this weekend is the North London Derby, where Arsenal travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, riding high on an improbable season that sees them top of the league by five points. Things aren't quite as rosy for home side Tottenham Hotspur, who have had a mixed bag of a season, to say the least. Antonio Conte has…

Welcome to today's edition of Sportskeeda's daily MMA News Roundup, where we present the biggest UFC updates and other stories from the world of mixed martial arts. In today's issue, we talk about Jon Jones being called out by another heavyweight contender, new details about suspended MMA coach James Krause, and more. Francis Ngannou's knee injury…

At the end of 2022, James Krause was emboldened in an unresolved betting scandal involving the UFC and MMA. New details have emerged in this ongoing case. James Krause was a former UFC athlete who became a coach and manager to many fighters. He was also an avid MMA gambler and would often bet on his own fighters. Darrick Minner, a Krause fighter,…

The Dutchman has a long career ahead of him, the next chapter begins in Bahrain this March and a third F1 title beckons this season for Max. Last season was entirely different from his first title win. Where the latter came down to the wire, Verstappen cruised to the title in spectacular fashion in the former. With such a comfortable win, it would…

The Winnipeg Jets will take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in NHL action on Friday. The Jets have played well overall this season and are placed second in the Western Conference Central with 55 points. Coming with a win, they will try to take the momentum forward and continue their winning run in future games too. The Penguins have made a recovery from…

For the better part of a month, New Zealand and Pakistan have been fighting it out in an entertaining series. It began with two Test matches which went down to the wire, both ending in a draw as the Pakistani light faded on the fifth day. With the Test series a 0-0 draw, all eyes turned to the ODI series to determine who would walk away from this…

Seattle Mariners (11-10) vs. Houston Astros (11-10) May 2, 2022 8:10 pm EDT The Line: Houston Astros -120 / Seattle Mariners -111; Over/Under: -8.5 (Click here for latest betting odds) The Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros meet Monday in MLB action from Minute Maid Park. Seattle is coming off a weekend series versus the Marlins. The Mariners…

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. With two original six teams in action against each other on Thursday night, there is no better time than now to for a BetMGM Sportsbook account. All new users…

Highlighting four player prop bets to target in Sunday's matchup between the Giants-Vikings. The Giants and Vikings meet in Minneapolis on Saturday for the second time in four weeks. Minnesota narrowly won the first matchup, 27-24, and now the stakes are substantially higher in the first round of the playoffs, with the Vikings favored on their home…

The Dallas Stars will take on the New York Rangers in the NHL on Thursday. The Stars have played well and lead the Western Conference Central with 56 points. They come into the game with a winning run and will be motivated to repeat the same performances to stay ahead in the competition. The Rangers are placed third in the Eastern Conference…

A busy Saturday in the NHL features a matchup between two of the best teams in the league. The Colorado Avalanche (54-14-6) host the Carolina Hurricanes (48-19-8) on April 16th. Puck drop is set for 9pm ET. The Avalanche are listed as -137 home favorites in the NHL odds. The total is set at 6 for a matchup that features some of the league's…

Three-year-old dirt fillies get one last chance to compete at the top level against their own age and sex in the $300000 La Brea Stakes (G1), which runs Monday, December 26 at Santa Anita! The race drew a field of eight, four of whom are already graded winners and four who seek those honors for the first time in their career. The field is led by…

What do you do when there are a ton of injuries in the NBA and you're looking to bet? Only bet where you feel comfortable. Sometimes, we feel obligated to place bets on games, but if you don't have a good feeling, there's no harm in staying away. That's what I'm doing for the most part tonight, sticking with just two plays on the slate, including a…

By the time the Grade 1, $1017500 Haskell Stakes was about to start Saturday evening, trainer Brad Cox was under extra pressure. He had been on a private plane from Saratoga only a few hours earlier with rival trainer Chad Brown, Brown's girlfriend and three jockeys. By the time the Haskell rolled around, Brown had won five races, including four…

College football's era of SEC super teams isn't over yet. Georgia started the 2022 season with a 49-3 victory against Oregon, and the Bulldogs' finished off their perfect record on Monday night with a 65-7 beat down of TCU in the College Football Playoff national championship game. A team from the SEC has now won the last four national…

Potential Breeders' Cup Horses Work Lexus Raven Run Winner Caramel Swirl Returns To Churchill Downs Conditioner Cox's "Cool Little Horse" Perryville Winner He'smyhoneybadger LEXINGTON, Ky. - Charles Fipke's undefeated Lady Speightspeare, scratched at the gate for the Oct. 16 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana, at Keeneland…

As the season pushes on, the quarter-final stage of the League Cup throws up some interesting ties with three of the Premier League top four still battling for a place in the semi-finals. We preview the best of the EFL cup action below. 12th in League One, Charlton have impressed massively with their run to the quarter-final of the League Cup,…

The race for the 2023 NBA MVP award is anticipated to be one of the closest in years, with six candidates almost neck-and-neck at the halfway mark of the season. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has won the award for the last two consecutive seasons and is once again in a strong position to pick up a third, however he is not the current…

Most of us grew up watching Disney movies, many of which tell tales of the little guy navigating through the impossible to achieve a dream. Even as adults, we're romantic about the underdog stories, the Davids versus Goliaths, the Cinderellas. We crave them. We so badly want to believe they're true. That's what made some of us inexplicably…

Pat Eddery, one of the greatest jockeys of the postwar era, with three victories in the Epsom Derby and four in the Arc de Triomphe to his credit, as well as two Breeders' Cup races in the United States, died on Tuesday. He was 63. Teddy Grimthorpe, the European racing manager for Juddmonte Farms, who worked with Eddery for many years, confirmed…

Virginia and North Carolina are set to renew a storied ACC rivalry as the Tar Heels visit the Cavaliers on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. After beginning the season as the No. 1-ranked team in the country, UNC stumbled through a four-game losing streak, but have since recovered and come into this matchup having won six of the last seven…

The streaking Chicago Bulls are in New England tonight as they will face the top-seeded Boston Celtics. The Bulls have won two of the first three meetings between these teams this season. Chicago has won three in a row in their climb back to.500. Two of the wins came over Eastern Conference teams that would make the playoffs if the season ended…

The remaining seven first-round matches of the 2023 ATP Auckland Classic will be played on Tuesday. It promises to be an entertaining day of tennis and, as always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule, including Ben Shelton vs Sebastian Baez. But who will secure their spot in the round of…

The Orlando Magic (15-25) visit the Sacramento Kings (20-18) on Monday night. Action tips off at 10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Magic-Kings prediction and pick. Orlando has won two of its last three games but remains in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. The Magic have covered 54% of their games while 53% have gone over…

The Chicago Bulls (19-21) visit the Boston Celtics (28-12) on Monday night. Action tips off at 7:40 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Bulls-Celtics prediction and pick. Chicago has won three straight games to bump them into ninth place in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls have covered 53% of their games while 50% have gone over…

Kentucky Derby second-place finisher Mandaloun (pink cap) wins Sunday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. Photo courtesy of Monmouth Park June 14 (UPI) -- Maybe it's a little early to crown Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality as best 3-year-old in the nation, especially after Mandaloun's impressive victory in Sunday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth…

Lovely Ride wins Saturday's Pippin Stakes at Oaklawn Park Coady Photography, courtesy of Oaklawn Park Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Trainer Bob Baffert saddled the first three finishers in Sunday's $100000 Grade III Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, a "Road to the Kentucky Derby" race, while the other weekend qualifier went to a colt who might find the Derby distance…

Now we are talking Kentucky Derby preps. This time we mean it. Life Is Good can race across, up and down or diagonally through the San Felipe. Greatest Honour can close on pedestrian fractions in the Fountain of Youth. Concert Tour can be anointed prince of the Bob Baffert Invi … er … Rebel Stakes. Essential Quality can be forgotten with his…

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…

Topping a Bob Baffert trifecta, REINCARNATE (Good Magic), the co-longest shot on the board at 16-1, held off Newgate (Into Mischief) and favored National Treasure (Quality Road) to steal the GIII Sham S. Fresh off his maiden-breaking score in just his second start on the dirt following a pair of turf efforts in the fall, Reincarnate, a $775000…

Santa Anita Barn Notes: Friday's Card Gets 8.5 Starters Per Race From the Santa Anita Media Team: FRIDAY'S ALL-DIRT CARD ATTRACTS 8.5 STARTERS PER RACE With more rain in the forecast for Arcadia this week, the decision was made to run Friday's eight-race program exclusively on dirt. After entries were taken and the program finalized yesterday,…

During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the Week 7 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: Southern Miss -4 over Arkansas…

The St. Louis Blues were unable to keep their two-game winning streak marching forward as they fell 5-4 to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. The defeat came down to the wire but the Blues just weren't able to come out on top. It was a similar situation for the Minnesota Wild, who had won two straight before losing a high-scoring overtime game…

Hubaldo Solis' talented HS Paul Walker rallied in the final yards to get his eighth lifetime win, earning a victory in Saturday's 25th running of the $100000 Red or Green Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. Ridden by Hector Aldrete for trainer Alfredo Gomez, HS Paul Walker broke alertly from the gate and was prominent throughout the 400-yard…

Southern California's first points-paying Kentucky Derby prep of 2023 features only two runners eligible to collect those points. National Treasure is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the Grade 3, $100000 Sham Stakes. Post time from Santa Anita is 6:30 p.m. EST, with FanDuel TV showing the one-mile trip for 3-year-olds. Bob Baffert trains National…

After returning to form Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Panthers, the Syracuse Orange women's basketball team (11-4, 2-2) looks to get payback against the Clemson Tigers (11-5, 2-2) in a battle of the orange on the road. Tip-off is set for Sunday at 2 pm EST, with the game available for streaming on ESPN's ACC Network Extra. For context, the…

Repole Stable's Chocolate Gelato fought off a determined You're My Girl coming out of the turn to win the $400000, Grade 1 Frizette Stakes by a length on a sloppy main track at the Belmont at the Big A meet held at Aqueduct Oct. 2. The victory earned the 2-year-old daughter of Practical Joke a spot in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile…

This is the complied version of the All Things CW notes column by Christopher Walsh which appeared in five part this week, with the latest on the Alabama Crimson Tide. It actually began with a long-snapper. Nick Saban always has what he calls the 24-hour rule regarding games, giving everyone a chance to enjoy the wins a little, or get the losses…