#Will Sting

Max Verstappen says he expects Mercedes to bring the fight in a more competitive F12023, but he is just being polite, says Mark Webber. Verstappen was part of one of the most thrilling title battles that Formula 1 has ever seen alongside Lewis Hamilton in 2021, but while Verstappen's Red Bull team continued their form into 2022, the same was not…

NBA Summer League continues as Miami and Philadelphia will go head-to-head for the first time this summer. It's time to continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-76ers prediction and pick. The Heat are (1-1) so far in Vegas after defeating the Boston Celtics and losing to the Atlanta Hawks. They are fresh off of the loss to Atlanta last night 95-88.…

The Pointers duo will now also be providing weekend Members Extra selections - together with Sky Bet Price Boosts - exclusively for logged-in readers via this link. Article updated at 11am every Saturday and Sunday. 1pt win Reilly in 3.15 Warwick at 9/2 (Bet365, min 4/1) 1pt win Will Sting in 2.40 Warwick at 7/1 (general, take no lower) 1pt e/w…

Despite the sport's best attempts to distract us with a summer of talk about transfer portal, realignment, NIL and governance-oh, and some College Football Playoff expansion thrown in for good measure-we have made it to Week 1. It can be difficult at times to remember why we love the sport, but a fun Thursday night to whet the palate should have…

Postseason baseball can be unpredictable. The favored team isn't always destined to win. That makes a studio analyst's task of predicting a series winner a challenge, one where they can't be expected to get it right every time. You would expect a professional to nail some of those picks though, right? Alex Rodriguez failed the challenge and his…

Formula 1's return to Suzuka for the first time in three years delivered half the racing action we expected but far more drama than was anticipated. It resulted in a Sunday with a wide variety of winners and losers, as our writers explain: Yes, a shortened race with a confusing awarding of full points is not the ideal way to win a title on paper…

This column finally broke out of its rut in Week 3 of the college football season, going 3-1 by correctly predicting an easy Mississippi win over circling-the-drain Georgia Tech and two unders in Texas A&M-Miami and Kansas State-Tulane. The only loss was Fresno State failing to keep up with USC after its quarterback suffered a high-ankle sprain in…

That the Edmonton Oilers signed Jake Virtanen on Monday is not an indication or guarantee that he will make this team. In fact, the odds are not in his favor and it's more likely that he's a warm body to play at camp and in preseason so the organization can get through what will be a taxing preseason schedule. Still, Virtanen is on the ice with the…