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When No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU battle Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship, the Bulldogs will be looking to become the first back-to-back national champions since Alabama in 2011-12. Georgia has enjoyed one of the most remarkable seasons in recent memory, finishing the regular season undefeated for the second…

LSU finished 10-4 in its 1st season under Brian Kelly. It won the SEC West but got beaten pretty badly by Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. It recovered well enough to dominate Purdue in a 63-7 victory in the Citrus Bowl. It lost some players to the NFL and the transfer portal, but it did better than some other teams in that regard. The Tigers…

Last time we looked, Mark Messier was approaching his 62nd birthday later this month, he was ensconced as a hockey commentator on ESPN and, even though he still looks like he spends hours in the gym, he's well past his playing days. But the Edmonton Oilers could use some of Messier's old dressing room fire. He would be in somebody's face or giving…

The first college football bowl game was played on Jan. 1, 1902, and it was decidedly not a classic. Michigan beat Stanford 49-0 in the inaugural Rose Bowl. Among the lowlights: nine Stanford fumbles and its captain saying that his team was quitting with eight minutes remaining. But in the nearly 121 years since then, football fans have enjoyed a…

World number 11 Madison Keys of the USA will face the 24th-ranked and Czech player Marie Bouzkova on the first day of the 2023 United Cup to played on Thursday, December 29. Get the live streaming options of this Madison Keys v Marie Bouzkova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 United Cup live…

Opt-outs, players entering the transfer portal as well as coaching replacements often wreck havoc on the odds and betting lines for college football bowl games. No matter the factors, bettors should not shy away from investing in the'tail-end' of line movements. Three teams fit each of the angles highlighted above and are worthy of a'Double-Pop'…

Garibaldi winning at Doomben. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography. Can Garibaldi go from a former problem child for punters to their pin-up and scoop a golden ticket into the Stradbroke Handicap? Tony Gollan says the proof will be in the pudding on Saturday as his talented sprinter steps into the big league and aims for his first stakes…

The Gordon Elliott-trained Itswhatunitesus successfully conceded weight all round in the opening Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Rated Novice Hurdle. The five-year-old was a maiden winner at Cork in November under the recently retired Davy Russell and, sent off at 5/4, duly followed up in the hands of stable jockey Jack Kennedy. Kennedy kept things…

FLAT racing superpower Aidan O'Brien has hit out at new whip rules which come into force in the New Year. The legendary trainer - who has won an incredible 83 Classics in England and Ireland - believes the latest guidelines are'shocking' and could do'irreparable damage' to racing in Britain. Talking exclusively to Sun Racing columnist and TV pundit…

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…

A pair of 6-6 teams play in the first of 43 college football bowls, as the Miami (OH) RedHawks face the UAB Blazers in the HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl. Read on for our top Miami (OH)-UAB picks. UAB was in danger of not being bowl eligible after sitting 4-5 through nine games. However, after the Blazers won against North Texas and Louisiana Tech,…

After spending vast amounts of time with coaches, decision-makers and fans of clubs across the English Football League, Gab Sutton uses his extensive research and knowledge of the three divisions to convey his blueprint for success. The three English Football Leagues below the Premier League are some of the most exhilarating and unpredictable…

During their Scary Stretch, from July 28 to August 10, a fourteen-game stretch when the Mariners faced the Astros and Yankees twice, the team went 7-7. They opened that stretch by losing a series against Houston in pretty deflating fashion, including a 1-11 loss to Verlander and the Astros, but dusted themselves off, went into the Big Apple, and…

As the NHL has officially hit its Olympic COVID induced non-Olympic winter break, clubs around the league get the chance to refresh and recharge their batteries, preparing themselves for when the league resumes on the 27th of December. So, where do things stand roughly 35% of the way through the season? Well, by the standings, the best team in the…

IT'S not the race that stops the nation. It's the other one. When Saturday comes it will bring in its duffel bag the time-honoured Caulfield Cup, which will be honoured for the 139th time at triangular eastern Melbourne racecourse, Caulfield. It's not the biggest thing on the Australian racing calendar but it is the major lead-up to it - that one,…

Kyle Busch's finishing positions in the three races that comprised the first round of the Cup Series Playoffs were less than impressive and not what we are used to seeing from the two-time champion. Oddsmakers, though, are looking beyond those results when pricing the No. 18 for Sunday's South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (7 p.m. ET on…

Welcome to the HCS Big 12 mailbag. This mailbag is for all you football junkies out there who root for a Big 12 school, who not only have questions about your team but other teams in the conference as well. So, join me, grab a cold brew or your favorite drink and relax as I answer all your Big 12 questions in my mailbag. I want to thank each one of…

Veteran Woodbine trainer Nathan Squires was thrilled with the performance of his filly Cairo Consort at the Breeders' Cup this month. But a couple of days after the race, Squires felt as though he was punched in the stomach. Cairo Consort placed an impressive third in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf stakes on Nov. 4 - the world…

There are not many better traditions in football than the Detroit Lions hosting the first game on Thanksgiving Day, and this year's version has the Buffalo Bills coming to town on Thanksgiving for the first time since 1994. Read on for our Bills-Lions picks. The Bills (7-3) had time to get comfortable with their surroundings at Ford Field for this…

2022-07-04Man City top the table for Premier League spending, with Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool not far behind Darwin Nunez has been the biggest individual deal of the summer so far, with Liverpool shelling out £67.5million to lure the forward from Benfica. However, despite Fabio Carvalho (£5.3m) and Calvin Ramsey (£4.4m) also making the switch to…

A huge, perfect performance last week. Every team held, including two underdogs who not only covered the spread but won outright. The Patriots completely shut down the Indianapolis Colts, as predicted. It is pretty easy to cover a total when allowing just three points in a game. This week, let's keep the good going. Several favorites are picked…

The Ole Miss Rebels take on the Texas A&M Aggies. Check out our college football odds series for our Ole Miss Texas A&M prediction and pick. The Ole Miss Rebels got out to an early lead at LSU last week, and then their defense collapsed. LSU scored an avalanche of 42 points with barely any resistance from the Rebels, who not only lost their first…

Basketball. NBA. Regular season Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks State Farm Arena (Atlanta) 08.11.2022. 04:15 Odds Bet Type Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Odds1,90 Bet TypeTU (226.5) Bookmaker Bet Now! Milwaukee lost two preseason games to Atlanta in Dubai, but has already managed to get revenge at home in the regular season. Will the Bucks be able to…

Great news for NBA fans as the new basketball season got going this week and there's games galore on the horizon! We've four more sides in action tonight as the Bucks are on the road to the 76ers, while the Lakers entertain the Clippers in a Los Angeles derby.

Week two went next level in the drama and force of the north-south conflict. Despite the win-loss count, the south made some ground back. North No. 1 (Ireland) struggled to put an experimental version of South Africa (south No. 2) away, their attack stymied and depending on marginal passes, looking spent in the last ten minutes and like the final…

Each day, one of our experts at bet.NOLA.com will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks in Louisiana are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. A reminder for those who haven't signed up yet: New users can get a risk-free bet at Caesars Sportsbook,…

1pt Arsenal to win to nil at evens (Paddy Power, Betfair) This is already turning into a season to forget for visitors Zurich who not only sit bottom of their Europa League group, but also astoundingly are rock bottom of the Swiss Super League as a result of winning just once across their 14 domestic outings. Bo Henriksen's men have shipped 15 UEL…

The Mariners (5) travel to face the Blue Jays (4) in a best-of-three wild-card series at Rogers Center on Friday at 4:07.m. ET. The Jays finished the season 92-70, while the Mariners posted a 90-72 record. Both clubs are young and hungry, and this sets up to be a dynamic showdown. This is Seattle's first postseason appearance since reaching the…

This weekend the curtain came down on the local rugby year with the two South African United Rugby Championship derbies that were brought forward from 2022 due to the recent discovery of the new COVID variant Omnicron that has once again disrupted the world. CAPE TOWN - A rugby season without disruptions seems like something from our wildest dreams…

Jack Jenkins breaks legs with all the regularity of a Mafia tough. Which is some claim, right? Yet still, this is the gift of Australia's newest UFC hope. A 29-year-old featherweight boasting not only Generation Next hype, or a run of national title defences, but a low kick so terrifyingly brutal it cracks fibulas into pieces. In his past four…

As regular bettors in legal wagering states will know all too well, college football player prop betting is non-existent. Luckily, we are here to make you aware of offshore bookmakers, who not only offer player prop betting for NCAA football, but also allow betting from anywhere, anytime. NCAA football returns for Week 4 this weekend - take a look…

Fresh off of a dominant win over the Minnesota Vikings, the Philadelphia Eagles are preparing to lock horns with a familiar foe. The Washington Commanders might not the force they once were, but their quarterback, Carson Wentz, is a name many will have a strong opinion about. The former Eagles draft pick faces Philadelphia for the first time in his…

It's an absolutely jam-packed day of baseball action on the diamond with a whopping 16 games on the MLB schedule thanks to a doubleheader today. That means there is a cornucopia of betting options in the player prop market. Today, we look at a couple of strikeout props at plus money for a pair of American League pitchers who not only have great…

We were treated to a stunning spectacle of rugby last weekend which saw all four Southern Hemisphere nations take the chocolates, while France was the only team from up north to collect a win. With several series on the line can England, Ireland or Wales fight their way to victory in Game 2? Read on for all the line-ups and key team news as it…

The 2022-23 NHL season is around the corner, and the New York Islanders are shaping up to have a big year in a competitive Metropolitan Division. The Islanders took a step back last year as they missed playoffs, resulting in Barry Trotz being fired after four seasons, and after a quiet offseason, there is a lot of uncertainty about how well the…

Golden Pal won the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland two years ago and is unbeaten in three appearances on his home track, which once again stages the showpiece meeting in November. The four-year-old landed the Turf Sprint at Del Mar last season and is firmly on course to defend his crown - but is set to face a new and formidable…

As betting laws have eased across the United States, hosts of sites have popped up that turn your phone or laptop into a mobile sports book. Each site has its geographic and other limitations, and given the new excitement over the genre and the rush to get customers, many have deals for first-timers (with restrictions, note the fine print on each…

Week 2 of the 2022 edition of the college football schedule is, like its predecessor last week, another case of an overabundance of goodness. Down just one contest from Week 1, on tap are 82 total games, 35 of which (or 42 percent of the field) are between an FBS school and an FCS opponent. Of the 47 pairings that remain a precious 15 feature a…

India suffered their first loss in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday as they were defeated by the arch-rivals Pakistan in a thrilling Super 4 clash at the Dubai International Stadium. For the second time in Asia Cup 2022, the outcome of an India-Pakistan match was decided in the final over. But this time, Pakistan, who were chasing 182, were on…