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The First of Many Conference Finals MVPs: Jayson Tatum and Stephen Curry
After decades of NBA playoffs, for the first time, the Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP award and the Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP award were presented. After the 75th-anniversary season of the NBA, the NBA revealed a new “lineup of reimagined...
Make the Best Sports Bets Every Time with These Tips and Tricks
Sports betting offers an adrenaline rush similar to athletic competition, without ever having to step foot on the basketball court, or the football field, or the baseball diamond, or the hockey rink. But much like playing sports, if you make bets without thinking them...
The Last Five Winners Of The Queen Mother Champion Chase
It’s almost time for the 2021 Cheltenham Festival, and whilst we still don’t know how this year’s meeting is going to pan out in terms of attendance and so on, one thing’s for sure, we will still be treated to a jam-packed four days of top-class racing. So, as you...
How the Premier League relegation battle is shaping up at the halfway point of the season
As we approach the halfway point of the season, albeit slightly later than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on last year’s schedule, it’s fair to say that it has been a pretty strange first half to the 2020-21 term. At the time of writing,...
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Memphis faces Denver, aims to break 3-game skid
Memphis Grizzlies (20-32, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (34-20, third in the Western Conference)Denver; Wednesday, 9 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Memphis comes into the matchup with Denver after losing three in a row.The Nuggets are 19-9 in conference...
Sacramento faces Utah on 14-game road skid
Sacramento Kings (12-43, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (17-37, 13th in the Western Conference)Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 9 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Sacramento will try to break its 14-game road losing streak when the Kings play Utah.The Jazz are 9-24...
Chicago takes on Boston, aims to stop 5-game skid
Chicago Bulls (24-30, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (34-19, third in the Eastern Conference)Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Chicago aims to end its five-game skid with a win over Boston.The Celtics are 23-13 against Eastern Conference...
Johnson and the Hawks visit conference foe Charlotte
Atlanta Hawks (26-29, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (25-29, 10th in the Eastern Conference)Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Hawks visit Miles Bridges and the Charlotte Hornets in Eastern Conference play...
Barnes and the Raptors host conference foe Detroit
Detroit Pistons (39-13, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (32-22, fifth in the Eastern Conference)Toronto; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. ESTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pistons -1.5; over/under is 223.5BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Raptors host the Detroit Pistons in...
No. 9 Kansas beats top-ranked Arizona 82-78 for 8th straight win, back in contention in Big 12
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The Kansas climb picked up more steam Monday night as the No. 9 Jayhawks knocked off top-ranked Arizona 82-78.Less than a month after falling out of The Associated Press Top 25, Kansas (19-5, 9-2 Big 12) has won eight in a row and clawed its way back...
Camara has a career night and the Trail Blazers use a 49-point third quarter to top 76ers 135-118
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Toumani Camara scored a career-high 30 points and shot 8 of 10 from 3-point range, Deni Avdija had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers used a huge third quarter to cruise to a 135-118 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, who...
French ice dancers edge US favorites in rhythm dance at Milano Cortina Olympics
MILAN -- French ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron edged Madison Chock and Evan Bates in the rhythm dance at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Monday night, leaving the three-time world champions from the U.S. with ground to make up in their...
Japan’s Kokomo Murase wins gold in women’s big air
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won Olympic gold in women’s big air on Monday, two days after her teammates swept the top two medals in the men’s event.Murase had already locked up at least a bronze medal at the Milan Cortina Games when she went...
Backed by NFL and Olympics, flag football gains momentum in NCAA emerging sports program
Thousands gathered in San Francisco in the days leading up to the most anticipated game on the NFL calendar. But before the Seahawks and Patriots took center stage in Super Bowl LX, it was the contactless version of the game that repeatedly found itself in the...
Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam wins women’s 1,000m with fiancé Jake Paul in stands
MILAN -- There is little question that Jutta Leerdam and her fiancé, YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, have brought new eyeballs to speedskating with all of their millions of followers on social media. Now all of those people who have been introduced to her sport saw...
Serena Williams eligible to return to tennis later this month
Serena Williams passed another stage on the path to a possible comeback to professional tennis, being listed Monday by the sport's drug-testing organization as eligible to return to competition on Feb. 22.That is six months after the 23-time Grand Slam singles...