Two teams who missed out on an English Premier League soccer top four finish last season, and are keen to barge their way back, meet when Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (12:30pm ET).
For over two decades, this fixture pitted long-standing Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger against a more …
The NBA’s Central Division will look a bit different in 2018-19. Former Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James left for the Los Angeles Lakers in the offseason. With the megastar’s departure, Cleveland is left to rebuild with a very limited roster. The team’s four-year reign over the Central Division is likely over.
So who will end up taking over more …
The (61-60) San Francisco Giants kept themselves alive in the race for the NL West by defeating the (64-57) Los Angeles Dodgers in the first two games of their three game series. They will go for the sweep tonight (10:10 PM ET Wednesday).
Entering this series, the NL West was the most highly contested division in all of baseball with four of more …
In a matter of just a couple of years, the NBA’s Atlantic Division has gone from a laughingstock to easily the best grouping of talent in the Eastern Conference.
The top of this division features three young teams that have become the class of the conference: the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers. The Brooklyn Nets are still trying to more …
This week we take in the renowned Wyndham Championship, one of the oldest golf tournaments in the US. The biggest golfers have dropped out in anticipation of September’s Ryder Cup but it is still a super-competitive field and this preview aims to find some big-odds value for our Wyndham Championship predictions and betting picks.
Webb Simpson has a more …
As the playoff picture in the National League begins to come into focus, the (60-59) Washington Nationals and (64-55) St. Louis Cardinals find themselves on the outside looking in.
Mired in third place in their respective divisions, the Cardinals and Nationals are running out time if they hope to more …
Simply put, the NBA’s Western Conference is going to be a dogfight in 2018-19. On paper, almost every squad in the conference improved its roster. Remember, there were already nine squads that won 46 games or more a year ago, compared to five such teams in the Eastern Conference.
One of USAbetting’s top more …
The Eastern Conference is still the weaker conference in the NBA. Of the 15 players who made one of the three All-NBA squads in 2017-18, 12 play in the Western Conference.
However there is a rising trio of young Eastern Conference powers: the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and more …
Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur meet in a repeat of last year’s Premier League soccer season opener at St James’ Park on Saturday (7.30am ET).
Newcastle lost 0-2 on that occasion after handing Spurs the initiative with the early second-half dismissal of Jonjo Shelvey but showed well enough to suggest they would be capable of more …
A fixture that has recently provided entertainment and a good number of goals kicks off the new English Premier League soccer season when Manchester United host Leicester City at Old Trafford on Friday (3pm ET).
Man Utd won out 2-0 at Old Trafford last season but the return at Leicester’s King Power stadium ended in a more …
This week’s tournament, starting Thursday, is the much-awaited final Major of 2018, the US PGA. Top of many people’s PGA predictions will be Justin Thomas. He warmed up in the best way possible ahead of his defence of the title with a dominant win in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday.
His recent form has been mixed but more …
The Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks are two of the best teams in the National League and currently they are in the midst of a three-game series which could have playoff implications. The second game of the series is scheduled for 9:40 PM ET today.
Both the Phillies and more …
The NBA’s MVP award is the most prestigious of all the annual awards that the league gives out. As such, pundits discuss the race for the MVP all season, plus some more in the offseason.
The 2018-19 NBA campaign doesn’t start for a while, but most of the player movement is over and we more …
As August gets underway, the MLB season is really heating up with top level matchups offering playoff implications such as the one that is currently occurring between the (70-41) Houston Astros and the (61-50) Los Angeles Dodgers. They play the second of their three game series today (9:10 PM ET Saturday).
In 2017 the Astros and Dodgers met in more …
Like many of the NFL’s divisions last year, a surprise winner emerged in the NFC West. The Los Angeles Rams’ rebuild ran ahead of schedule, as the squad went from four wins to 11 in just one campaign.
The Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers all had somewhat disappointing seasons while more …
This week sees the last edition of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational before it is replaced on the calendar by the St Jude Classic. The tournament has been a fixture for 20 years and also offers a challenging final warm up for the PGA Championship that follows next week.
In Canada last week, Dustin Johnson strolled to more …
If they are to win the 2018 Tournament of Nations, United States’ women’s national team most likely need to defeat Brazil at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois on Thursday (8:30pm ET, live on FS1).
USWNT currently top the four-team, round-robin competition going into the last round of matches, but only do more …
The NFC South is the best division in NFL. This shouldn’t be a debatable statement after three of its teams won 10 games and made the playoffs in the league’s tougher conference. The New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons all return strong teams, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are building a better roster.
Various oddsmakers have more …
With their division rival, the Arizona Diamondbacks, breathing down their necks for the NL West lead, the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up their second win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday. The two teams will meet two more times in their all-important four game series, the next of which is today (7:10 PM ET Saturday).
The Dodgers have needed their more …
The Minnesota Vikings ran away with the NFC North in 2017. It was somewhat surprising considering they had to start backup quarterback Case Keenum basically the entire season and were just 8-8 the year before. However, the Vikes’ very good defense turned dominant and the offense complemented it perfectly.
The rest of the more …
After an eventful race in Germany, the Formula One circus travels to Budapest for the last event before the summer break at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix (Race: 9.10am ET Sunday).
Lewis Hamilton recovered from a lowly grid position to take his fourth win of the season at Hockenheim last weekend, as a more …
The Houston Astros needed extra innings to defeat the Colorado Rockies in the first game of their two-game series. Will the same be said for Game 2 today (8:40 PM ET Wednesday) or will the Rockies even the series in front of their hometown Coors Field fans?
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This week the PGA Tour takes in the Canadian Open. Usually, any tournament that follows a Major can suffer from a weakened field but there are some top players taking part including World No.1 Dustin Johnson, who is looking to respond to a disappointing showing in the British Open.
We landed a good profit at more …
The NFC East was the home of the 2017 Super Bowl champion. It wasn’t the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants or Washington Redskins, who all posted winning records the prior year. It was the Philadelphia Eagles, who improved from 7-9 to 13-3 and rode elite performances on both sides of the football to an unexpected championship.
Philadelphia brought back most of its more …
Just one year ago, the AFC West may have been the best division in the NFL. The Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers combined to win 26 of their 40 games against the rest of the league.
In 2017, the group took a step back. Only the Chargers (now in Los Angeles) improved upon their record, while the more …
