Well, that was unexpected. The third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers entered Monday’s game against the sixth-seeded Miami Heat on a 17-game winning streak dating back to March 13. However, the Heat rode a vintage performance from future of Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade to even their first-round series at one win apiece.
How will the 76ers respond as more …
One of the most entertaining games from the first few days of the NBA playoffs occurred, ironically, between a 1 seed and an 8 seed. The top-seeded Houston Rockets eked out a 104-101 victory over the underdog Minnesota Timberwolves in Sunday’s Game 1.
In Game 2 today, the Timberwolves will aim to more …
While we have focused on the PGA Tour for much of 2018, the world’s best golfers continue to take an extended break following the Masters so we are switching back to Europe and the Trophee Hassan II.
The field is slightly weakened here too with our most recent Tour winner, Jon Rahm, absent from the more …
Game 1 between the seventh-seeded Milwaukee Bucks and the second-seeded Boston Celtics was an instant classic. Boston pulled out the 113-107 victory in overtime, but the end of regulation was wild and included several big three-point shots.
Game 2 between the two teams in Boston today promises to be another good contest, as these teams are more …
It’s not often that teams with identical regular season records get to face each other in a playoff series. However, the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder both finished at 48-34 this season.
The fifth-seeded Jazz and fourth-seeded Thunder will attempt to make a statement in their first game of more …
This preview concentrates on the Western Conference playoff series and this year there is a new #1 at the top of the bracket.
Meet the Houston Rockets, who have always been a good team, but this year transcended into something great. For the first time since the Golden State Warriors began their more …
The NBA postseason is upon us as 16 of the league’s top teams prepare for stiff competition en route to crowning the champion.
Eight of these teams come from the Eastern Conference, which this year has provided for quite a surprising playoff bracket. You can read about the Western Conference bracket and more …
The Chinese Grand Prix has generally been kind to Lewis Hamilton and he will hope to kickstart his 2018 Formula One campaign with victory at the Shanghai International Circuit this weekend (Race: Sunday, 2.10am ET).
Hamilton has claimed victory in China in three of the last four years and has a total of five wins there. A repeat on more …
When golf returns after the first Major of the year, there can often be a sense of anti-climax with a reduced field. The RBC Heritage has the dubious honour of following the US Masters but on the plus side, from a betting point of view at least, there is often some value in the markets.
This year, there are some more …
The 54-26 Boston Celtics and 42-38 Washington Wizards are rival Eastern Conference teams that faced each other in a tense seven-game series just a year ago. The Celtics won the series and they are having a much better season in 2017-18.
An injury-plagued Boston squad will attempt to get a road win against a slumping Washington today more …
The MLB season is officially underway and pretty soon, so too will the renewal of the fierce divisional rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
The two teams are slated for their first meeting of the year this Tuesday through Thursday, in a three-game series taking place on Boston’s home turf at Fenway Park (Game 1, Tuesday, more …
Manchester City have a monumental task ahead of them as they seek to overturn a three-goal first-leg deficit in the return leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool on Tuesday (2.45pm ET).
Liverpool blew City away with a stunning first-half blitz at Anfield last week. They poured forward from the more …
It has been a long time since the NBA has seen a playoff race as hectic as what is going on in the Western Conference this season. Despite being just three games apart in the standings, the 48-32 Portland Trail Blazers are the third seed and the 45-35 Denver Nuggets are ninth. They will play each other in Denver today (9 p.m. ET Monday).
Portland is on a more …
Some NBA teams are playing for playoff berths right now. Others have been out of that race for a while.
The 34-45 Charlotte Hornets and the 24-54 Orlando Magic have both known for at least a couple of weeks that they weren’t going to be occupying playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. However, the squads must more …
Seeds four through 10 in the NBA’s Western Conference are still a mess with one week left in the 2017-18 season. The two teams on the edges of that group, the 45-33 Utah Jazz (fourth seed) and the 42-36 Los Angeles Clippers (10th seed), will play in Utah today (9 p.m. ET Thursday).
This game is important for more …
After seeing Sebastian Vettel snatch victory from his grasp in Australia, Lewis Hamilton will be keen to secure his first win of the nascent 2018 Formula One season at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix (Race: 11:10am ET Sunday).
Hamilton led from pole position in Melbourne and held a comfortable position at the head of the more …
There is only one place to start this week as the 82nd US Masters prepares to tee off in Augusta. It is the first golf Major of the year and the strongest field of 2018 so far, so it will be a tough task finding the winner.
The usual suspects may be at the top of the betting market this week but form is very mixed among the more …
Which teams do you have making the Eastern Conference Finals this season? The most likely scenario is the 55-21 Toronto Raptors facing off against the 47-30 Cleveland Cavaliers. Those two squads will meet in Cleveland today in what should be a thrilling matchup (7 p.m. ET Tuesday).
Toronto has had an more …
The national championship game, which pits Villanova vs Michigan head-to-head for the title, is just hours away and both teams have reason to believe they will be the ones to emerge victorious (9:20 PM ET Monday on CBS).
We are down to the wire and with the game almost here, we have all of the information necessary to more …
Last season’s Champions League soccer finalists come onto conflict once more when Juventus host Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarter-final tie at the Allianz Stadium on Tuesday (2.45pm ET).
Real Madrid were the victors when they met at the Millennium Stadium in Wales last May, securing their more …
Just four teams are still standing in the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship and just three games remain before the 2017-18 champion is crowned. Two of these March Madness games tip-off this Saturday as college basketball’s Final Four is upon us.
Here we recap the more …
After a promising first half of the season, the 43-33 Minnesota Timberwolves have plateaued and are in danger of missing the playoffs for the 14th straight year. They would be greatly helped if they can get a win today against the 23-52 Dallas Mavericks (8.30 p.m. ET Friday).
Minnesota has gone more …
Chelsea’s hopes of finishing in the top four of the English Premier League this season may rest on them securing victory at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday (11am ET).
With eight matches left to play, Chelsea find themselves five points behind their London neighbors who are more …
It may have lost its title sponsor but there is still a buzz around the PGA Tour as we head to the 2018 Houston Open for our golf preview and betting predictions this week.
We are just one tournament away from the Masters and while there are some notable absentees in Texas, we still have a strong field looking for form ahead of 2018’s first major. more …
The 43-31 Indiana Pacers aim to continue their storybook season tonight in a road game against the 54-19 Golden State Warriors (10:30 p.m. ET Tuesday).
Indiana was supposed to be near the bottom of the league this season after trading away star forward Paul George for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. However, both have taken more …
