Month: October 2024

It’s Halloween week and a primetime showdown between Will Levis and Kenny Pickett may feel more trick than treat, but the Thursday Night Football odds are still somewhat compelling as the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Tennessee Titans.

The NFL Week 9 odds start here — and this contest has real implications for the back end of the AFC playoff picture. The 4-3 Steelers and the 3-4 Titans are both trailing division leaders, but they’re very much in the Wild Card hunt.

There was no Derrick Henry trade ahead of this week’s deadline as Tennessee looks to stay competitive in the second half of the season, and he’s going to be among the top NFL player props this evening.

I’m taking a deep dive into the NFL odds and sharing my …

The San Francisco 49ers start their path to the Super Bowl odds in the NFL Divisional Round, set as sizable favorites in the Divisional Round odds when they host the upstart Green Bay Packers tonight.

San Francisco got to sit back and watch Wild Card Weekend live up to its name, thanks in large part to Green Bay smashing the Dallas Cowboys as road underdogs.

The Cheeseheads hit the highway for the second straight game, taking on the NFC’s top seed but a Niners team with a recent history of coming up short in the postseason. Does Green Bay have another upset in it, or is this finally the year for Kyle Shanahan’s squad?

I break down the NFL odds for this NFC Divisional Round matchup and give my best NFL picks and predictions …

The NFL season continues at pace with every Sunday coming sooner than the last. 

With three weeks under our belt already, we have some reliable data to go on when sizing up the Week 4 touchdown props.

I’ll take what I’ve learned so far this season and apply it to my NFL picks as I list my three favorite first touchdown scorers for Sunday’s slate.

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The Chicago Sky acquired the seventh overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft and center Nikolina Milic from the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday. The Lynx, in turn, received the eighth overall pick in the draft, forward Sika Kone, Chicago's second-round selection in the 2025 draft and the rights to swap the Sky's first-round pick in 2026. "We are excited to strengthen our draft position once again in a year with many top prospects," Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca said. "We thank Sika for her many contributions to the Chicago Sky and wish her success in her next role." The Sky now own the third overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft (from the Phoenix Mercury) in addition to Nos. 7 and 13 (from the Dallas Wings via the Indiana Fever). "This trade in the WNBA Draf…

David Moyes has said that West Ham’s players showed solidarity after Grady Grady Diangana’s controversial sale to West Brom and refused to criticise Mark Noble’s outburst about the winger’s departure.

The West Ham board faced unrest from supporters after allowing Diangana to leave for £18m and tensions were further inflamed when Noble tweeted that he was “angry and sad” about the decision to sell the 22-year-old. Yet Moyes, who needed to raise funds for new signings through sales, said the captain had a right to express himself and insisted that his players were not in revolt as they prepare for Saturday evening’s home game against Newcastle.

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At Old Trafford on Wednesday night the Women’s European Championship will get under way in front of a crowd of 73,000. England, the tournament hosts, will play Austria with Sarina Wiegman’s team hoping to prove their credentials as leading contenders for the trophy. Alongside a lavish opening ceremony, it is guaranteed there will be fireworks – a showcase for a sport exploding in popularity.

When England last hosted a Women’s European Championship finals, in 2005, the mood was very different. The coach of the national team – the pioneering Hope Powell – declared before the tournament that “the women’s game here is a second-class sport”. Her players were part-time, matches were played only in the north-west, and only eight t…

Jürgen Klopp’s departure will inspire Liverpool to end the season on a high to honour their manager, says Alexis Mac Allister. The German will end his nine-year Anfield reign in the summer, aiming to add to his six major honours, with four trophies still to play for.

The Premier League leaders face a potentially pivotal game in the title race on Sunday when they travel to Arsenal. Liverpool have defeated the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium this year, winning 2-0 in the FA Cup third round.

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There is comfort knowing what you have at quarterback, and Georgia coach Kirby Smart can only smile at just how settled the Bulldogs are at the position entering the 2024 season. Carson Beck started every game last season, ending an apprenticeship behind Stetson Bennett, and went undefeated in the regular season to establish himself as the No. 1 quarterback for the Bulldogs. "The day and age when you go somewhere and you jump school to school, it's a popular trend. This kid stuck it out," Smart said at SEC Media Days in Dallas on Tuesday. "He didn't get the starting job in a tough moment when the starter went down, and he lost the starting job to Stetson Bennett the week of the UAB game two years ago, and then said, 'You know what? I'm sticking with it…