The best thing about sports is that we don’t ever really know what will happen. The worst thing about sports betting is that we don’t ever know what will happen. It is a challenge, but also fun, to try and predict what will happen in games. Last week, I didn’t play the game between Ole […]
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Angel Reese’s Defensive Player of the Year win looks like WNBA media rewarding its own hype
Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese deserved consideration for the WNBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Her rebounding, effort and ability to force turnovers gave voters plenty of reasons to put her in the conversation. Apparently, putting her in the conversation wasn’t enough. Reese received 46 of the 74 votes for the award announced Thursday. […]
DiJonai Carrington’s ‘8/23’ post ages like milk after Fever-Sky game, flies under the radar
Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington flew under the radar on Sunday as the hullabaloo between Enes Kanter Freedom and Natasha Cloud dominated the headlines following the Sky’s loss to the Indiana Fever. Carrington seemed to be extra excited about playing the Fever again after getting into a skirmish with Sophie Cunningham in their previous game. […]
Geno Smith’s Jets reunion is ‘like a Hollywood script,’ says former teammate Ryan Fitzpatrick
Geno Smith is back with the New York Jets this season, and he’s certainly hoping his second stint with the team that drafted him goes more according to plan. When Smith was taken in the second round out of West Virginia, he had just two seasons in the starting quarterback role, where the team went […]
Rams have assembled a roster to ruin football, just like the Dodgers have ruined baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgers are overwhelming favorites to win the 2026 World Series. Most sportsbooks list their championship odds at around +150, implying roughly a 40% chance of winning the title, which would mark their third straight. Aside from Dodgers fans, no serious observer can argue that one team having odds that high before the […]
Cash-strapped DNC shelled out more than $800K to non-voting territories like Virgin Islands while in debt
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) entered the final 100 days before the midterm elections Sunday at its Washington headquarters with debts exceeding cash by more than $2 million and no plans for its customary transfers to congressional campaign committees, after an early-spending strategy raised questions about support for House candidates in decisive swing districts. Federal […]
These female athletes need to speak up about keeping women’s sports for women, like Sophie Cunningham did
The issue of biological men participating in women’s sports has been a major issue for years now. It’s a polarizing debate among people from the highest offices in government to everyday citizens. Yet despite the prominence of this issue and conversation, many of the world’s most influential female sports stars have never publicly addressed it. […]
Crying Mets star Bo Bichette looked like a guy second-guessing his move from Toronto to Queens
One of the Mets’ premier acquisitions this past offseason, infielder Bo Bichette has quickly become part of the Amazins’ terrible year. Last season, Bichette helped carry Toronto to the World Series. Now, he’s stuck at the bottom of the NL East, dealing with a dysfunctional front office that recently fired manager Carlos Mendoza. Back in […]
Spain vs Cape Verde World Cup prediction: Why the over on Spain’s team total looks like the play
We’ve had some World Cup luck so far, so we have to keep pushing our luck, right? Right. We have gone 2-1 with a win in the USA, a loss on the over in the Brazil game, and a really good win in the Netherlands and Japan tying, getting us a +240 win. Let’s try to […]
Rob Schneider says comedy reveals hidden beliefs, warns labels like ‘Nazi’ silence debate
Comedian and actor Rob Schneider said during a recent episode of “The Dr. Phil Podcast” that comedy exposes hidden beliefs, while warning that labels like “Nazi” and “white supremacist” are increasingly used to shut down disagreement, as he discussed the psychology of humor, social offense and self-censorship. Schneider warned that terms historically associated with extremist […]
Titan submersible widow says remains of husband and son came back in what looked like small ‘shoeboxes’
Christine Dawood, the widow who lost her husband and son in the Titan Submersible disaster three years ago, said she remembers getting their remains back nine months after the implosion in two small boxes — like “shoeboxes.” “We didn’t get the bodies for nine months,” Dawood told the Guardian in a story published on Saturday. […]
Artemis II astronaut tells Trump what communication blackout was like: ‘I said a little prayer’
The Artemis II literally went where no man, or woman, has gone before in an historic trek around the dark side of the moon Monday, and the crew did it with pilot Victor Glover making quick request for divine assistance. “I’d like to ask, what was your feeling when you had no communication?” President Donald […]