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Game Winner, Roadster lead 2019 Kentucky Derby odds
Game Winner and Roadster lead a talented field of horses on the betting lines at sportsbooks heading into the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.Former morning line favorite Omaha Beach has been scratched from...
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The Kentucky Derby is cosplay for rich people
The Kentucky Derby is a sport for rich people -- and for us to laugh at them.It was about five years ago when I first realized that I was too poor to even think about the Kentucky Derby. There was a...
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Warriors underdogs on NBA odds for Game 3 at Rockets
The Golden State Warriors visit the Houston Rockets on Saturday night with a 2-0 series lead as small road underdogs for this Game 3 matchup.The Golden State Warriors are 22-6 straight up and 15-13...
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Brett Hull’s controversial Stanley Cup-winning goal deserves a deep rewind
Yes, he was in the crease. Yes, the NHL disallowed similar goals. Yes, it was a good goal.In game six of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, the Buffalo Sabres hosted the Dallas Stars. No one was aware how...
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5 wildest things from the Blazers’ bonkers 4OT win over Nuggets
We have that and more in Saturday’s NBA newsletter.Wow. For the first time since 1953, when basketball was played with dinosaur eggs and players wore huaraches woven from local ferns, an NBA playoff...
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What’s the latest on Ryan Shazier?
Shazier is making incredible progress after a terrifying spinal injury he suffered in December 2017 against the Bengals. Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier suffered a spinal injury in December 2017 and...
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Kentucky Derby payout went from 4/1 to 65/1 after historic replay...
The thrill of victory immediately followed by the agony of defeat.The most exciting two minutes in sports turned into 25 minutes as controversy resulted in a huge upset at the 2019 Kentucky Derby....
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Stephen Curry had one of the worst games of his career and the Warriors STILL...
Houston should be encouraged by its play in Game 3, but what happens if Curry is merely bad instead of terrible?Stephen Curry dribbled the ball behind his back and split through traffic with less than...
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Giannis and the Bucks are growing up
BOSTON — After losing Game 1 of his Eastern Conference playoff series with the Celtics and turning in one of the worst performances of his MVP-caliber season, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked how hungry...
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Are we living in a ‘Thunderstruck’ sequel starring Stephen Curry?
We have that and more in Sunday’s NBA newsletter.Golden State shouldn’t lose games in which Kevin Durant scores 46, Draymond Green has an efficient triple double, and Andre Iguodala shoots well. But...
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The Kentucky Derby is Louisville’s 2-week bender
What it’s like to live in Louisville for two weeks before one of the biggest parties in the world. Fifty weeks a year, Louisville, Kentucky behaves like a normal mid-sized American city. There’s a...
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The only explanation for Steph Curry missing that dunk is the ghost orphans...
Their motive is clear.Some things in sports are impossible to explain away with logic or reason — like this.OH NO, STEPH pic.twitter.com/cn0VZ6vK8v— ESPN (@espn) May 5, 2019How does Steph Curry miss a...
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Is this the Raptors’ endgame?
Down 2-1 to a rising power, with Kawhi Leonard’s decision looming, the future looks stormy in Toronto.Something I think about every time the Toronto Raptors are at some crossroads is that Masai Ujiri,...
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The Stanley Cup playoffs tracker
The 2019 NHL playoffs are here, and right away the team with the best record was eliminated. The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Presidents Cup with 128 points, tying an NHL record with 62 wins. They owned...
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The world still revolves around Steph Curry
We have that and more in Monday’s NBA newsletter.These are facts: Stephen Curry had a really rough Game 3 as the Warriors lost to the Rockets. Curry has not been the Warriors’ best player in this...
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How Daniel Jones can develop into the QB the Giants think he is
Jones was widely considered a reach, but he can still end up a solid quarterback in the NFL.The initial reactions to the New York Giants spending the sixth-overall pick on Duke quarterback Daniel Jones...
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By following the odds, Army has somehow broken my math
Jeff Monken’s fourth-down friendly Black Knights should ride odds, a strong quarterback, and a cakey schedule to another big season in 2019.Bill C’s annual preview series of every FBS team in college...
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Kawhi Leonard’s effortless playoff domination continues
He’s crushing the postseason without breaking a sweat — or at least that’s what it looks like.Kawhi Leonard has done it again. After putting up 37- and 35-point games in the first round against the...
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‘Scottish Hammer’ Jamie Gillan tells us all about his wild journey to the NFL
From Inverness to Maryland to Arkansas-Pine Bluff and now, the Browns.The most interesting NFL rookie in 2019 isn’t the reigning Heisman Trophy winner who’d also been a first-round pick in the MLB...
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Everything you need to know about the XFL’s return
These are the plans behind the league’s resurrection.WWE chairman Vince McMahon is going to bring back the XFL, his ill-fated professional football league that lasted for only one season in 2001. In an...
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