The 2021 Stanley Playoffs have arrived! The regular season came to a close and the puck drops on the NHL Playoffs on Saturday, May 15. The playoffs will crown the 2021 champion no later than July 19. The NHL made an adjustment to its playoff system this season due to COVID-19. The 31 teams across […]
July 25, 2024
UPDATE 11:01 pm: Augusto Sakai wins by split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28). Yes, that scorecard is correct. There were plenty of big punches from the big men, and a missed fence grab that should have seen a point deducted that was missed, but the scorecards will be the most controversial part here. The UFC is […]
July 25, 2024
The World Series of Poker is as much an exercise in logistics as it is a gambling convention. It takes standing up a temporary army of thousands to re-apportion the hundreds of millions of dollars on offer at the two-month, mini-marathon in the desert. And for those on the ground putting the cards in the […]
July 8, 2024
With a total of 58 hot dogs consumed in 10 minutes, Chicago’s Patrick Bertoletti took down the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Thursday afternoon on Coney Island. Bertoletti was a +900 underdog at DraftKings Sportsbook, and the third choice on the odds board before the first meat casing was consumed, behind the favorite […]
July 4, 2024
Copa America 2024 coming to the United States represents a fantastic opportunity for the men’s national team to do something it has never done in the history of the program; win a major international competition outside the friendly confines of CONCACAF. It’s a US side that’s called everyone in from Europe, has been laser-focused on […]
June 27, 2024
The 2024 Tour de France begins on Saturday, but with a much different routing than fans of cycling across the world are used to seeing. Due to the Paris Olympics and Le Tour looking to make some changes, the routing of the three-week long bike race will look like nothing seen before. The traditional overseas […]
June 26, 2024
Sometimes the best things in sports aren’t watching your team win, but watching a team you despise lose. And when they do so in embarrassing, humiliating, historic fashion? Well, that’s simply all the better. I am a diehard fan and neighbor of the three-time Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning. With apologies to my Philadelphia […]
June 24, 2024
I spent a few days last week at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention in Las Vegas. NACDA brings in basically every athletic director and administrator in Division I and below, and the massive event serves as the largest gathering of brainpower for the industry. Throughout the halls you’ll see AD’s, Senior […]
June 21, 2024
The 2024 Women’s College World Series begins on May 30, with eight teams competing to be the Division I national champions of NCAA softball. Eight teams will be drawn into two four-team, double-elimination brackets. On June 5, both teams that win their bracket will face off in a best-of-three series to take home the trophy. […]
May 29, 2024
It was a muddy track late at Pimlico thanks to some showers, but the sun was shining on D. Wayne Lukas as the 88-year-old trainer becomes the oldest to take down a Triple Crown race as Seize The Grey wins the 2024 Preakness Stakes by two lengths. The grey of fractional ownership with over 2000 […]
May 18, 2024
The third Saturday in May is here, and with it comes the 149th Run for the Black-Eyed Susans as the 2024 Preakness Stakes gets underway on May 18 at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland. The post time set for 6:50 p.m. The favorite is the Kentucky Derby winner out of the No. 5 post in Mystik […]
May 18, 2024