Madison Bumgarner, last year’s World Series MVP, is coming off a poor performance. He was hit hard for six runs in his last outing, but he’ll look to bounce back when the Giants visit the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Despite going at least five innings in his last five starts, Bumgarner has allowed six runs […]
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Andy Murray was hoping to come away with his first ever Australian Open title. Instead, he lost to Novak Djokovic – again – in the final Down Under and will now try to get back to his winning ways at Rotterdam. Close, but no cigar. That’s been the story of Murray’s career at the Australian […]
The Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals have the best records in baseball, so it’s no surprise that they are favored to win each respective pennant and meet in the World Series. Bovada currently has the Royals at 13/2 to win the Fall Classic. The Cards are 8/1. The Cardinals have cooled off […]
Gilles Simon went into this week’s Winston-Salem Open as the No. 1 seed, and he was the second favorite to win outright at +500 before Tuesday’s second-round matchup with Aljaz Bedene. Unfortunately for Simon, his tournament ended early, as Bedene won 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 in a closely-fought contest. That leaves fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as […]
In 2011, HBO unleashed its TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, naming it after the first novel in the series: Game of Thrones. It was a big smash with both viewers and critics, and next April, Season 6 will be hitting the small screen to a […]
Serena Williams has pretty much done it all in women’s tennis, except for one big thing: complete the singles Grand Slam. At press time, the World’s undisputed No. 1 player is the even-money favorite to win this year’s US Open, starting August 31 at Flushing Meadows. A victory in this tournament will give Williams all […]
The Kansas City Royals (80-50, +27.17 betting units) have the best record in the American League – both straight up and on the moneyline. The Detroit Tigers (60-70, –10.25 units), on the other hand, are in last place in the AL Central after winning their division four years in a row. They’ll meet this Wednesday […]
(Press Release) San Jose, Costa Rica – October 6th, 2015 – The clocks might not change until the first Sunday in November, but Americas Cardroom is making its own time change every Sunday in October. The US-facing online poker site today announced that the Million Dollar Sunday is getting pushed back by 2 hours to […]
(Press Release) San Jose, Costa Rica – September 16th, 2015 – In the world of poker, putting your money where your mouth is means everything. Americas Cardroom has certainly taken that to heart as evidenced this past weekend during its Million Dollar Sunday. When faced with an overlay of more than $200,000 and an onslaught […]
Something rare is about to happen: either the New York Mets or the Chicago Cubs will win the NL pennant. At this point, it looks like the Mets will be playing in the World Series for the first time since 2000. They’ll take a 2-0 series lead into Tuesday’s Game 3 at Wrigley Field, before […]