Although it took him some time, it looks like three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw is hitting his stride. He hasn’t allowed a run in 29 straight innings and will look to keep the struggling Oakland Athletics under wraps. Kershaw wasn’t a very profitable pitcher early in the season. Bettors who backed him early on…
Much better things were expected this year from the Seattle Mariners than the New York Yankees. But going into the second half of the season, it’s the Yankees (48-40, +0.62 betting units) leading the AL East, while the Mariners (41-48, –13.10 units) are slowly sinking in the AL West. They’ll crack open a three-game set…
Fresh off their latest roster upgrade, the Washington Nationals are in the midst of a four-game set against the Arizona Diamondbacks, with Game 3 this Wednesday (7:05 PM ET) at Nationals Park. But is it too late for new closer Jonathan Papelbon to save Washington’s season? The Nats (54-50, –4.97 betting units) are just 5-11…
Fresh off hosting the controversial first edition of the European Games, the Azerbaijani capital of Baku is back in the sports spotlight with the fifth annual Baku Cup. At press time, Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is the clear outright favorite at +350, although the top seed needed a third-set tiebreaker to beat fellow Russian Elizaveta Kulichkova…
The Chicago Cubs have surprised us all this season. They’ve managed to secure wild card positions alongside their NL Central rivals, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The two teams meet for the third match of a four-game set on Wednesday. The Cubs have won the last nine games pitched by Jake Arrieta, so it’s no surprise that…
The St. Louis Cardinals (71-40, +23.02 units) have the best record in baseball by far, both in the MLB standings and from a betting perspective. The second-best team in the National League, on both counts, happens to be the team chasing St. Louis down in the NL Central: the Pittsburgh Pirates (65-44, +12.84 units). They…
Two National League powerhouses wrap up a three-game set on Wednesday in Los Angeles as the Dodgers host the Washington Nationals. On their best days, either of these starting pitchers can make any lineup in the majors look foolish. The Dodgers will go with Clayton Kershaw, who is a three-time Cy Young winner and the…
It’s a long road from here to the National Championship, and it starts off with a bang for the Alabama Crimson Tide. They’ve got a suitably tough challenge in Saturday’s season opener (8:00 PM ET, ABC) against the Wisconsin Badgers, and they’ll be playing on neutral ground at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Alabama goes…
The Grand Slam dream is still alive for Serena Williams. The World’s No. 1 women’s player and top favorite at the 2015 US Open has advanced to the semifinals, but Serena needed three sets to beat her sister Venus on Tuesday, winning 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to cash in as a –1000 favorite. Next up for…
There might be a lot of cupcakes on the Week 2 college football schedule, but there will be no pastry on display this Saturday (6:00 PM ET) when the No. 23 Tennessee Volunteers welcome the No. 19 Oklahoma Sooners to Neyland Stadium. Tennessee is a 1.5-point underdog at press time. One Volunteer who won’t be…