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Just over a year after he was drafted, Nick Kurtz has become a regular for MLB home run bettors, but he’s on an eight-game homerless streak since his historic four home run game on July 25. That creates a strong buy-low opportunity on Wednesday in the nation’s capital, and he’s coming off a 3-for-4 game […]

Luka Dončić’s max extension with the Los Angeles Lakers makes him the new front-facing star of the team — not LeBron James, an aging superstar playing the final years of a future Hall of Fame career. Still, James remains “supportive” of the franchise’s move to lock in Dončić at three years and $165 million, according to ESPN’s […]

The Los Angeles Rams have so far downplayed Matthew Stafford’s ongoing absence from training camp. Head coach Sean McVay recently said the quarterback is “progressing well” from back soreness. It turns out the 37-year-old has a little bit more than “soreness,” with NFL Media reporting Wednesday the former Super Bowl champion is dealing with an […]

Getty Images Timothy Weah will join Olympique Marseille after the French club agreed terms with Juventus for the transfer of the American international, who is now set to leave the Italian Serie A after joining Juventus in the summer of 2023, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.  OM will pay around €15 million for the […]

When you win back-to-back national championships for the world to see, you’re the talk of the town in college basketball. When you lose three in a row at the Maui Invitational for the world to see, you’re also the talk of the town in college basketball. Such is life for Dan Hurley and UConn. Even […]

The preseason edition of the Coaches Poll top 25 came out this week. And as usual, we’re hearing the same chorus of complaints that these rankings should be abolished.  To hear coaches talk about it, these polls create unearned gaps in perception between the teams valued in the preseason and those that are not. Rapidly […]

An early look at who you can expect to thrive and struggle across the three-week FedEx Cup Playoffs The post 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs sleepers, surprise predictions as PGA Tour postseason begins at St. Jude Championship first appeared on OKC Sports Radio.

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, he did so by mentioning a who’s who of star athletes as members, including NFL players Saquon Barkley, Tua Tagovailoa and Nick Bosa, as well as commissioner Roger Goodell. Tagovailoa, however, isn’t sure how or why he was appointed, but […]

The Boston Red Sox and young outfielder Roman Anthony are in business on an eight-year, $130 million contract extension that includes a $30 million team option and could keep Anthony under club control through the 2034 season, the team announced Wednesday. The deal will run through Anthony’s age-29 season and his age-30 season if the […]

Getty Images The New England Patriots were out at practice on Wednesday and another Boston sports star — Jayson Tatum of the Celtics — was on hand. Notably, Tatum, roughly three months after suffering an Achilles tear in the NBA playoffs, was seen without a boot and walking rather comfortably.  Tatum suffered a torn right […]