Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the May 2023 choking death of a homeless man in a New York City subway car, is set to begin Monday with jury selection. The trial is expected to last between four and six weeks, […]
It’s momentum time for me picking games. After a slow start, the sports betting pace has picked up as I went 8-6 against the spread and 12-2 straight up last week. That takes my ATS record to 46-43-3 and my straight-up record to 51-41. I’ll take it. This week features a lot of high-profile games, […]
USATSI After a comeback victory, there’s a new holder of the MLS record for most points in a season in Inter Miami after defeating the New England Revolution 6-2. The Herons were behind 2-0 early, but thanks to Luis Suarez, they were able to level the score by halftime against the Revolution. Once Benjamin Cremashchi […]
Bakhram Murtazaliev spent years waiting to get a shot at the IBF junior middleweight championship before finally winning the title in April. On Saturday night, he got a statement win in his first title defense, battering Tim Tszyu for a third-round TKO. Tszyu entered as a clear favorite according to the gambling odds, but the […]
The New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars get Sunday’s Week 7 action started from Wembley Stadium in London. Both clubs come into this international head-to-head looking to turn their seasons in a more positive direction after falling out to a 1-5 start. For Jacksonville, that’s particularly true, as they are teetering on what feels like […]
Jim Vondruska/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just 16 days until Election Day, the Democratic governors of the three “Blue Wall” battleground states touted the strength of Vice President Kamala Harris’ ground game, and predicted she would prevail in their states but acknowledged how close the presidential race is. “I think Kamala Harris wins, but make […]
Sarayut Thaneerat via Getty Images (ROSWELL, NM) — Roswell, New Mexico, experienced an overnight “Flash Flood Emergency” on Saturday, the National Weather Service reported — the highest tier of flash flood warning. Between 4 and 9 inches of rain fell in parts of the state, prompting the NWS to declare a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” alert […]
Nothing shakes up the college football rankings like the No. 1 team in the country losing. And when the top-ranked team falls to another team high up in the rankings — such as Texas falling to Georgia on Saturday night — it’s going to lead to all kinds of changes to the new AP Top […]
Extra-inning home runs in the clinching game of a postseason series are not, as you might imagine, common things. This is noteworthy right about now because New York Yankees slugger Juan Soto in Saturday night’s Game 5 of the ALCS all but sent his team to the World Series with his 10th-inning blast against the […]
Robyn Beck via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Politicos in Washoe County, Nevada, proudly refer to their home as “the swingiest county in the swingiest state,” where voters in the sprawling and sparsely populated swath of desert might very well tilt the scales of a deadlocked presidential election in November. But Washoe has also carved out […]
