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The 2024 New York Mets were the ultimate “it’s over/we’re so back” baseball team. They started 0-5, then had a 12-3 run, then lost 27 of their next 39 games, and then had the best record in baseball (65-38) from June 3 through the end of the season. The Mets needed a clutch ninth-inning homer […]

We’re less than a week away from the start of the 2024-25 NBA regular season, so it makes sense to take stock of the league before all the action starts. This is the only point of the year where all 30 teams are truly optimistic about the upcoming season, where the trade machine isn’t a […]

Here are the Week 7 grades for every team that played Oct 20, 2024 at 11:58 pm ET • 15 min read Getty Images Welcome to the Week 7 grades! The NFL is usually a high-scoring league, but if you’re a fan of the Dolphins, Giants or Browns, you probably haven’t noticed that this season. […]

It’s a top of the table clash as Liverpool host Chelsea at Anfield. Both sides have gotten off to strong starts to the season under new management, but coming off the international break, tougher fixtures will be ahead. Liverpool will need to balance Champions League commitments with their performances in league play, but with the […]

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 […]

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 […]