Less than two weeks into the season and men’s college basketball has already seen more than 75 games moved or canceled as the US nears an average of 200,000 new Covid-19 cases a day, according to Johns Hopkins data. On Saturday, No. 1 Gonzaga canceled its meeting against No. 2 […]
Big Ten Rules Change Could Pave Way for Ohio State to Play in Championship Game
A college football season that continues to be the most physically and mentally challenging in a century just got stickier for the Big Ten. News leaked this weekend that conference athletic directors are willing to change eligibility rules to squeeze No. 4 Ohio State into the championship game. On Saturday, […]
Ravens Players Wanted to Cancel vs. Pittsburgh, League Will Make Them Go Again vs. Dallas
The 2020 NFL season may be best remembered not for the action on the field, but for broken pandemic protocols, teams forced to play while sick and with limited personnel, teams forced out of their home facilities, and attempts to figure a way to make something so abnormal seem normal […]
USWNT Reaches Working Conditions Settlement, Fight For Equal Pay Continues
Players for the US women’s national soccer team can claim victory off the field this week. Their claim against the US Soccer Federation that working conditions are unequal with the men’s team was settled in their favor. The settlement allows that when it comes to venue selection, charter flights, hotel […]
DraftKings Bets Big On Vegas’ Future, Sponsors Gaming Innovation Program at UNLV
DraftKings doesn’t currently operate in Nevada, but that didn’t stop them from signing a new, multi-year agreement to help fund the Center for Gaming Innovation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. No Mobile Registration, No Problem While the Nevada Gaming Control Board doesn’t yet allow mobile sportsbook registration, the […]
Pac-12 Sees Postseason Prospects Fade as Bowl Cancellations Pile Up Nationwide
In a year where every college football team still standing is bowl eligible, the number of games for them to play in is shrinking daily. Bowl cancellations started in earnest this week. The inflection point came on the West Coast, where COVID-19 cases are spiking to untenable highs and a […]
Women’s Alpine Skiing: Shiffrin Out, World Cup Super-G Wide Open at St. Moritz
American Mikaela Shiffrin won’t race Saturday as the women’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup resumes with a pair of super-Gs in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The winner of six World Cups (two downhill and four super-Gs) and the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in super-G, Shiffrin says […]
Can Indiana Remain the Lone College Football Program Perfect Against the Spread?
One of the few remaining bright spots in what is best described as a COVID-19-fractured college football season is Saturday’s marquee Top-25 matchup, No. 10 Indiana at No. 18 Wisconsin. The Big Ten, arguably the most affected conference when it comes to the pandemic, has a sleeper in the upstart […]
ESPN’s Herbstreit Walks Back Comments Saying Michigan Would Use COVID-19 Outbreak as Excuse To Bow Out of ‘The Game’
Since news broke Monday that the University of Michigan football team would pause “in-person activity†due to a rash of positive COVID-19 tests, social media has lit up with speculation that the Wolverines’ effort to ensure the safety of its players, coaches, and staff is just a way to get […]
Coloradans Can Merge Their Love of Beer and Sports Betting with Upcoming Broncos Promotion
Bud Light will have its name on the first-ever branded bet made with a sportsbook FanDuel announced on Wednesday. The two will team up to sponsor a wager during the Dec. 19 game between the Denver Broncos and the visiting Buffalo Bills. The proposition is simple: Dubbed the “Pick & […]
Rocky Mountain Sports Bettors High on Parlays Result in Record October
Colorado experienced another record month in October as more than $210 million was wagered, and sportsbooks netted more than they had in the previous six months combined. Another benchmark was reached in October as Colorado became the fifth state behind Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Indiana to post back-to-back $200 […]
Warriors Delay Training Camp After Players Test Positive for COVID-19
Golden State Warriors GM Bob Myers told reporters on Tuesday that, so far this week, two Golden State Warriors players have tested positive for COVID-19. Myers didn’t identify the players, citing the league’s collective bargaining agreement and HIPAA rules. He said the team’s training camp, set to open Sunday, will […]
Oregon Sports Betting Reports Record Two Months, Still Falls Short of Promise
While New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana all enjoyed record-breaking months in sports betting handle this fall, Oregon has quietly had its own promising, yet very low-key, spree. September and October have been the biggest months yet since Oregon legalized sports betting in August 2019. The Oregon Lottery posted its […]
Coast-to-Coast College Basketball COVID Cancellations Define Week Two
As Florida’s men’s basketball team puts its regular schedule on hold to travel to Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino for a pair of games in the Legends Classic tournament, other programs will have to start getting more creative to remain viable. The Gators will tipoff against Army on Wednesday and Boston […]
Michigan Lawmakers to Approve Online Gambling Rules, State Will Go Live in December
Online sports betting will clear its final hurdle in Michigan on Tuesday, and could be live in the Great Lake State by mid-December. State Sen. Majority Whip Pete Lucido said his Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) will sign off on online gaming and mobile sports betting rules during its […]
Midwest Hit Hardest By COVID-19, and Mess That is Big Ten Football Reflects That
COVID-19 is killing more than 550 people a day in the Midwest — the most in the nation, per capita. And yet, as the population continues to get sick, college football is still happening there … sort of. Thus far this season, only opening week in the Big Ten went […]
Line Goes Bananas as Broncos Scramble to Find a Quarterback, Any Quarterback
The Denver Broncos confirmed Saturday night that they were out of quarterbacks and yet, the show goes on vs. the Saints on Sunday as the COVID-era NFL reached its most farcical, and perhaps dangerous, stage in Week 12. It started when backup QB Jeff Driskel tested positive for COVID-19 on […]
49ers Locked Out of Their Facility is Latest of Team’s Troubles in Santa Clara
It has been a mighty descent for the San Francisco 49ers since their disappointing show in Super Bowl LIV, which found them on the losing end (31-20) to the Kansas City Chiefs. The NFC West’s last-place team has been bedeviled this season by injuries, messy COVID-19 protocols, and now, is […]
Tech Giant Tony Hsieh Who Revitalized Downtown Vegas with Startups Dies at 46
Tony Hsieh, the former head of Zappos who made it his mission to revitalize downtown Las Vegas as a tech-friendly enclave, died Friday night after sustaining injuries in a house fire. Though the details of Hsieh’s death are still unresolved, he was reportedly visiting his brother in Connecticut when a […]
Ohio State Game Cancelled as Bigger Questions Loom for College Football and the Nation
Saturday’s game between No. 4 Ohio State (4-0) at Illinois (2-3) was called off by Ohio State Friday night as the COVID-19 virus has spread throughout the program. The Buckeyes reported too many positive tests to field a team this weekend. Head coach Ryan Day is among the undisclosed number […]