Super Bowl sports betting was legally confined to the books in Nevada and predominantly Las Vegas on Sunday, but that didn’t stop residents and tourists from placing a record $132.54 million on the big game between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers. That number sets a new milestone for total […]

The Rio Olympics are in their final six months of planning, but organizers are facing an inconspicuous threat that has the potential to keep both athletes and patrons from attending the Summer Games. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a global emergency this week and stressed that […]

Neymar Jr. is one of the most famous athletes on the planet. With more than 21 million Twitter followers, he’s behind only LeBron James and fellow Brazilian soccer star Kaka in terms of social media fans. Predicted to eventually become the best competitor to ever play the game by fútbol […]

If you believe the Las Vegas odds, fifth-year NFL quarterback Cam Newton will lead his Carolina Panthers over future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos when the two meet on February 7 in Santa Clara, California, for Super Bowl 50. If you don’t believe the odds, well, it’s time […]

Suspicions of tennis match-fixing has long plagued the sport, but this week the BBC and BuzzFeed News are claiming they have obtained evidence to prove that corruption is widespread and rampant among the world’s fourth most popular sport. As 997655.com reported back in July, a 2007 match between Martin Vassallo […]

The St. Louis Rams relocated from Los Angeles to the Gateway to the West in 1995, won the Super Bowl in 1999, made the playoffs four of the next five years, then missed the postseason from 2005-2015. The rest is history, quite literally. Following a 30-2 vote among current NFL […]

DraftKings and FanDuel have obtained the much-needed lifeline they were seeking to remain existent in New York. On Monday, a panel of judges in the state’s Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled that the daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators will be allowed to continue offering contests to the general public as […]

The Clemson Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide will duel for the National Championship on January 11 in Glendale, Arizona. The top-ranked Tigers are a perfect 14-0 on the year and haven’t lost a game since November 15, 2014. They still aren’t favored to win the College Football Playoff (CFP) National […]