By Kyle Wood Bets and analysis for Monday’s Game 4 Celtics-Bucks and Grizzlies-Warriors matchups. Both home teams are favored to take 3-1 series leads. Two second-round series are at their tipping point. Both the Bucks and Warriors are in position to t…
What You Need to Know About the ‘Monday Night Football’ Doubleheader
By Jimmy Traina ESPN has announced its ‘Monday Night Football’ Week 2 doubleheader games. 1. The NFL’s stranglehold on this country will be on full display this week as the league gets ready to release its 2022 schedule on Thursday night. Of course, th…
Raising Arizona: How Brent Strom Is Fixing the Diamondbacks
By Tom Verducci The 73-year-old pitching whisperer came out of his brief retirement to remake the worst pitching staff in MLB. Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start your …
Sherman in Talks With Amazon About Broadcasting Role, per Report
By Mike McDaniel The five-time All-Pro is considering a new gig. View the original article to see embedded media. Former All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman is in talks with Amazon for a key role in their “Thursday Night Football” coverage, according to…
It’s Officially Carlos Alcaraz Season
By Jon Wertheim In our latest mailbag, we look at the Spaniard’s jarring rise and ask why there aren’t very many good tennis movies. Let’s get right into it… MailbagQuote from Nadal on Alcaraz: “When you’re young, when you are very good, the process …
Rich Strike Headlines Big Weekend for Underdogs
By Kyle Wood Underdogs prevailed in historic fashion over the weekend. Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening at 80-1 odds, the second-longest odds for a winner in the race’s 148-year history. Later that night, Dmitry Bivol scored a mas…
New York Jets 2022 Fantasy Outlook
By Shawn Childs Rookies Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall should help an offense that has struggled for years. Another year, another last-place finish for the Jets. Gang Green has finished last in the AFC East five of the last six seasons. Zach Wilson was…
NFL Announces Week 2 Monday Night Football Slate
By Mike McDaniel The league has a doubleheader on tap for Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season on Monday Night Football. View the original article to see embedded media. On Monday morning, the NFL announced a Monday Night Football doubleheader slated for Week…
The Suns Need to Find Their Offense
By Rohan Nadkarni Chris Paul is not Phoenix’s best scorer, but he is the maestro of its offense. And his struggles in Games 3 and 4 coincided with the Suns’ poor showings. View the original article to see embedded media. DALLAS — The Suns are headed ba…
Grizzlies List Ja Morant as ‘Doubtful’ for Game 4 vs. Warriors
By Zach Koons The All-Star point guard is dealing with right knee soreness after Saturday’s loss. View the original article to see embedded media. The Grizzlies’ hopes at pulling even with the Warriors in the Western Conference Semifinals took a major …