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Even sports bettors are Knicks NBA lottery conspiracy theorists
Maybe the Knicks envelope is once again frozen!The NBA will announce the results of the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery at 8:30 p.m. ET on May 14, and the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Phoenix Suns...
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NBA mock draft: Pelicans land No. 1 pick and Zion Williamson in most shocking...
The Pelicans are the shocking winners of the NBA draft lottery. New Orleans is getting Zion Williamson.The New Orleans Pelicans are the surprise winners of the NBA draft lottery— and with it, the right...
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The Pelicans getting Zion Williamson is the twist the Anthony Davis saga needs
The wackiest ongoing drama of the NBA’s regular season just took an enormous twist. The New Orleans Pelicans won the NBA Draft lottery on Tuesday night, which almost definitely means Zion Williamson...
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NBA draft lottery reform worked exactly as planned ... for now
The NBA’s goal was to deflect attention away from tanking, and that worked — at least for this year.NBA teams still tanked this year. The prize for successful tanking — generational prospect Zion...
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The Knicks can still be 2019 offseason champions even without Zion Williamson
Williamson would have been icing on the cake. Luckily for the Knicks, they still have the cake.It seemed to be fate. The same year the Knicks had their worst season in franchise history, Zion...
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The future of the NBA now rests on the Warriors’ old guard. So far, so good
With Kevin Durant injured, Stephen Curry and company need to keep partying like it’s 2016 again. The Warriors’ old regime is proving to be its same self two games into the playoffs without an injured...
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In the NBA, tanking is out. Being mediocre is in
We have that and more in Wednesday’s NBA newsletter.The first NBA draft lottery held under new, more evenly distributed odds was held on Tuesday. The New Orleans Pelicans won the right to draft a...
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Bucks Game 1 betting favorites over Raptors on NBA odds
The Milwaukee Bucks hope to stay hot on Wednesday night when they host the Toronto Raptors as home betting favorites for Game 1 of their series.The Milwaukee Bucks are 8-1 straight up and against the...
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Woods in group atop the 2019 PGA Championship odds
Tiger Woods is one of four favorites at sportsbooks on the odds to win this year’s PGA Championship in Farmingdale, New York this week.Tiger Woods snapped an 11-year major title drought when he won the...
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Baker Mayfield’s beef with Kliff Kingsbury could be even better in the NFL
Mayfield played under Kingsbury at Texas Tech in 2013, and it didn’t exactly end well. The Arizona Cardinals hired former Texas Tech head coach (and briefly, USC offensive coordinator) Kliff Kingsbury...
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Edwin Jackson is baseball’s ultimate vagabond
The Blue Jays are the record 14th MLB team for the veteran RHPEdwin Jackson pitched five innings for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon, a perfectly respectable but also rather ordinary...
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The Stanley Cup playoffs tracker
The 2019 NHL playoffs have provided lively and exciting matchups, seeding be damned. All four division winners were bounced in the first round, but despite the early upsets the first two rounds have...
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These NBA playoffs didn’t need LeBron anyway
We have that and more in Thursday’s NBA newsletter.As we began the first Eastern Conference Finals since 2010 not featuring LeBron James, I wondered if there would feel like something was missing....
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Blazers underdogs again on Game 2 odds at the Warriors
The Portland Trail Blazers will try to pull off an upset in Game 2 over the Golden State Warriors as clear underdogs on the NBA odds at the sportsbooks.The Portland Trail Blazers are 2-3 straight up...
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So many teams passed on Brook Lopez, and now the Bucks are reaping the rewards
Lopez was passed over in free agency and settled for a tiny contract. Now, he’s making those teams pay.Brook Lopez splashed his way to a playoff career-high 29 points on 12-of-21 shooting to power the...
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How Kliff Kingsbury is assembling an Arizona air raid roster
It starts with Kyler Murray, but the Cardinals’ embrace of the college offense has been total. The Cardinals didn’t hire Kliff Kingsbury for his good looks, recruiting chops, or 35-40 record at the...
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Bruins are Game 4 betting favorites on road at Carolina
The Boston Bruins will try to end their series against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night as road favorites on the NHL odds at sportsbooks.The Boston Bruins are a perfect 6-0 over their last six...
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C.J. McCollum made Jennifer proud
He tried and succeeded, Jennifer.The 2019 NBA playoffs have been C.J. McCollum’s time to shine, and that pattern followed through in the Portland Trail Blazers’ 100-96 win over the Denver Nuggets in...
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Without Kevin Durant, the Warriors are partying like it’s 2016
With their star injured, the Warriors’ old guard is turning back the clock and altering the future of the league.The Warriors’ old regime is proving to be its same self three games into the playoffs...
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1 under-the-radar move to love from each NFL team this offseason
These low-risk moves could pay off big in 2019.The 2019 NFL offseason had no shortage of big moves. Odell Beckham Jr. became a Brown. Earl Thomas left behind the Seahawks’ once-fearsome defense for the...
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