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MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals ink partnership with betting operator bet365 Deal includes advertising rights, signage, sponsorship of starting lineups and more Legal Missouri sports betting set to launch this fall On Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball announced a deal to partner with international casino and sports betting operator bet365. The partnership allows bet365...

Juju Watkins is one of the best players in college basketball since stepping foot onto the USC campus as a freshman last year. Watkins tore her ACL early in the Trojans’ second-round win over Mississippi State. The Trojans still won, but their championship hopes could be gone with Watkins out. The USC Trojans are one of the top teams in the women’s NCAA Tournament, and the main reason ...

The SEC has been the dominant conference in college basketball all season long, and that has carried over to the NCAA Tournament. Auburn was the top overall seed, while Florida joined the Tigers as another #1 seed. The SEC broke the record for most teams in the Sweet 16 by a conference with seven, eclipsing the ACC’s six teams in 2016. The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament yielded a...

The Duke Blue Devils are co-favorites to win the NCAA Tournament in 2025, largely because of star freshman Cooper Flagg. Flagg was named the ACC Rookie and Player of the Year for his phenomenal season. However, Flagg’s status for the rest of the ACC Tournament, and even March Madness, is in question because of an ankle injury. The Duke Blue Devils are one of the biggest names in colleg...

It has been a tough tournament for the favorites at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Eight of the top ten men’s players have been eliminated by the fourth round, and five of the top ten on the women’s side. #3 Coco Gauff was the latest to fall as she lost to 58th-ranked Belinda Bencic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday. The 2025 tennis season is in full swing, and the hard-cou...

Gonzaga University has been the powerhouse of the West Coast Conference under head coach Mark Few for more than two decades. The Bulldogs beat Saint Mary’s in the WCC Tournament final after losing twice to the Gaels during the regular season. It was the Bulldogs’ 20th WCC Tournament with Few at the helm. March Madness is just over a week away, and the conference tournaments are being r...

Lawmakers in Georgia pushed two bills forward from a House committee to introduce legal sports betting One bill would have put Georgia sports betting up for a statewide vote in late 2026 Both bills failed to make it past the House chamber before last week’s Crossover Day deadline Georgia fails to move forward with legalized sports betting in 2025, leaving further discussions off the ta...

Travis Kelce has already cemented his legacy as one of the greatest tight ends to ever play in the NFL. However, he has a sour taste in his mouth after the Kansas Chiefs were pounded 40-22 by the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl. After considering retirement, Kelce announced he’ll return to the Chiefs for his 13th season. The NFL season didn’t end the way Travis Kelce wanted to. T...

Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 goals is an achievement many thought would never be matched. Alex Ovechkin scored his fourth goal in three games to reach 30 goals for the 19th time in his NHL career. Ovechkin now has 883 goals, just 12 shy of Gretzky’s record. Many athletes are playing at a high level really late into their careers now, but few can compare to Alex Ovechkin. The Washi...

On Tuesday, February 4, investment giant Robinhood pulled contracts that would allow users to bet on the Super Bowl, following a request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Crypto.com got the same request from the CFTC, but are proceeding with their plans to expand into sports betting through Super Bowl 59. This could be a massive shift in online sports gambling The S...

The NBA Trade Deadline has been a wild week, starting with Luka Dončić going to the Los Angeles Lakers, and De’Aaron Fox going to San Antonio. The Jimmy Butler saga is finally over as Miami traded the disgruntled star to Golden State. Miami receives Andrew Wiggins, while Utah and Detroit were also involved. Jimmy Butler vs. the Miami Heat has been a major storyline of the NBA season, e...

The NFL and its referees have been accused of bias towards the Kansas City Chiefs on their quest for a historic Super Bowl three-peat. Roger Goodell has dismissed such claims, stating they are, “ridiculous”. The NFL Referees Association has also responded, calling the claims, “insulting”. There is a theory throughout the NFL this season that the league, and its referees, are biased tow...

Terry Rozier was traded from the Charlotte Hornets to the Miami Heat in January 2024. The Heat guard is now under investigation for “unusual betting activity related” to March 2023, although he has not been charged or accused of anything. The NBA would like to avoid another instance of the Jontay Porter situation, and the Rozier case was uncovered while Porter was being investigated. T...

Jimmy Butler requested a trade from the Miami Heat earlier this month. He has been suspended for the third time after walking out of practice on January 27. The Heat are working out trade possibilities for the 35-year-old star. The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler seem to be at the point of no return. Ever since the six-time All-Star didn’t receive an extension from the team last summer, it...

The Las Vegas Raiders missed the season for the third straight season, finishing with a 4-13 record. They fired Antonio Pierce after one full season as the Raiders’ head coach after taking over after eight games in 2023. The Raiders have turned to Pete Carroll, who won Super Bowl 48 with Seattle, and the 2003 and 2004 national championships with USC. The Las Vegas Raiders haven’t had m...