Four of the five biggest long shots to win the PGA Championship have cashed tickets in the past 15 years, according to sportsoddshistory.com.
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The biggest long-shot winner in the Kentucky Derby’s 149-year history came in 1913, but the next four prevailed in the 21st century.
Four long shots of 100-1 or higher won the Masters in a five-year span between 2007 and 2011 at Augusta National Golf Club.
North Carolina State is one of the five biggest long shots since 2010 to reach the Final Four. Here are four other teams with magical NCAA Tournament runs.
The lowest seed ever to win the NCAA Tournament is No. 8 Villanova in 1985, but the Wildcats aren’t the biggest long shot to have won it all.
Fairleigh Dickinson pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history last season. Here are four other incredible March underdog stories.
The winning team is 48-7-2 against the spread. In other words, there have been only nine Super Bowls in which the favorite has won but failed to cover.
The winning team in the first 57 Super Bowls, including 19 underdogs, is 48-7-2 ATS. In other words, there have been only nine games in which the favorite has won but failed to cover.
Players have to navigate large tournament fields full of landmines or small fields packed with the world’s best players. Oh, and they have to avoid bad luck from the deck, as well.
Here are the five best televised hands in World Series of Poker history.
There were only five safeties in the first 42 Super Bowls before bettors cashed in on the prop in four of six games from 2009 to 2014, including three straight (2012-14).
It’s rare for a player over the age of 50 to make a deep run in the World Series of Pokers Main Event. But that wasn’t always the case.
Since the rise of online poker, there have been multiple World Series of Poker Main Event champions in their early 20s.
Here are the top five women players in WSOP history.
Favorites have won 37 of 56 Super Bowls while going 28-26-2 ATS. But underdogs have produced some of the most memorable moments in the storied history of the game.