UNLV and Michigan play in the same level of college football and supposedly under the same set of rules. But, and this is not breaking news to anyone who follows the sport, their playing fields are anything but even. It’s a reality made especially clear this weekend.
Our handicappers choose their best bets for this weekend’s NFL and college football slate.
Two weeks ago, Tanner Mangum was an anonymous backup quarterback. Suddenly, he’s the star of the luckiest team in college football.
In a rematch of last season’s NFC Championship Game, the Green Bay Packers will host the Seattle Seahawks on “Sunday Night Football” to highlight a bountiful weekend TV feast of football.
When Pennsylvania approved casino gaming at its racetracks, it was as if printing money was now legal. There was now lots of cash to go around. To the horsemen, to the racetracks, but unfortunately not the horseplayers.
For decades, betting has driven the popularity of the NFL, a league that has forcefully opposed betting. The new reality is betting has company in the form of the booming fantasy sports industry, which is doing its part to help drive the popularity of the NFL while the league enthusiastically promotes it as a business partner.
Linebacker Brandon Marshall forced a Jamaal Charles fumble, cornerback Bradley Roby scooped up the ball and ran for a 21-yard touchdown with 27 seconds left, and the Denver Broncos scored an improbable 31-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday at Arrowhead Stadium.
World soccer body FIFA put Jerome Valcke, its second-ranking official, on leave on Thursday just hours after an ex-footballer raised allegations he was involved in a plan to resell 2014 World Cup tickets for a lucrative profit.
Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane addressed his ongoing legal issues Thursday when he reported to the team’s training camp at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
