A Houston furniture salesman, attempting to mitigate millions of dollars in potential refunds from a promotion, placed one of the largest bets ever taken by a U.S. bookmaker on Tuesday at a Mississippi sportsbook. Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, owner of Gallery Furniture in Houston, bet $3.5 million on the AstrosRead More →
Left-hander Sean Manaea, undefeated since returning in September from offseason surgery, will get the start for the host Oakland Athletics on Wednesday in the American League wild-card game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Manaea has pitched in five games since returning from surgery on his left shoulder, going 4-0 withRead More →
New York Knicks guard Dennis Smith Jr. told NC State officials that neither he nor his family was ever paid by Adidas or anyone else to ensure that he played for the Wolfpack for one season. Smith, the ACC freshman of the year in 2016-17 and the No. 9 pickRead More →
Kyrie Irving arrived at the Brooklyn Nets’ media day ready to accept accountability. It was no secret that Irving, who signed with the Nets over the summer, had a rocky parting with the Boston Celtics. At the beginning of last season, the All-Star point guard told Boston fans that heRead More →
That stamp of approval will make fantasy owners happy. Get ready for a healthy workload for Gallman. Barkley was averaging 15 carries per game before injuring his ankle while catching a pass late in the first half Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He’s out 4-8 weeks and, though heRead More →
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is expected to play Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, though he is dealing with a lot of pain, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Adam Schefter. Stafford’s name made a surprise appearance on the Lions’ injury report Friday as questionable because of a hipRead More →
Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa will sit out the final four games of the regular season to rest his ailing back, but the team is hopeful he will be ready for Game 1 of the American League Division Series next week.cheap nike nfl jerseys wholesale Correa saw a doctor inRead More →
With fans applauding his every mention, the Hall of Fame broadcaster called his final Cincinnati Reds game Thursday, ending a 46-year career that has featured so many big stars and historic moments — Hank Aaron, the Big Red Machine, Pete Rose — and more than a few verbal tiffs withRead More →
Two men have been charged over the attempted carjacking of Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac in London in July. The Metropolitan Police confirmed in statement on Tuesday that the two men, Ashley Smith (30) and Jordan Northover (26), were charged with attempted robbery and threatening a person with anRead More →
Tottenham Hotspur’s players must take responsibility to overcome a disappointing start to the season and must not use inexperience as an excuse anymore, Harry Kane has said. Spurs, runners-up to Liverpool in the Champions League last season, crashed out of the League Cup after a 4-3 shootout defeat by fourth-tierRead More →