Former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya shows off a $20,000 bet on the Kansas City Chief’s Patrick Mahomes to land the MVP award — ahead of tonight’s Super Bowl. In America alone, 67.8 million Americans are expected to bet an astounding $23.1 billion on the Superbowl later tonight. It is one of the biggest sporting events in the world and attracts the rich and famous every year, the average ticket price for this year is $8,600 on StubHub. While he won’t be in attendance, Adesanya thought he would get in on the betting action. Posting to Twitter, the 34-year-old showed…
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Yes, we’re early into 2024, and a lot has happened in the college football world that can shape the upcoming season. So, it’s actually never too early to offer up our initial Top 25 for the 2024 campaign.Statistics in parenthesis are from the 2023 season unless otherwise noted. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports SMU won nine straight and a league title in its final season in the American Athletic Conference in 2023 before losing to Boston College at the rain-soaked Fenway Bowl. Quarterback Preston Stone is expected back after throwing for 3,197 yards with 28 touchdowns and six interceptions before…
The Golden State Warriors play against the Utah Jazz at Delta Center The Golden State Warriors are spending $8,344,952 per win while the Utah Jazz are spending $5,095,157 per win Game Time: 9:00 PM EST on Monday February 12, 2024 Broadcast Info Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free)NBA League Pass: The most live games plus NBA TV. Free trial National TV: N/AHome TV: KJZZAway TV: NBC Sports Bay AreaHome Radio: KSL 97.5 FM / S: KBMG 106.3 FMAway Radio: 95.7 The Game When the game is underway, you can follow it here! What’s the buzz on Twitter?
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 12, 2024, 12:39 AM ETClose Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008LAS VEGAS — As kickoff approached Sunday, sportsbooks were almost unanimously rooting for the favored San Francisco 49ers to win in a low-scoring Super Bowl.Late in the fourth quarter, everything was going the books’ way. Then, the game went into overtime.The underdog Kansas City Chiefs rallied from behind in overtime to pull out a 25-22 win behind another Super Bowl MVP performance from quarterback Patrick Mahomes, resulting in a big swing in favor of the betting public.The Chiefs covered the spread…
James Lowe says Ireland are in a “great place” after defeating Italy 36-0 to continue their unbeaten start to the defence of their Six Nations title.Lowe scored the fifth of Ireland’s six tries against the Italians in a one-sided game in Dublin.After beating France in their opener, Ireland remain on course to win back-to-back Grand Slams.”I’m happy with the performance and collectively we were on it today,” said Leinster wing Lowe. “The set-piece absolutely dominated and it’s nice when you get a platform like that. It makes your job a little bit easier.”Ireland went into Sunday’s match with Italy as…
Jake Fraser-McGurk could make his T20I debut on Tuesday having been drafted into Australia’s squad for the final match against West Indies in Perth.Fraser-McGurk and South Australia quick Wes Agar will bolster the group with Josh Hazlewood having returned home following the second game in Adelaide to prepare for the New Zealand tour.Xavier Bartlett had already been added to the squad for Perth, so would appear a good chance to make his T20I debut in place of Hazlewood after a terrific start to his ODI career where he claimed consecutive four-wicket hauls against West Indies.Fraser-McGurk also made his ODI debut…
FSV Mainz 05 attacker Jonathan Burkardt made no effort to hide his disgust following his side’s league defeat to VfB Stuttgart yesterday. Rheinhessen sporting director Martin Schmidt, meanwhile, declined to specifically back head-coach Jan Siewert to remain in charge. ”It’s brutally disappointing to have been beaten here again,” Burkardt noted, “It’s just shit at the moment. A shit situation. After the 0-1, we completely buckled and got in over our heads. The last 20-30 minutes of the first-half were a disgrace. We’re talking about the same shit every week and we don’t execute.” Burkardt did try and make it clear that he…
Major League Soccer sides continue to sanction both inbound and outbound transfers with the 2024 campaign less than two weeks away. Colorado Rapids have transferred a forward player to Argentina as they continue their offseason rebuild, Chicago Fire have mutually agreed to a contract termination with one of their midfielders and San Jose Earthquakes have added a veteran winger that put in incredible numbers in Europe.Here’s all the latest MLS transfer news you may have missed. Torres leaves the Windy City / Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY SportsChicago Fire and midfielder Jairo Torres have agreed to a mutual contract termination. Torres joined…
Nice centre-back Jean Clair-Todibo has offered an update on his future amidst transfer links to Manchester United and Chelsea, as revealed by the Daily Mail. Todibo has been linked with a move to the Premier League for quite some time now with Manchester United and Chelsea named as the interested parties. A move to the Red Devils in particular is considered a realistic prospect given Nice owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe‘s recent investment in the English giants. The former Barcelona defender has now offered an update on his future and said he doesn’t want to give ‘false hopes’ to Nice fans by…
Reigning UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones give his opinion on controversial influencer Andrew Tate. Since his rise to notoriety, Tate has been linked to the combat sports world after discussing his career as a professional kickboxer. Being a ‘former world champion’ in kickboxing has been made a massive part of his persona and he regularly posted footage of him training and sparring. Tate’s kickboxing record supposedly stands at 73-9, but many of these are not documented online. Tate did win ISKA and Enfusion title, but never took the next step to fight in elite promotions such as Glory and K1.…