Bettors have sportsbook facing ‘seven-figure’ liability on long shot Phil Mickelson at U.S. Open golf tournament At Caesars Sportsbook, Phil Mickelson has attracted nearly twice as many bets as any other golfer to win the U.S. Open, and by the time the first round tees off, the bookmaker says it’s expecting to have a “seven-figure”
10:36 AM ET Major League Soccer is returning from its brief hiatus while Euro 2020 and Copa America got underway, giving us a moment to reflect on the first three months of the 2021 season. It’s a campaign that’s seen a pair of MLS Cup favorites find themselves near the bottom of the standings, while
9:25 AM ET Nathan MacKinnon was understandably surly. The Colorado Avalanche had been eliminated by the Vegas Golden Knights with four straight losses following two wins to open the series. He was being asked a series of questions from the media — some salient, some startlingly incoherent — about what went wrong and what happens
10:00 AM ET Patrick Mahomes spent hours in the game room in the back of the house he grew up in, trying over and over to figure out how to do the thing he couldn’t: beat his dad. This wasn’t in a real-life competition, but rather a virtual one. Mahomes and his father, Pat, would
10:01 AM ET The last time the NFL played a game, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes were on opposite sidelines in Super Bowl LV. Now, before the 2021 season kicks off, those quarterbacks will be together again — on the latest Madden cover. Mahomes and Brady are sharing the cover of Madden 22, the EA
9:46 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has hinted that Max Verstappen’s tyre failure in Baku was down to the way Red Bull was running its tyres and not the fault of Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli. Verstappen crashed out of the lead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix two weeks ago after his left rear tyre exploded
9:11 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Landon Cassill will be the first NASCAR driver paid entirely in cryptocurrency in a sponsorship deal with Voyager that begins at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend. Voyager, a cryptocurrency brokerage platform, reached a 19-race deal to sponsor Cassill in the Xfinity Series in his JD Motorsports entry. Voyager
9:45 AM ET Carlos Contreras Legaspi Max Holloway has suffered an undisclosed injury and has pulled out of his July 17 bout against Yair Rodriguez, sources told ESPN, postponing one of this summer’s most anticipated fights. The fight between the former UFC 145-pound champion Holloway (22-6) and Rodríguez (13-2) was likely to determine the next
9:51 AM ET Formula One world championship leader Max Verstappen said on Thursday he was unhappy with Pirelli’s explanation for the high-speed tyre blowout that cost him victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Verstappen suffered a left-rear failure on the straight while leading towards the end of the June 6 race in Baku.
1:03 AM ET For 24 minutes in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers appeared to be their best selves. A team that ranked near league average in offensive efficiency during the regular season popped the ball around the half court and drove it down the Atlanta Hawks‘