Month: September 2019

12:59 PM ET The Houston Astros head into the postseason as the consensus favorites to win the World Series. The Astros are around +200 to win the World Series at sportsbooks around the nation. The Los Angeles Dodgers are not far behind at +250, followed by the New York Yankees at +400. Caesars Sportsbook has
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12:00 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have two wins, a new quarterback and, maybe most important, renewed hope. That is what Daniel Jones and victories against the Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers have provided a moribund franchise that was stuck in a rut. How quickly things can change in
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12:18 PM ET Purdue starting quarterback Elijah Sindelar is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery Monday to repair a broken clavicle. Coach Jeff Brohm confirmed the injury, saying Sindelar will miss “an extended period of time” and possibly the rest of the 2019 season. Sindelar and star wide receiver Rondale Moore both were injured on the
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12:27 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers forward Mike Scott said he should have walked away from the fight with Eagles fans outside Lincoln Financial Field on Sept. 8 but he doesn’t feel sympathy for the fans that were involved in the fight. Scott, who met with reporters at the team’s media day, was asked about the
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12:05 PM ET Associated Press The NHL could be on the way to its version of “Are You Ready For Some Football?” The league is announcing a two-year partnership with Green Day that includes an opening song for NBC Sports’ “Wednesday Night Hockey.” The song, “Ready, Fire, Aim” isn’t custom-made for the NHL and will
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11:30 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Former top-ranked players Venus Williams and Simona Halep both lost in the second round of the China Open on Monday. Williams lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who saved two match points in the final set to outlast the seven-time Grand Slam champion despite
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11:15 AM ET Associated Press DANVILLE, Va. — The Virginia man who police say killed the wife, son and mother-in-law of a minor league pitcher may have operated under some kind of “religious motivation.” That’s according to a search warrant filed in Pittsylvania County. The Danville Register & Bee reported Friday that police cited the
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11:05 AM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles‘ second straight 100-loss season featured 11 double-digit defeats, 14 successive losses against the New York Yankees and not a single series sweep. No one ever promised the first year of this massive rebuilding project was going to be pretty. “We’re still losing games, way more
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