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2025 MLB Playoff Predictions: Expert Picks for AL & NL Wild Card Series
Looking for MLB playoff picks? Our 2025 Wild Card preview breaks down the best bets, pitching matchups, and team trends for AL and NL playoff series....
Los Angeles Dodgers Superstars Might Be Too Much For Cincinnati Reds
Reds vs. Dodgers preview featuring Ohtani’s historic achievements and Kershaw’s final season. Explore player stats, postseason matchups, and playoff insights....
MLB Wild Card Game 1 Predictions: Red Sox vs. Yankees, Dodgers vs. Reds
The MLB postseason is officially here. These are Deadspin's top betting picks for September 30th matchups Red Sox vs. Yankees and Dodgers vs. Reds....
Best MLB Wild Card Bets: Pitcher Props, Underdogs, and Home Run Props
Looking for value in the MLB playoffs? Check out our top postseason bets, including strikeout props, a Padres pick to advance, and a power-packed home run parlay....
No. 18 Florida State's stellar offense meets No. 3 Miami's tough D
For the first five weeks of the season, No. 3 Miami did not have to leave home.,The Hurricanes played their first four games at home and were on bye last weekend. Miami finally hits the road for a high-stakes rivalry in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener versus No. 18 Florida State on Saturday in ...
Stingy Maryland staying humble while preparing for Washington
Maryland coach Mike Locksley isn't buying into the hype.,Despite his team getting off to a 4-0 start, he isn't ready to make any grand proclamations about the Terrapins entering a Saturday Big Ten Conference matchup with Washington in College Park, Md.,"I don't feel the swell of excitement because I...
Canucks F Nils Hoglander has surgery, out 8-10 weeks
The Vancouver Canucks expect to be without Nils Hoglander for eight to 10 weeks after the forward underwent surgery for a lower-body injury on Monday.,Hoglander, 24, was hurt during the second period of a preseason game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.,He amassed 25 points (eight goals, 17 a...
Baylor, Kansas State hope to show their physical identities again
Baylor and Kansas State know that seasons can turn around in an instant.,After the Wildcats and Bears notched their first Big 12 Conference wins of the season, they head into the new week with slightly higher spirits and prepare to face off Saturday in Waco, Texas.,Baylor (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) outlasted...
Thunder focused on title defense following short offseason
Despite a shortened offseason, the Oklahoma City Thunder's players say they are ready to defend their first title in franchise history.,The journey will be led by 2025 NBA Most Valuable Player and Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who says his goal is to win it all again.,"It would suck to lose th...
Reigning Dodgers hosting pitching-led Reds in wild-card series
LOS ANGELES -- The defending-champion Los Angeles Dodgers will take the long road when the playoffs begin Tuesday, while the visiting Cincinnati Reds are making just their second postseason appearance in 12 years.,The Dodgers won the National League West for the 12th time in 13 seasons and yet open ...
Kawhi Leonard claims reports of Clippers’ no-show job not ‘accurate’
Kawhi Leonard said the allegation that he signed up for a no-show job with a now-bankrupt company to help the Los Angeles Clippers circumvent the salary cap is nothing but a conspiracy theory.,At the team's preseason media day Monday, Leonard spoke publicly for the first time since reporting by the ...
Golf Glance: PGA Tour returns to card grind; LPGA hits Hawaii
The PGA Tour returns to its regularly scheduled programming with the second event of its FedEx Fall series taking place in Mississippi this week, while the LPGA Tour is in Hawaii for the Lotte Championship.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: Procore Championship (Scottie Scheffler),THIS WEEK: Sanderson Farms...
Commanders DE Javontae Jean-Baptiste out for 'a while' with torn pec
Washington Commanders defensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste will be out for "a while" after suffering a torn pectoral muscle in Sunday's 34-27 loss at Atlanta, head coach Dan Quinn told reporters Monday.,Jean-Baptiste will be placed on injured reserve, but the expectation is that he'll be sidelined l...
Carlos Mendoza to return as Mets manager
New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza will have an opportunity for redemption as he will return for the 2026 season, president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday.,With the addition of Juan Soto and carrying the second-largest payroll in MLB, the Mets were considered a World Series candi...
'Ashamed' Tom Watson apologizes to Europe for Ryder fans
Tom Watson is United States golf royalty. And, along with Tiger Woods, he may be the most popular American golfer on both sides of the Atlantic.,Watson won eight major titles, five of them overseas at the Open Championship. He was awestruck of the play by the victorious Team Europe in the 2025 Ryder...
Guardians welcome Tigers for wild-card series after late-season surge
CLEVELAND -- For the second straight postseason, the American League Central champion Cleveland Guardians will take on the Detroit Tigers.,The Guardians (88-74) finished one game ahead of the Tigers (87-75) in the division, giving them the right to host the entire best-of-three AL wild-card series. ...
High-priced arms take ball as Red Sox-Yankees rivalry crashes wild-card round
NEW YORK -- Max Fried and Garrett Crochet lived up to expectations in sparkling debut seasons as No. 1 starters for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.,Now it gets real. ,Crochet (Red Sox) and Fried (Yankees) delivered after being acquired in the offseason to become staff aces at the center of ...
Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (elbow) not on wild-card roster
The Boston Red Sox were dealt a blow before opening their best-of-three American League wild-card series, announcing on Monday that right-hander Lucas Giolito has an elbow issue that will keep him out against the New York Yankees.,Expected to follow ace Garrett Crochet and Brayan Bello if the series...
Twins fire manager Rocco Baldelli
After the team's poorest showing in nearly a decade, the Minnesota Twins dismissed manager Rocco Baldelli on Monday.,Minnesota finished Baldelli's seventh season at the helm with a record of 70-92 and finished fourth in the American League Central.,The Twins were 34-27 on June 4, but lost 10 of the ...
Rex Ryan Calls Out Browns QB Shedeur Sanders in Fiery Rant
Rex Ryan slams Browns QB Shedeur Sanders, saying he should be embarrassed for not starting. What’s next for Cleveland’s young quarterback?...