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Best MLB Bets for Sunday September 21st: Top Baseball Betting Picks Today
MLB Playoff races heat up with Yankees vs Orioles, Guardians vs Twins, and Nationals vs Mets on Sunday’s slate. Get today’s MLB best bets, odds, and predictions....
NL Central title in sight as Brewers conclude set vs. Cardinals
The Milwaukee Brewers could clinch their third straight National League Central title on Sunday afternoon when they play the decisive contest of their three-game series against the host St. Louis Cardinals.,The Brewers (95-60) cut their magic number to one Saturday with the combination of their 3-2 ...
Hard-charging Guardians pursue 11th straight win in finale vs. Twins
It might be an understatement to say the Cleveland Guardians are on a hot streak.,Cleveland (84-71) has won 10 games in a row and 15 of its past 16 contests. The Guardians trailed by as many as 15 1/2 games in the American League Central in early July and have pulled within one game of the Detroit T...
Chiefs vs. Giants Sunday Night Football Week 3 Betting Predictions
Kansas City and New York are both 0-2, but their defenses can’t generate pressure. Here’s why the point total could the smartest bet for Sunday Night Football in Week 3....
Padres winning, Gavin Sheets hitting going into finale vs. White Sox
Gavin Sheets has better numbers when he plays for a winning team.,So, he has been a major contributor to the San Diego Padres (84-71), who go into Sunday afternoon's rubber game against the host Chicago White Sox (58-97) with a magic number of three to clinch their second consecutive playoff berth.,...
One game out of wild-card spot, Reds seek sweep of Cubs
Each game the Cincinnati Reds play over the next week will be their most important to date, including a series finale against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon.,With seven games remaining, the Reds (79-76) trail the New York Mets by a game for the National League's final wild-card spot. ...
SEC: Refs missed 'unfair tactic' on Oklahoma TD in win over Auburn
The Southeastern Conference criticized one of its officiating crews for missing a "hideout tactic" used on a touchdown pass by No. 11 Oklahoma in its 24-17 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Saturday afternoon in Norman, Okla.,The Sooners should have been assessed a 15-yard penalty for team unsportsmanli...
Caitlin Clark says she was fined $200 for social-media ref criticism
Sidelined Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark says she was fined by the WNBA for a comment she made on Instagram criticizing league referees.,"Got fined $200 for this," Clark posted on her Twitter account Saturday with multiple cry-laughing emojis. The caption accompanied a screengrab of a "refs couldn...
Fire dominate Minnesota United in road shutout
Chris Brady made four saves as the Chicago Fire put together a complete performance in a 3-0 shutout of Minnesota United FC on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Chicago (13-11-6, 45 points) put the match away in the 70th minute when Philip Zinckernagel received a pass at the top of the 18-yard box...
Two-TD underdog San Diego State stuns Cal 34-0
Jordan Napier caught nine passes for 154 yards and a touchdown to help San Diego State to a surprising 34-0 victory against visiting California in a nonconference game on Saturday night.,Jayden Denegal completed 15 of 18 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown, and the defense contributed two scores fo...
Dallas swarms Rapids, moves up Western standings
Petar Musa and Chris Cappis had first-half goals as FC Dallas defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-1 on Saturday evening in a key Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas., ,Dallas (9-11-10, 37 points) moved from 11th to ninth place in the West and within a win over the Rapids (11-14-6, 39 points) with t...
Carlos Coronel's shutout vs. Montreal helps Red Bulls stay in hunt
Carlos Coronel made six saves for his 10th clean sheet of the season as the visiting New York Red Bulls kept their MLS Cup playoff hopes alive with a 2-0 victory at CF Montreal on Saturday night.,Tim Parker and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting each scored goals for New York (12-12-7, 43 points), which remai...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz tops Carlos Alcaraz at Laver Cup
Taylor Fritz stunned top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 as Team World swept Saturday's four matches to take a 9-3 lead over Team Europe at the Laver Cup in San Francisco,Fritz, ranked No. 5, beat Spain's Alcaraz for the first time in four ATP singles matches and defeated a reigning World No. 1 for a...
ATP roundup: Team World jumps ahead with unbeaten Laver Cup Day 2
Taylor Fritz stunned top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 as Team World swept Saturday's four matches to take a 9-3 lead over Team Europe at the Laver Cup in San Francisco,Fritz, ranked No. 5, beat Spain's Alcaraz for the first time in four ATP singles matches and defeated a reigning World No. 1 for a...
San Diego FC tie MLS expansion mark in draw at Atlanta
Anders Dreyer scored a goal and Carlos Dos Santos made four saves as Western Conference-leading San Diego FC tied the MLS record for points by an expansion team with a 1-1 draw at Atlanta United on Saturday afternoon.,The tie snapped a seven-game road winning streak for San Diego (17-8-6, 57 points)...
Ttwo-TD underdog San Diego State stuns Cal 34-0
Jordan Napier caught nine passes for 154 yards and a touchdown to help San Diego State to a surprising 34-0 victory against visiting California in a nonconference game on Saturday night.,Jayden Denegal completed 15 of 18 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown, and the defense contributed two scores fo...
QB Kaidon Salter's big game lifts Colorado past Wyoming
Kaidon Salter threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night and Colorado's offense got going after a slow start to subdue visiting Wyoming 37-20 in Boulder.,Salter, a Liberty transfer who started the season's first two games but didn't play last week in a defeat at Houston, completed 18 of...
Top 25 roundup: No. 19 Indiana destroys No. 9 Illinois by 53
Fernando Mendoza threw for five touchdowns and No. 19 Indiana took ninth-ranked Illinois behind the woodshed for a 63-10 Big Ten spanking in Bloomington, Ind., on Saturday night.,Mendoza was nearly perfect, completing 21 of 23 passes for 267 yards as the Hoosiers (4-0, 1-0) rolled up 579 total yards...
MLB roundup: Tigers fall again to Braves as Guardians close within 1 game
Nacho Alvarez Jr. slugged the first two homers of his career and drove in three runs as the visiting Atlanta Braves rallied past Detroit 6-5 on Saturday afternoon, sending the Tigers to their fifth straight loss and reducing their lead in the American League Central to one game over Cleveland.,The s...
Shohei Ohtani's 53rd HR caps Dodgers' slugfest in win over Giants
Shohei Ohtani hit his league-leading 53rd home run, Max Muncy, Michael Conforto and Tommy Edman added homers of their own and the Los Angeles Dodgers made it three straight over the visiting San Francisco Giants with a 7-5 triumph Saturday night.,After rallying from a four-run deficit to win for the...