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Vikings vs. Chargers Week 8 Thursday Night Football Top Betting Picks, Predictions
The Minnesota Vikings face the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday Night Football, these are our expert betting picks to get NFL Week 8 started....

Lamar Jackson at practice as Ravens prep for red-hot Bears
It's a flip-flop scenario with the Chicago Bears possessing a four-game winning streak and the Baltimore Ravens mired in a four-game slide.,One of those teams will see the end of a streak when the upstart Bears visit the banged-up Ravens on Sunday afternoon.,Chicago (4-2) is looking for its first fi...

Victor Wembanyama (40 points), Spurs rout Mavs in Cooper Flagg's debut
Victor Wembanyama turned in a highlight-reel performance with 40 points and 15 rebounds as the visiting San Antonio Spurs opened the season with a 125-92 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.,Stephon Castle contributed 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists for San Antonio, which led by...

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks top Wizards in Khris Middleton's return
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a season-opening 133-120 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.,Gary Trent Jr. added 17 on five 3-pointers. Kyle Kuzma scored 12 off the bench and Myles Turner scored 11, grabbed e...

RJ Barrett, Raptors take down Hawks in season opener
RJ Barrett scored 25 points to lead seven players in double figures and help the visiting Toronto Raptors roll to a 138-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.,Toronto has won four straight games in Atlanta.,Barrett was 9-for-12 from the floor and added eight...

Dinged up Knicks gut out season-opening win over Cavs
Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby each played through injury to record double-doubles Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-111 in a season opener pitting two Eastern Conference favorites.,Towns, who was listed as doub...

Injury-marred Canucks square off against slumping Predators
The Vancouver Canucks are dealing with several injuries as they prepare to play the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in Nashville.,The most serious and concerning is to Filip Chytil.,The center, 26, may have suffered the sixth concussion of his career in the first period of Sunday's 4-3 road wi...

Rangers looking for first win at home vs. winless Sharks
While the New York Rangers are unable to score or win on home ice, the San Jose Sharks are having trouble winning anywhere.,The Rangers are attempting to end a season-opening four-game home losing streak Thursday night when they host the winless Sharks.,New York is 0-4-0 at home and was shut out by ...

Out to shake slow start, Lightning face upstart Blackhawks
Intent on emerging from their early-season struggles, the Tampa Bay Lightning will open a three-game homestand with a visit from the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.,One of the NHL's best clubs on home ice last season, the Lightning have struggled their way to one win and four total points in six gam...

Bruins in search of finishing kick during matchup with Ducks
The next steep is for the Boston Bruins to turn some positives into results.,Despite coming back from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to tie the game in the third period, a fluky last-minute goal left first-year coach Marco Sturm's team on the wrong side of a 4-3 decision Tuesday against former Bruins captain ...

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson back at practice, Week 8 status TBD
Baltimore Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to practice on Wednesday, but good luck getting head coach John Harbaugh to discuss his status for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.,Harbaugh said he had nothing to share specific to the injury or regarding the chances of the Ravens hav...

Up or down? Knicks make hourly updates to Karl-Anthony Towns' status vs. Cavs
New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns was listed as questionable for Wednesday's season opener against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers because of a right quad strain, only an hour after the All-Star was doubtful on the official injury report. ,The Knicks made the change on the official injury r...

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson (hamstring) returns to practice
Baltimore Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to practice on Wednesday.,Jackson's participation in the session marked the first time he has been on a football field since injuring his hamstring in Baltimore's 37-20 road loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 28.,Per ESPN, Jackson took re...

Knicks All-Star C Karl-Anthony Towns (quad) doubtful vs. Cavs
New York Knicks All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns has been downgraded to doubtful for Wednesday's season opener against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers because of a right quad strain.,The Knicks already have ruled out center Mitchell Robinson (left ankle injury management) and guard/forward Josh H...
NBA Picks and Predictions: Best Bets for Wednesday October 22nd
Expert NBA betting picks and analysis for opening night 2025-26, including Cavs vs. Knicks, Sixers vs. Celtics, and more....

Enforcer Ross Johnston leads Ducks' offense in win over Preds
Rugged winger Ross Johnston tallied a goal and added two assists in his 250th NHL game, and the visiting Anaheim Ducks ended a two-game losing streak with a 5-2 win against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.,It was the ten-year veteran's first career three-point game.,Cutter Gauthier had a go...

Matthew Schaefer extends point streak as Isles nip Sharks
Matthew Schaefer continued the impressive start to his NHL career Tuesday night, scoring the winning goal and collecting two points to help the New York Islanders earn a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks in Elmont, N.Y.,Schaefer, an 18-year-old who was the No. 1 overall pick in the June draft, has at...

Sidney Crosby sets Penguins scoring mark in rout of Canucks
Sidney Crosby became Pittsburgh's career leader in combined regular-season and playoff points by scoring one of his team's three goals spanning 3:08 of the second period, and the host Penguins topped the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Tuesday night.,Tommy Novak gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead on a power play w...

Young stars take center stage as Spurs, Mavericks clash
The future of the NBA will be on display when the visiting San Antonio Spurs face the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.,The game marks the debut of No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, who will be the league's youngest player at 18 years, 10 months and one day when he ta...

Khris Middleton's return to Milwaukee highlights Wizards-Bucks opener
Khris Middleton has been part of Opening Night in Milwaukee for more than a decade. But Wednesday marks the first time he'll be in something other than a Bucks uniform.,Middleton's first game in Milwaukee since being traded takes place Wednesday as his Washington Wizards and the Bucks launch their s...