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Thursday August 8 Best Sports Betting Picks for Olympics Basketball, Track & MLB Predictions
These are our top betting picks and predictions for the Olympics on Thursday August 8th, including bets for men's basketball, track, and a bonus MLB prediction....
D-backs' task: Cool Phillies' sizzling Kyle Schwarber
Kyle Schwarber is heating up his power bat at a good time for the Philadelphia Phillies.,Schwarber has gone deep five times in the past four games, topped by the second three-homer game of his career, as the Phillies enter the opener of a four-game series on Thursday against the streaking Arizona Di...
With veterans heating up, Cards seek sweep vs. Rays
If the St. Louis Cardinals are going to stay in the National League wild-card chase, they will need veterans Willson Contreras and Nolan Arenado to produce more runs.,Contreras had gone nine games without driving in a run before hitting an RBI single Wednesday night as the Cardinals defeated Tampa B...
Aaron Judge will look to do more than walk vs. Angels
For most of Wednesday, the Los Angeles Angels survived pitching to Aaron Judge while the New York Yankees struggled to get Zach Neto out.,The Angels hope to withstand more plate appearances by Judge while the Yankees hope to figure out ways to retire Neto Thursday night in the finale of a three-game...
Jackson Holliday, Orioles eye encore in finale vs. Jays
The Baltimore Orioles hope that Jackson Holliday can continue his recent success against the host Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night in the decisive game of a three-game series.,The 20-year-old second baseman has four career major league home runs, all since being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk las...
Hunter Greene, Reds shoot for series win over Marlins
Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene, a first-time All-Star this year, is set to face the host Miami Marlins in the finale of a four-game series on Thursday.,The Reds won the first two games of the set before the Marlins prevailed 6-4 on Wednesday.,Greene (8-4, 2.83 ERA) ranks third in the Nat...
Giants hope power surge continues vs. Nationals
For the second time in three days in Washington, the San Francisco Giants will have the chance to move above .500 and inch closer to contention for a National League wild-card spot.,The Giants haven't had a winning record since May 29, but after taking nine of their past 12, they are on the brink as...
Kyle Schwarber (3 HRs, 7 RBIs) powers Phillies past Dodgers
Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs and tied a career high with seven RBIs as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies rolled to a 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers to win two out of three in a series between the top two teams in the National League., ,Schwarber hit his 11th leadoff homer of the sea...
Three teams sweep openers at IEM Cologne
Complexity Gaming, 9z Team and Team Liquid were the lone sides that swept their opening matches by 2-0 scores on Wednesday in the play-in competition for the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne in Germany.,Sixteen teams are involved in the double-elimination play-in stage of the $1 million Counter-Strike:...
Bobby Witt Jr. (2 HRs) powers Royals past Red Sox
Bobby Witt Jr. homered twice and drove in four runs on Wednesday, leading the Kansas City Royals past the visiting Boston Red Sox 8-4 to salvage the finale of a three-game series.,Cole Ragans (9-7) allowed four runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks over 6 1/3 innings for Kansas City. The left-...
Nolan Arenado, Alec Burleson lead Cardinals past Rays
Nolan Arenado and Alec Burleson drove in two runs each as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 Wednesday.,Masyn Winn went 2-for-4 with two runs for the Cardinals, who have won the first two games in this three-game series.,Cardinals starting pitcher Erick Fedde (8-5) allo...
Zach Neto's slam, 6 RBIs lift Angels to split with Yankees
Zach Neto hit a grand slam to cap a six-run second inning and the visiting Los Angeles Angels cruised to an 8-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night in the second game of a doubleheader.,Neto finished with a career-high six RBIs in the nightcap as the Angels earned a split. The Yanke...
Anthony Santander clubs 2 HRs as O's top Jays
Anthony Santander had two home runs, three RBIs and a spectacular catch as the visiting Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Wednesday night.,Jackson Holliday added a two-run homer as the Orioles split the first two games of a three-game series.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in th...
Cuba's Erislandy Alvarez win men's lightweight boxing gold
PARIS -- Cuba's Erislandy Alvarez broke the hearts of a delirious French crowd when he beat local favorite Sofiane Oumiha by split decision in the men's lightweight boxing final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.,Alvarez's win meant that Cuba's boxers, who had won just one bronze medal in Paris bef...
Seahawks WR DK Metcalf at center of fight-filled practice
Wide receiver DK Metcalf fueled a heated practice session for the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday, swinging his helmet at cornerback Tre Brown. ,The altercation occurred after a string of skirmishes during 11-on-11 play. Things first got heated when Brown and wide receiver Jake Bobo went at each other...
Derek Hill's grand slam powers Marlins past Reds
Derek Hill slugged his first career grand slam and rookie Valente Bellozo won his first major league game as the Miami Marlins beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 6-4 on Wednesday night.,Miami's Jake Burger homered twice to complement Hill's blast. ,The Reds, who lead this four-game series 2-1, were p...
Giants' home runs help Blake Snell down Nationals
Matt Chapman, Heliot Ramos and Mike Yastrzemski smashed solo homers as the visiting San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 7-4 on Wednesday night.,Chapman and Ramos went deep off Nationals starter Jake Irvin (8-10) in a decisive fifth inning to give the Giants a two-run lead they didn't ...
LSU Can Become SEC's Biggest Surprise in 2024
Brian Kelly usually figures some things out in his third year with a program. LSU could be primed to surprise some folks in the SEC this season....
Medal shutout: U.S. men's beach volleyball duo loses to Qatar
There will be no medals for the United States in beach volleyball for the first time since it became an Olympic sport in 1996.,Miles Partain and Andy Benesh were the last Americans alive and they lost 21-14, 21-16 to Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar in Wednesday's quarterfinals at Paris bel...
Team USA favored to hand Serbia another lopsided Olympic defeat
The United States has scored two decisive victories over Serbia in the lead up to Thursday's showdown in the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics, and the Americans are expected to notch a third en route to the gold medal game.,Team USA is a 16.5-point favorite at Draf...