sports Page 41 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
IOC to seek approval for esports Olympics
The International Olympic Committee will ask members to approve the creation of an esports Olympics.,IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday from Lausanne, Switzerland, that the time has come to expand the Olympic reach to include esports. Such an event would likely draw a younger audience to the Olym...
Thursday June 13 Best Bets & Picks For MLB, Stanley Cup Final, & US Open Golf
These are our best sports betting picks and predictions for the Stanley Cup Final, US Open, and MLB on June 13th....
Call of Duty titles added to Esports World Cup
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone have been added to the Esports World Cup this summer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The Call of Duty: Warzone competition will run from July 3-6 and feature 21 teams competing for a share of the $1 million prize pool. The Call of Duty: Modern Warf...
June 12, 2024 Best Sports Betting Bets & Predictions For NBA Finals & MLB
These are our top betting picks and predictions for the NBA Finals Game 3 matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics as well as MLB picks....
Ninjas in Pyjamas, Astralis advance at YaLLa Compass
Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis claimed berths in the semifinals with wins Friday at the YaLLA Compass event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.,The Ninjas swept their quarterfinal match against Fnatic in two maps, while Astralis needed three to subdue BetBoom Team. ,The Ninjas will take on Group B c...
MongolZ, FURIA win groups at YaLLa Compass
The MongolZ and FURIA Esports emerged atop their respective groups at the end of Group Stage action on Thursday at the YaLLA Compass event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.,The MongolZ went 2-1 over three matches on Thursday and beat Ninjas in Pyjamas 13-6 in a pivotal showdown to win Group A. FUR...
G2 Esports tops Team Vitality to win IEM Dallas title
G2 Esports dropped its first game of the weekend but defeated Team Vitality 2-1 in the finals of the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event on Sunday.,G2 receives $100,000, 1,400 BLAST Premier points and a spot in the 2024 IEM Cologne event in Germany, scheduled for Aug. 7-18.,Sixteen teams compete...
Vitality, G2 to face off in finals at IEM Dallas
G2 Esports and Team Vitality swept their way into the finals of the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event on Saturday.,G2 beat 9z Team 2-0 to advance, while Vitality topped Team Spirit 2-0.,Sixteen teams competed in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament's double-elimination group stage. ...
G2, Vitality advance to semifinals at IEM Dallas
G2 Esports and Team Vitality swept their way through the quarterfinals of the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event on Friday.,G2 beat FaZe Clan 2-0 to advance to the semifinals, where they will face 9z Team. Vitality topped HEROIC 2-0 and will meet Team Spirit in the semis.,Sixteen teams competed...
FRM expanding to 3 full-time Cup Series entries in '25
Front Row Motorsports will have three chartered cars in the NASCAR Cup Series next year, it was announced Wednesday. ,Two cars -- Ford Mustang Dark Horses driven by Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland -- are currently being operated by the organization, which has used a third car in previous Cup Ser...
Tundra posts 2-0 day at DreamLeague Season 23
Tundra Esports earned a pair of key wins in Group B at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 23 on Tuesday.,Tundra swept Natus Vincere 2-0, winning in 39 minutes on green and 39 minutes on red, before doing the same to BetBoom Team in 30 minutes on red and 49 minutes on green.,Those results helped Tundr...
Gen.G jolt Bilibili Gaming, win Mid-Season Invitational
Gen.G Esports recorded a 3-1 victory over Bilibili Gaming on Sunday in the grand final of the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2024 in Chengdu, China, earning $50,000 and automatic entry into the 2024 World Championship.,Gen.G started fast by posting a 38-minute win on blue and 39-minute vi...
BOOM, G2 x iG and Liquid reach PGL Wallachia playoffs
BOOM Esports, G2 x iG and Team Liquid seized the final three playoff spots on Wednesday at the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 1 event in Bucharest, Romania.,BOOM defeated Shopify Rebellion and G2 x iG eliminated BetBoom Team with 2-1 wins before Liquid swept Team Secret to complete the group stage action...
G2 Esports gain berth in lower bracket semis at MSI Invitational
G2 Esports recorded a 3-0 victory over Top Esports on Tuesday to move to the lower-bracket semifinal at the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2024 in Chengdu, China.,G2 posted 29- and 24-minute wins on red before emerging victorious in blue in Game 3 to advance to Friday's lower-bracket semi...
OKC's Sam Presti is an overrated draft savant
Sam Presti is the only NBA executive ever to draft three future MVPs and he did it in three consecutive drafts. It’s a maniacal stroke of luck and an exercise of risk/reward, chance and foresight. By doing so, Presti at the time guaranteed short-term success for the soon-to-be relocated Seattle Soni...
Who is the best point guard in the NBA?
What is a point guard in today’s NBA? The role and term has evolved so much from the 1990s when the position was defined by midrange scoring, playmaking and limited athleticism. Today’s concept of a point guard runs the whole gamut, across all five positions, where a center in Denver is the best pas...
Kim Mulkey’s response to the LSU-South Carolina fight was trashy
When Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high,” she wasn’t talking about Kim Mulkey. Class and decorum have never been her thing. On Sunday, No. 1 South Carolina remained undefeated and won its eighth SEC tournament title after defeating LSU, 79-72. It was a rematch of their January showdo...
If you don’t like players in college sports getting paid, you're really not gonna like this
The fire hydrant has been busted open and money is spewing in the streets of college sports. Mens’ college basketball saw the success of the Inaugural 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament and has decided to start one of its own....
Bob Nightengale keeps trying to rehab Trevor Bauer
Sometimes, there’s no choice but to cover a vile person in sports because they are doing something that can’t be ignored. Trevor Bauer is not that, but that didn’t stop Bob Nightengale from auditioning to get on his payroll, next to Rachel Luba, whatever it is she does other than be the occasional b...
Josh Hart is the hardest working man in the NBA
Work Hart, not smart, has been the New York Knicks blueprint since the end of January. While injuries to Julius Randle and OG Anunoby have kept their front court stars out of the rotation, Tom Thibodeau has turned to his tried-and-true method of working his blue collar contributors until they’re dog...