Oct 12, 2022 ESPN Betting Analysts The NBA is back, and that means plenty of betting opportunities coming our way. Our analysts answer questions surrounding some of the most popular bets heading into the season and offer their picks. We’re talking NBA title, long shots, award winner and more. Let’s get to it. All odds
6:01 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Travis Sanheim to an eight-year, $50 million contract, the team announced Thursday. The deal will have an average annual value of $6.25 million. “Obviously, I’m really excited. It’s a huge day not only for me, but for my family and friends as well,” said Sanheim in a
1:20 PM ET Jeff Kassouf The National Women’s Soccer League is known for parity, and knockout tournaments are ripe with upset. Enter: the NWSL playoffs. Six teams remain in contention for the NWSL Championship after the league’s most dramatic playoff race to date. The top two — OL Reign and the Portland Thorns — earned
7:00 AM ET JAKE OETTINGER FELT INVINCIBLE. The Dallas Stars were in a Game 7 overtime against the Calgary Flames in the first round of last season’s playoffs. They were there because of Oettinger, the second-year goaltender who had stopped 208 of the 218 shots he had faced in the previous six games. The finale
1:30 PM ET Associated Press Back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the source of LIV Golf’s funding, Phil Mickelson said Thursday he was glad he was on the “winning side” and that he sees the PGA Tour trending downward, and he also denied doing the notorious interview with
2:25 PM ET The UFC has added a light heavyweight championship rematch between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira to its December pay-per-view event in Las Vegas. Contracts have not been signed, but multiple sources confirmed the bout is close to being finalized. It will take place at UFC 282 on Dec. 10 inside T-Mobile Arena.
Oct 11, 2022 Rising prospect Gabriela Fundora (9-0, 4 KO) beat Naomi Arellano Reyes (9-2, 5 KO) in a flyweight contest last Saturday, but felt short of being ranked in ESPN’s divisional rankings. The 20-year-old Fundora, one of ESPN’s 25-under-25 fighters, is inching her way toward a title shot and potentially a Top 5 spot
Nida Dar goes down on her haunches after getting run-out off the last ball. The Sri Lanka players are running towards each other from all directions, arms aloft, screaming loud, smiling. The big screen at the Sylhet International Stadium flashes the result. Those in the stands are open-mouthed. Some have their hands on their head.
11:51 PM ET Let the debate begin. Who made the better catch in the Atlanta Braves’ 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of the NLDS? Was it Atlanta shortstop Dansby Swanson, who sprinted with his back to the infield to snare a popup in short left-center field off the bat of J.T.
10:56 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Kevin Durant knows some of the parallels are there. From a distance, the Brooklyn Nets star forward has watched — like everybody else — the leaked video footage of Draymond Green punching Golden State Warriors teammate Jordan Poole during practice. The defending champion Warriors’ locker room has been hurt by