Month: October 2024

Two of the hotter teams in the NFL meet tonight on Sunday Night Football, despite rough starts for both teams, as the 6-4 Minnesota Vikings take on the 4-5 Denver Broncos.  

The Week 11 odds favor the home team, as they look to get back to .500 in the standings. However, the Vikings have won five straight games and two straight with Joshua Dobbs at the helm.  

Find out what my NFL picks are for this SNF affair as I take a deep dive into the SNF odds.

You can also get a full game analysis with our Vikings vs. Broncos picks, and more great prop bets in our Russell Wilson props spotlight.  

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It was a rough year for Kansas City Chiefs receivers. 

As a group, the Chiefs receiving corps topped the NFL in dropped passes with 39 (a drop rate of 6.9%) despite having a Hall of Fame quarterback in Patrick Mahomes making throws.

Mahomes boasted the second-highest percentage of passes on target (82.2%) with the fifth-lowest rate of bad passes (13.3%), which meant those bobbled balls were the fault of his butter-fingered teammates.

Rookie wide receiver Rashee Rice wasn’t immune to those miscues, but he did prove his worth to Mahomes and quickly became one of his most reliable targets. In fact, Rice was almost as popular an option as TE Travis Kelce and finished just behind the star tight end in terms of receptions and receiving yards.

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Sunday Night Football features a non-conference clash when the Cincinnati Bengals travel to East Rutherford to face the New York Giants in Week 6.

Cincy sits at 1-4, and my early Bengals vs. Giants predictions expect New York to keep its foot on the visitor’s throat. Find out more in my NFL picks for this October 13 tilt.

Bengals vs Giants predictions

Early spread leanNew York Giants +3.5 (-115 at bet365)

My analysisDesperation has set in for the Cincinnati Bengals, but bettors shouldn’t factor it into their handicap of Sunday Night Football.

The Bengals have been here before — rallying from slow starts to make a mid-season push — but the half-point hook on the field goal seems unwarranted for a team 0-2…

It's a whole new Lance! A "nothing left to lose" Lance. An "I'm a scoundrel, like all the rest" Lance. An "I don't need or want your fucking love" Lance. And he's here to drop some truth bombs. Armstrong gave an interview to French daily , which is noteworthy in and of itself: the paper was one of his most dogged pursuers, and first broke the news in 1999 that he had failed a urine test during his first Tour de France victory. But a lot has changed since then. Armstrong has been stripped of his titles, been banned for life, cried to Oprah, and was abandoned by Livestrong. In a week that's already seen Tour winner Jan Ullrich admit to doping and former French star Laurent Jalabert accused of EPO use, Armstrong's comments …

Arsenal Women are receiving the same online abuse training as the men’s team as part of the club’s new #StopOnlineAbuse campaign, in preparation for the greater exposure that will come with the new broadcast rights deal.

From next season, Women’s Super League games will be shown across Sky Sports and the BBC, putting players in the spotlight as never before.

Arsenal Women manager Joe Montemurro to leave at end of seasonRead more

“Everything that we’ve done with the men’s first team we’ve done exactly the same with the women’s first team,” said Arsenal’s CEO, Vinai Venkatesham. “So effectively, they know all of the tools that they have at their disposal through their personal accounts to try to b…

As a single-minded 36-year-old sportsman “just trying to keep going” at the highest level, James Milner has little time for reminiscing. With a momentous milestone on the horizon, however, he has no alternative. On Thursday the Liverpool midfielder will celebrate the 20th anniversary of his Premier League debut. Perhaps with a yoga session at home after training, though certainly not with an alcoholic drink.

It was at Upton Park on 10 November 2002 where Terry Venables launched the top-flight career of a 16-year-old Milner, bringing him on as an 84th-minute substitute for Jason Wilcox in Leeds’ 4-3 win over West Ham. For perspective, Wilcox is 51 and academy director at Manchester City. Nigel Martyn was on the Leeds bench and was the s…

Wayne Rooney has said accepting the Plymouth job is the “perfect next step” in his management career, with the former England captain thought to have signed a three-year contract as head coach of the Championship club.

Rooney returns to coaching after a chastening mid-season spell in charge of Birmingham, who were relegated to League One this month. The 38-year-old endured a difficult 83-day reign at Birmingham, where he lost nine of his 15 league matches. Plymouth finished 21st in the second tier and avoided relegation at Birmingham’s expense on the final day. Argyle will represent his fourth managerial job, after Derby, DC United and Birmingham.

Rooney’s appointment was announced just before he appeared as…

So you’re telling me there’s a chance?Yes, Detroit, I am.And San Diego, Kansas City, Minnesota… even you, too, Seattle.Just ask the Giants, the Royals, the Cubs, the Red Sox, the Nationals and the Rangers, all champions in the past decade.The Yankees and Dodgers will go in as the favorites. That just means they have a chance. But so does every other team that gets in.Here’s one big reason for optimism for teams that have clinched postseason berths or with a realistic shot at playing next week…AMERICAN LEAGUENew York Yankees: They have Aaron Judge; you don’t.The record for home runs in a single postseason is 10 by Randy Arozarena of the Rays in 2020. Judge hit nine in one 10-game flurry this season. The postseason could run at least 22 games. You do the math.Cleveland Guardian…