Month: October 2024

As the Dallas Cowboys head to Sin City to take on the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 2 of the preseason, there are two very different quarterback situations set for this game.

On one side, the Cowboys are set to rest Dak Prescott, and on the other, there’s a full-fledged quarterback battle. That’s a big reason why our Cowboys vs. Raiders predictions give the hosts the edge. 

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Cowboys vs Raiders prediction

My best betRaiders -6.5 (-110 at bet365)

My analysis

Normally, a spread this large in a preseason game is off-putting, but there’s a very specific reason that the Las Vegas Raiders are a near-touchdown favorite in this one.…

Tottenham fans are resigned to Harry Kane’s departure this summer. While some are keen to put an end to the saga once and for all, Spurs losing their star striker would have a significant impact on Ange Postecoglou’s first season in charge. Only Erling Haaland (36) scored more goals than Kane (30) in the Premier League last term. There is an argument to be made that the latter’s goal haul in this Spurs side is more impressive than the Manchester City striker’s maiden campaign.

The question now is where next for Kane. Bayern Munich are the favourites to secure his services, even after a Bild reporter’s bizarre shirt stunt during a recent Tottenham press conference. The aim now is for both Bayern and Spurs to agree a suitable fee bef…

When sport was cancelled during those uncertain days of the first Covid lockdown last year, newspapers and sports websites scrambled for content. There was no present to write about, so the only option was to look to the past: memories, games and goals were relived, re-evaluated and given more precedence than in normal times.

To that end, France Football produced a list of the 50 best Champions League goals. The usual mix of classics – Zinedine Zidane v Bayer Leverkusen, Mauro Bressan v Barcelona, George Weah v Bayern Munich – sat alongside some niche entries. Charles-Édouard Coridon v Porto and Lee Sharpe v Barcelona, anyone?

A mystifying absentee from the list was Hernán Crespo’s sublime, ice-cold masterpi…

Well, there goes the season. Perhaps summer budget too. Who knows maybe the entire Chelsea 3.0 Blue Sky Project Stage One?

With 28 minutes to go in a Champions League second leg Chelsea always seemed to be losing, even when they were threatening vaguely to win it, the home bench took a deep breath, cleared its throat, and coughed up £260m of randomly assembled attacking talent.

Admittedly Chelsea were 3-0 down in the tie by the time Raheem Sterling, João Félix and Mykhaylo Mudryk came on to the pitch, having spent an hour playing with five defenders and three defensive midfielders, one of them installed as an assiduous and energetic No 10-cum-right-winger.

Real Madrid’s Rodrygo floors Chelsea to seal Champio…

It said plenty about Thomas Tuchel’s easy charm, his ability to read the room and say the right things. In this case, the incoming England manager had read the walls, noticing a famous quotation from Pelé in one of the Wembley hospitality boxes and logging it. That could work, he thought.

The press conference room at the stadium was packed, the sense of anticipation palpable. It tells you something when the TV cameras at the sides are pointed at the audience. They wanted to get a sense of the scale of the occasion. Moments before 1.30pm, John McDermott walked in to take a seat towards the back, the Football Association’s technical director accompanied by Anthony Barry, the incoming assistant manager, and Olaf Meinking, Tuchel’s PR man…

The Sanderson Farms Championship is the second of seven events in the FedEx Cup Fall, the new slate of tournaments that will determine final status for the 2024 PGA Tour season. The event begins Thursday at The Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi, and our golf experts preview the tournament along with their favorite props and best bets to win this week. SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP Location: Jackson, Miss., Oct. 5-8 Course: The Country Club of Jackson (Par 72, 7,461 yards) Purse: $8.2M (Winner: $1.476M) Defending Champion: Mackenzie Hughes FedEx Cup Champion: Viktor Hovland HOW TO FOLLOW TV: Thursday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel) Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. X: @Sanderson_Champ PROP PICKS —Adam Svensson to Finish Top 20 (+160 at BetMGM): We&#…

Some people are fans of the Miami Dolphins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Miami Dolphins. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Your 2016 record: 10-6. You guys made the playoffs! Can you believe that? Man, I had completely forgotten about that. Real shock to scroll through the top of the draft order and NOT see this team there. Let’s see what went down once they reached the postseason… JESUS H. CHRIST! Dat’s gotta hoit! Anyway, that’s placebo QB Matt Moore, who was subbing for nominal starter Ryan Tannehill after Tannehill tore his ACL. As you know already, Tannehill tore that same ligament in a new place during the preseason and is already gone for the rest o…

Some people are fans of the Miami Dolphins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Miami Dolphins. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group.
Your team: Miami Dolphins.
Your 2013 record: 8-8, but nobody remembers that. The only thing people remember is BULLYING. In the team encyclopedia, it should just list the record like so:
2011: 6-10
2012: 7-9
2013: BULLYING
By the way, the Dolphins found a way to lose both the alleged victim and the alleged perpetrator in that scandal, right in the middle of the season. They couldn't even pick a side correctly.
Your coach: Joe Philbin, whose solution to the Martin-Incognito affair was to, I shit you not, tuck the players in at 10:30 p.m. every night. Here's Peter King, who hasn&#…