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Today (Tuesday, June 5th), Delaware will become the second state besides Nevada to have single-game sports betting. However, the two Division-1 programs in the state — University of Delaware; Delaware State — will be excluded from the sports betting action.
Pablo S. Torre and Bomani Jones finally debuted their new ESPN show today at 12 P.M ET. The show, known as High Noon, received mixed reviews after the launch. One of the more notable criticisms came from popular sports personality Clay Travis.
On Monday, Matt D’Avella, the director of Netflix’s Minimalism: A Documentary About Important Things, shared the basic tools required for everyday minimalist life. He goes over his EDCs (Everday Carries), as well as his everyday wardrobe.
Lonzo Ball’s newest commercial for The Equalizer 2 could change some of hatred that’s often aimed his way. The new spot for the Denzel Washington-Antoine Fuqua film is hilarious because of Ball’s lighthearted zingers toward the Big Baller Brand and the atmosphere that LaVar Ball has created.
The Rewatchables podcast (by The Ringer) picks a new movie to cover each episode and could be the best podcast out there for its category. Here, we’ll outline the five best movies they’ve covered and five we’d like to see.
Residents of Washington, D.C. used to root for the Baltimore Orioles when they didn’t have a baseball team. These days, they have the Nats to root for, and it’s Baltimore stretching their fandom into Washington, D.C. with the Capitals.
Last year, Notre Dame and Wisconsin officially announced a two-game series of college football games at Lambeau Field (2020) and Soldier Field (2021). Now, the Badgers’ football team is set to play at another amazing venue in the 2020 season: Wrigley Field (against Northwestern).
After Drake dropped his “Duppy Freestyle” in response to Pusha T’s initial diss, I thought he would be coming home with a W in the Pusha T-Drake battle. Yet, after listening to Pusha’s response, “The Story of Adidon”, it’s clear that Drizzy has to do a whole lot of digging in order to score the win.
Kevin Durant is teaming up with Fox Sports for a documentary. The film is going to be about the basketball team at San Quentin State Prison in California and is set to debut early in 2019.
On Tuesday, the news officially came down from the MLS that they would be awarding the 26th MLS franchise to the city of Cincinnati. The new team will be known as FC Cincinnati and will be the third expansion team still in the works, joining Nashville and Miami.
Across the four major professional sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB), there are 48 different cities with a team. Besides the 19 places that have just one franchise, the most common theme is the city with two professional sports teams. Here, Slackie Brown will rank the 11 two-sport cities based on current attendance, titles, and ESPN The Magazine‘s Ultimate Team Rankings.
The Golden State Warriors are HUGE favorites over the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the 2018 NBA Finals — a much different story than in their three previous meetings. As it stands, the Cavs-Warriors series price for Round 4 is akin to a three-touchdown favorite in football.
