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The Cleveland Cavaliers (0-2) meet the Golden State Warriors (2-0) at Quicken Loans Arena in game three of the NBA Finals. The game starts at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, and will air on ABC. The game’s Over/Under (O/U) opened at 217.5 points with Golden State set as a 5-point favorite. Golden […] More
NBA 2K is one of the most celebrated sports video games of all time, up there with the Madden franchise, NBA Jam, Ken Griffey Jr.’s Slugfest, and NFL Blitz. 2K will celebrate its 20th anniversary with its 2019 offering, and it has pegged the most appropriate cover star: LeBron James. James will grace the cover […] More
It would be an understatement to say the Boston Celtics surpassed expectations in the postseason. Despite the team lacking its two best players, the Celtics built a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Though Cleveland scrapped back to advance to the NBA Finals, the Celtics left their fans with a lot of hope. Despite […] More
The New York Knicks are in a transitory period. While their star, Kristaps Porzingis, recovers from a devastating ACL tear, the team has ushered in a new coach, David Fizdale. In his second year leading the Knicks, team president Steve Mills — who replaced Phil Jackson — is looking to rebuild the historic franchise. As […] More
The Golden State Warriors have built a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals without one key member of their “Hamptons 5.” Veteran wing Andre Iguodala has missed the first two games with a knee injury. Iguodala may, however, play in Game 3. The forward completed a full workout involving sprinting on Saturday. He is pain-free […] More
Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown got into an altercation with police over a parking dispute outside of a Walgreens at 2 a.m. Jan. 26. Brown was accosted and undeservedly tased, as TMZ recently shared with video of the incident. Now, news station WISN 12 has shared more footage of the troubling run-in. The new police […] More
The Cleveland Cavaliers are in a precarious position, down 0-2 in the NBA Finals against arguably the most talented team in NBA history. The Golden State Warriors took a commanding lead with a dominant 122-103 win Sunday. But the Cavs could get some help in the Finals from Air Bud. Wait, Air Bud? That’s right […] More
By Chris Sheridan Senior Sports Gambling Writer “I was channelling J.R. Smith.” We have all said it, heard it, tweeted it, memed it, Gif’d it and you name’d it dozens or hundreds of times since Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals concluded Thursday night with epic failures by George Hill (hey, you nervous?), Tyronn […] More
The Golden State Warriors (1-0) square off with the Cleveland Cavaliers (0-1) at ORACLE Arena in game two of the NBA Finals. The game can be seen on ABC at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Golden State opened as an 11.5-point favorite, while the game’s Over/Under (O/U) has been set at 215.5 […] More
The Golden State Warriors are prohibitive favorites to dispatch the Cleveland Cavaliers and win their third NBA championship in four years. But LeBron James insists on having a say on that. But for a questionable last-minute foul call reversal, George Hill’s missed free throw and JR Smith’s last-second mental lapse, James would have led the […] More
On Friday, June 1, 2018, the Phoenix Mercury, 2-3, take on the Minnesota Lynx, also 2-3. These two teams are struggling to get themselves going, with the Mercury in seventh and the Lynx in the eighth spot. This is a contest where both teams are in a need of a boost to get themselves going. More
I have a long and not-so-lucrative history of gambling on NBA basketball. This history began in 1992 when I covered my first game, the Milwaukee Bucks against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, and has continued in the 26 years since. The wager is always the same: $1. And there is a very […] More
