For the fourth time in their combat sports careers, and the second time in the UFC, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya will face off against each other. Pereira is now 3-0 against the former champion, with two victories coming in the Glory of Heroes kickboxing promotion. In their last bout, “Poatan” once again was victorious, defeating “Stylebender” via stoppage in the fifth round to claim the UFC middleweight title. Despite his dominance over Adesanya, the oddsmakers at SI Sportsbook have Pereira (+115) as the underdog as he attempts to defend his title for the first time.
Author: Michael
What a difference a year makes. After shooting a second-round 67 to grab a sizable lead in this year’s Masters, Brooks Koepka made an admission about last year’s trip to Augusta National that involved his hand and a car window.
While Koepka has been excellent over the course of his first 36 holes this time around, last year was a completely different story for the four-time major winner.
With one week of MLB games in the books, baseball looks a lot differently this year than it has in the past. It might not be immediately obvious to the naked eye, but numbers show that a lot has changed.
It’s too early at this point to make too many sweeping judgments about how the suite of new rules introduced this season has impacted the game, but it’s still worth taking a look at a few stats that are indications of interesting trends.
Offense is up
Early returns suggest offense is on the rise—perhaps significantly so.
All-Star guard Kyrie Irving and four key Dallas Mavericks role players will sit out Friday night’s home game against the Chicago Bulls, a game the Mavericks must win to avoid being eliminated from the play-in scenario.
Former North Carolina guard Caleb Love, who entered the transfer portal last month, is headed to Michigan to play for the Wolverines, he announced Friday.
All is not well among two of our nation’s elected officials following the Final Four.
Connecticut governor Ned Lamont was in Houston, the site of the men’s Final Four, as UConn completed their national championship run. Lamont had some choice words for the city of Houston after his weekend in Texas, according to a report from ESPN.
“After the winning the semifinals, you walk around downtown Houston, which is butt-ugly…not much there,” Lamont told the Chaz and AJ Show on WPLR-FM earlier this week.
Alright, so maybe there was something to that “homework clause” the Arizona Cardinals tried to give Kyler Murray last summer.
Former Cardinals GM Steve Keim is the guy who drafted Murray first overall in the 2019 NFL Draft. Keim also was behind Murray’s offseason extension that included the controversial clause that left talking heads spitting venom at the idea that the team would expect Murray to study game materials on his own for four hours a week.
Four. Like more than three, but less than 5.
Nobody knew which Brooks Koepka was going to show up to the Masters.
Some assumed a nonchalant Koepka who has had limited reps on LIV Golf would show up and perhaps just go thru the motions at Augusta National. Others thought there was a chance major championship killer Koepka would drive down Magnolia Lane and remind the world how dominant he can be.
After an opening round 65 followed by a second round 67, it’s pretty clear which Koepka has turned up, and it’s bad news for every other player in the field.
Cody Rhodes returned to WWE last year to rewrite the finish to his story.
Instead of being known for leaving WWE in a state of aggravation, Rhodes completely redefined himself. He worked the independent circuit, carved a role in Bullet Club, and then helped form All Elite Wrestling. Now he is pursuing the WWE championship, which will continue to be a major part of his story until it comes to fruition. But there is another reason Rhodes came back to WWE, and a critical component of that will be on display this Sunday.
The first week of MLB flew by! I can’t believe it’s already Friday — but that means it’s time for more plus-money MLB bets!
If you’re just starting to follow along, in this series we are betting mostly for value. You won’t see a lot of heavy favorites.
We won four of our seven bets for the opening weekend at SISB. With plus-money returns for all our wagers, those who tailed our picks and bet their bankroll evenly across all seven bets should have seen a 135% payout — a 35% profit margin.