Ah, who doesn’t love a good heads-up poker challenge? They provide publicity and possible financial rewards to the participants, entertainment for railbirds, and promotion of the poker industry as a whole. High-stakes player, content creator, and cardroom owner Doug “WCGRider” Polk has announced a new heads-up challenge on X, and he’s taking aim at some […]
Feb 27, 2026, 12:50 PM ET Hailed as the MLS‘ teen soccer sensation, 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan delivered an American scoring record with his first professional goals for the Philadelphia Union. Sullivan broke through with the game of his young — very, very young – career when he scored twice and had two assists to lead […]
Jeff Carlisle Close Jeff Carlisle U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. and Jeff Kassouf Close Jeff Kassouf ESPN Jeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won […]
The Denver Nuggets fly to Oklahoma City to take on the Thunder this Friday, February 27 ESPN is carrying this game, so we’ll all be able to watch it, which means we’ll need some action See below for my two-leg, +199 NBA parlay for the Nuggets/Thunder tonight We’re looking at a very soft Friday night […]
Tom HamiltonFeb 27, 2026, 12:00 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Multiple Authors BRIGHTON, England — James Milner walked into the darkened room in his training kit, clutching two bottles of […]
Friday’s NBA slate features 5 games Our internal A.I. model has generated the best player prop pick for all 5 games Today’s top NBA player prop picks include Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson and SGA’s points The stars are out tonight in the NBA, highlighted by two All-Star laden showdowns: Cleveland vs. Detroit and Denver vs. […]
The American Gaming Association presented its 2025 U.S. commercial gaming revenue totals The U.S. commercial gaming industry reached a record high of $78.72 billion in gross gaming revenue U.S. sports betting saw a nearly 23% increase in revenues this past year U.S. commercial gaming saw record-setting revenues in 2025 despite the rising threat of prediction […]
theScore Bet announced it is now open for pre-registration in Alberta ahead of its sports betting launch Users can now register theScore Bet accounts in the Canadian province Several operators have already announced pre-registration in Alberta As Alberta gears up for its expanded Canada online sports betting launch, theScore Bet today announced that users can […]
For the second consecutive month, US online casino revenue topped $1 billion in January. After breaking past the milestone mark in December with a record total of just under $1.04 billion, US online casinos narrowly cleared the mark. It finished just a handful of dollars over $1 billion. While the market is dominated by the […]
Feb 27, 2026, 11:00 AM ET Lionel Messi was knocked to the ground by a fan and a security guard at the end of Inter Miami‘s friendly match in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Inter Miami was playing Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle in Bayamón when a fan ran to the center circle and grabbed Messi by […]