The Oklahoma City Thunder are 2-0, but things have hardly been easy for the defending NBA champions. Both contests they’ve played went to double overtime, the latest coming Thursday night in an NBA Finals rematch against the Indiana Pacers. OKC can largely thank Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for its 141-135 victory. The reigning league MVP scored a […]

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert targeted five different receivers in a 277-yard, three-touchdown outing in Week 8. None of his targets were wide receiver Quentin Johnston. Despite suiting up and playing in the Oct. 23 game against the Minnesota Vikings, Johnston did not record a single statistic in the 37-10 Chargers win. It was […]

The NBA said it investigated “unusual betting activity’’ related to Terry Rozier in 2023 and did not find a violation of league rules. But now Rozier has been charged in the Eastern District of New York as part of a federal probe into illegal sports betting. The outcome of the two investigations drew interest after […]

If there was ever a day for Amazon Prime announcer Al Michaels to avoid mentioning sports betting lines for a ‘Thursday Night Football’ game, it would have been Oct. 23. Hours after the NBA was rocked by a massive sports betting scandal, Michaels was on air discussing the gambling implications of a field goal attempt […]

TORONTO — The Los Angeles Dodgers will be without left-handed reliever Alex Vesia for at least the first two games of the World Series after the club announced that he and his wife were dealing with a “deeply personal family matter.’ Vesia and his wife, Kayla, have been expecting their first child. “The entire Dodgers […]

The NBA asked for this embarrassment. It was only too happy to jump in bed with legalized gambling, thinking it could take the gaming industry’s money but inoculate itself from its seedy underbelly with a few terse warnings to its players and somber PSAs for fans. It doesn’t work that way, though. There is always […]

INGLEWOOD, CA — In prime time, and in front of a national audience, the Los Angeles Chargers got back in the winner’s column. Justin Herbert and the Chargers routed the Minnesota Vikings 37-10 to improve to 5-3. The Chargers took control of the game early. Herbert led the Chargers on three touchdown drives in the first half […]

It’s easy to be cynical in an era of scandal and fake news, but let’s not allow our faith in sports to be fractured just yet. From Shohei Ohtani to Victor Wembanyama to Damar Hamlin, sport still delivers the authentically unexpected, which is something to celebrate. “This game is rigged.” “Can’t believe the script had […]

TORONTO – Two years after he was never on a flight bound from Southern California to Toronto, Shohei Ohtani continues to impact North American aeronautics. Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers arrived in Canada this week for Game 1 of the World Series, to be contested Oct. 24 as they aim to become the first […]