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NBA Playoffs Betting Preview: Thunder vs SpursThe No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder (64-18, 30-10 away) face the No. 2 San Antonio Spurs (62-20, 32-8 at home) in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. OKC leads the series 3-2.Spurs ATS Look the Value WagerThe last two games in this series have produced dominant home wins and we expect that pattern to continue here. An aggressive Victor Wembanyama can help force a Game 7 and we’re backing the Spurs at -3.5 against the spread at odds of 1.91. This looks like a strong value play. Thunder Regained Series LeadThe Thunder…

The San Francisco 49ers had a solid 2025 season, returning to the playoffs despite injuries and finishing 12-5. While they failed to retake the NFC West and ultimately lost to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Round, the 49ers enter 2026 with some renewed hope, a revamped roster and some returning starsFormer NFL defensive back Logan Ryan is optimistic the 49ers can have a better 2026 season than they did a year ago. He predicted the 49ers would finish the year with a 13-4 record, which could be good enough to take the division.Ryan sees the losses coming in…

Rico Verhoeven might not get an immediate rematch with Oleksandr Usyk but his courageous defeat last weekend will see him gain a “top, top, top” ranking with the WBC.The WBC, specifically president Mauricio Sulaiman, came under fire when it was announced that Usyk’s bout with Verhoeven, then 1-0 and best-known for his kickboxing career, would be sanctioned as a world heavyweight title fight.It was agreed by the organization, in December, that Usyk – also champion with the IBF and WBA – would be permitted one voluntary defense before being ordered to face off with Agit Kabayel, the WBC interim beltholder,…

Kent Cricket is delighted to announce the signing of Hannah Hardwick on a match-by-match loan from Hampshire.The right-arm medium-fast seamer is available for Kent Women across the Women’s Vitality Blast & Women’s Metro Bank One Day Cup competitions.She has previous playing experience with Worcestershire & Warwickshire, and joins Kent ahead of the Horses’ first standalone Women’s Vitality Blast match against Gloucestershire this Sunday.Kent’s Head of Women’s Cricket, Lucy Arman, said: “We’re pleased to welcome Hannah to Kent ahead of a busy short-term schedule.“Hannah’s arrival provides extra depth to our seam bowling attack, and will provide another wicket-taking threat.” Kent Women’s…

As BBC Sport revealed earlier this month, Iraola is the man Palace want to replace the outgoing Oliver Glasner, who insisted after the triumph in Germany that he has no plans to reverse his decision.They have made the Spaniard a proposal and are awaiting his answer, within that are assurances that he will be permitted significant influence over the recruitment operation.It is understood Palace want an answer by the end of the weekend.The move is ambitious. Iraola has emerged as one of the brightest managers in European football; Bournemouth’s qualification for next season’s Europa League illustrative of his impressive body…

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Josh Allen turned 30 last week.NFL defenses are probably disappointed he’s still in his prime.Allen’s 30th birthday was May 21 eight seasons into his NFL career, he is alongside some of the most accomplished quarterbacks in the history of the sport before age 30.Only three quarterbacks have thrown more touchdown passes before turning 30 than Allen. Only six quarterbacks have won more playoff games at that age. And no quarterback in league history has rushed for more touchdowns.Allen’s age-29 season added another impressive chapter to that résumé.Despite playing part of the season with a broken bone in his foot, Allen…

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Matthew Revis and Moeen Ali celebrate dismissing Derbyshire’s Wayne Madsen. Anthony McGrath expects Matthew Revis to play an increasingly central role for Yorkshire as the summer progresses, including in the ongoing Vitality Blast. Emerging all-rounder Revis, aged 24, is already making waves. Over the winter, he toured Australia and Abu Dhabi with the England Lions. So far this summer, he has received his county cap and claimed five wickets in the superb Rothesay County Championship win over Surrey at Headingley earlier this month. Revis is yet to take centre stage in the Blast.  He wasn’t required…

During the Ashes, Ecclestone made headlines for refusing an interview with former team-mate turned broadcaster Alex Hartley, who was working for Australia’s Channel 7.Hartley, who won the World Cup with England in 2017, had questioned England’s fitness levels after the team’s early exit from the T20 World Cup in 2024. The team’s fitness was subject of debate for some time afterwards, but when Edwards was appointed as coach, she said that the players would be “held accountable” for their fitness standards and that it was a “non-negotiable”. “[Those conversations] are quite annoying, because people outside the group don’t see what…

Just ahead of the 2026 FIFA soccer World Cup, talent agency Gersh is expanding its soccer representation business with a U.K. acquisition and launch of a new soccer unit. The agency’s You First Football division has bought PLG to form Gersh Football, a global soccer representation business that “brings together two established agencies under a unified banner and expands the agency’s reach and infrastructure across the ‘big five’ major [soccer] leagues,” the companies said. Those five leagues are the English Premier League, Italy’s Serie A, Spain’s LaLiga, Germany’s Bundesliga and France’s Ligue 1. Financial terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed, but…