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Week 14 NCAAF best bets, odds & picks including Oklahoma St & Texas

Week 13 was another terrific week of college football, with compelling games and exciting finishes throughout. Unfortunately, we had a disappointing 1-3 showing in the column last week — bringing us to 22-19 (53.6%) since Week 2. I’ve said all season that regression was to be expected after we cashed at an unsustainable 63% rate a year ago, but we pulled off a clean sweep in this situation a year ago, so let’s replicate that effort this weekend! Conference Championship Week is here and we have a compelling slate ahead of us, including massive games in the ACC, Pac-12, SEC, AAC and Big 12. With the weekend rapidly approaching, here is a look at my best bets for Week 14 of the college football season. And remember, you can check out all of our CFB predictions for the action. Washington Huskies +10 vs Oregon Ducks (-115) Odds available at FanDuel Sportsbook at time of publishing. Playable to Washington +9.5 (-110). We are getting a rematch of what was my Game of the...

76ers vs Pelicans Picks, Predictions & Odds Tonight - NBA

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The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off an utter thrashing of the Los Angeles Lakers, a 138-94 blowout, the worst losing margin of LeBron James’ career. They’re hoping to keep the momentum going as slim NBA odds favorites against a New Orleans Pelicans team that is off to a solid start but has stumbled over their last two games. The Pelicans suffered back-to-back losses to the Utah Jazz, who only have six wins total on the season. If they want to have a shot at homecourt in the Western Conference, they have to show more consistency. Our NBA picks and predictions for 76ers vs. Pelicans believe that Philadelphia’s new-look offense is going to cause problems for New Orleans. 76ers vs Pelicans odds 76ers vs Pelicans predictions Talent decides. That’s the ultimate lesson of the last four decades of NBA basketball. The teams with the most talent tend to win and to a high degree of predictability.  But the NBA is also entering an unparalleled era of par...

Marquez fourth on Ducati debut as Vinales tops Valencia MotoGP test

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The major story of the first official test ahead of the 2024 season was Marc Marquez's debut on the Gresini Ducati. It marked the first time in his MotoGP career that he took to the track on a bike that wasn't a Honda and generated a considerable amount of buzz on Tuesday morning as he prepared for his first run. Taking to the circuit on his sponsor-less Ducati at 11:14am local time, about an hour and 15 minutes into the session, Marquez ended his first run third fastest. With just over an hour and a half to go in the day, Marquez shot to the top of the order with a 1m29.460s before improving to a 1m29.424s. His time at the top of the standings wouldn't last and he would finish up his day well before the 5pm chequered flag. Ending the day fourth , Marquez was just 0.171s off the best pace set by Vinales, who put the 2024 RS-GP through its paces and led the day with a 1m29.253s. Only six riders posted lap times inside the opening hour of...

Di Giannantonio takes Marini’s vacated VR46 Ducati spot for 2024 MotoGP season

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The Gresini rider had looked unlikely to race in MotoGP next season until a late reshuffle opened up a space at Valentino Rossi’s team. He lost his seat at Gresini to Marc Marquez, who joins the Ducati satellite team after 11 years with the Honda factory squad. Though he was briefly linked to the Honda seat left by Marquez, Luca Marini was confirmed as the latter's replacement on Monday morning. This paved the way for VR46 to confirm Di Giannantonio will ride for them in 2024. The 25-year-old had a late- season surge in form, taking his maiden win at the penultimate round in Qatar. After that race, Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti told motogp.com it was “unacceptable” that Di Giannantonio could be left without a ride for next season. Di Giannantonio also took second place in the season finale in Valencia before he was handed a three-second tyre pressure penalty which demoted him to fourth. He finishes his second season in the premier c...

Horse Racing picks for Churchill Downs race track on Saturday, November 25

There is plenty of great Horse Racing across America on Saturday, including at Churchill Downs race track . We have been in fine form with our picks for a long time now and we are up +142.15 units with our race selections to our recommended stakes dating back to August 5, 2021. Let’s keep it rolling! Here are our best bets for today’s action at Churchill Downs race track . 4:48 pm ET Churchill Downs (Race 9) – Booth 7/5 (2-star play) Race 9 at Churchill Downs is an extended six furlong stakes contest for two-year-olds and I like the Steve Asmussen trained Booth who was a winner on debut at Keeneland last month. This son of Mitole made all of the running to win by an impressive five and a quarter length margin, under a hand ride, and he looks to be a very exciting colt. 5:18 pm ET Churchill Downs (Race 10) – Intricate 6/1 (1-star play) The Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes features a field of eight promising two-year-old fillies with the likes of Thorpedo Anna an...

Erik ten Hag reveals two Man Utd injury boosts but one concern for Everton game

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Andre Onana and Luke Shaw are fit and available for Manchester United's trip to Everton on Sunday but doubts remain over Rasmus Hojlund. 27-year-old Onana picked up an injury while away on international duty with Cameroon, raising concerns that he may not be ready for United's visit to Goodison Park. But the summer signing from Inter was able to train as normal on Friday in a significant boost for Erik ten Hag, who will also welcome Shaw back into the fold after three months on the treatment table. Shaw's return is a huge boost for a United squad depleted by injuries to Jonny Evans, Lisandro Martinez, Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen and Casemiro, while uncertainty remains over the fitness of Hojlund, who picked up a hamstring problem in the 1-0 win over Luton Town prior to the international break. "Andre is okay," Ten Hag told the media at his pre-match press conference. "He stepped in training today, he's good. Rasmus: still is a close finish. He...

Commanders - Cowboys live online: stats, scores and highlights | NFL Week 12

There's new messages Commanders @ Cowboys LIVE Michael Irvin says Dallas win is not a given Jennifer Bubel Posted at: 15:26 EST 23/11/2023 A stat that doesn't look goof for Washington... The Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell is the NFL 's leader in sacks taken (51) . The Dallas Cowboys are tied for sixth with the most sacks (33) . Linebacker Micah Parsons is tied for seventh in sacks with 10 total this season.  As much as Howell's been sacked, he also leads the league in a much more positive category - passing yards (3,038). But he must be careful not to throw any passes near Dallas' cornerback DaRon Bland. Last week, Bland came away with his fourth pick-6 of the season , tying a record for single-season interceptions returned for a touchdown.  Jennifer Bubel Posted at: 15:24 EST 23/11/2023 Dallas hosts 56th Thanksgiving Day game Today's Game will make the Cowboys' 56th annual Thanksgiving Day Football Game . They are 32...

Canucks vs Avalanche Picks, Predictions & Odds Tonight - NHL

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Those who looked ahead on the schedule when this season started would be shocked to see the Vancouver Canucks enter this game in better standing than the Colorado Avalanche, but here we are! Vancouver's No. 1 offense paired with the rise of Thatcher Demko has this team clicking. However, despite the records, Colorado is a -175 home favorite in the NHL odds.... but should it be? Find out the answer and more in my free NHL picks for the Canucks vs. Avalanche below! Canucks vs Avalanche odds Canucks vs Avalanche predictions This should be one of the more entertaining matchups in the NHL this year, with tonight's affair the first of three head-to-heads between the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche. The Canucks are the league’s top-scoring team — putting up 4.11 goals per game — and their 78 total goals are 11 better than the next closest team. Colorado isn’t that far back: it's tallied 64 goals on the year (3.76 gpg) However, recent matchups ha...

Football transfer rumours: Bayern consider Varane; Barcelona learn Diaz sale stance

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90min rounds up the latest  transfer news , rumours and gossip circulating around the world... Bayern Munich have held internal discussions about a move for Raphael Varane , who has fallen out of favour at Manchester United in recent weeks. Though the defender is on the market for January, Bayern are unlikely to be able to afford United's asking price. ( Sky Sport Germany ) Arsenal 's Takehiro Tomiyasu is also of interest to Bayern Munich , but again it is unlikely that they will agree terms over a transfer before the summer and will keep monitoring him instead. ( Sky Sport Germany ) However, Arsenal plan to open contract talks with Tomiyasu in the near future following his fine start to the season. ( TeamTALK ) Chelsea are still weighing up whether to make a big-money move for Brentford striker Ivan Toney in January, with Nicolas Jackson in line to spend the month at AFCON with Senegal. ( football.london ) Manchester United have sent scouts to watch Joao Neves on se...