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Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are the front-runners for baseball's MVP awards, according to the oddsmakers. It's only the All-Star break, but one or two clear favorites have emerged for several of the game's top honors. With play set to resume again Friday, here's a look at what the betting lines have to say, courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. AL MVP The favorite: Aaron Judge, Yankees (-350) Top challenger: Gunnar Henderson, Orioles (+240) Longer shots: Juan Soto, Yankees (+1800), Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (+2000), José Ramirez (+5000) Judge and Hende...
Last season's NCAA Tournament ultimately unfolded in familiar fashion. Upsets early — hi, Oral Roberts! — before the powerhouses eventually took over. By the time the championship game rolled around, undefeated Gonzaga and twice-beaten Baylor — two No. 1 seeds — were playing for the title. The lesson, then, is simple: By all means, have fun picking those first-weekend upsets, but in the end, don't be surprised if the champion is a team that's looked like a contender all season. Who is that this year? Let's take a look at some of the most po...
What does your dream college football road trip look like? Would you travel the whole country or stick to one region? Do you want to see the traditional powers, or explore some of the sport's lesser-known venues? A couple years ago, we mapped out our version of the college football's ultimate season-long trip — with only two rules: 1. We have to see every team in the AP's preseason Top 25 at least once. 2. The travel between games must be reasonable in the time available. If you're at Big Ten game at noon, don't plan on making it to SEC c...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons hired former Oklahoma City Thunder executive Troy Weaver as their new general manager Thursday. The 52-year-old Weaver spent the past 12 seasons with the Thunder, including three-plus years as vice president of basketball operations. He served eight seasons as vice president/assistant general manager. The Pistons had been without an official GM since overhauling their front office two years ago. Stan Van Gundy had been Detroit's coach and team president, with Jeff Bower serving as GM. After the Pistons m...
The NCAA is facing a federal lawsuit accusing the organization of failing to address gender-based violence by male athletes against female students at colleges and universities. Plaintiffs in the suit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Michigan, include women who have been athletes at Michigan State, Nebraska and an unidentified America East school. Other plaintiffs have been students at Michigan State or Nebraska. "Defendants routinely issue harsh punishments against student-athletes who accept payments in exchange for use of their...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The father of a seventh grader in Michigan said Wednesday his son has a scholarship offer from Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines. Brian Marshall said Harbaugh made the offer after watching film of his son Isaiah, who plays quarterback. Offers like this are nonbinding, so it's hard to tell how seriously they should be taken. "He's still a kid, and we keep him pretty grounded," Brian Marshall said. "This motivated him a little bit more." Brian Marshall played collegiately at Northwestern, and he said his first offer came f...
DETROIT (AP) — As Danica Patrick prepares for her farewell at this weekend's Indianapolis 500, another big event on the auto racing calendar looms earlier in the week: The vote for the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Jeff Gordon is the big name among the nominees for Wednesday's vote , but as Patrick's retirement approaches, her own candidacy for an honor like that has become an interesting topic. Ed Carpenter, this year's Indy 500 pole winner and Patrick's team owner for Sunday's race, was asked if she should receive Hall of Fame consideration. "I think...
