Month: October 2024

Super Bowl Sunday has arrived, and books are still seeing plenty of action for the Big Game as kick-off quickly approaches. Super Bowl odds are going the San Francisco 49ers way, with them sitting between -1.5- and 2.5-point faves. 

No matter who you’re rooting for, one thing is for sure: the Chiefs vs. 49ers matchup is going to be one hell of a show. Before making any NFL picks, check out the latest odds for Super Bowl 58.

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After taking a gut-wrenching loss to the Dallas Cowboys late last season, the Detroit Lions have likely had this grudge match circled on their calendar since the schedule dropped last spring.

I believe motivation won’t be lacking off a bye week for Jared Goff & Co., but I also don’t expect Dak Prescott and the Cowboys to go down without a fight. Find out how both quarterbacks will play into my NFL picks by reading my Lions vs. Cowboys same game parlay pick.

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With the Super Bowl over, it’s time to begin arguing about this year’s Madden cover. Historically, the franchise selects an exciting, typically young offensive player, with a clean reputation, to front its annual release. (Antonio Brown’s Madden 19 feature came before all that, so don’t count on a Tyreek Hill cover.) Defensive players appear much less often, with Richard Sherman on Madden 15, Troy Polamalu on (half) of Madden 10, Ray Lewis on Madden 05. With only two and a half covers in total, defenders are clearly few and far between, and there is no obvious defensive choice for Madden 22 as there had been in Sherman’s year, or if, say, Darrelle Revis had been selected around 2010 or so. That said, with each passing year, Aaron Donald’s reputation as the arguable best ev…

YOU JUST GOT KANED

Want to order a scotch egg and 48 pints without leaving your table? There’s an app for that! And a carbon footprint too. Every digital usage, no matter how small, causes a carbon dioxide emission. The more you use, the bigger it gets. For example: between now and August, the Harry Kane Transfer Saga™ is going to leave a carbon footprint the size of Oceania.

On Monday night, The Fiver was scouring YouTube for highlights of the last day of the 1983-84 season in Romania’s Divizia C, Seria VIII-a, when The Man called to tell us to get over to Fiver Towers quicksmart to report on reports that Harry Kane has reportedly told Spurs he wants to join another Premier League clu…

THINGS RARELY END WELL FOR ANY OF THE GREATS. ENJOY THE QUARTERS, LEO! ENJOY THE QUARTERS, RON!

It doesn’t matter how big a star you are: the World Cup doesn’t really do fairytale endings. Take Zinedine Zidane, the embodiment of France 98, sticking the nut on Marco Materazzi in 2006 and traipsing off down the tunnel in disgrace, his chances of a second title following in lockstep. Garrincha’s reward for sprinkling stardust at the 1958 and 1962 tournaments was to be kicked all over the shop in 1966, his last international a 3-1 defeat to Hungary, the only game for the Seleção he ever lost. Or how about Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguay’s matchwin…

Manchester United are closing in on signing Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna after terms with the striker and his agent’s commission were agreed. The club are deliberating over whether to trigger the Netherlands international’s €40m (£34m) release clause or negotiate a higher fee that would allow payments by instalments.

Erik ten Hag is also targeting the centre-backs Jarrad Branthwaite and Matthijs de Ligt, and cashflow is an issue for United. So having the funds to operate in the market is a balancing act reliant in part on outgoings that would draw finance from fees and the removal of salaries.

On Monday night United lodged a second bid of £45m plus £5m add-ons for Everton’s Branthwaite. This followed last …

Baseball season is finally just about here. Well, on American soil that is, as this has already been the case in other parts of the world for weeks and months now. Nonetheless, the finish line to this lonngggg wait is in sight. That’s all that matters considering it looked possible at times that a gory 2020 would carry on without a season at all. So, as outrageous as a 60-game slate may be, just accept and embrace the madness. There will never be another year like it (hopefully). This is probably the best attitude to possess as it pertains to betting on the oncoming campaign. Surprise and unlikely heroics are prepared to be themes — not anomalies — for such a short season, making it crucial to adjust on the fly when necessary. After all, increased variance will cast a wider net of…

There are certainly more dangerous videos floating out there in a time when the very fabric of society and humanity might be as vulnerable as it’s ever been. That doesn’t mean the best tennis player in the world using his Instagram account to have a live talk with bullshit-artist/lunatic can’t be dangerous as well. Novak Djokovic has views, and his guru/brainwasher/alien experiment has snake oil to sell. If you can change water with your emotions, wouldn’t that make you Jesus? You’d be Jesus. In case you’re curious, and make sure that you’re not, the Copperfield act gone wrong here is Chervin Jafarieh, who has somehow wormed his way into the Djokovic camp with views that seem straight out of deepest, darkest Scientology. You’ll be shocked to learn that Jafarieh came fro…