As the sports world does everything it can to get back to normal, it was an interesting doubles golf match on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend that grabbed our attention. In a close battle, it was the team of Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning defeating Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady by one up at Medalist Golf…
Author: Al Walsh
NHLPA Board Voting On 24-Team Tournament Playoff Format
It’s a very exciting time in hockey right now, as the National Hockey League Players Association started voting on Thursday for a proposed 24-team, conference-based playoff tournament format to restart the 2019-20 season during the summer. As the current proposal goes now, the playoffs would…
Cavs’ Nance Jr. Puts Return From COVID-19 Into Perspective
The NBA and its fans, players, and owners are all eager to get back to work as soon as possible. However, a recent anecdote from Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. could have everyone a bit more pessimistic about a return anytime soon. Nance, a five-year veteran in the league, has Chron’s…
Sports Betting Growth In America Reaches Huge Heights
Here we are now, two years after the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision to make sports betting legalized at the jurisdiction of each individual state. Before all of the greatness came, there was plenty of skepticism of just how far this newly found obsession would go. Since 2018,…
MLB Owners Approve 2020 Season Proposal
In the latest swing of emotions in discussions to move forward with a 2020 Major League Baseball season, it appears like this could be the most positive news we have seen in quite some time. Now, the MLB owners approved a plan they deem fit to the present to the players of the league. On Tuesday, MLB…
Penn State’s Franklin Says Conferences Don’t Need Full Participation
Our world is in a very weird place right now, with some believing lockdown is necessary and others feeling like the country needs to be reopened. In the midst of this craziness, is the decision on when certain sports will open back up – or if they will open back up. College football is one of those sports…
More States Could Legalize Online Gaming, Sports Betting Because of Pandemic
Too many brick-and-mortar casinos and sportsbooks are finding out difficult it is to have a business that may have already been dying. With the advent of online gaming and mobile sportsbook websites, people are opting for the easier route if it is available. Now, because of the social distancing…
NBA Team Executives And Agents Want Season Canceled
When the COVID-19 outbreak finally became engraved on the minds of Americans, the NBA was the first league to postpone the remainder of its season. If you remember, it was a Wednesday night (March 11) when the Dallas Mavericks were hosting the Denver Nuggets in a nationally-televised game on…
Numerous EPL Players Won’t Restart With COVID-19 Still Looming
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, nearly every business is finding itself in some type of hardship. You can now add the English Premier League to that list, though not because the league isn’t ready to get back to playing games. Rather, most of the players don’t feel safe in this current climate of the…
NHL Considering Plan To Restart In July
North America is still reeling from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, more than a month after all professional sporting events were put on hold, and all collegiate sporting events were canceled altogether. The latter of which is still being discussed for the upcoming fall sports. Good…