Lorcan Palaca 
Atletico Madrid is -285 at Bovada for the LaLiga opener, a payout of 35 cents per dollar staked. Malaga CF is +775 and the draw is +405, and the three prices together carry a 5.3% margin. Atletico at -1.5 goals pays even money, nearly triple … Read more
Scottie Scheffler is +300 to win, a payout that implies about 25% against 49 rivals. Rory McIlroy is next at +1375, with Sam Burns +1475 and Tommy Fleetwood +1800. Scheffler won by eight in Memphis on the best putting week of his career, nearly nine … Read more
HISA alleges Marshall Gramm took confidential horse health data from its portal from early May to mid-June. The Authority is seeking restitution of proceeds from his wagering, handicapping contests and horse claims in that window. Sanctions under HISA’s Rule 8200 range from censure to a … Read more
Shohei Ohtani and Pete Crow-Armstrong have homered on the same date seven times this season, including Monday and Tuesday. Ohtani carries Wednesday’s second-shortest home run price at +215, with Crow-Armstrong at +300. The two play in separate games, so the pairing multiplies out to roughly … Read more
Swiatek is 1.03 in decimal odds, about -3300, a return of 3 cents per dollar staked. Parry is about +1400, and the two prices together carry a 3.8% bookmaker margin. Swiatek has won eight straight matches, beating Maria Sakkari 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 from a set … Read more
An international team is 5/7 (-140) to win the title, with the American side at 1/1 (+100). Texas leads the American bracket at 5/2, ahead of California at 3/1 and New Jersey at 4/1. South Korea heads the international bracket at 2/1, followed by Nicaragua … Read more
Novig filed Aug. 14 in the Western District of Wisconsin, its fifth suit against a state in 10 days. The complaint asks that Wisconsin’s commercial gambling statute, a Class I felony, be declared preempted as applied. A federal judge in Wisconsin denied the CFTC that … Read more
Shelton fell 6-4, 6-4 to No. 79 Jaime Faria in Cincinnati’s second round on Sunday night. Eight of the 11 US Open champions since 2014 who played Cincinnati reached at least the quarterfinals. Only Dominic Thiem in 2020 matched a second-round Cincinnati exit, the year … Read more
Klassen has walked 15 in 14 2/3 major league innings, a 9.20 rate nearly triple the league average. Ten of those walks came in two April starts, and his latest outing went six innings with one walk. Alvarez has drawn 86 walks, fourth in MLB, … Read more
Max Fried is on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow bone bruise and cannot return before Aug. 29. Fried leaves at 4-4 with a 2.81 ERA over 15 starts, his second elbow injury of the season. Carlos Rodon starts Tuesday against Baltimore, his … Read more
Keenan Allen agreed Monday to a one-year contract worth up to $8.32 million. Allen led the NFL last season with 34 catches and 29 first downs on third down. Indianapolis traded wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. in March and has Alec Pierce on the physically … Read more
Shane McClanahan starts Monday’s finale against Baltimore, his first major league outing since a July 30 back injury. He carries a 3.09 ERA over 99 innings with a 3.35 FIP, so the run prevention is earned. His edge is home run suppression at 0.64 per … Read more