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More than 2.4 million people watched the 2024 WNBA Draft — destroying the previous viewership record for the league. There was roughly a +307% increase from the previous WNBA Draft record, set in 2004. The 2024 WNBA Draft had more viewers than the latest MLB and NHL Draft broadcasts. Interest in women’s basketball continues to be at an all-time high after Caitlin Clark departed Iowa fo...

Drake and Kendrick Lamar have recently been in a back-and-forth beef. A leaked Drake track, possibly AI-generated, was released over the weekend. Rick Ross responded to the track with a diss of his own directed at Drake. Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” has generated quite a stir in the world of hip-hop. In his collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin for the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song...

NFL on FOX’s lead analyst and color commentator, Greg Olsen, is the favorite to win the 2024 Emmy Award for Sports Event Analyst. Olsen’s broadcasting career has prominently risen after a 14-year NFL career. Tom Brady is expected to replace Olsen as the No. 1 color commentator on the NFL on FOX broadcasts. According to the latest 2024 Sports Emmy Award odds at BetOnline, Greg Olsen, 39...

Tom Brady claims he is open to coming out of retirement to play in the NFL. Brady named two organizations that he would consider playing for in 2024-25. Betting odds suggest an NFL comeback for Brady is unlikely. According to Tom Brady, he is not opposed to coming out of retirement for another return to the football field. However, betting sites are not convinced that Brady is going to...

The Los Angeles Lakers’ odds of making the 2024 NBA Playoffs recently took a nosedive. The Lakers are coming off back-to-back losses with two games remaining in the regular season. With the Suns' win over the Clippers, the Lakers last chance to make the playoffs is the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament The Los Angeles Lakers’ odds of making the NBA playoffs received a major blow this week. A...

John Calipari unexpectedly resigned from Kentucky to accept the Arkansas coaching job. Calipari stepped down two weeks after Kentucky's athletic director Mitch Barnhart confirmed he would be returning for the 2024-25 season. Baylor head coach Scott Drew is currently the favorite to replace Calipari as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. Only two weeks after John Calipari reportedly ...

The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has banned player prop bets on college sports. Effective August 1, 2024, sports bettors in Louisiana will no longer be able to wager on player props at regulated sportsbooks. The ban is in response to a recent wave of match-fixing scandals and threats to collegiate athletes from bettors on social media. Louisiana is joining Maryland, Ohio, and Vermon...

Seven-year Dota 2 veteran Taiga has been caught working with match-fixers following multiple leaks, according to YouTuber, Morf-Designer. The 25-year-old Norwegian pro gamer revealed publicly that he had a gambling addiction in October 2023. Chat logs, screen recordings, and voice recordings revealed that Taiga was working with Russian match-fixers to manipulate games for their financial b...

Taylor Swift is heavily favored for the 2024 Spotify Top Global Artist. Spotify’s Top Global Artist measures the most streamed artist of the year on the platform. Swift has an edge over Drake for the most streamed artist of all-time on Spotify. 2023 was known as the year of Taylor Swift, but she isn’t done yet. After shattering multiple records for the Eras Tour and being named the Tim...

        Iowa college basketball star Caitlin Clark was offered a lucrative $5 million contract from Ice Cube to play in his BIG3 league. Rapper Lil Durk doubled the initial offer with a $10 million deal to play for his “3”. The latest betting odds suggest that Clark will not sign a contract to play for the BIG3 in 2024. As college basketball phenom C...

UConn Huskies’ Donovan Clingan is the most likely winner of the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player award. Clingan is skyrocketing on 2024 NBA Draft boards due to his effort in the NCAA Tournament. The UConn Huskies are favored to win the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Connecticut Huskies’ center Donovan Clingan (+180) has the shortest odds to win men’s 2024 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding...

The women’s NCAA Tournament viewership ratings have dominated the NBA on ESPN. The Round of 32 West Virginia vs. Iowa matchup finished atop the ESPN ratings last week. Caitlin Clark’s rise to prominence has helped send interest in women’s college basketball skyrocketing. As women’s college basketball steals the March Madness spotlight, recent metrics reveal that the 2024 Women’s NCAA B...

NCAA President Charlie Baker is encouraging states with legal sports betting to ban prop betting on college sporting events. Baker’s comments are in response to a wave of sports betting scandals involving potential match-fixing and players being harassed over prop bets. Several states already prohibit prop betting on college sports. Following a series of investigations into potential m...

The Georgia Rules Committee failed to take up Senate Bill 386 and Senate Resolution 579 on Thursday morning. If the bill passes, it will permit Georgia residents to vote on legalizing sports betting in November. Georgia has unsuccessfully tried to legalize sports betting since 2022. On Thursday morning, legal sports betting in Georgia received a significant blow after the local Rules C...

NFL owners have approved a new hybrid kickoff rule at the Annual League Meeting. The new NFL kickoff rule is similar to what the XFL implemented for its new league in 2020. The hybrid kickoff was approved by a vote of 29-3; the Packers, Raiders, and 49ers voted against. As the NFL continues to conceive new rules to reduce head injuries, the league has passed a new hybrid kickoff rule. ...

Toronto Raptors’ Jontay Porter is under investigation for irregular betting patterns on his prop bets. The 24-year-old center is currently on a two-way contract with the G League’s Toronto 905 and Raptors. The investigation will focus on Raptors games played from Jan. 26 to March 20. Only days after the Shohei Ohtani gambling saga came to light in the media, another wild betting story ...