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The VSiN college football expert dives into some betting angles for four games on Saturday’s slate. LSU at Mississippi (-9.5, 75.5) With Ed Orgeron officially out at the end of the year, it’s hard to know just exactly how LSU will respond. LSU suddenly found a running game against Florida — one that has been … Read more
If you play fantasy football, you probably know what’s in store for us in Week 7: the “bye-pocalypse,” as some are calling it. Six teams are on bye this week: the Bills, Cowboys, Steelers, Jaguars, Chargers and Vikings. That’s already a big number, and then you realize the fantasy stars that are on those teams. … Read more
Sign up here to get Beyond the Back Page delivered to your inbox each weekday morning. Loosen up your remote-control fingers, because Thursday will be one of those rare viewing days for channel-surfing sports fans and bettors looking for some diverse action. Yes, the first so-called “sports equinox” of 2021 is upon us, with Major … Read more
As sports were shutting down amid the pandemic, LIU was daring to start a Division I hockey program. How the nation’s youngest coach and a last-minute roster of dreamers scored this unlikely power play. Where to begin? Brett Riley was to build a Division I hockey program from scratch. He had a handful of months … Read more
Kemba Walker’s evening began with a thunderous ovation, and it ended with him on the bench. This wasn’t quite the debut the Bronx native imagined. It did, however, include a victory, which is all he really wanted out of his first regular-season game at his new home. “We just stuck together, which is the most … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Eddie Rosario needed only a double to complete the cycle after his fifth-inning single on Wednesday. “And then he hit a homer, so that’s better,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. That second homer, a three-run blast, came in the ninth inning to complete a 4-for-5 night in the Braves’ 9-2 demolition of … Read more
The Knicks said it over and over again throughout training camp: Obi Toppin was a different player. He was going to contribute. This wasn’t preseason hype meant to inflate a young player. At least, not on the first night of the regular season. The second-year forward looked every bit like the player who flashed promise … Read more
The Knicks became further undermanned at center Wednesday, when Taj Gibson missed the season opener against the Celtics due to what head coach Tom Thibodeau called “good personal reasons.” The reasons? Gibson became a father Tuesday. “Whenever he’s ready, he’s ready,’’ Thibodeau said. “Taj, I have complete trust in. We’re excited for him.’’ Center Nerlens … Read more
Julius Randle grabbed the ball, took a couple of high, exaggerated dribbles, and then fired an underhanded heave the length of the floor and into the crowd. It was his way of exhaling, his way of saying the Knicks had finally won the damn thing. An emotionally spent Garden crowd was saying it right along … Read more
The folks who had come to cram Madison Square Garden on this high holy basketball night weren’t sure what to do as the final seconds finally, mercifully, blissfully melted off the clock. They had been through a ringer, then a grinder, then a gauntlet. They had gotten their money’s worth for three hours. And now … Read more