Month: October 2024

When the Detroit Lions received Jared Goff in the Matthew Stafford trade three years ago, he seemed like a stop-gap solution at quarterback. Instead, the Lions have built around Goff, and he has led them to just their second NFC Championship game in franchise history.

Although Detroit is a 7.5-point road underdog against the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers in Championship Sunday odds, Goff and the Lions have been counted out before. 

I break down the NFL odds for Detroit’s franchise QB and give my best NFL picks for the Jared Goff odds market.

For more coverage regarding the latest Super Bowl odds, be sure to check out our Lions vs. 49ers betting preview.

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It’s an NFC South showdown on Thursday Night Football as the Atlanta Falcons host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

With plenty of elite talent on both sides, my Buccaneers vs. Falcons predictions ensure Cade Otton is not forgotten when sifting through the player prop markets. 

Find out why in my NFL picks for Thursday, October 3. 

Buccaneers vs Falcons TNF prediction

Who will win Thursday Night Football?

It’s a strange line for Thursday Night Football, which often produces strange results. When it comes to short weeks, I often lean toward the team doing the little things right. That’s Tampa Bay. The Bucs are Top 10 (or Top 11) in first downs, third down percentage, and TD percentage in the red zone, and…

The influx of cash into men's professional golf has resulted in a record number of players reaching the $1 million earnings mark in 2023. All 49 members of LIV Golf to start in at least six events this past season earned more than $1 million. The Saudi-funded league completed its second season with Talor Gooch as its individual champion. Gooch wrapped up the year $35.3 million richer thanks in part to an $18 million bonus for first place in the standings. The PGA Tour, which is now in negotiations with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, sought to keep up with the increase in prize purses LIV Golf was able to offer by introducing much higher purses for designated events, or "signature events" as they'll be called going forward. That helped 139 PGA Tour pla…

Leicester look intent on qualifying for the Champions League. Three goals in seven minutes and a comeback win against Liverpool last weekend should boost their confidence about atoning for a last-minute defeat against Aston Villa at the King Power in October. Matty Cash is also missing this time for Villa, which could give Harvey Barnes room to work his magic on the left. Dean Smith will hope Leicester show some tiredness from Europa League duties as he looks to earn an impressive double over Brendan Rodgers on Villa’s own push for European football. Graham Searles

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Pep Guardiola accepts that Erling Haaland cannot continue at a strike rate of almost two goals per game after the Manchester City No 9’s first five league matches.

The 22-year-old scored a second consecutive hat-trick in Wednesday’s 6-0 defeat of Nottingham Forest to make his total nine goals as City took their points tally to 15 from the opening six matches. The manager was asked whether Haaland’s prolific start was causing unrealistic expectations.

Guardiola said: “People can expect it, it’s nice, it’s good. I’d prefer that – I want him to expect it too. I like that he wants to score three goals every game but this is not going to happen. I know it’s not going to happen, everyone in the world of …

Next week a major milestone arrives. Come Wednesday, the Matildas will have exactly 100 days before they kick off their Olympic campaign against Germany in Marseille on the day the 2024 Games are declared open. With the clock ticking, coach Tony Gustavsson’s team, led by a standout performance from Caitlin Foord, overcame a stiff test against Mexico to register a satisfactory 2-0 victory in San Antonio and keep preparations on track.

Foord was heavily involved in the opening goal, beautifully finished by Hayley Raso, before adding a second herself in a game of two halves in Texas that saw the Matildas largely stifled as an attacking force before enjoying a far more incisive performance after the break.

“This is …