The Dodgers are -190 to win the NLCS, the Brewers are +135, and Game 1 is Sunday in Milwaukee. Los Angeles beat Atlanta 3-1 in the NLDS despite one hit in 20 plate appearances with runners in scoring position. ESPN’s simulation gives the Dodgers 51 percent to advance, well short of the 65.5 percent a … Read more
The Padres are +700 to win the series after two one-run losses in Milwaukee, compared with +150 before Game 1. Teams that trail 0-2 in a best-of-five series have gone on to win it 10 of 93 times, MLB.com reported. The Dodgers are -150 against the Braves after a 1-1 split at Dodger Stadium, an … Read more
Chicago’s 850 runs topped the majors, yet the Cubs scored once on eight hits across two games at Petco Park. Gavin Sheets, pinch-hitting in the fourth inning, homered on a 100.8 mph pitch with a man on to make it 4-1. Milwaukee won a majors-best 103 games and starts Jacob Misiorowski in Game 1 on … Read more
Michael King held the Cubs to one hit and struck out eight across seven innings before the bullpen closed out the 8-0 shutout. Fernando Tatis Jr. homered on the game’s opening pitch, and Chicago, which led the majors with 850 runs, finished with three hits. Nick Pivetta, back since Sept. 7 from a right elbow … Read more
The San Francisco 49ers shortened from +475 to +400 to win the NFC, matching the Los Angeles Rams, who drifted from +350 a day earlier. San Francisco is 3-0 and leads the NFL with 0.26 offensive EPA per play, while the 1-2 Rams rank 22nd at -0.04. The Seattle Seahawks are third at +475 after … Read more
Mike Bean, a former Morongo Casino Resort & Spa chief executive, becomes Hard Rock Casino Tejon’s president Oct. 5, succeeding Chris Kelley. The casino runs 2,100 slot machines, and the tribe’s state compact allows up to 3,000. The compact waives revenue-sharing payments for seven years of gaming, then sets rates of 6% and 7% of … Read more
Picayune’s amended complaint seeks to vacate the NIGC’s approval of North Fork’s management contract with Red Rock Resorts. California’s Supreme Court denied North Fork’s petition for review in April, finalizing a ruling that the required governor’s approval was void. Red Rock has advanced $117.1 million toward the casino and stands to collect a 30% management … Read more
Nithya Raman is now -150 to win the Los Angeles mayoral runoff, with Karen Bass drifting to +115. A new UC Berkeley and Los Angeles Times poll gives Raman 39% to 28% for Bass among likely voters. A 56% majority gave Bass a poor or very poor grade for how she handled the 2025 Palisades … Read more
The Los Angeles Chargers’ AFC West odds have lengthened from +325 to +850 after an 0-2 start. The Kansas City Chiefs tightened to -130 and the Las Vegas Raiders shortened to +650, both sitting 2-0. The San Francisco 49ers moved to +900 to win the Super Bowl and +450 for the NFC after a 2-0 … Read more
CNIGA Chairman James Siva rejected a CFTC offer of tribal market access as a divide-and-conquer tactic that changes nothing. The rejection followed a Ninth Circuit ruling one day earlier that found sports-event contracts meet the definition of Class III gaming. Tribal leaders including Siva met CFTC officials Sept. 14 and afterward called on the agency … Read more