Eventually, as the days become months and months become years after yesterday’s Euro 2016 final, where Portugal bested France in extra time, no one will remember that it was the poorly played—though passionate—conclusion to a tournament that itself was stuffed with teams that played like our endearing though unlovable champions: more obsessed with clogging their opponents’ attacks than with doing much on offense on their own. Narratives are often more memorable than individual moments, and especially in a final shorn of iconic displays, the powerful storylines at play will wash away the mundane specificities of what happened on the pitch. Indeed, the narrative through lines of Portugal’s win were so obvious coming into the game that you could’ve written 90 percent of the pos…

Just before the start of the race, it was announced that Orb and Revolutionary were co-favorites at 6-1 odds. Orb and jockey Joel Rosario made good on those odds moving up from 15h to win with a time of 2:02.89. Palace Malice was the early leader but yielded to Normandy Invasion who then yielded to Orb at the 16th pole in the slop at Churchill Downs. Relatedfootball betsnfl prop betsncaa football bettingnba betsmlb oddsnhl linesbest ufc betting siteslegit soccer betting sitesall copa america betting sites…

More bad NFL injury news came today, this time in Houston. According to Ian Rapoport, rookie QB Deshaun Watson may have suffered a torn ACL on a non-contact injury in practice this afternoon. Earlier today, Watson was added to the Texans’ injury report with a knee injury, and was listed as a limited participant in practice. The wording from Rapoport leaves open the smallest window for optimism, but if the Texans’ worries are confirmed, Watson would surely be out for the year. Relatedfree betting calculatorparlay odds calculatormoneyline probability calculatorhalf points in online bettingquarter kelly calculatorhow to hedge a bet calculatorspread meaning in bettingwhat is over/under in bettingwhat is a betting parlayround robin sports bettingwhat is ev bettinghow hedge betting work…

data-mm-id=”_49yvfv6a2″>Mike McCarthy was introduced as the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday and Jerry Jones was clearly thrilled. Several times during the press conference, Jones appeared positively giddy while making some really odd statements about his new coach. Jerry has fallen hard for his new head coach. At one point Jones claimed he told former head coach Jason Garrett he was set to meet with McCarthy. Garrett told Jones he wouldn't meet with anymore more special. Then Jones got weird. He claimed meeting McCarthy was like a marriage and, "I heard bells." Jerry Jones says he told Jason Garrett he’d be meeting with Mike McCarthy for Cowboys job. Garrett told Jerry he wouldn’t meet anyone more special. Jerry compares meeting McCarthy to marriage…

data-mm-id=”_j2isxk1mc”>Next Wednesday will be the four-week mark of when the NBA suspended their season indefinitely due to the COVID-19 breakout across the United States. It's thrown the league and the fans into disarray, not to mention the players. "This is the most all NBA players have been in the dark about anything," Yogi Ferrell told The Big Lead during a phone interview.Ferrell, a fourth-year player for the Sacramento Kings, was in the midst of a playoff run in the Western Conference before the season halted. The Kings went on a hot streak after the All-Star break and found themselves just 3.5 games behind the Memphis Grizzlies for the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. If the NBA season were to resume, they would be one of the teams that would…

data-mm-id=”_8sazhcb6i”>Theo Epstein is stepping down as president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs. After winning World Series with the Cubs and Boston Red Sox, Epstein would be right to take some time off to weep if he sees no more worlds to conquer, but in this economy, at just 46 years-old, he needs a job and he can probably have any one he wants in any field. Here are 10 potential destinations for the free agent.New York Mets President / General ManagerEpstein was making a ton of money running the Cubs and he was worth every penny. For another club to lure him away, they would probably need some very persuasive money and that's exactly what Steve Cohen, the Mets new owner has. If the Mets want to win, Cohen will have to spend and there is no better investment than…

data-mm-id=”_cp96wramz”>Zion Williamson has been out since January 2 with a hamstring injury. We got proof that the hammy is healed, at least, when he decided to put on a mini dunk contest last night before the New Orleans Pelicans' play-in game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. While the superstar told reporters he isn't taking the floor until he feels like Zion again, he certainly looks like Zion. Zion threw down a few dunks during his workout. Made a coupke explosive moves. Even finished it off with a windmill at the end. pic.twitter.com/6WhA0Txi7x— Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) April 13, 2023Zion throws it down in warm-ups 👀 He is unavailable for the play-in tournament. pic.twitter.com/s9mitgYRVT— ESPN (@espn) April 13, 2023The Pelicans would go on…