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Boston Celtics will continue their home campaign with another tough encounter at TD Garden when Eastern Conference rivals Milwaukee Bucks look to maintain their early season form. The Bucks and Celtics both boast 2-1 records to be among the front-runners of a congested Eastern Conference, where only the Philadelphia 76ers hold a 100 per cent record after three games. More...

The excitement of the NBA season continues into night two when there is a huge Atlantic Division clash at the Wells Fargo Center between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics. Boston took the four-game series 3-1 during a productive season as they made the play-offs alongside Philadelphia but both crashed out at the Eastern Conference semi-final stage. More...

Los Angeles will host one of the most eye-catching NBA matches of the season on opening night as the Lakers take on city rivals Clippers at the Staples Center. The Clippers took the series 3-2 during the 2018-19 season but after a busy summer for both teams, the Lakers and the Clippers will be desperate to get off to a perfect start by defeating their their bitter rivals. More...

The new NBA season gets under way with defending champions Toronto Raptors opening the campaign against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Scotiabank Arena. Toronto secured their maiden NBA crown last season after defeating the Golden State Warriors 4-2 in the Finals. More...

Ahead of the NBA play-offs this weekend, we’ve taken a look at every past season since the bracket was expanded to 16 teams in 1984 to reveal some interesting patterns. We’ve looked at which seeds tend to go deeper in the tournament and the likely source of any upsets to help you with your betting before the curtain goes up on Saturday. More...

The NBA All-Star Game this weekend looks set to test the importance of big-game experience, with one of the two teams possessing vastly more collective history in this fixture than the other. LeBron James has drafted a team in his own image as far as experience goes, while Team Giannis features all five of the rookies in this year’s event. More...

The Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers will contest the World Series for the first time since 1916. The Red Sox advanced to the showpiece after eliminating defending champions the Houston Astros 4-1 while the Dodgers will look to go one step better this time having disposed of the Milwaukee Brewers. More...

The Golden State Warriors will meet the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals for the fourth straight year and our money is on the California-based favourites to prevail. Steve Kerr's side romped home by a 4-1 margin 12 months ago and a repeat of that scoreline is on the cards. More...

Super Bowl odds > BET HERE! Odds: Philadelphia 8/5, New England 51/100 Kick Off: 2330, 04/02/2018 Stadium: US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis TV: BBC/Sky Sports Super Bowl LII promises to be another spectacular event and we’re going with Philadelphia to upset the odds against New England in our final NFL betting tips of the season. Of More...

As NFL teams prepare for the new season, we’re taking an early look at the Super Bowl 2018 winner odds and have picked out three selections for punters to follow. With the draft done, free agency moves made and the fixture list revealed, gridiron fans can get stuck into the ante-post market on the Super More...

“You’re witnessing greatness and it won’t be appreciated until it’s over”, Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green said this week. “When you look back on it at the end of the day, you’ll look back and say that it was two great teams who competed for championships and did whatever it took to get to that More...

The last time the Cleveland Cavaliers were in Washington it was to celebrate. They met Barack Obama to mark their 2016 NBA Championship and then went on to defeat the Wizards the following night. They go back to the DC on Monday night with plenty different and plenty to ponder though. JR Smith is out More...

Super Bowl LI on Sunday will be all about the two quarterbacks: the legendary Tom Brady features in his seventh championship game, having won four of the previous six, while Matt Ryan – eight years his junior but his main rival for the MVP award – has reached this stage for the first time in More...

The AFC Championship Game is not alien territory for either the Pittsburgh Steelers or the New England Patriots, and once again we are looking at either Ben Roethlisberger or Tom Brady being in the Super Bowl. The Pats are here for a sixth successive season and either they or the Steelers have been at this More...

The 52-year-old New Yorker has been unveiled as Gus Bradley’s permanent successor as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Reporter Liam Blackburn spoke to him to hear his hopes for the team, his thoughts on returning to London for their fifth regular-season NFL game against the Baltimore Ravens next autumn and the development of American More...

Recommended bet: Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Kansas City Chiefs @ 21/20 The trickiest contest to call this weekend comes at Arrowhead where two in-form franchises meet hoping to prove they are New England’s biggest rivals to an AFC title. Momentum is lodged with Pittsburgh. They are riding an eight-game winning streak, running back Le’Veon Bell More...

Recommended bet: Atlanta Falcons to be winning at half-time and full-time against Seattle Seahawks @ 19/20 Four years after these two franchises met in a thrilling play-off encounter in Georgia, Atlanta and Seattle will go head to head again at this stage for an NFC Championship Game berth. Back then Russell Wilson was just a More...

Recommended bet: Pittsburgh Steelers to win the AFC Championship @ 15/4 While the NFC looks wide open between the final four, the AFC has a clear favourite, two contenders and one obvious rank outsider. The New England Patriots are as short as 11/20 to make it through to their seventh Super Bowl in 16 years, More...

Recommended bet: Green Bay Packers to win the NFC Championship @ 13/4 Four remain in the NFC and an argument could be constructed in favour of any of the quartet going all the way to Houston at the start of February. The number one seeds are the Dallas Cowboys, the story of the 2016 season, More...

Like their AFC peers Oakland and Houston, Miami have limped into the play-offs with their second-choice quarterback under centre, and that makes a trip to Pittsburgh all the more intimidating. Ryan Tannehill was having his finest year as a professional before disaster struck four weeks ago, leaving Matt Moore to assume the post of starter. He More...

And so it comes to this – Week 17, the final slate of regular-season games, with some play-off spots still to be determined in the NFL. The six teams that will be representing the AFC – New England, Oakland, Pittsburgh, Houston, Kansas City and Miami – are all locked in, though the top two seeds More...

Recommended bet: Golden State Warriors to beat Toronto Raptors by 16-20 points @ 5/1 The Golden State Warriors endured a bruising Christmas Day, losing to their arch-rivals the Cleveland Cavaliers once more. The Cavs stunned GSW in the finals last year, coming from 3-1 down to win 4-3 and on Sunday overturned a 14-point deficit at More...

Christmas came early for those of a Dallas Cowboys persuasion on Thursday night, and their thoughts are now more likely to be on the play-offs than a date with Detroit Lions. The New York Giants’ loss to the Philadelphia Eagles handed Dallas both the NFC East crown and their spot as the conference’s number-one seed, More...

Monday Night Football will feature a Washington Redskins outfit fired up for revenge when hosting Carolina Panthers at FedExField. Just over a year ago, the Redskins were crushed 44-16 by a red-hot Panthers side which went all the way to the Super Bowl, but things have changed a lot since then. Cam Newton and Co claimed More...

This weekend’s NFL betting action kicks off with the New York Jets hosting Miami on Saturday night and the home team could be a value bet at odds against here. The Dolphins have more to play for after winning seven of their last eight games to trail only New England in the AFC East, whereas More...

The Los Angeles Rams will head to Seattle with special teams coordinator John Fassel as interim head coach and that could inspire an improved performance from the underdogs. Previous boss Jeff Fisher (pictured) had been under pressure for some time and paid the ultimate price for a humiliating 42-14 home loss to Atlanta last Sunday. More...

Baltimore has built two past Super Bowl-winning teams on a stellar defence and are again ranked number one in that department as they head to New England for Monday Night Football. Since suffering four straight defeats in October, the Ravens have put together a hot streak of four wins in five matches to move joint More...

Tennessee have been one of this season’s big NFL success stories and will be determined to further enhance their play-off hopes with a home win over Super Bowl champions Denver on Sunday night. Having struggled with records of 3-13 and 2-14 over the past two years, the Titans have turned things around to prevail in More...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ fourth Stanley Cup win last season saw the Eastern Conference snap a run of dominance from their Western rivals that had stretched four campaigns. With three wins from their opening six games of NHL 2016/17, their title defence has started steady, if nothing else. The Penguins can be backed at 9/1 to More...

The new NBA season will see LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers attempt to defend the title they wrested from the clutches of the Golden State Warriors in 2015/16. Trailing 3-1 through four finals matches, the championship seemed certain to be heading to the west coast for the second successive season, before a James-inspired Cavs rally re-routed More...