Time is running out for the Portland Trail Blazers who are hoping to grab as many wins in their few remaining games, starting with a big win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks who will play game two of a critical four-game road trip over a five-day span on Friday night.
The Washington Wizards are on a rare two game winning streak heading into New York Friday night.
No one is sure who will win the National League East but everyone is pretty sure the New York Mets will finish in last place.
The San Diego Padres will make the quick trip up Interstate 5 to Los Angeles looking for a little luck on Friday the 13th as they open a three-game set against NL West rivals the Dodgers.
The National League East should be very interesting this year. Miami did a lot in the offseason to improve and Philadelphia has come back to the pack due to injury.
These are the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. There is a good likelihood that they’ll meet up in the playoffs with a lot at stake. Derrick Rose re-injured his ankle Sunday and missed the Bulls last game.
What many thought could be a matchup of Eastern Conference Finalists begins as a Round 1 series on Thursday night when the #2 seeded Boston Bruins host the #7 seeded Washington Capitals. Both teams had their own issues during the regular season but all those could be washed away as the new season begins.
The surprise team of the Eastern Conference will try to take down the East Champs in a matchup of the #8 seed Ottawa Senators, losers of three straight heading into the playoffs and the #1 seed New York Rangers who lost their last two games of the regular season.
Until someone knocks them off, the Dallas Mavericks are still the defending NBA Champions. Dallas has struggled all year, and they aren’t even guaranteed a playoff spot quite yet.
There is a full slate of Major League games on this Thursday’s schedule, but we poured over the current lines in search of a golden opportunity to parlay two of them into a winning combination. The following is look at two matchups that fit the bill.
Well, it is going to be hard to beat the drama that happened at Augusta last weekend but the show must go on. This week many of the top golfers in the world are taking the weekend off after an exhausting four days in Georgia.
The jockeying for position in the Eastern Conference playoff standings is in full form right now.
The Golden State Warriors are coming off an interesting last couple of games. They have played Denver twice, winning by 15 at home and them losing by a whopping 39 points on the road.
The Los Angeles Clippers will head to Oklahoma City aiming to put some distance between them and the rest of a tightly bunched group of Western Conference contenders, when they take on the West’s top dog, the Thunder on Wednesday night.
A single game separates the Knicks and the Bucks for the last playoff spot in the East with New York trying to hang on to make the post-season.
After a horrible start to the season the Yankees have reeled off 2 straight wins after losing their first 3 and on the other side of the coin the Orioles have dropped 2 straight after winning their first 3.
