Ben Fawkes

6 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

There won't be a Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year, but the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday should be an exciting race nonetheless. This is the second straight year the race will take place in Saratoga Springs, New York, while renovations are done on the Belmont track in Elmont, New York. Journalism — this year's Kentucky Derby favorite (and eventual runner-up to winner Sovereignty) — who won the Preakness several weeks ago, opened as the 8-5 morning line favorite.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012 after dispatching the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games. They will face the Indiana Pacers, who knocked off the New York Knicks in six games on Saturday night, and the Thunder are overwhelming favorites in the series. In fact, Oklahoma City is the biggest finals favorite in franchise history. The Thunder opened as -800 favorites in the NBA Finals at BetMGM, with the Pacers as +550 underdogs.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

The Florida Panthers are looking to repeat as Stanley Cup champions, but to do so they'll have to beat a familiar foe in the Edmonton Oilers. The two teams faced off in last year's Stanley Cup Final, and the Panthers won the series with a hard-fought 2-1 victory in Game 7. Florida entered as a small -140 favorite over Edmonton last year.

1 week ago | oddsshark.com | Michel Anderson |Ben Fawkes |Juliana Naranjo

With pending legislation banning sweepstakes games from New York, leading sweeps brand VGW will pull its sweepstakes offerings from the Empire State at the end of June. + Bye-bye NY: VGW will pull its sweeps offerings from New York. Free games will remain. + Banning Bill: Bill S5935 is edging closer to becoming law and banning sweepstakes games. + Sweeps Legal Troubles: More and more states are trying to ban sweepstakes games with a mounting number of anti-sweepstakes bills.

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Ben Fawkes

It may not be the spectacle of the Super Bowl here in the United States, but the Champions League final is a massive sporting — and betting — event worldwide, and all eyes will be on Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan when they square off in Munich on Saturday. The two historic soccer clubs will face each other for the first time, with PSG looking to be crowned European champions for the first time.