Author: Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY

Can anyone dethrone defending champion Joey Chestnut in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Fourth of July.

After dethroning the Tampa Bay Lightning, oddsmakers say the Colorado Avalanche are the favorite to win next year’s Stanley Cup.

The stoppage of Tommy Fury from leaving London’s Heathrow Airport has threatened his planned Aug. 6 pay-per-view boxing match against Jake Paul.

It’s been four years since Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin last met in the ring, but time has not cooled the animosity between the two.

Bookmakers and bettors took sides ahead of the U.S. Open, overwhelmingly backing PGA golfers over those who joined the new Saudi-backed LIV Golf.

Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv, reacts to receiving ESPN’s prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award.

Bettors are turning away from the obvious options and investing heavily in players’ final figures in the NBA Finals.

Many future-book NBA bets crashed with the Sunday elimination of last year’s finalists, the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns.

Jermell Charlo endured every battering blow from Brian Castano until he weakened and then finished Castano by knockout in the 10th round.

Oscar De La Hoya, who scripted so much of Canelo Alvarez’s career, lashed out at replacement promoter Eddie Hearn for “not knowing boxing.”