Royal Rumble 2023 prop bets: Will The Rock win? Will Pat McAfee or Bad Bunny return?

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Number of non-wrestlers in the men’s Rumble match: Over/under 1.5Last year’s event saw Johnny Knoxville and Bad Bunny participate in the match. At the time of publication, only 16 of 30 men’s Rumble entrants have been announced, leaving open a lot of possibilities. But Edge and Randy Orton lasted 58:30 in 2021, and Bianca Belair lasted 56:49 in the women’s Rumble that same year. Mick Foley competed in the 1998 Rumble match as three different characters, and Nia Jax appeared in both the men’s and women’s Rumble matches in 2019. Imagine if she wins the women’s Rumble and then tries to win the men’s match, too.
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Chelsea 1-1 Man Utd: Potter spots danger, Varane injury worry, Casemiro’s incredible leap

Chelsea and Manchester United battled to a tense 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening. Jorginho’s 87th-minute penalty looked to have won Chelsea the match, but Casemiro’s header deep in injury time saw the points shared. They had just 35 per cent possession in the first 35 minutes before Potter twisted and replaced Marc Cucurella with Mateo Kovacic. He came into the game having prevented the most additional goals of any Premier League goalkeeper this season, based on post-shot Expected Goals data. Given France’s squad has already been riven with injuries this season, you wonder whether he will want to gamble on Varane.

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Stars observations: Jamie Benn sets the tone, Joe Pavelski’s hat trick and more

By the time the game ended, that was almost an afterthought thanks to, primarily, Jamie Benn and Joe Pavelski. Jamie Benn has something left in the tankAre we really going to begin by not talking about the guy who scored a hat trick? For his second goal, he showed off that ability of being in the right place. The second goal was a deep shot from Xhekaj. These are the kinds of plays Gurianov needs to eliminate altogether if he wants to be trusted in a prominent role.

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Drance: Canucks fans deserve better, demanded it at ‘embarrassing’ home opener

After blowing multi-goal leads in their first three contests, the Canucks had a players-only meeting in Washington last week. A gentleman wearing a retro Canucks jersey and a paper bag on his head, posing for photos with other fans in his section. The fans booed during play as the game twisted away from Vancouver. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/FhA99eSys6 — Lachlan Irvine (@LachInTheCrease) October 23, 2022By the end of the night, Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau was ripping the effort level of his players. (Photo of Buffalo Sabres players celebrating a goal as Canucks players look dejected: Jeff Vinnick / NHLI via Getty Images)

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Steve Kerr, Mike Brown six-year coaching partnership crucial to Warriors’ golden age

If Brown desired, Kerr said, Brown would have a lifetime job as Kerr’s lead assistant, calling them an “odd couple” who were perfect for each other. “Like, ‘Hell yeah, Mike deserves it!’ Then, like, ‘Shit, I’m going to miss him.’ ”Kerr first met Brown in San Antonio. There was a sense of comfort for all of us that Mike had been a head coach for a long time. “He used to talk to me after I’d talk to the team,” Kerr said. It felt like a Mike Brown team.”Kerr said he sees that early with the Kings, believing from afar in a culture change that is in its infant days.

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Penn State, Sean Clifford give White Out reason to celebrate: Minnesota takeaways

16 Penn State beating Minnesota 45-17 on Saturday. To the credit of Penn State and Clifford, the offense met the moment. Penn State finally made targeting the tight ends a priority. Faced with third-and-5 at the Penn State 30, Clifford hit Tinsley for a 4-yard gain. It seemingly only was a matter of time, but Penn State exclusively rotated Nicholas Singleton and Allen.

5 months ago The Athletic

Sean Monahan’s future with Canadiens overshadowed by how much he is loving the present

He arrived at Canadiens training camp pain-free, and that has continued through the first two weeks of the season. Since St. Louis took over the Canadiens last February, he’s been looking for someone, anyone, who could fill that spot next to Suzuki and Caufield. “Well, Monny’s a lefty,” St. Louis said. “When you play with offensive guys like that, those guys play with some calculated risk,” St. Louis said. Whether or not he part of the team’s future matters little when the present is so enjoyable.

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Why Ilia Malinin landing a quadruple axel is a big deal for figure skating. Explaining the move

Just listen to the crowd cheering for nearly fifteen seconds after Malinin opened his free skate with his clean, pristine quad axel! Here’s why the moment was such a big deal:Why is the quad axel so difficult? His astronomical free skate score brought him from a fourth-place short program score to the top of the podium. As he waited for his score, Malinin put on a black beanie with “quadg0d” embroidered on it in white stitching. The teen skater said on Instagram Live in May that he’s working on quintuple jumps as well as the quad axel.

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Why the Islanders are already bordering a crisis after third straight loss

That wasn’t the case for the Islanders on Sunday night in Florida, a 3-2 loss, their third straight in regulation. Already, the Islanders are showing signs they may be a team bordering on crisis. After the Lightning game, Lambert and the other players who spoke mentioned that the team’s work ethic was much better than it had been in the loss to the Devils. That’s true, as evidenced by the shot-attempt discrepancy (73-46, Islanders), and hit totals (48-29, Islanders). Is it really a strong game when you’re partly to blame for the most important goal against in a loss?

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