If the Astros win the World Series, Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale will win a record $72.6 million from $10 million in futures bets.
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A former UNLV baseball standout, Bryson Stott and fellow Las Vegas native Bryce Harper have helped lead the Phillies to the World Series against Houston.
The Astros are betting favorites over the Phillies to win the World Series. But Philadelphia star Bryce Harper is the favorite to win the World Series MVP award.
Arizona State and Vanderbilt have combined for seven College World Series titles, and they’re set to play an exhibition at the College of Southern Nevada.
Local golfers have a chance to play in a charity golf tournament next month with Rollie Fingers, Amos Otis, Jose Canseco and a long list of former MLB stars.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale placed a total of $10 million in bets on the Astros to win the World Series at six different sportsbooks.
Rob Manfred said pushing the Oakland Athletics’ stadium negotiations into next year would add increased uncertainty in the Bay Area.
The American League division series starts Tuesday, and Caesars Sportsbook is hoping the Houston Astros don’t win the World Series because of Mattress Mack’s $3 million bet.
“The Banana World Tour” covers 70 baseball games in 33 cities in 21 states. Shockingly, the team has a Las Vegas connection.
A key deadline to keep hope alive for Oakland officials and the Athletics to reach agreement on a new Bay Area ballpark by year’s end has come and gone.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor turned $10,000 into $680,000 on Saturday after hitting a two-team college football money-line parlay.
Aviators miss out on Triple-A Championship at Las Vegas Ballpark but top PCL in attendance again.
Las Vegas Ballpark will host the inaugural Triple-A Championship Weekend beginning Friday. The event will culminate with the Triple-A National Championship game on Sunday.
Baseball star Maury Wills gave the spikes in which he stole 104 bases in 1962 to the Exber family of Las Vegas as a token of their friendship.
The clock is ticking for the city of Oakland and the Athletics to hammer out a deal to make the team’s $12 billion waterfront ballpark development dream closer to reality.
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