By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Americans will illegally wager 38 times more money on this year’s Super Bowl than they will legally in Nevada, the only state with full-fledged sports betting, according to a projection from a casino industry trade group. American Gaming Association President Geoff Freeman told a gathering of mayors in Washington, […]
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Nate Holland of Squaw Valley took home the bronze Friday in snowboardcross at the X Games in Aspen. This is an event the three-time Olympian has won seven times. Canada’s Kevin Hill took gold, while Italy’s Omar Visintin placed second. silver. On the women’s side, Lindsey Jacobellis won her ninth title, giving her the most gold […]
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By USSA KREISCHBERG, Austria – Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Smaine (South Lake Tahoe) dominated Kreischberg’s halfpipe competition to earn his first World Championships title Jan. 22. Smaine led the competition from start to finish, earning the top spot in Wednesday’s qualifiers and putting down an unbeatable first run in Thursday night’s finals that would ultimately earn him […]
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By USSA ASPEN, Colo. — There was no lack of drama in the X Games men’s superpipe final on Thursday night in Aspen, Colo., with the defending X Games gold medalist pitted against a reigning Olympic gold medalist and a 15-time X Games champion. The result? Danny Davis (Truckee) won his second straight superpipe gold […]
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By Cork Gaines, Business Insider With 10 days to go before the Super Bowl, there is no favorite to win the big game. But it didn’t start out that way, and that could spell disaster for Las Vegas sportsbooks. Shortly after the New England Patriots completed their destruction of the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC […]
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By Matt Higgins, New York Times Stowing his side projects as a mogul and a musician for a moment, Shaun White was back on his snowboard beneath the lights at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., on Monday night, launching himself from the halfpipe during practice for this week’s Winter X Games. A dominant and decorated […]
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By USSA ASPEN, Colo. — The first day of X Games 2015 is in the books, and the women’s superpipe gold medal is in familiar territory. In a field stocked full of eight world-class freeskiers from countries spanning the world, Maddie Bowman (Meyers) stomped her first run through Buttermilk’s halfpipe to win another gold medal. Brita […]
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By USSA KREISCHBERG, Austria — In a history-making FIS World Championship effort, 23-year-old Noah Wallace (Spokane) earned his first World Championship medal in slopestyle skiing —taking bronze. Wallace put down the third best run of the day, topping off a 82.40 run with a switch leftside double cork 1080 on the last hit. Competition favorite […]
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By Avery Stonich, Outdoor When the new Kachina Peak lift opens at Taos Ski Valley this season, inbound skiers and riders will gain access to prime terrain once reserved only for those willing to hike to the top. The triple chair will whisk people up to 12,450 feet, just shy of the Kachina Peak summit, […]
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By Brett Wolf, Reuters The U.S. Treasury Department’s anti-money laundering unit may soon ask casinos to be on the lookout for illegal sports wagers flowing into the U.S. financial system, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The goal is to stifle illegal sports bets that cause billions of dollars in funds, much of […]
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