January 23, 2017 – Page 5 – Officialsportsbetting.com

Forsberg scores 2 in 3rd period, Predators beat Wild 4-2 (Sports Betting News)Forsberg scores 2 in 3rd period, Predators beat Wild 4-2 (Sports Betting News)

January 23, 2017| 6:32

With his team down by two early, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said he ”took the brakes off” his players in the second period. In return, the Predators rewarded their coach with his 500th career win. Filip Forsberg scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third, and Nashville rallied to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 Sunday night.

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Forsberg scores 2 in 3rd period, Predators beat Wild 4-2 (Sports Betting News)Forsberg scores 2 in 3rd period, Predators beat Wild 4-2 (Sports Betting News)

January 23, 2017| 6:32

With his team down by two early, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said he ”took the brakes off” his players in the second period. In return, the Predators rewarded their coach with his 500th career win. Filip Forsberg scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third, and Nashville rallied to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 Sunday night.

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Royals’ Ventura killed in car crash in Dominican Republic (Sports Betting News)Royals’ Ventura killed in car crash in Dominican Republic (Sports Betting News)

January 23, 2017| 6:31

Yordano Ventura quit school as a teenager so he could begin working a construction job to help his family make ends meet, laboring day after day in the hot sun of the Dominican Republic. It was a chance tryout with the Kansas City Royals that changed the trajectory of his life. Ventura, whose nickname ”Ace” fit so perfectly, died Sunday in a car crash on a stretch of highway near the town of San Adrian in his native Dominican Republic.

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Sales slower than usual for Super Bowl ticketsSales slower than usual for Super Bowl tickets

January 23, 2017| 6:16

Sales slower than usual for Super Bowl tickets

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For new team, Moncada again top rising 2BFor new team, Moncada again top rising 2B

January 23, 2017| 6:04

Leading up to the release of the 2017 Top 100 Prospects list, MLBPipeline.com looks at baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Here are baseball’s 10 best second-base prospects.

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Toews’ late goal leads Blackhawks past Canucks (Sports Betting News)Toews’ late goal leads Blackhawks past Canucks (Sports Betting News)

January 23, 2017| 5:47

Jonathan Toews’ offensive numbers have been subpar this season, but the Chicago Blackhawks’ captain came through with a huge performance Sunday night. Toews scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:18 remaining and Chicago beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 for its third straight victory. Toews, who also had three assists, connected from the left circle after Richard Panik’s shot from right wing hit Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler’s leg, went wide and caromed off the back boards.

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Current, former major leaguers die in Dominican crashes (Sports Betting News)Current, former major leaguers die in Dominican crashes (Sports Betting News)

January 23, 2017| 5:02

Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte died in separate traffic accidents early Sunday in their native Dominican Republic. Highway patrol spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Ventura died on a highway leading to the town of Juan Adrian, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of Santo Domingo. Metropolitan traffic authorities said they had opened an investigation into the crash, as well as that of Marte, who died when the Mercedes Benz he was driving hit a house along a road between San Francisco de Macoris and Pimentel, about 95 miles (150 kilometers) north of the capital.

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Towns carries Wolves past Nuggets, 111-108 (Sports Betting News)Towns carries Wolves past Nuggets, 111-108 (Sports Betting News)

January 23, 2017| 4:59

Karl-Anthony Towns and Nikola Jokic represent the big men of the new millennium – versatile, do-everything combo guards in the bodies of centers who are giving their downtrodden franchises hope that better days are right around the corner. Towns has gotten the better of the one-on-one matchup against Jokic in all three games against Denver this season. Towns had 32 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and hit the go-ahead shot with 42.5 seconds left to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 111-108 victory over the Nuggets.

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Bledsoe’s career day leads Suns over Raptors 115-103 (Sports Betting News)Bledsoe’s career day leads Suns over Raptors 115-103 (Sports Betting News)

January 23, 2017| 4:26

Following a career-high 40-point game, Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe begrudgingly conceded he might be playing the best basketball of his career. Bledsoe added 13 assists and six rebounds and Phoenix gave Toronto its third straight loss. After DeMarre Carroll and Bledsoe exchanged baskets, Phoenix went on an 18-6 run to take the game away from the Raptors.

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They’re back: Brady, Belichick into record 7th SBThey’re back: Brady, Belichick into record 7th SB

January 23, 2017| 4:21

They’re back: Brady, Belichick into record 7th SB

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