Tag: WNBA MVP

Caitlin Clark deservedly earned 3rd-place MVP votes to cap standout rookie season

MVP votes as a rookie.

Now that the WNBA regular season is over, awards have been decided and Caitlin Clark’s phenomenal rookie campaign is being cemented in history. Not only was she named the unanimous AP Rookie of the Year and a first-team All-WNBA player, Clark also received MVP votes.

Though A’ja Wilson won the award unanimously, Clark put together a good enough campaign to finish fourth in voting, and she even received a few votes for third place.

In fact, Clark’s six third-place votes were second most to Breanna Stewart, and she led all players with 26 fourth-place votes. With an additional 22 fifth-place votes, Clark tallied 130 points to finish fourth in voting, just ahead of the Connecticut Sun’s Alyssa Thomas.

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Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx and Stewart finished second and third in voting, respectively.

Clark’s top-five finish isn’t too surprising after her historic first year helped catapult the Indiana Fever from 13 wins last season to 20 wins and a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Clark played all 40 games and led the Fever with 19.2 points per game and a league-best 8.4 assists. Her Fever teammate Kelsey Mitchell also received third- and fifth-place MVP votes.

Indiana opens the playoffs Sunday against Thomas and the Sun.

Sports Betting Futures: World Series, WNBA and preseason Super Bowl odds entering August

Justin Verlander is the new favorite for AL MVP.

It’s the start of August, which means the NFL is ramping back up with preseason play. So, it’s no better time than now to make yourself aware of the Super Bowl odds for each team, as they could potentially change as position battles are won and injuries inevitably occur.

In baseball, the Dodgers and Yankees remain the two World Series favorites, though the Astros and Mets have closed the gap a little. The award races are less tight, as Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt have shortened their respective AL and NL MVP odds by a lot over the last month. And Justin Verlander is the new favorite for the AL Cy Young Award.

Here’s a look at all of that and more entering August, with odds from Tipico Sportsbook.

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Sports Betting Futures: World Series, WNBA and MLS odds entering July

We have a new title favorite in Major League Baseball.

The Dodgers have officially been passed as the betting favorites to win the World Series as we enter July, with the red-hot Yankees now leading the pack at +380 odds. Even the Houston Astros moved up from +900 to +550 over the last month, nearing the Dodgers’ second-shortest odds at +425.

The biggest MLB movement since the beginning of June, however, is in the AL MVP race where Aaron Judge went from plus money and second-shortest odds to the unquestioned favorite to win the award at -110. He passed last year’s winner, Shohei Ohtani, who remains top-two, albeit a distant second at +300.

In the W, the Las Vegas Aces are the favorites to claim that league’s title at +125, with star forward A’ja Wilson far and away the favorite to win MVP. And LAFC holds the edge in Major League Soccer.

Below is a full picture of title and award odds from each league, via Tipico Sportsbook.

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