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Are the close but no cigar days of March Madness about to end for the Big Ten? The Michigan State Spartans are the +650 favorites at Bovada to win the 2019-20 NCAA men's basketball championship. The Spartans were the last Big Ten school to win the title back in 1999-2000. Since then, seven Big Ten schools have all reached the NCAA Championship game, and all five schools ended up losing.

UFC 244 is slated for November 2nd at New York City's Madison Square Garden. It will be the 500th live show in the history of the promotion. The main event pits former world lightweight contender Nate Diaz against Jorge Masvidal, currently the No. 3-ranked lightweight in the world. For tips on which way to go when making your UFC 244 picks, why not check out our UFC odds page.

The Houston Astros have held forth as the favorite in the future book World Series odds since the start of the 2019 MLB season. Now, they are just four wins away from completing the journey. The Astros, 2017 World Series champions, will face the Washington Nationals in the Fall Classic. It's the first time the Nats have reached the World Series since joining the NL as the Montreal Expos.

An annual series of Grade 1 thoroughbred events, the Breeders' Cup world championship races were first contested in 1984.

Originally a one-day event, in 2007, more racing divisions were added and the Breeders' Cup expanded to two days of competition. The Breeders' Cup consists today of 14 races, with purses ranging from $1 million up to $8 million for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

There are 24 horses that've won multiple Breeders' Cup races.

A season of wild player movement not previously seen in NBA history has loaded up the Western Conference with the potential to send several powerhouse squads in the 2019-20 NBA championship odds out on to the hardwood this season.

In the Eastern Conference, the defending champion Toronto Raptors were weakened considerably by player loss, including the departure of NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard as a free agent to the Los Angeles Clippers.

The American League has produced the last two winners of the World Series and is favored to do so again in the MLB playoff odds.

The Houston Astros, who won the 2017 World Series, are the chalk to win again in 2019. It's a certainty that for the 19th straight season, a different team will win the Fall Classic. The defending champion Boston Red Sox failed to qualify for postseason play.

Current champion Robert Whittaker and interim champion Israel Adesanya will fight to unify the world middleweight title as the feature event of UFC 243 on October 6th.

The bout will be contested at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia and is expected to draw a record crowd of some 60,000 due to its local flavor. Whittaker is a New Zealand-born fighter who now calls Australia home. Adesanya is a New Zealander.

There's a theory put forth from the NHL odds that while in pursuit of the Stanley Cup, a team must learn how to lose before they can learn how to win. The Tampa Bay Lightning have certainly been dealt their share of harsh lessons. They lost the 2015 Cup final. They've been to the conference finals three times in five years. But they still haven't lifted Lord Stanley's mug.