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New York Post
a day ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Mets vs. Dodgers prediction: Our best bet for Monday night
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The Mets just may be playing the best baseball in the National League, which makes it even nicer that we get an extended look at them against the vaunted Dodgers. The defending champs just took two of three against the Yankees (36-22) and play host to the Mets for a West Coast battle. Los Angeles is a -160 favorite on bet365 for Monday's tilt as they send Dustin May to the mound opposite Paul Blackburn, who is making his 2025 debut. Blackburn struggled in his first season with the Mets, starting in just five games with a 5.18 ERA in 2024. May, once a top prospect, has battled through a litany of injuries in his time with the Dodgers, including nearly dying after choking on a piece of lettuce. For those looking to bet on who will win this four-game series, you can do so on DraftKings where the Dodgers are +115, with a tie the most likely outcome at +105. The Mets come in at +280 to win the series. Dustin May looks to stimy the Mets hot offense that mashed the Rockies. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Blackburn had looked solid enough in his rehab assignment, tossing 29 1/3 minor-league innings to a 3.68 ERA, but this is an unfair start to his season when he hasn't pitched in nearly a full year. I suspect that the Mets will have a quick hook for him on Monday night, and they will need their bats to keep them involved. Fangraphs has these two teams rated No. 3 (Dodgers) and No. 5 (Mets), respectively. I'm not overly enthralled with the idea of betting on the Mets with this starter on the hill, as May's peripheral stats show that he has been unlucky this year to have a 4.20 ERA thus far. My MLB betting model projects the score to be 5.10 to 3.96 in favor of the Dodgers. Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting It's a slight edge, but let's back the Dodgers to take Game 1 of this four-game set on Monday night. THE PLAY: Dodgers ML (-160, bet365) Why Trust New York Post Betting Erich Richter is a brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt but he has a black belt in MMA betting. During the football season he's showcased massive profits at The Post in the player prop market the last two seasons. While constantly betting long shots, his return on investment is 30.15 percent since 2022.
Montreal Gazette
2 days ago
- Politics
- Montreal Gazette
Pablo Rodriguez on defensive as Liberals seek way to win back votes in regions
By RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP — Despite criticism from one of his competitors, Pablo Rodriguez says it would be perfectly legitimate for the next leader of the Quebec Liberals to represent a riding on the island of Montreal. 'What's most important is to have Quebec in your heart, to have the regions in your heart,' Rodriguez said at a news conference. 'It's as if there is something bad in coming from Montreal. 'I grew up in Sherbrooke. What's important is I will be the premier of all Quebecers.' The question of where Rodriguez would run roared to life Sunday during the sixth and final debate before the June 14 election of a new Quebec Liberal Party leader, a replacement for Dominique Anglade. The theme of the debate was the regions. Virtually shut out in ridings off the island of Montreal in the 2022 general election, the party desperately needs to win back francophone voters outside Montreal if it stands any chance of winning the next general election in 2026. It was former Liberal MNA Karl Blackburn, campaigning he is the man to rebuild the Liberals in the regions, who raised the issue of the leader's pedigree in a particularly intense moment of the debate before 150 Liberals gathered at the Hôtel Lévesque here. He told the crowd that in 2022 the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) formed a government with 90 MNAs and only two were from Montreal. 'It shows you can form a government without Montreal, but you can't form a government without the regions of Quebec,' Blackburn said, adding in his mind the ballot box question in this race is who is best equipped to win those votes back. 'Unfortunately, voting for Pablo is to again abandon the landscape of the regions of Quebec and the economy,' Blackburn fired across the stage. At another point of the debate, Blackburn challenged Rodriquez to say where he would run. Blackburn noted he and the three other candidates have pledged to run for seats in the regions: him in Roberval, Charles Milliard in Orford, Marc Bélanger in the Outaouais, and Mario Roy in the Beauce. Rodriguez, who represented the Montreal riding of Honoré-Mercier when he was an MP and is leading the candidates in the polls, has not said where he would run should he become leader. Rodriguez has indicated he is mulling over either running in the Eastern Townships or in Montreal. He has said win or lose the leadership, he will be a candidate for the Liberals in 2026. At his own encounter with the media later, Blackburn did not back down. 'He did not even accept to say where he will run,' Blackburn said. 'For me, Pablo is a double zero. I don't need to find a region to say I come from. I am from Saguenay—Lac-St-Jean. The regions of Quebec have always been my playground. 'It was a great opportunity for him (Rodriguez) to say he will run in the regions.' The other candidates, however, were cautious about wading into the feud, which was not the first one between Rodriguez and Blackburn. 'It was not an anti-Montreal debate,' said Charles Milliard, a pharmacist and former president of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec who lives in North Hatley. 'I sense a certain slippage in this debate; to the effect that if you once lived in Montreal you can't show your face in public.' As for Rodriguez possibly running in Montreal, Milliard said: 'Who am I to judge that? He will make his own decision. We're going to need 125 candidates, I'm going to need 124 amazing candidates and I would be very pleased to have him on my team.' Bélanger, an international trade lawyer, had an answer at the ready. 'Voting Marc Bélanger, that's a good choice for the regions,' he told reporters. Bélanger added 'people can run where they want,' but he has the knowledge of both Montreal and the regions. He is from Matane. The debate was just about the final pitch for votes from the candidates as the clock ticks down to election day. During the debate, all five said they are the best equipped to defeat the CAQ and block a comeback by the Parti Québécois, which leads in the polls. But candidate Roy, a 31-year-old economist and farmer from the Beauce who is barely registering in the polls, announced off the top of the debate he would not be rallying or working with the winning candidate no matter who comes out on top because he disagrees with all their positions. Roy also revealed to the crowd he put up $40,000 required to run in the race and now has to fundraise from Liberals to pay it back. To date, his campaign has raised $3,600. If he fails, Roy will be found in violation of the province's electoral laws and barred from seeking public office. 'It's do or die,' Roy said. 'If I am not elected, the party is finished. If I am not elected, the PQ will take power and my province is finished. It's do or die. If I am not elected the PQ and (Donald) Trump have a free hand. My country is finished.' Now that the debates are done, it will soon be time for the Liberals to start voting for their new leader. The process kicks off June 9 and runs to June 14. They can do it by phone, internet or in person at the site of the leadership convention June 14 at the Quebec City convention centre. While all members of the party have a vote, the party is using a weighting formula by riding and by age group. Under this formula, each of Quebec's 125 ridings are allocated 3,000 points. One thousand of those points are in the hands of youth members (25 years old and under). The total number of points awarded is 375,000. To win, a candidate has to obtain a majority of those points, or 187,501. If no candidate obtains a majority in the first round of voting, a second is held between the two candidates with the most votes. At the deadline to become a member to be eligible to vote, the party had 20,495 members. The candidates have one more chance to address Liberals: in speeches the day of the election at the convention. This story was originally published June 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM.
Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Times
Zuber Issa plots shock swoop for $10bn Castrol oils
The British forecourts tycoon who led a successful swoop for Asda is plotting an audacious multibillion-pound assault on Castrol oils. Zuber Issa, one half of the billionaire brothers from Blackburn who acquired Asda for £6.8 billion in 2020 with the backing of private equity firm TDR Capital, is understood to have set his sights on BP-owned Castrol after selling his stake in the supermarket last year. He is exploring plans to lead a consortium to acquire Castrol, which BP has put on the market for up to $10 billion (£7.5 billion), according to sources familiar with the situation. After seeing off Apollo Global Management and Lone Star Funds in the battle for Asda, Issa's latest move could once again pit him against a clutch of deep-pocketed private equity investors, and lead to him squaring off against the likes of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries and Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil company.
BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Robber who targeted two women in Blackburn is jailed
A "career criminal" has been jailed for robbing two Cotton stole a handbag from the first woman in December after threatening her with a knife. The second woman was sprayed in the face with an aerosol can in January before her bag was stolen, Lancashire Police admitted burglary, robbery and assault at a previous hearing at Preston Crown 40-year-old, of Rolleston Road, Blackburn, was jailed for 10 years. 'So scared' Cotton committed the first offence on 23 December when his victim went outside her flat for a cigarette at about 18:00 GMT, police noticed a man and woman walk past her before the man, later identified as Cotton, turned back and asked her for a lighter. Cotton lit his cigarette, pulled out a knife and demanded her handbag before waving a knife at her and pulling at the bag. The victim was "so scared" she was going to be hurt, she let go of the bag, police approached the second victim in the Bank Top area of Blackburn at about 19:20 on 13 January and sprayed her in the face with an aerosol can. Police said there was then "a struggle" and Cotton stole the women's was identified from CCTV and charged with Karl Duckworth said: "Cotton is a career criminal who has no qualms about using violence and weapons to get what he wants."I welcome the sentence which gives the public some protection from Cotton's criminal behaviour." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Virginia Beach Police seek help in locating missing and endangered 43-year-old man
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Beach Police Department is seeking the community's help in locating a missing and endangered 43-year-old man. Brandon Blackburn was reported missing on Thursday. Police said he was last seen leaving his house located in the Arrowhead area of Virginia Beach. Blackburn is believed to be driving a black 2021 Nissan Maxima with the VA tag 'UFN2476.' He is described as 5-foot-8-inches and 220 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a gray Harley Davidson t-shirt, black shorts and black and white Hey Dude shoes. If anyone has seen him or knows about his current whereabouts is advised to please contact a VBPD Missing Persons Detective: (757) 385-4101. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
