Sentence examples for home favorite from inspiring English sources
7 Auburn last weekend, is a 20.5-point home favorite over Louisiana Tech.
Hellner of Sweden held off home favorite Petter Northug to win the 1.5-kilometer race in 2 minutes 57.4 seconds.
She trails Irina Slutskaya of Russia and the Japanese home favorite, Fumie Sugari, entering Saturday's finale, the free skate.
Speaking of teams that run the option, Georgia Tech is a three-point home favorite against Duke on Saturday afternoon.
Aleksandr Dolgopolov won his first ATP title, defeating the home favorite Marin Cilic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, in the Croatia Open in Umag.
Women's Marathon Britain's Paula Radcliffe withdrew from the race last week because of a foot injury, robbing the fans of a home favorite.
The Wolverines currently are 17-point home favorites in Saturday's Big Ten opener against Nebraska, which has stumbled to an 0-2 record (both straight-up and against the spread) in the debut season of Scott Frost, its own alumnus coach.
In the NFL, home favorites in the playoffs have a significant historical advantage.
The Detroit Pistons, who won at Boston on Thursday, are five-point home favorites over the Celtics for tonight's Game 3 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The Spurs, who trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series, are listed as 7.5-point home favorites for tonight's Game 6 and are 15-3-2 againspread spread in their last 20 playoff games as a favorite.
Until the Eighth Avenue elevated railroad reached 145th Street in 1879, the area was mostly rural, a country-home favorite because of its cool breezes.
