Ed Scimia

Ed Scimia

Sports Writer  |  BETHEL, CT

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Ed Scimia covers gaming industry matters related to sports betting, and is the author of seven books – including Catching Fish: Your Practical Guide to Beating $1/$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Games, Gambling Essentials: The Knowledge You Need to Play Popular Casino Games, and So Bad It’s Good: More than 50 Great Films for Your Bad Movie Night. Ed has previously covered chess for About.com, poker for CardsChat News, and is coach of the Yale University curling team.

Redshirt freshman CJ Stroud will take over at quarterback as Ohio State aims to win a fifth straight Big Ten Championship. (Image: Jamie Sabau/Getty)

Big Ten Odds: Can Anyone Dethrone Ohio State in 2021?

The Ohio State Buckeyes won the Big Ten Championship in each of the past four years, and have made the College Football Playoff in each of the past two seasons. And while they will face challengers, it will take something special for anyone to dethrone the Buckeyes as conference champions […]

Alabama and Georgia enter the 2020 college football season as the clear favorites to compete for the SEC Championship. (Image: Dale Zanine/USA Today Sports)

Alabama, Georgia Heavy Favorites to Compete for SEC Championship

As usual, the SEC boasts a combination of strength and depth for the 2021 college football season that no other conference can match. But while plenty of good teams will line up across the conference this fall, only Alabama and Georgia start the season as likely contenders to win the […]

Novak Djokovic enters the US Open as the favorite to win the tournament and complete a historic calendar-year Grand Slam. (Image: USOpen.org)

US Open Odds: Novak Djokovic, Ashleigh Barty Favorites in New York

Novak Djokovic will attempt to become the first man to win a calendar-year Grand Slam in 52 years – not to mention the all-time leader in Grand Slam titles – when he enters the US Open as the clear favorite in New York this week. Djokovic begins his quest with […]

Jake Paul (right) will take on former UFC champion Tyron Woodley (left) in the YouTuber’s latest venture into professional boxing. (Image: Getty)

Jake Paul Steps into the Ring Again, Favorite vs. Former UFC Champ Tyron Woodley

YouTuber Jake Paul faces the biggest test of his young professional boxing career on Sunday when he battles former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in Cleveland. Woodley, like all of Paul’s opponents, will be making his debut as a professional boxer in the bout. Paul carefully steps up boxing competition […]

PogChamps 4 features a combination of veteran and new players who are participating in the Twitch streaming chess tournament. (Image: Chess.com)

PogChamps 4: The Twitch Celebrity Streaming Chess Tournament Returns

Sixteen popular online celebrities will take to the 64 squares beginning on Sunday as they battle for $100,000 in prize money in PogChamps 4, the latest edition of the popular Twitch streaming chess tournament. Several returning players are joined by new streamers for the latest edition of PogChamps. PogChamps veterans […]

Serena Williams announced that she will skip the US Open due to a torn hamstring suffered during Wimbledon. (Image: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)

Serena Williams Drops Out of US Open Due to Hamstring Injury

Serena Williams hasn’t played in a tennis tournament since tearing her right hamstring in her first-round match at Wimbledon this June. Now, the American star has confirmed that the injury will keep her out of the US Open as well. Williams posted the news on her social media outlets on […]

AEW has strongly hinted that CW Punk will make his debut with the company on Friday night in Chicago. (Image: WWE)

CM Punk Set to Debut on AEW Rampage; Bookmakers Set Odds on First Opponent

Unless All Elite Wrestling decides to pull the largest swerve in recent professional wrestling history – and potentially alienate millions of fans – CM Punk will make his debut on Friday’s episode of AEW Rampage. The debut could mark a sea change for the industry, and has oddsmakers speculating on […]