The Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders are flying across the pond for their game, and with my One Bet, $100, I like the under in this contest. It opened at 41.5 points and dropped to 40.5 at most sportsbooks. In Las Vegas, Station Casinos still have it at 41. There […]
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Chase Elliott Smoking Hot Going into Dover for Drydene 400
Chase Elliott knows this is the perfect time of year to be on a hot streak. The 23-year-old won last week at the Roval 400, and feels confident he can win again at the Drydene 400 at Dover on Sunday. Elliott is the 7/1 pick to win the Drydene 400 […]
Air Force and Navy Battle in 52nd Meeting Between Military Academies
Air Force (3-1) flies out to the Naval Academy to take on Navy (2-1) in a college football battle. Air Force won their meeting last season in Colorado Springs, 35-7. Navy will be a +3.5 home dog in this year’s rematch. Air Force lost their only football game of the […]
NY Mets Fire Mickey Callaway, Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter on Short List for Next Skipper
After two seasons with a 163-161 record in Queens, the New York Mets fired manager Mickey Callaway. Former New York Yankees skipper, Joe Girardi, is on the short list to become the Mets next manager. “We did feel like this move will give us the opportunity to continue our progression, […]
US Presidential Election Offers Potentially Lucrative Prop Bets
We’re just over a year away from the US presidential election and nothing is clear yet about who will win, or even, who will be nominated. A wide range of gambling sites are putting out all kinds of prop bets on the election. Some are very intriguing to savvy gamblers […]
UFC 243: Robert Whittaker Battles Israel Adesanya to Unify Middleweight Title
UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will fight in front of a supportive Australian crowd when he takes on interim champion Israel Adesanya at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday. Whittaker is fighting for the first time since June 2018, when he defeated Yoel Romero by split decision. Injury Makes Whittaker […]
Friday Night Football: Home Dog Alert for Cincy Bearcats vs. No. 18 UCF
The AAC conference play begins on Friday Night for the Cincy Bearcats (3-1) when they host the #18 UCF Knights (4-1) under the bright lights of Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. UCF, defending two-time AAC champions, won 20-straight American Conference games. Josh Heupel’s squad come into this Friday Night matchup as […]
Triple G Facing Sergey Derevyanchenko for Middleweight Titles, Canelo Rematch Looms
Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin will face Sergey Derevyanchenko for the vacant IBF and IBO middleweight world championships at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday, though most of the boxing world is more interested in when — and if — GGG will fight a third bout against Canelo Alvarez. Golovkin […]
College Football DFS: Who to Pick Among Oklahoma, LSU, Penn State
As we examine the college football day slate for Week 6, we don’t have to worry about trying to pin down which Alabama receiver will break the slate, since the Tide is on a bye this week. But teams like Oklahoma, LSU, and Penn State could easily approach 50 points […]
ALDS Preview: Will the Minnesota Twins Finally Beat the Damn Yankees?
The two biggest home run hitting teams in baseball, the Minnesota Twins (101-61) and New York Yankees (103-59), meet in the ALDS. The Twins have not won a playoff series since 2002, and the Yankees knocked out them out contention five out of the last six times they advanced to […]
Sports Betting Roundup: New Hampshire City Approves Sportsbook, Indiana Mobile Betting Begins
Franklin, on Tuesday, became the first city in New Hampshire to approve a retail sportsbook, though some voters apparently had trouble understanding the ballot question. According to a report by the Concord Monitor, voters approved the measure by a 527-354 margin, meaning 60 percent approved of the sportsbook. Wording Confuses […]
One Bet, $100: SMU Will Get Revenge Against Conference Foe Tulsa
With the undefeated streak over, the pressure is off, and I am going to go with SMU over Tulsa for this week’s One Bet, $100 selection. I’m still scratching my head, though, over how I could have been so wrong on Nevada. It was one of those games that seemed […]
Florida Faces Test With Auburn; Michigan Trying to Save Season
Florida is set to face their first real test this season when they host Auburn Saturday at the Swamp. The Gators and Tigers sport identical 5-0 records, but look closer at who those victories were against. Florida have defeated unranked Miami, Tennessee-Martin, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Towson State. They won the […]
Yandy Diaz Slugs 2 HRs and Tampa Bay Rays Wins AL Wild Card, Face Houston in ALDS
Yandy Diaz crushed two home runs and led the Tampa Bay Rays (96-66) to a 5-1 victory over the Oakland A’s (97-65) in the 2019 AL wild-card game. The Rays won the single-game elimination round in Oakland and advanced to the ALDS against the top-seeded Houston Astros. Diaz didn’t skip […]
Then There Were Three: San Francisco, New England, Kansas City Remaining Undefeated NFL Teams
Of the three remaining undefeated teams in the NFL, San Francisco is the biggest surprise. New England and Kansas City are both Super Bowl favorites, but the 49ers weren’t even considered by some to be a playoff team. The over/under on their regular season victories was 8.5, a lofty number […]
Bubba Wallace in Hot Water After Throwing Liquid at Alex Bowman
NASCAR officials said they will be talking to Bubba Wallace after an incident he had with fellow driver Alex Bowman. The trouble began after the first lap at the Rovel 400, when Bowman made contact with Wallace. Bowman accepted responsibility for the contact, but Wallace was hot. Bowman said Wallace […]
NFL Home Dog Alert: Steelers, Redskins, Giants, and Raiders in London in Week 5
In this week’s NFL Home Dog Alert, a trio of home teams are underdogs with backup quarterbacks at helm. The Pittsburgh Steelers, NY Giants, and Washington Redskins are all getting points as home dogs in Week 5. Washington Redskins rookie QB, Dwayne Haskins, is expected to make his first career […]
Diego Maradona HBO Documentary Now Available
A new documentary on the legendary Diego Maradona is now available on HBO. Chronicling his rise and fall with Napoli, “Diego Maradona” is directed by Asif Kapadia, who won an Oscar for Best Documentary with the 2015 film “Amy” about the short life and death of singer Amy Winehouse. Maradona […]
Mattress Mack Places $3.5 Million Bet on Houston Astros to Win the 2019 World Series
Furniture store magnate Jim McIngvale, otherwise known as “Mattress Mack” from Houston, Texas, placed a $3.5 million futures bet on the Houston Astros at +220 odds to win the 2019 World Series at the Scarlet Pearl Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. DraftKings runs the sportsbook at Scarlet Pearl and, if the […]
Juan Soto Sparks Washington Nationals 8th Inning Comeback to Win NL Wild Card
Juan Soto, playing in his first postseason game with the Washington Nationals, drove in three runs with a bases loaded single off Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader in the bottom of the 8th inning to put the Nationals ahead for good. The Nationals rallied back from a 3-1 deficit to […]