Those who enjoy wagering and watching Tiger Woods on the golf course will be doing less of it next year. The soon to be 43-year played in 18 events in the 2017-2018 season, as well as competing in the Ryder Cup and an exhibition match with Phil Mickelson. It was […]
The ironclad grip Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had on the Heisman Trophy has weakened significantly, as another signal caller is now the favorite to win college football’s highest honor. Oddsmakers now believe Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray will take home the award on Saturday at New York’s Downtown Athletic Club. Murray […]
Bowl season begins on Dec. 15. We know which four teams are playing for the college football national championship, and now we know where 74 other winning squads will report for postseason duty. That’s a lot of action for bettors — so much so that you might miss the most […]
Seattle fans got an early Christmas present from the NHL on Tuesday when the league, as expected, awarded the city an expansion hockey team. They will be the 32nd organization and were unanimously approved by the NHL’s board of governors at the league’s meeting in Sea Island, Georgia. The company […]
The Oklahoma Sooners entered Saturday as the No. 5 team in the College Football Playoff Rankings, but winning the Big 12 Championship was impressive enough to award them the final spot. The Sooners leaped over Georgia, who lost to Alabama in the SEC Championship. The Crimson Tide, who has been […]
With the New Orleans Saints having their nine-game winning streak snapped by Dallas, they passed the hottest team mantle to the Houston Texans. The Texans won their ninth consecutive game on Sunday, defeating Cleveland, 29-13. The win set a franchise record for most consecutive, and the team is 6-3 against […]
Though famed Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has escaped from prison twice, one oddsmaker believes it won’t happen a third time. MyBookie.com has the odds of him breaking out of the slammer at +2000 for yes, and -1000 for no. It is one of several proposition bets the […]
It seems that NFL teams are moving in one of two directions. Either they are on a winning streak, or can’t seem to break out of a slump. Several teams, Houston, Indianapolis, and Chicago have all won at least five straight. Arizona, Jacksonville, and the New York Jets have losing […]
College Football Conference Championships have been criticized by some as of late, as unnecessary and muddying the College Football Playoffs. The thought is to rid those games from the schedule and expand the CFP to six or eight teams instead of four. We at OG like the concept of CFP […]
It is hard to believe that a quarter of the NBA season has come and gone, but it has. Teams and players are starting to distinguish themselves both good and bad with more than 22 games being played. There have definitely been surprises, such as the Boston Celtics slow start, […]
Saturday’s SEC Championship is a rematch of last year’s national championship game, and Georgia would like nothing more to avenge that loss to Alabama. It was a game that the Bulldogs led, until Tua Tagovailoa replaced starting quarterback Jalen Hurts and led a comeback to win, 26-23. Tagovailoa, who is […]
Sports Illustrated contributing writer Michael Farber wrote on Twitter his feelings about the Thanksgiving weekend Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson match. He tweeted: “I see the Woods-Mickelson ppv match costs $19.99, which, coincidentally, would have been the year I would have been interested in watching.” Seems he wasn’t alone. “The Match,” as […]
Three of the four top teams in the College Football Playoff rankings control their own destiny going into the last poll before the final four teams are set next week. Those that are behind the quartet know they need some help if they have any chance of playing for the […]
Friday’s Pac-12 Conference Championship game features one team that was expected to be in Santa Clara, and another that was a bit of a surprise. While Washington is returning to the regular-season ending title contest for the second time in three years, Utah is making its first appearance since joining […]
This time last year at the Hero World Challenge Tiger Woods wasn’t sure what his golf future held, he was just happy to be able to swing a golf club. Woods was a 41-year-old golfer coming back from his fourth back surgery that would have forced most of his contemporaries […]
Three of the four top teams in the College Football Playoff rankings control their own destiny going into the last poll before the final four teams are set next week. Those that are behind the quartet know they need some help if they have any chance of playing for the […]
It was one of the most tumultuous weeks in college football, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for Michigan, LSU, and Washington State. All three of those teams were upset on Saturday and as a result fell down the AP Top 25 College Football Poll. Of the […]
This is the time of year college football coaches lose their positions, but this year the surprise has been what coaches didn’t get fired, as opposed to the ones that did. Speculation and rumors were rampant that USC’s Clay Helton was on his way out after a 5-8 season that […]
College football’s rivalry week certainly lived up to the hype this year. There was a brawl in the end zone between two teams, a massive upset that derailed two program’s chances to get into the College Football Playoffs, and the longest overtime contest in collegiate history. North Carolina and North […]
It might be a good idea to stay away from Green Bay when they venture out of Lambeau Field and hit the road. The Packers were 1-3-1 against the spread when they were the visiting team going into last week. Sunday night’s game in Minnesota didn’t reverse that trend. They […]
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