The Cleveland Browns got a lot of offseason coverage. The words Super Bowl contender were even spoken before the season started. But, on Sunday, reality came crashing down on the Browns who suffered a 43-13 shellacking at the hands of the Tennessee Titans. So were the Browns over-hyped or is […]
Big Ten Football it entering its final week of non-conference tune-ups. In a traditional September rivalry, that means Iowa travels to Ames to take on Iowa State. Both teams are 2-0 and were ranked last week, but State struggled in an overtime win against Northern Iowa and fell out of […]
What can a savvy bettor take away from this week’s NFL games? Just how much stock and cash should we put into Week 1 results, and how much can be written off as opening day jitters? What’s the impact of working out a new offensive scheme, or losing your starting […]
The Detroit Lions are picked by absolutely no one to be relevant this season. The Lions are perennially 8-8, 7-9 or 6-10. Once, every decade or so, they put together a playoff team and lose in the first round. So, how do they start the season as a 2.5 point […]
The #1 ranked Clemson Tigers have back-to-back games starting Saturday that will determine whether they’re ready to defend their College Football Playoff title. This week’s opponent, Texas A&M, appears ready to step back into the elite ranks, but can they do it against the mighty #1. Clemson has earned a […]
The voters in Iowa will come out on Feb. 3 in the first 2020 presidential selection voter caucus. The lesser candidates will need to survive until then or fold their political tents and go home. But the odds in Iowa don’t always reflect the national polls. Right now in Iowa […]
Florida may dodged the worst of Hurricane Dorian, but the Sunshine State still deals with a lot of Mother’s Natures dangers. What are the odds that living or visiting in Florida might mean a Dorothy-like ride in a hurricane or a playful nip from an alligator or Jaws? Sharks Forget […]
ABC revealed the star-side of the cast last month for the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Oddsmakers quickly followed with their line on who’s likely to win a 12-person dance-off between an NFL Hall of Famer, a former supermodel, a White House official fired by Trump, a former […]
After a sloppy opening game win over Louisville (35-17), Notre Dame can look forward to a tough schedule that might get them back to the College Football Playoff. Last year the Irish went 12-0 in the regular season before getting crushed by Clemson (30-3) in the Cotton Bowl playoff semifinal. […]
College football’s Power Five conferences are changing the way they schedule games. Some of the biggest programs are leading the way in embracing a new scheduling philosophy. The main thrust is for the Power Five conferences to play each other more often and to layoff the soft Division I & […]
On first glance, week two of the Big Ten football season would appear to have only one big game on the schedule — when Michigan takes on Army in Ann Arbor. But these supposedly easy early season games often produce a surprise or two, just as they did this past […]
Three more states have entered the legal sports betting arena. Beating the clock to the opening of the NFL season were Oregon, Iowa, and Indiana. While some states open their new sports betting facilities with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, others just start printing out the betting tickets. In Indiana, Gov. Eric […]
Hurricane Dorian is growing, and headed towards Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas — leaving residents in its path to weigh the odds for whether to evacuate or batten down the hatches and ride out the storm. They aren’t the only ones seeing this serious weather threat as a matter of […]
All 14 of the Big Ten teams kick off their seasons this weekend. The key game has to be Northwestern at Stanford (#25) in Palo Alto, California. In fact, Northwestern is the only Big Ten team not a betting favorite in Week 1 of the season. Most Division 1 football […]
More playoff football. Preliminary talks on a new collective bargaining agreement have included a proposal to add two teams to the NFL playoffs. There are pros and cons to the move, both from the owners and the players. But progress is being made and signs are it is going to […]
Never has there been so much anticipation for the start of an NFL season — with at least three, maybe four states scrambling to get their new sportsbooks (or sports betting apps and kiosks) operational and ready to take wagers on opening day. Five states that recently legalized sports gambling […]
The rebooted XFL has announced team names and logos for the relaunch on the league in February 2020. Eight teams will take the field one week after the next Super Bowl. What’s in a Name? All eight XFL teams are currently centrally owned and managed on the corporate level from […]
Major League Baseball is going all-in on technology. And all the tech advancements are aimed directly at the shrinking MLB fan base. Improvements are pointed at speeding up the game, making play less subject to human (umpire) error but overall playing to the new younger wired generations. Baseball has always […]
There’s been a lot of scrutiny over the NBA national television schedule released last week. From the reporting that followed, basketball fans might think number one draft pick and super rookie Zion Williamson will be on every channel every night. But a closer look tells a slightly different story about […]
While embracing the new, more liberal gambling laws in the US for fans, the NFL is warning its employees they are not allowed to place a bet. In an email sent to NFL employees, vendors, and contractors, the league made it clear that gambling on sports could lead to losing […]
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