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Quarterback Dak Prescott was carted off the field after a gruesome ankle injury that ended his season, and maybe Dallas’ chances to win the Super Bowl. (Image: AP)

Dak Prescott Injury Drops Dallas Super Bowl Odds

Quarterback Dak Prescott is done for the year and oddmakers believe so too are the chances the Dallas Cowboys will win the Super Bowl. Several sportsbooks adjusted the lines for Dallas to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and they’re not optimistic about the Cowboys. Prescott suffered a compound fracture and […]

LSU head coach Ed Orgeron blamed poor defense for the team’s loss and subsequent fall out of the AP Top 25 Poll. (Image: AP)

LSU Joins Oklahoma in Falling Out of AP Top 25 Poll

Defending National Champion LSU became the second team to fall out of the AP Top 25 Poll. The Tigers are the first defending champion to fall out of the AP Top 25 Poll since Auburn in 2011. They had been ranked in 43 straight polls, dating to Nov. 5, 2017, […]

NFL Week 5 betting was highlighted by Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr leading the Raiders over Kansas City. (Image: Getty)

NFL Week 5 Betting Recap: Raiders Get Little Love From Gamblers

Las Vegas residents have embraced their new silver-and-black home team, but gamblers? Not so much, especially in NFL Week 5 betting. The sportsbooks were the big winners on Sunday, after the Las Vegas Raiders upset the Super Bowl-favorite Kansas City Chiefs. William Hill reported 60% of the tickets on the […]

The best of the NFL Week 5 highlights was when Washington quarterback Alex Smith returned to the field after two years. (Image: Getty)

NFL Week 5 Highlights: Alex Smith Returns, Bad Spike, Crazy Dance

Arguably, the best highlight of Week 5 in the NFL wasn’t an impressive touchdown catch or a gravity-defying throw, but the simple act of a player trotting on the field. The Washington Football Team’s quarterback, Alex Smith, returned to the action for the first time since a horrific leg injury […]

Oklahoma celebrates its 53-45 victory over Texas in four overtimes and provided several highlights in College Football Week 6. (Image: NCAA)

College Football Week 6 Highlights: Crazy Call, High Snap, Missed FG

College Football Week 6 highlights included a television announcer going berserk, a high snap from a center, and a questionable call from the referees. Those, along with a missed field goal that cost a team the game, and a four-overtime contest that looked like it would never end, were some […]

FanDuel and DraftKings have teamed up to battle a bad actor clause in a proposed Illinois sports betting bill. (Image: Sporting News)

Live Scoring Issues Tarnish Weekend’s DFS Football Games

The weekend of football proved hair-pullingly frustrating for DFS users who couldn’t follow live scoring for their contests, and who are still waiting for payouts on Monday – up to two days after some contests ended. Neither DraftKings nor FanDuel offered live scoring for college football contests on Saturday. DraftKings […]

Carolina Teddy Bridgewater should lead the Panthers over Atlanta on the road on Sunday. (Image: USA Today Sports)

One Bet: $100: Carolina Atlanta Moneyline Head Scratching

At first glance the moneyline and point spread on the Carolina Atlanta game makes no sense at all. Atlanta is a 2.5-point favorite over the Panthers on Sunday, despite being winless. I am not sure if this is a sucker line or not, but I’ll bite. I have so much […]

Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson leads an undefeated team on Sunday Night Football. (Image: Getty)

Gotta Get Unstuck: Monday Night Doubleheader and Tuesday Night Football

For the first time in history, the NFL hosts a Tuesday Night Football game with the undefeated Buffalo Bills heading to a hot zone in Nashville to play the coronavirus-ravaged Tennessee Titans. Due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Titans and positive tests with the New England Patriots, the NFL […]

Tennessee is going to try and defeat Georgia for the first time since 2016. (Image: Getty)

One Bet, $100: Georgia Will Be Too Much for Tennessee

In the SEC Game of the Week, No. 14 Tennessee will travel to Sanford Stadium to take on No. 3 Georgia. The Volunteers last defeated the Bulldogs on the road in 2016 when they were ranked No. 11 in the AP Top 25 Poll. This game will come down to […]

Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield celebrates Jarvis Landry throwing a TD on a trick play against the Dallas Cowboys. (Image: John Kuntz/AP)

NFL Week 5 Quickie Betting Rundown: Haves and the Have-Nots

Five unbeaten teams in the NFL want to stay on the prefect path while four winless teams are on a desperate mission to end their disastrous starts during Week 5. Playing during a pandemic continues to be problematic for the NFL. Two NFL games were rescheduled in Week 5 due […]

College Football Week 6 features Miami taking on No. 1 Clemson, a battle of two undefeated teams.  (Image: Miami Herald)

College Football Week 6 Preview: Can Miami Upset No. 1 Clemson?

The week’s top college football game pits No. 1 Clemson, a school that’s comfortable in marquee contests, against No. 7 Miami, a school that used to be comfortable in those situations. Clemson has been one of the top-ranked teams over the past five years, losing just five games since 2015. […]

New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore tested positive for coronavirus and he, along with other players, forced two NFL games to be rescheduled. (Image: Getty)

NFL: Two Games Rescheduled Due to COVID-19

Two Week 5 NFL games have been rescheduled from Sunday to early next week because of COVID-19 concerns the league announced Thursday. The Denver Broncos at New England Patriots will now be played Monday, while the Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans will be played on Tuesday. The Patriots and Titans […]

Two NFL quarterbacks, Washington’s Dwayne Haskins, and Sam Darnold of the New York Jets, are not playing this Sunday, but for two different reasons. (Image: Getty)

NFL: Quarterback Drama as Haskins Benched, Darnold Hurt

Two NFL quarterbacks won’t be behind center on Sunday, but for different reasons. Washington’s Dwayne Haskins was benched and the New York Jets’ Sam Darnold is hurt. News of both quarterback’s fate was announced by their respective head coaches on Wednesday. Haskins, who was +550 to be the first NFL […]

MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 30:  Kyle Trask #11 of the Florida Gators looks to pass against the Virginia Cavaliers during the first half of the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Can You Win in DFS This Week Avoiding the Red River Shootout?

Week 6 of college football DFS provides us with the likely high-scoring affair between Texas and Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout, and an expected team total of 49 points for BYU against the University of Texas-San Antonio. You can expect the core components of those offenses to be highly […]

Tom Brady has Tampa Bay clicking and they travel to face the Chicago Bears on Thursday night. (Image: AP)

Buccaneers Look to Deliver Bad News to Bears

Week 5 of the NFL kicks off with the Thursday night game featuring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Chicago Bears. The Bucs are favored by 4.5 points, and the over/under is 43.5. Can Chicago bounce back after losing its first game of the season last Sunday to Indianapolis? Tom […]

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes attacks the Baltimore Ravens in Week 3.  (Image: Nick Wass/AP)

Kansas City 4th Straight 4-0 Start, Now 7/2 Super Bowl Odds

The Kansas City Chiefs set a new NFL record by starting the season with a 4-0 record for the fourth consecutive season. They regained the top spot on the NFL futures board after defeating the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football in Week 3. Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas lists […]