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2024 U.S. Open: Carlos Alcaraz popular favorite to claim second title
Carlos Alcaraz is coming off a second-round loss in Cincinnati and halted a practice session on Saturday due to an ankle injury, but the Spaniard was still the popular favorite to win the men's draw as the U.S. Open got under way on Monday.,Alcaraz won his first grand slam title at the 2022 U.S. Ope...
2024 BMW Championship: Preview, Prop Picks, Best Bets
The plot thickens as the FedEx Cup playoffs returns to Colorado for the first time since 2014 with this week's BMW Championship, which will take place at the longest course in PGA Tour history.,The top 50 advanced to the second leg, but only the top 30 after this week will move on to the season-endi...
Team USA favored to hand Serbia another lopsided Olympic defeat
The United States has scored two decisive victories over Serbia in the lead up to Thursday's showdown in the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics, and the Americans are expected to notch a third en route to the gold medal game.,Team USA is a 16.5-point favorite at Draf...
Heisman odds: Rising value in Arizona QB?
College football's most coveted award, the Heisman Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding player each December.,In 2023, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels won the award -- then was drafted with the No. 2 overall pick by the Washington Commanders -- with 3,812 passing yards, 40 touchdowns and four in...
MLB Futures: Finding betting value to start the second half
With the All-Star Game in the books, the second half of the season begins on Friday, making now the time to check out futures markets. ,There's value available if you know where to look. ,A team or player on this list offers excellent value for the bet in question. It might be because of a surprise ...
Sportsbooks view Panthers as favorites to repeat
The Florida Panthers grabbed the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history on Monday, and they are listed as the betting favorite or co-favorite to emerge on top again next year.,In early futures lines, the Panthers are a +900 favorite at FanDuel, while DraftKings tops its list with the Pa...
Sportsbooks establish Celtics as favorites for 2025 title
The Boston Celtics, fresh off winning their first NBA championship since 2008, are the favorites to emerge on top again next year.,The previous champions, the Denver Nuggets, are the second choice behind the Celtics.,DraftKings has Boston as a +280 favorite to capture its 19th championship next year...
NBA Finals props and picks: Get behind historic favorite Boston?
The Boston Celtics take on the surging, interesting, puzzling - and significant underdog - Dallas Mavericks as the NBA Finals begin Thursday night in Boston.,The Celtics are -220 favorites (FanDuel) and the third-heaviest Finals favorites since the ABA-NBA merger.,Taking the Mavericks at +184 (FanDu...
2024 Charles Schwab Challenge: Preview, Props, Best Bets
The PGA Tour makes its fourth and final stop in Texas this season for the Charles Schwab Challenge, which begins Thursday at the historical Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth.,In addition to featuring world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, there is additional intrigue with players attempting to qualify for...
Cowboys, Texans road favorites Week 1
More than three months before Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season, the Cowboys and Texans are among the early-line favorites on the first Sunday of the regular season.,Dallas is a two-point favorite at Cleveland and the Texans are giving a point at Indianapolis. ,Circa Sports published its Week 1 lines on...
5 picks to win the PGA Championship not named Scottie or Rory
Scottie Scheffler is the hottest golfer on the planet, even after a baby break for a couple weeks. Rory McIlroy is soaring as he returns to a course where he's won the Wanamaker Trophy before.,All of this is old news by now. So instead of putting money on Scheffler (+450) or McIlroy (+750) to claim ...
Fever popular with public, but Aces favored to 3-peat
The two teams garnering the most interest from the public will be on display as part of the WNBA's four-game opening night slate on Tuesday.,The Las Vegas Aces will begin their quest for a three-peat at home against the Phoenix Mercury. The Aces open the regular season as the +100 title favorites at...
The most outlandish Super Bowl LVIII prop bets
This is going to be the biggest Super Bowl for gambling in recent memory. The American Gaming Association estimates that Americans will wager a combined $23.1 billion on the Big Game this year, up from $16 billion year-over-year. ...
National football powerhouse Mater Dei is trying to make assault allegations disappear
In November, Mater Dei High School in Orange County, Calif. lost its first football game since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Bryce Young’s high-school program was defeated by St. John Bosco, 24-22, at the Rose Bowl in the Southern Section Division I Championship Game. There’s no shame for high schoo...
No WR has ever won league MVP...until 2022, that is
The NFL’s MVP Award has been around since 1957. In that time, fullbacks have won the award four times. Two defensive players have been given the honor, and even a kicker has taken home the hardware. Zero pass catchers have won the award though, and for the most part, none have gotten particularly cl...
‘King Richard’ is not a movie to be overlooked during the Oscars
Sports movies often get overlooked during Oscar season. The last time a sports film won Best Picture was 2005 when Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby took home the night’s most coveted award. Since then, it’s been crickets. Some sports movies and short films have been given some recognition with l...
We’re witnessing the greatest punting seasons (PLURAL!) of all-time
Everybody hates punting. I know there’s a big movement to give punters the respect they deserve, and yes, punters are people, but you can’t deny that punting is the worst part of football. When the most exciting part of a punt is how favorably/unfavorably it bounces, you know it’s not an exciting pa...
There’s never been a ‘bettor’ time to put money on Floyd Mayweather, even if he is a degenerate
Over the past 15 years, the tightest betting odds Floyd Mayweather has had for one of his fights has been -190 during his 2007 middleweight title bout with “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya. ...
Borussia Dortmund Go Down Three Goals, Shrug, Score Four, Win
Once-great, now-good lunchpail German side Borussia Dortmund opened up their Europa League campaign away to some team from Norway aptly named Odds BK. August NIT games don’t impress us much, especially against teams from Norway, but Odds came out and scored 13 seconds into the dang match!...
Chris Christie's Brother Takes To Facebook To Smack The Haters
Sweaty New Jersey Governor and No. 1 Cowboys fan Chris Christie is catching a lot of heat from his constituents for continually attending Cowboys games in the owner's box and becoming hug buddies with Jerry Jones. And now Christie's brother, Todd, has had enough of it!...