Monday Night Football Betting Preview: Patriots at Saints

The two best offenses in the NFL should put on a show on Monday night as the unbeaten New Orleans Saints host the New England Patriots (8:35 p.m. ET, ESPN). New Orleans is a 1.5 point favorite and the total for the game is set at 56.5 at SBG Global. The Saints are on the [...]

MGM Mirage goes all-in on massive project on Vegas Strip

MGM Mirage is taking a huge gamble on City Center, a massive new real estate development along the Las Vegas Strip. The new project, which includes hotels, casinos, offices, restaurants and shops, covers 67 acres and cost $8.5 billion. The project has created 12,000 new jobs, which makes it the largest job creator in the [...]

AP Top 25: Georgia Tech and Pitt fall

There was no change among the top six in the AP Top 25 poll this week. In the top three, Florida remain No. 1 followed by Alabama at No. 2 and Texas at No. 3. However, previously No. 7 Georgia Tech dropped five spots after losing to Georgia and Pitt, which was No. 8, dropped [...]

Nets match record for futility

The New Jersey Nets matched the NBA record for most consecutive losses to start the season when they were pounded 106-87 by the Lakes Sunday night in Los Angeles. The underdog Nets also failed to cover the 15-point spread. They are now 5-11-1 against the spread (ATS). The Nets have now lost their first 17 [...]

Betting against the Saints and Colts in Week 12

There have never been two undefeated teams this late in an NFL season, so the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts are in some uncharted waters…uncharted for them and for the league. Both will face significant challenges in this week’s matchups, with the Saints having the bigger test. It seems sort of fitting that New [...]

Sunday Night Football Betting Preview: Steelers at Ravens

A hard-hitting division rivalry takes center stage Sunday night at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, when the 5-5 Ravens and 6-4 Pittsburgh Steelers hook up for what is almost a must-win bout for both teams (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). The big question about Sunday’s game is the health of Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger, who took [...]

NFL Week 11 Studs & Duds; Week 12 Preview

By Richard Gardner, Bodog Sportsbook Manager When looking back at Week 11 of the NFL, one football game in particular stood out for us here at Bodog’s online sportsbook, and that was Indianapolis at Baltimore. That had the most fluctuation of any game line and turned out to be the biggest decision for us, which [...]

Montreal a big chalk in CFL’s Grey Cup

Talk about a football frenzy. While the NCAAF season nears the conference championships and bowl season, and the NFL is in the midst of Week 12, there’s also the Canadian Football League title game, the 2009 Grey Cup, which kicks off on Sunday. The 98th installment of the Grey Cup pits the Saskatchewan Roughriders against [...]

Video Preview: Florida St. at No. 1 Florida

SEC announcer Dave Baker and Lauren Shehadi of CBS Sports talk about Saturday’s matchup between the Florida St. Seminoles and the Florida Gators (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS). Discussion focuses on Gators quarterback Tim Tebow, who will be playing his last home game at Florida.

Backyard Brawl Preview: Pittsburgh at West Virginia

The 102nd meeting of the “Backyard Brawl” takes place Friday night in Morgantown, West Virginia as the Mountaineers host the No. 8 Pittsburgh Panthers in a prime college football betting matchup (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2). The Panthers will try and avoid looking ahead to next week’s game against Cincinnati that will determine the conference champion [...]