The college football season begins on Thursday night and one of the highlights will be a nationally-televised tussle between Southern Mississippi at South Carolina (7:35 p.m. ET, ESPN). The love affair with Coach Steve Spurrier still continues even though his South Carolina teams have done little in five years. The Gamecocks have not been exciting [...]
Today on the Sports Betting Board: The NFL’s preseason schedule comes to a close, the college football campaign gets underway, and the Tigers meet the rival Twins. Colliding on the gridiron There is a full slate of 16 NFL preseason games on tap for Thursday, including two involving unbeaten teams: Baltimore at St. Louis, and [...]
The spotlight will be on the New York Yankees on Wednesday night when they host the Oakland Athletics in front of a national television audience (7:05 p.m. ET, ESPN). Unfortunately for the Pinstripes, their worst pitcher will be on the mound. Right-hander A.J. Burnett is getting another start for New York and he has been [...]
Today on the Sports Betting Board: The Yankees play host to the Athletics, the Rockies look for a win in San Francisco, and the Fever and Liberty finish off their WNBA playoff series. Meeting up on the diamond On the American League schedule for Wednesday it’ll be the White Sox at Cleveland, Boston at Baltimore, [...]
The Atlanta Braves look to stay on fire at Turner Field as they host the New York Mets on Tuesday (7:10 p.m. ET, MLB Network). The Braves have the best home record (47-18) in Major League Baseball and they are favored to win on Tuesday against the Mets. The Braves are listed as -149 favorites [...]
One of the most interesting trends from the 2009 college football season was the move back toward defense after years of offensive evolution. Scoring had exploded the prior few seasons (particularly after the sport abandoned its experiment of shortening games with rules changes about when the clock would run). That explosion was led by the [...]
If you’re looking to maximize your payouts and minimize your losses (i.e. hedge your bets), a strategy you may want to consider is middling your bets. “Middling” is when you place bets on both sides of a betting spread. In order to middle, the difference in a betting spread has to be wide enough that [...]
Here are the 2010 NFL Regular Season win total odds at five of the top online sportsbooks. Click on any link to place a bet at the book of your choosing. Arizona 7.5 -130o 8 +110o 8 +110o 7.5 -135o 8 +120o +100u -140u -140u +115u -140u Atlanta 9 -175o 9 -115o 9 -115o [...]
The New York Mets face the best home team in Major League Baseball when they travel to Atlanta to take on the Braves on Monday (7:10 p.m. ET, ESPN). The main reason the Braves are leading the National League East is because they have been superb at Turner Field. The Braves actually have losing record [...]