This Week in Made-Up Odds: Let the Triple Crown Hyperbole Begin!
May 5, 2018; Louisville, KY, USA; Mike Smith aboard Justify (7) celebrates after winning the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports
Our latest collection of totally fictional, mostly irrational betting propositions — because sportsbooks don’t post everything they should.
Triple Crown Over/Unders
Off Number of mentions of Apollo before 2019 Kentucky Derby
O/U 1,935 Number of mentions of “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons after the 2018 Preakness Stakes
O/U 1 Number of mentions of Secretariat necessary after any Triple Crown race ever
The Lines
Prop Bets
Next Redskins "Ask" to be Naked
99-1 A sponsor
98-1 A back judge
3-1 Clinton Portis
2-1 Whoever’s under center come December
A New York Times report last week alleged that Redskins cheerleaders were asked to pose topless and accompany team sponsors at a nightclub. Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Milwaukee Bucks Coaching Search
O/U 6,100 Media stories praising team’s interview of Becky Hammon
61-1 Odds of Hammon being named Bucks’ head coach
31-1 Odds of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s mom being named Bucks’ head coach
O/U 3 Media stories praising team’s inevitable choice of a middle-aged white guy
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