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NFL
Sunday Means Something Again
The Browns haven’t won a Week 1 game since 2004. Jeff Garcia was the quarterback. Dub-ya was the president. You get the idea. It was a long arse time ago. But everyone’s undefeated heading into the NFL’s opening week, which presents opportunity abound betting-wise. Our experts preview all 32 teams’ seasons and highlight their favorite Week 1 angles in the Internet’s most thorough 2018 Betting Guide…
Survivor Strategy
Congratulations for being alive in your survivor pool. We’re so proud. Travis Reed gives you all the advice you need to make sure you’re still playing at this time next week…
Koerner’s Tiers
Want the No. 1 fantasy football ranker in the business to set your lineup? Well, Sean Koerner can’t quite do that, but his Week 1 tiers are the next best thing…
Not Playing Favorites
Over the last 25 years, Week 1’s biggest favorite has gone 12-22 (35%) against the spread. You can still play the Saints (-9.5) vs. Tampa Bay. But don’t say we didn’t warn you…
Playing Favorites
We launched our new betting podcast “The Favorites” with the help of “The Sports Pope” Mike Francesa. Episode Two dropped this morning and features Chad Millman and BlackJack Fletcher taking listeners through their Week 1 Super Contest picks…
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NCAAF
Pony Down
SMU’s season didn’t get off to the best start as the Mustangs made North Texas look like the Dallas Cowboys en route to a 46-23 shellacking. Things don’t get any easier for the Pony Express tonight as it takes on No. 16 TCU as 22.5-point home underdogs. Our brightest college football minds break down Friday’s lone football game…
Jump, Jump
For Dan Rubenstein, Week 2 is “Jump Week.” It’s where you jump on underrated teams, and jump off the teams who won their first game, but demonstrated more holes than a Dunkin’ Donuts display case. Amongst his leaps? Texas A&M…
TOP EXPERT PICKS
Geoff Schwartz
Cincinnati +3 over Indy. Geoff is fading Andrew Luck in what will be his first NFL game since the 2016 season…
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Paul Lo Duca
Arizona vs. Houston (over 71). Lo Duca expects this one to have less defense than an And1 street ball game…
See All of Paul’s Picks
THE TOP 5
Inside Job: Is Mike Pence “Deep Throat Jr.”? Offshore sportsbook MyBookie posted odds on which White House official penned the op-ed slamming Donald Trump in the New York Times and listed the VP as second favorite behind the field…
Tiger Tracker: Tiger Woods spent his Thursday afternoon tearing up the course at the BMW Championship, shooting a 62 to share the lead with Rory McIlroy. Can he keep it up over the weekend? Jason Sobel says he can, thanks to his putter…
US Open Semifinals: The US Open semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro figures to be one of the sweatiest matches of all-time. And the players may perspire, too…
FanDuel: Quite the coincidence that FanDuel launched its mobile betting app on the same day the NFL season kicked off. Quiiiite the coincidence…
Dodgers-Rockies: One of the scariest bets you can make is playing the under at Coors Field. But Paul Lo Duca ain’t afraid of no stinkin’ altitude…