#Adam Thompson

Sean Payton shocked NFL betting fans last winter when he resigned his post as head coach of the New Orleans Saints. This wasn't a retirement, but a period for Payton to take a deep breath and recharge. Payton coached the Saints from 2006-21, accumulating a 161-97 record with a Super Bowl championship. Now, as the 2022 NFL season reaches its…

Joe Burrow and the defending AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals begin their quest to return to the Super Bowl when they host the Baltimore Ravens in a Wild Card Weekend showdown on Sunday night. The Bengals (12-4) and Ravens (10-6) met just last week, a 27-16 Cincy home win in which Baltimore sat several key players. The Ravens won the first matchup,…

The San Francisco 49ers take a 10-game win streak into the NFL Playoffs and face a familiar foe, hosting Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks in a Wild Card Weekend matchup on Saturday. The Niners swept the Seahawks during the regular season, winning 27-7 at home in Week 2 and 21-13 in Week 15. Seattle went 3-5 in the final eight weeks, sneaking…

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills look to take that next step and play in a Super Bowl, but the quest starts on Sunday when the Bills host the Miami Dolphins for Wild Card Weekend. The Bills (13-3) have won seven straight heading into their third matchup with the Dolphins (9-8), who had dropped five in a row before an 11-6 must-win game in Week 18…

It's must-win time for Mac Jones and the New England Patriots, and for Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals, as the teams face off in the NFL Week 14 edition of Monday Night Football. The Patriots (6-6) are one game out of the final spot in the AFC Playoff race, with all three AFC East rivals ahead of them. One more loss puts the final nail in…

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers host Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans on the Week 11 edition of Thursday Night Football, a clash of playoff hopefuls looking to build momentum for the stretch run. The Packers (4-6) snapped a five-game skid by beating the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field. The AFC South-leading Titans (7-3) rebounded from…

No player has more base hits in Major League Baseball than Pete Rose. But you won't find his plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame. We all know why. Rose bet on the Cincinnati Reds game as a player and manager. Betting on your sport is one of the cardinal no-no's of all professional and major college athletes. It undermines the integrity of the…

Derek Carr and the Las Vegas Raiders aim to keep their postseason hopes afloat when they visit SoFi Stadium to face the Los Angeles Rams in the Week 14 edition of NFL Thursday Night Football. The once-dead Raiders have won three in a row and are 5-7 and a manageable two games out of the final AFC Wild Card spot, with five games to go. The same…

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers can put a cap on a furious second-half run and clinch a playoff berth with a win on the Week 18 NFL betting The Packers (8-8) have won four in a row and a fifth straight guarantees a fourth postseason spot in four seasons under Matt LaFleur. The Lions (8-8) will know by kickoff what the game means for them;…

Between 2012 and 2018, Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale made the All-Star Team all seven seasons and finished between second and sixth in the AL Cy Young Award in all seven. He's also played in exactly 11 games over the last three seasons. Raking in $90 million in salary those three seasons from the Red Sox, he's been one of the biggest financial…

Two of the top three teams face off in a marquee NFL betting Monday Night Football showdown for Week 17, as Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals host Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. It doesn't get much more fun than this, with two of the top five offenses, not to mention two of the top five teams in the Super Bowl futures odds, facing off with…

Pile on the stuffing, add some gravy to that turkey and be sure to get your Thanksgiving NFL game bets in at before naptime in the recliner. The action begins at 12:30 p.m. ET when Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions host Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills - who just beat the Browns in Detroit on Sunday. At 4:30 p.m. ET, Dak Prescott and the Dallas…

Kyrie Irving is a talent. But is the talent worth the baggage? The Brooklyn Nets are weighing that right now, and it's reportedly not going well. Irving opted into his one-year player option that will pay him a robust $36.9 million to remain in Brooklyn one more season. But that was just the start of a 24-hour whirlwind of action in Brooklyn. In…

In the last four seasons, Freddie Freeman has led MLB in hits, doubles (twice), runs scored (twice), games and at bats. He won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 2020 and led the Atlanta Braves to a World Series title in 2021 - earning World Series MVP in the process. Now he's a free agent, and there is a possibility he won't be in…

Carlos Rodon has 27 wins and a 2.66 ERA over the last two seasons. He was an All-Star the past two seasons and finished in the top 6 in Cy Young voting, last season with the Giants and with the White Sox the year prior. Now he's a free agent, and there isn't a brighter pitcher on the market right now than the 30-year-old Rodon. Bookies.com…

Carlos Correa made $35.1 million playing shortstop for the Minnesota Twins in 2022 - triple the amount of anyone else on the team. He batted.291 with a modest 22 home runs, 64 RBIs and 70 runs scored 136 games. Despite that, Correa opted out of the final two years of his deal that would have paid him similarly. Now he's a free agent, back on the…

Mike Trout is certainly on pace to go down as one of the top MLB players of all time. The Los Angeles Angles star has made the All-Star Game every year since his rookie campaign in 2011, has won three American League MVP awards and has finished runner-up on four other occasions. He's also become an injury-plagued outfielder who managed only 36…

The Philadelphia Eagles aim to keep a perfect season intact when Jalen Hurts and Co. host the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football for Week 10 of the 2022 season. The Eagles are a perfect 8-0 and already handled Washington 24-8, back in Week 3. They rank third in the NFL in both total offense and total defense. The Commanders (4-4) had…

Adam Thompson of Bookies.com has released yet another list of betting favorites for a transfer portal quarterback, this time for Spencer Sanders. While Thompson has Florida listed as the favorite at+350, Notre Dame football is a close 2nd at+400, an implied probability of 20%. Rounding out the top 5 are Wisconsin, Arizona State, and…

Kevin Durant wants to leave the Nets. After a disappointing and tumultuous season in Brooklyn, it looks like its super team is falling apart. Durant is due over $43 million annually with four years left on his contract. He has no options; the Nets can keep him or trade him anywhere and get a king's ransom that could alter their entire roster for…

It wasn't that long ago that the annual NFL trade deadline was just another day on the calendar. Nothing would happen and teams would go about their business prepping for the next opponent. It may still not have the panache of the NBA or MLB deadlines, but the NFL is catching up. Already, we've seen one of the game's premier running backs…

The New York Yankees' season ended in a four-game sweep at the hands of the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series. Few teams have as many questions to answer in the offseason as the Yankees, and it begins with Aaron Judge. Judge was the story of baseball in 2022. He broke Roger Maris' Yankees and AL single-season home run record…

Current Ohio sports teams have won 12 championships in the major pro sports. Who will win lucky No. 13? There are legitimate options across the board. With two NFL teams, two in MLB and one each in the NBA and NHL, the Buckeye State has someone to root for in every major season. Bookies.com oddsmaker Adam Thompson has revealed his odds as to which…

The latest departure from Manchester United could be a boost to Major League Soccer. Jesse Lingard, who played for United last season, left the team on a free transfer in June, making him an unrestricted free agent. Several Premier League teams are interested in adding the forward to their lineup, but Lingard is taking his time and weighing all…

Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder continues to make headlines, and none of them are good. Past allegations of workplace misconduct (including alleged sexual harassment, racism, witness intimidation and more)in the Washington organization put Snyder on the hot seat, and alleged financial malpractice put him on even looser ground among the…

Hudson Card was a four-star quarterback recruit for the Texas Longhorns in 2020, the No. 2-ranked dual-threat QB in the nation. Card was just fine when he got on the field. He passed for 1523 yards, 11 TDs, and two INTs. But he got just five starts in three years in Austin, beaten out by Quinn Ewers this preseason. Now the redshirt sophomore is…

No bigger target is guaranteed to be on the NBA free agency market this summer than Bradley Beal -- and that includes James Harden. The Washington Wizards shooting guard had his season cut short in 2021-22 but is expected to be 100% and coming off consecutive 30ppg seasons. The Wizards are prepared to make the max offer allowed by NBA rules, a deal…

Not only was Shohei Ohtani one of the top pitchers in MLB this season, he was one of the premier hitters in the game, too. He's the Babe Ruth of the 21st Century. And he might be on a new team for the 2023 season. It seems unfathomable that the Los Angeles Angels would ship away the game's transcendent star. But Ohtani is a free agent after 2023.…

If you bet $5 on the picks for the 2021 TVG Pacific Classic from Bookies.com handicapper Adam Thompson in August, your account would be $232 fatter. That's just the latest in a string of horse racing betting success for Thompson, who won $480 on a $10 wager at the 2021 Preakness Stakes and hit the exacta at the Belmont Stakes, taking $75 on a $10…

In case you didn't know, launches on Jan. 1, 2023. Bookies.com is the go-to source for the best and offers, as well as the best place for NFL and college football picks - just in time for the College Football Playoff (and other college football bowl games), as well as the NFL postseason. The Buckeye State has a great history of success at both the…

Few would argue that Aaron Rodgers is one of the best to ever throw a football. He owns a Super Bowl ring, four Most Valuable Player awards including the last two, and his TD-to-INT ratio is a record that may never be broken. He also turns 39 years of age, is in the midst of his worst season in 15 years, has had offseason feuds with management and…

Manchester United is on the block, as the Glazer family has begun looking at options in regard to selling one of the world's storied soccer squads. The move has come with much fanfare and potential interest among the world's billionaires. After 17 years, the Glazers, who also own the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, have begun working with…

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs can all-but put the AFC West to bed in Week 11 when they take on Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Night Football. The Chiefs (7-2) own a two-game lead on the Chargers (5-4) for the division, with the Broncos and Raiders already well out of the race. A win here gives KC a three-game…

Xander Bogaerts batted.307 with 15 home runs, 73 RBIs and 84 runs scored for a Red Sox team that finished in last place in the American League East - not a place the proud franchise expects to end up. The four-time All-Star shortstop is on the market after opting out of the final three years of his deal with Boston that would have paid him $60…

Teams with impressive offenses from Week 1 face off to conclude Week 2 of the 2022 NFL betting season, when Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles host Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings in a Monday Night Football doubleheader nightcap. Hurts and the Eagles offense amassed 455 yards, second most in Week 1, and held on for a 38-35 victory at…

Trea Turner batted.298 in 2022 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He belted 21 home runs while knocking in 100 runs and scoring 101 more. He even stole 27 bases. You'd be hard-pressed to find many more players as complete as the Dodgers shortstop. But he may not be the Dodgers shortstop in 2023. Turner is likely to command a massive contract and has…

Clayton Kershaw was expected to take a step back in 2022 in his age 34 season. Instead, he took a step forward. Kershaw went 12-3 with the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 2.28 ERA in 22 starts. His 12 wins were the best in three seasons, his ERA and 0.96 WHIP were his second-best marks since 2017. Kershaw has won three Cy Young Awards, 197 games (to…

Liverpool are officially up for sale after the club's owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) confirmed they "would consider new shareholders" and are "inviting offers" for the Premier League club. Liverpool are thought to be worth around £4.36bn ($5 billion dollars) and have enjoyed plenty of success both on and off the field since FSG bought the club…

The most-prestigious horse race of the year is Saturday, as eight of the world's top thoroughbreds face off at the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland in Kentucky. Flightline, which is undefeated and has posted times that put him among the greatest in the sport's long history, is the prohibitive favorite for the Saturday event in a Best…

The path to the 2022 World Series couldn't have been more different for the powerhouse Houston Astros and upstart Philadelphia Phillies. But the two teams will meet with the championship on the line. The best-of-7 meeting begins with Game 1 on Friday at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Astros were the No. 1 team in the American League when were…

A string of lackluster Thursday Night Football matchups appears to end in a big way in Week 8, as Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in a marquee NFL betting showdown of Super Bowl hopefuls. Brady's Bucs (3-4) have lost four of five, including an embarrassing 21-3 defeat at Carolina last Sunday.…

The 2022 NFL betting season is starting with a bang, as Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams begin the defense of their Super Bowl championship by hosting this year's favorite, the Buffalo Bills. Josh Allen and the Bills led the league in scoring last year and are considered by many to be the top team in 2022, including at every online…

Though he wasn't completely healthy all year, Jacob deGrom was a big reason the Mets won 101 games. DeGrom helped New York top its MLB futures projection and finish with the second-most wins franchise history, behind only the World Series-winning 1986 team. But the 2022 edition ended sooner than expected, eliminated in the NL Wild Card round by the…

The Utah Jazz traded away All-Star center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Interested teams, sensing a rebuild in Salt Lake City, inquired about the availability of Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell. They were told to back off. But it was just GM speak. The phone lines were back open in short order. Jazz CEO Danny Ainge, who blew up and…

Cynics label the NFL the "No Fun League" for some of its rules and regulations, but someone in the scheduling committee certainly has a sense of humor, and of timing. How else can one explain Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season concluding with Russell Wilson leading his new team, the Denver Broncos, into Seattle to face a Seahawks team he guided for 10…