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This column rebounded in Week 18, going 2-0 with two point-spread underdogs to improve to 5-5 as Neil Greenberg's understudy. Hopefully the playoffs - which begin Saturday with the first two of six first-round games - can push us into profitability. All spreads and totals taken Wednesday from VegasInsider.com. All times Eastern. Sunday, 4:30 p.m. |…

The first eight weeks of the 2022 college football regular season are officially in the books. But we have another loaded slate of games on tap for next weekend as conference play continues to heat up around the country. The oddsmakers at Caesars Sportsbook have already released the opening lines for most of the Week 9 matchups. The action gets…

With only four weeks left in the regular season, it can be tempting to overstate the role of motivation, or lack thereof, when handicapping remaining games. When the Patriots and Raiders matchup on Sunday, for instance, does New England have an edge because of its bubble status? Don't count on it. In that game and the more lopsided pairings on the…

For many N.F.L. teams, these last two weeks of the regular season are crucial - either to their playoff hopes and seeding, or to securing future draft picks. The Bills are clinging to the A.F.C.'s top seed, which would give Buffalo home-field advantage in the playoffs, but they need to keep winning in order to prevent another January trek to…

The principal action for Kentucky Derby 148 occurred more than 2000 miles west of Churchill Downs Thursday morning as Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner Taiba worked six furlongs in 1:12.80. "It was very straight forward," trainer Tim Yakteen said. "He worked three-quarters from the five-eighth pole. It was a typical Taiba work and we accomplished what…

College football bowl season continues on the day after Christmas as the postseason finds one game to be played on the schedule today. Early in the postseason, the Sun Belt and Mountain West have performed the best overall while the AAC and Conference USA have not played up to expectations. But as the calendar moves after the Christmas holiday is…

A look at the 2022-23 college football bowl schedule. First is a look at the three games involved in the College Football Playoff; then comes the listings of the "other" bowls. All times Eastern. Semifinal: Fiesta Bowl Date: December 31 Site: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. Matchup: No. 2 Michigan (13-0) vs. No. 3 TCU (12-1) Time/TV: 4 p.m.,…

Christmas Eve is here and to help us celebrate this season is a full slate of college football and NFL games on TV for the Saturday slate to take in. One of those games finds the next phase of this year's College Football Bowl Season with an intriguing kickoff coming to us from the state of Hawaii. And that leads into an 11-game slate of NFL games…

Greetings gambling aficionados, it's Chris Bengel back with you on this Wednesday. It's a sad day in the football world as Steelers legendary running back Franco Harris died at 72. His death comes just two days before the 50th anniversary of Harris' "Immaculate Reception" against the Raiders back in 1972. Along with a celebration of that…

The young buck meets the grizzled. That's the feel of the Rangers-Penguins first-round series. The Rangers surprised a lot of people this season. It's one of the youngest teams in the league, but they found a way to finish second in the Metropolitan thanks to a sensational season from Igor Shesterkin and some prospects taking the next step in…

Neither of my Week 15 selections came through, so the only thing to do on this holiday weekend is to keep on trying with two more picks. I'm 2-2 since taking over for Neil Greenberg. Keep in mind that the main NFL slate for Week 16 is on Saturday, with 11 games. There are three games on Christmas along with the usual Thursday and Monday night…

Wednesday marks the opening of the early signing period for the 2023 college football recruiting cycle, and with the majority of the Top247 prospects having already made their decisions, all eyes will be on the remaining prized recruits who have yet to announce their destinations. Nine players are scheduled to announce during the first day of the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

Heading into the final third of the regular season, a number of teams are experimenting at quarterback. For Houston and Carolina, benching starters gives both franchises the chance to evaluate their backups. For the Jets, who are clinging to playoff contention, sitting Zach Wilson in favor of Mike White may be a way to keep the locker room from…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begins with a flurry of matchups that will mark a celebration of a compelling year in the sport. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and will run all the way through the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9 as we crown a national title winner for the…

College football bowl season moves into Day 2 on Saturday after playing a pair of games to kick things off, with five more matchups set for today. That includes games featuring four teams and one head-to-head matchup from Power Five conferences on the field this weekend. Every region of the country gets some of the action on Saturday, starting up…

The Warriors will take on the Nuggets in the opening round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs. Golden State, which finished the season with a 53-29 record, earned the West's third seed while Denver, which finished the season with a 48-34 record, finished sixth in the West. Each team has dealt with its fair share of injuries this year and closed their…

Caleb Williams entered Saturday's game against Notre Dame with an unexpected additional storyline swirling around him. With C.J. Stroud and Ohio State losing to Michigan, it seemed like the Heisman Trophy was suddenly Williams' to lose. And he did nothing to relinquish his grip in USC's 38-27 win over Notre Dame. Williams was sensational,…

What's going on gambling aficionados? It's Chris Bengel back with you as we try to wash out the brutal taste that the Pelicans left in our mouths on Tuesday. As your resident hockey resident here at CBS Sports, I've had the privilege of keeping a close eye on Capitals star Alex Ovechkin over the past few seasons. It's been so special to get to…

It's the most wonderful time of the year for college football teams that had the type of seasons worthy of bowl games. While, in a lot of cases, the postseason has become a glorified showcase of depth and future talent as NFL-caliber players sit out non-playoff contests, there are still some terrific matchups full of good players and teams you may…

The richest two days in horse racing take place Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, with the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Saturday's $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday is the highlight of the 14 races totaling $31 million in prize money. The field features 80-1 longshot…

It's only the end of Week 3 in the college football season, and there are real, live, dreams that might just come true for several programs not used to being in the bowl hunt. Could UNLV really get into a bowl? Yeah, the schedule in a mediocre Mountain West shapes up. How about Arizona? After getting by North Dakota State, getting to six wins now…

The college football bowl season is here, with 41 games to fill your appetite for postseason football around the holiday season. Some are more meaningful to others to fans and, ahem, players and coaches, but they're all here and all available for sports bettors. Starting with the Bahamas Bowl between Miami of Ohio and UAB on Dec. 16 and going…

2022 College Football News bowl projections, predictions and possible matchups for the College Football Playoff - the final call before it all gets announced After all the fun and all the games and everything that happened this season, we final have it … we hope. What will the matchups be in the 2022-2023 bowl games and College Football Playoff? We…

Bowl projections and College Football Playoff predictions before Championship Weekend and after the penultimate CFP rankings A whole slew of things changed in the last few days since we published our latest round of Bowl Projections on Saturday night. It starts with the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings - which might be a fool's errand…

Greetings sports fans, it's Chris Bengel back in your inbox on this Wednesday. On Tuesday, the second-to-last College Football Playoff rankings were announced ahead of all of the conference title games around the country. It sets up a wild weekend of pigskin that you're not going to want to miss. Personally, I'll have my eye on Utah and USC doing…

Dearest reader, were you worried that we might go a day without an NFL quarterback being traded to a new team? Well, worry no more, friend! Another QB has been traded! This time, Matt Ryan was sent to the Indianapolis Colts by the Atlanta Falcons for a third-round pick. So, for those of you keeping score, the Colts traded Carson Wentz to the…

Bowl projections and College Football Playoff predictions after Week 13 of the 2022 season. Just when this was all supposed to clear up before the big weekend of championship games, everything got more bizarre. The College Football Playoff picture, though, actually became easier. The problem over the next week will be figuring out the bowl spots…

Most times a team plays an out-of-conference game toward the conclusion of their season, it's a cupcake matchup. Not so for the USC Trojans and their traditional rivalry game against Notre Dame, as the 8-3 Irish travel to The Coliseum for a huge chapter in this game's history. The Trojans are 10-1 on the season in Lincoln Riley's debut year,…

KY Derby Advance Wager #2 To Be Offered This Week (Forte / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Fans will have their second of six opportunities to bet on the 149 running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) Thursday-Sunday where Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI)…

Michael McLaughlin's $300000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade 3) winner Curly Jack headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts that were entered in Saturday's 96th running of the $400000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), a "Prep Season" race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Jockey Club, run at 1 1/16 miles, will award the Top 5 finishers points on a…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Curly Jack May Set Them Straight In G2 KY Jockey Club (Curly Jack / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Michael McLaughlin's $300000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) winner Curly Jack headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts that were entered in Saturday's 96 running of the $400000 Kentucky…

The first 12 weeks of the 2022 college football regular season are officially in the books, and Rivalry Week has finally arrived. We have another loaded slate of games on tap for next weekend, and the oddsmakers at Caesars Sportsbook have already released the opening lines for most of the Week 13 matchups. The action gets underway with two games on…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: KY Derby Winner Returns in G1 Clark'Cap (Rich Strike / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: RED-TR Racing's Kentucky Derby (Grade I) hero Rich Strike will return to Churchill Downs and face a compact field of seven entered in Friday's 148 running of the $750000 Clark presented by Norton…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Played Hard Could Be "Played Hard" in G3 Falls City (Played Hard / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Rigney Racing's Played Hard, winner of the $400000 Locust Grove (Grade III), will headline a field of six fillies and mares that were entered in Thanksgiving Day's 107 running of the $500000 Falls…

we are heading down the home stretch of the 2022 college football season as Week 12 has started with another full state of games on the docket. Per usual, CBS Sports Network will be home to a marathon of action spanning from coast to coast as conference races come down to the wire and teams claw for bowl eligibility. The action got started…

It's the Friday before a holiday weekend, so I don't want to take up too much of your time. Before you head out to wherever you're going this weekend, catch up on what's happening in the wide world of sports. All right, tonight we're only betting underdogs because the United States was an underdog when it first declared its independence from…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: 148th Running of Clark'Cap Commemorates Exterminator's Win From the Churchill Downs Media Team: 148 RUNNING OF CLARK MARKS 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF EXTERMINATOR'S HISTORIC VICTORY It's been 100 years since Willis Kilmer's famed Exterminator rallied to a 1 ½-length victory in the 1922 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs. At…

World Series Winner Now a Winner at Churchill Downs, Too (Alex Bregman, of the Houston Astros, gets a win at Churchill Downs / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Two-time World Series-winning third basemen Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros became a winning horse owner Wednesday at Churchill Downs when his family's 2-year-old…

With just two regular season games left before Championship Saturday and College Football Playoff selection, there's still a lot to sort out. For the moment, the top four may seem secure, but one of the second- or third-ranked teams will lose eventually, and the No. 4 isn't a sure thing, either. Ohio State and Michigan appear set to meet each other…

Chaos reared its head in Week 10 and its handiwork was everywhere. Josh Allen fumbled with 41 seconds left in the fourth quarter, leading to a Vikings win. Officials missed a face mask call during the Eagles fourth-quarter comeback try against the Commanders. The Cowboys' unsuccessful decision to go for it on fourth down opened the door for the…

This column was a Mississippi cover away from an 0-4 weekend this past Saturday, when Illinois and UCLA let me down as favorites while New Mexico couldn't keep pace with Air Force as a big underdog. We're running out of time to turn things around, but at 22-21-1 for the season there's still a chance to move into the profitability zone. All spreads…

Kueber Racing's two-time stakes-winning filly Coach will attempt to collect her first victory in graded stakes company as the headliner in Saturday's $300000 Chilukki Stakes (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs. The one-mile Chilukki Stakes for fillies and mares will go as Race 10 of 11 with a post time of 5:35 p.m. (all times Eastern). First post is 1…

The regular season in college football has started its stretch run as Week 11 is here. But there is still plenty to be decided across the sport's vast landscape. CBS Sports Network has another loaded schedule featuring six games across three days as programs jockey for conference title positioning, strive for bowl eligibility and try to close…

The regular season in college football has started its stretch run as Week 11 is here. But there is still plenty to be decided across the sport's vast landscape. CBS Sports Network has another loaded schedule featuring six games across three days as programs jockey for conference title positioning, strive for bowl eligibility and try to close…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Sconsin Returns in Sunday's Dream Supreme Stakes (Sconsin / Photos by Coady Photography) From the Churhcill Downs Media Team: Lloyd Madison Farm's growing broodmare band will add another member to their roster with their homebred Sconsin, who has a date with 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner in a few months. The…

Set Piece Is Set to Return to Churchill Downs in Sunday's G3 River City (Set Piece / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Juddmonte's multiple graded stakes winner Set Piece (GB) leads an oversubscribed cast of 14 horses that were entered in Sunday's $300000 River City (Grade III) at Churchill Downs. Sunday's featured…