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Time to start thinking three-peat? It is if you're an oddsmaker. Shortly after Georgia football's 65-7 romp over TCU Monday night, the Bulldogs are the betting favorites to win three in a row. BetMGM has Georgia (+300) ahead of Ohio State (+600), Alabama (+700) and USC (+700) for the 2024 College Football Championship. The Bulldogs (+275) are…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is kicking off its 2023 fight campaign with a stitched together mixed martial arts (MMA) event taking place this Sat. night (Jan. 14) at the promotion's APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a light heavyweight headliner between late replacement Sean Strickland - filling in for the injured Kelvin…

Paris Saint-Germain will once again chase an elusive UEFA Champions League title in 2022/23. The French giants automatically booked their place in the competition after finishing top of Ligue 1 last season. PSG's 2021/22 campaign, however, failed to deliver in Europe - with the club knocked out of the Champions League in the Round of 16. A…

It's a battle of Eastern Conference contenders who don't like each other much on TNT this Thursday! And a battle of two Western Conference teams with very high-scoring and popular players who seem to get along just fine! There's no love lost between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets, who met in the playoffs last year, and both have strong…

When asked about what makes the Golden Knights such a tough opponent to play on their home ice, Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice did not go the obvious route. The Golden Knights are good in Vegas - because they are flat out good. And have been, basically, since Day 1. Maurice noted his Winnipeg Jets did not have much success against the Golden…

Less than 24 hours after Georgia hoisted its second-straight College Football Playoff national championship trophy, attention has already turned to the 2023 college football season. And according to multiple sportsbooks, Ohio State remains in the running for a return to the College Football Playoff and has a chance at a national title. Tipico…

The Georgia Bulldogs and the TCU Horned Frogs square off in the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at SoFi Stadium on January 9th, 2023 at 7:30pm. TCU upset favorite Michigan in the semifinal in a totally surprising season that saw the Horned Frogs go from 5-7 in 2022 to being on the cusp of winning a national title. Standing…

The Florida Panthers hit the official halfway mark of their 2022-23 season today when they visit the Dallas Stars at 3:30 p.m. Florida comes into the day six points back of the New York Islanders for the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. While the Panthers would like to have a number of games back in their previous 40, their start…

If the Florida Panthers are going to make the long climb back into a playoff spot, they need to get in gear right now. The Panthers currently sit eight points behind the New York Islanders for the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference as they begin a four-game road trip in Detroit tonight. And that is just the beginning of a stretch of…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) - Some companies that started offering legal sports betting at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day are already getting off to a rough start, and could be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. The Ohio Casino Control Commission said the parent companies for Caesars, DraftKings and Bet…

With the Monday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills was postponed after safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest in the first quarter, sportsbooks are starting to respond with the game not being resumed later this week. Tuesday, the NFL announced that the Bengals vs. Bills game would not be resumed before Week…

Barcelona are hoping to return to prominence in Europe as their 2022/23 UEFA Champions League journey begins. The Spanish giants were left red-faced last season after their exit at the group stage from the competition. That consigned the Blaugrana to their Europa League debut, where they were beaten by eventual winners Eintracht Frankfurt. Such an…

SUNRISE - The Florida Panthers will be as close to full-strength as they have all season when they return from the NHL's holiday break to play the Montreal Canadiens. Sasha Barkov (knee), Aaron Ekblad (shoulder) and Radko Gudas (concussion) were all cleared to return to the lineup on Thursday night, ending a month-long stretch where the Panthers…

Pachuca and Tigres UANL will face each other today looking for a place in the semifinals of the 2022 Liga MX Torneo Apertura Playoffs. Here you can find all you need to know about this soccer match such as the preview, predictions and odds. You can watch it in the United States on fuboTV (free-trial in the US). The first leg ended up with a 1-0…

Defending champions Milwaukee Bucks will travel to the TD Garden on Sunday to take on the Boston Celtics for Game 7 of their Conference semifinals. The Bucks had a slow start to their campaign but peaked to finish third in the East. They'll rely on Giannis Antetokounmpo once again to come up with the goods in the series decider. With Khris…

The West Virginia Mountaineers are 10-2 after playing its pre-Big 12 schedule and are now preparing for their conference opener against Kansas State on Dec. 31. With that, we have five thoughts about the Mountaineers at the break. Don't forget about our new feature for men's basketball - Daily Fantasy Lineups. Every night a Big 12 team is part of…

The Florida Panthers will have a new player in the lineup on Friday night when they visit the New York Islanders at Belmont Park. Givani Smith, the forward Florida acquired on Monday from the Red Wings, was recalled from AHL Charlotte and will be in against the Islanders according to coach Paul Maurice. Maurice did not say who was coming out,…

Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm are the betting favorites for this week's PGA Championship, but former Cal golfers Collin Morikawa and Max Homa are not too far down the list of favorites for this event, which is the second major of the year. The betting odds for each golfer vary depending on the betting site you choose. At the end of this story we…

SUNRISE - The Florida Panthers got a desperate Devils team last Saturday night in Newark and expect more of the same tonight at FLA Live Arena. The Devils are one of the most surprising stories in the NHL this season, getting off to a 16-3-0 start fueled by a 13-game winning streak. But things have cooled considerably. New Jersey comes to town…

Starting Jan. 1, Ohio residents will be permitted to place bets on professional, college and esports, following in the footsteps of 32 other states which have already legalized such gambling. On Dec. 31, Ohio State football will face Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia. With the game kicking off…

These guys again? The LA Kings will wrap up their season series against the Seattle Kraken on Monday night, looking for a clean sweep against the league's newest team. Power-play: LAK: 16.6% (28th) SEA: 15.1% (29th) Penalty Kill: LAK: 75.3% (26th) SEA: 73.7% (29th) Faceoffs: LAK: 53.3% (4th) SEA: 47.5% (27th) Goals per game: LAK: 2.87 (20th) SEA:…

The Florida Panthers will have their hands full again against the league-leading Boston Bruins tonight at TD Garden. And the injury bug will not do them any favors. Again. The last time the Panthers made the trip to Boston, they had to play a man down with Brandon Montour nursing an injury and later had to play with four defensemen after Aaron…

The heavily-injured Florida Panthers find themselves starting a three-game gauntlet against two of the best teams in the league - and they start with the upstart New Jersey Devils. Florida's injury (and illness) woes started when captain Sasha Barkov started to feel sick in the middle of a win over the Washington Capitals on Nov. 15. With the…

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors will go up against each other in an Eastern Conference matchup at the Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, April 7. In three previous meetings between the two sides this season, the Raptors have bagged two wins. The 76ers head into the game after a staggering 131-122 win over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday.…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is closing out its 2022 fight campaign with one final mixed martial arts (MMA) event this Sat. night (Dec. 17) at the promotion's APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a middleweight headliner between former title challenger Jared Cannonier and certified wackadoodle Sean Strickland. Both fighters are…

The Mavs are coming off a rather disappointing 15-point loss against the Cavs. Pair this with the Maxi injury news and it is safe to say, us fans are not in a good place right now. The good news is that there are 82 games, and the Mavs get a chance to bounce back tonight against the Blazers. The Blazers are playing well as of late as they bring a…

The 2022 MLB season rolls along and will feature one of the best matchups out west starting today where the surging Seattle Mariners (54-45) take on one of the best team in baseball in the Houston Astros (64-35) when this game gets underway from Texas on Thursday, July 28 at 5:10 p.m. PT/8:10 p.m. ET with a live broadcast on FS1, and locally on…

The Utah Jazz will host the high-flying Memphis Grizzlies in a clash between two teams from the Western Conference with postseason aspirations. The Memphis Grizzlies have been flying high all season long as they are currently on a seven-game winning streak as they are seeded second in the Western Conference with a record that reads 55 wins and 23…

With the promotion DraftKings is offering, it's the perfect time for bettors to jump in on the action, as we are already a quarter of the way through the NCAAB season. The year is flying by, but there is still plenty of money to be made. Now is the perfect time for those sitting on the sidelines to jump in, as DK has an incredible offer. Right now,…

In March, Alex Kirshner wrote in Slate, referring to the NFL, that "competitive integrity and cash go hand in hand." With the rise in legalized sports betting and its partnerships with betting sites like Draft Kings, the UFC has also realized that fact. The difference between the two entities is that the NFL understood that fact years ago.

Why should organized crime have all the fun? In 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court declared that sports gambling was a "states rights" issue, making what had been illegal for many years now able to become legal. This opened the door for "legitimate" businesses to turn what had been dominated by organized crime to go mainstream. Although laws varied from…

TNT is dyn-o-mite tonight with a star-studded double-header of NBA basketball. First up, the Los Angeles Lakers (10-12) travel to Ohio to play the Cleveland Cavaliers (15-9). After that, the Dallas Mavericks (11-11) head to Ball Arena to face the Denver Nuggets (14-9). If you like NBA stars, a line-up featuring LeBron, Spida, Luka, and Joker is…

The San Jose Sharks currently sit three points out of a playoff spot and are heading towards the fourth straight season of missing the playoffs. While three points might not seem like very much, they have also played the most games in the NHL with just five regulation wins. The team ranks 13th in the Western Conference in points, despite several…

Purdue football will meet No. 2 Michigan in the Big Ten championship game. The Boilermakers (8-4, 6-3) clinched the Big Ten West title with a 30-16 win over Indiana in the Old Oaken Bucket game. Purdue quarterback Aidan O'Connell played with a heavy heart in the wake of the recent death of his brother, but he completed 18-of-29 passes for 290 yards…

The Miami Heat will be travelling to Boston to take on the NBA-best Celtics on Wednesday night. Here are our Heat vs. Celtics picks. The Miami Heat (10-11) haven't started the season like they would've hoped but are on a three-game winning streak as they travel into Boston to play the Celtics tonight and on Friday. Forward, Jimmy Butler and guard,…

The Brooklyn Nets will lock horns with the Miami Heat in a battle of Eastern Conference heavyweights at the FTX Arena on Saturday, Mar. 26. The Heat have won all three of their meetings this season. The Nets are coming off a disappointing 132-120 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Kyrie Irving continued his brilliance with a 43-point performance. Kevin…

Watching Sports on Television Can Be Harmful To Your Health and Wallet; Athletes and Some Voices Shamelessly Act Like Shills For All Sort Of Products I was a novice reporter, a rookie hitting the keys for a Brooklyn Daily. I came up the ranks writing sports, hardly considered one of the newspaper's loftier departments. Other journalists were…

The Old Oaken Bucket game between the Purdue Boilermakers and Indiana Hoosiers will be played in Bloomington in 2022. Purdue (7-4, 5-3) enters the matchup with a chance to win the Big Ten West and play for the conference championship in Lucas Oil Stadium on Dec. 3. The formula: Nebraska must beat Iowa on Friday and the Boilermakers must beat the…

The New York Knicks might not be much better than they were a year ago, but one significant improvement comes in the form of free-agent signing Jalen Brunson. We're highlighting the point guard's scoring prowess in our betting picks. A new season means new objectives, goals, and opportunities for teams to leap forward. For the Memphis Grizzlies, a…

WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his New Orleans Pelicans vs Dallas Mavericks prop betting preview for Thursday, February 17. At the time of posting, Dallas has opened as a 2.5-point road favorite against the home Pelicans, with the total sitting at 213.5 points. Stay on top of the latest NBA updates direct from Las Vegas! Numbers…

The Indianapolis Colts are coming off of a strange, wonderful week and face the possibility of a crash back to reality when they host the Philadelphia Eagles. The Colts (4-5-1) beat the Las Vegas Raiders 25-20 in Jeff Saturday's debut as interim coach. Jonathan Taylor had a successful return from injury, and Matt Ryan passed - and ran(!!) -…

The Purdue Boilermakers are in a good position to win the Big Ten West, but they must win out and get some help. First up are the Northwestern Wildcats. Purdue (6-4, 4-3) is coming off a 31-21 victory over Illinois in which the Boilers performed well against the nation's No. 1 defense and kept Illini running back Chase Brown largely in…

The Indiana Hoosiers try to snap a 7-game losing streak during a visit to Michigan State. IU (3-7, 1-6 Big Ten) are coming off a 56-14 loss to No. 2 Ohio State. Dexter Williams replaced Connor Bazelak at quarterback and threw a long touchdown pass, but the Hoosiers were overmatched. The Spartans (5-5, 3-4) are one win from bowl eligibility. They…

Two heavyweight teams in the NBA this season, the Boston Celtics are traveling to Memphis to take on the Memphis Grizzlies as this is a matchup between two teams with championship aspirations. The Boston Celtics are having an incredible season so far despite there being rumors of potential unrest between the players. Under rookie head coach Ime…

Sports betting in Wyoming has been legal online/on mobile and in retail settings since September 2021. Check out the best betting sites for bettors in the Equality State. Online sports betting became completely legal in Wyoming in September 2021. The Wyoming Gaming Commission had a minimum of five licenses available to be granted, and the first two…

As much as NHL teams enjoy going to places like Fort Lauderdale - and, in this case, Nashville - sometimes the trip is quick. The Florida Panthers are on a business trip to one of the great stops this league has to offer. The Panthers flew to Tennessee not long after they beat Buffalo 4-3 in a closely-contested game and will play a Predators team…

The Purdue Boilermakers try to snap a losing skid and keep up with Big Ten West-leading Illinois when they visit the Illini. Purdue (5-4, 3-3) is in a logjam one game behind Illinois in the division. The Boilermakers have lost to Wisconsin and Iowa in recent weeks as their offense has sputtered. No. 20 (USA TODAY) Illinois (7-2, 4-2) lost to…

With three games left in the 2022 college football regular season, the Heisman Trophy race remains up in the air. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner is seemingly out of the picture in Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, who heads into Week 11 with+3000 odds to take home the trophy. Thus a new winner is likely set to be crowned in New York City on Dec.…

New York's rebuild has come full circle. After a soul crushing home defeat in Game 7 of the 2015 Eastern Conference Finals, the Rangers' previous window of championship contention was slammed shut. Although the team qualified for the playoffs the following two seasons and even won a playoff round in 2017, the slow deterioration of a team that had…

Entering the 2021 season, the Dodgers had the highest World Series odds. As the season continued, the Dodgers continued to have the highest odds. As we enter the National League Championship Series, the Dodgers are still the team to beat according to the Draft Kings Sportsbook. With only four teams remaining, the Dodgers are the betting favorite…