#The Gist

Two coaches -- P.J. Fleck and Dino Babers -- that know each other well. Two teams with quandaries at different positions -- quarterback and running back. That's the gist of Thursday's Pinstripe Bowl between the Minnesota Gophers and Syracuse Orange. Fleck, who has coached the Gophers to three straight bowl wins, knows Babers from their time in the…

The start of the American football season is like ringing in the new year for the sports betting industry. And this latest season seems to mark a new austerity era for dealings between sportsbooks and publishers. "[Two years ago] was like the silly season of investing in massive marketing budgets that return [bettors acquired through paid…

I've been an avid follower of all-weather racing for as long as I can remember and focus the majority of my betting on it. It has given me my biggest-priced winner in Arcangues, who landed the 1993 Breeders' Cup Classic at odds of 133-1, and more recently my biggest win, thanks to a treble that ran into five figures. The main reason it appeals more…

It's beginning to look a lot like December. Or at least close to it. What that means in hockey terms is simple: A quarter of the NHL's 2022-23 regular season is in the books, and it's getting a bit easier to separate the haves from the have-nots. The defending champs from Colorado have hit their stride. The two-time defending champs before them are…

Hello again, Milwaukee Bucks fans! After a rougher than (I) expected stretch, the Bucks are now charging into (what I believe is) their easiest remaining portion of the schedule. This is not based on current winning percentage, or last year's, but it is more so based on how good I think the teams are. For instance, Indiana is doing well, but I…

The Queen's runner King's Lynn was third in the Wokingham (5.00pm). Dream Of Dreams won the feature Diamond Jubilee Stakes as Ryan Moore celebrated a treble The Queen just missed out on a winner as she attended Royal Ascot's final day. Making her first appearance at the big meeting this week, the reigning monarch arrived to a round of applause from…

Considering the Rockies seem truly interested in Kris Bryant and I haven't heard a whisper about them and Kyle Schwarber, let's go crazy here and assume they sign Bryant. First of all, that would be fun, and second of all, how would that leave the lineup? Bryant would slot in right field, you'd assume, so let's see how this looks for every…

While making predictions for the College Football Playoff may seem easy given the regularity with which a handful of teams have dominated the semifinals, there's always at least or maybe two surprises. Last season saw the latter with Michigan and Cincinnati in the field for the first time, while Oklahoma and Clemson saw their lengthy conference…