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It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Tigers-Mariners prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Tigers-Mariners. The Seattle Mariners are doing something very familiar to their fans and to anyone who has followed them for any appreciable length of time. The Mariners are once again off to a very slow start […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Guardians-Padres prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Guardians-Padres. The San Diego Padres have gotten off to an amazing start in 2025. They dominated the Atlanta Braves in a four-game season-opening series. They not only swept the Braves, but they completely smothered Atlanta’s hitters, […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Braves-Padres prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Braves-Padres. The San Diego Padres have completely baffled the Atlanta Braves in this season-opening series. It’s more than just three wins in three games. The Padres have specifically dominated Atlanta hitters, particularly in the last four […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Cubs-Diamondbacks prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Cubs-Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks have lost two of three games against the Chicago Cubs in this opening weekend series. This is not the way the D-Backs had hoped to start their season at home. Arizona floundered […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Red Sox-Rangers. The Boston Red Sox entered this season with high expectations after bringing in Garrett Crochet and Alex Bregman to upgrade their roster. There is no question that Crochet is the high-end arm the Red Sox […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan State-Auburn prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan State-Auburn. The Auburn Tigers were one of the two best teams in college basketball during the regular season. Auburn and Duke had the two best resumes. They were the two most consistent team. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Tennessee-Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Tennessee-Houston. The Houston Cougars were thrown into the fire on Friday night. They had to play Purdue in Indianapolis in front of a loud pro-Boilermaker crowd. Houston clearly felt the pressure and stress of the […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with an Athletics-Mariners prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Athletics-Mariners. The Seattle Mariners are not inspiring confidence right out of the gate in this 2025 MLB season. Outside of a Jorge Polanco two-run homer, this batting order has done virtually nothing in two games against […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Tigers-Dodgers prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Tigers-Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a superteam, and they are showing it. It’s not as though they have dominated opponents in the first four games of the 2025 MLB season, but they have won all […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Cubs-Diamondbacks prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Cubs-Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks have dealt with some bad news and some good news regarding their starting pitchers for 2025. Jordan Montgomery is done with the team, having had to miss the 2025 season with Tommy […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Braves-Padres prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Braves-Padres. The San Diego Padres have outflanked the Atlanta Braves twice to start the 2025 MLB season. The Padres built a great bullpen last season and have that in their arsenal this season. In two games, […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Mets-Astros prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Mets-Astros. This has been a compelling first-weekend series at the start of the 2025 Major League Baseball season. Two teams expected to contend for division championships and playoff berths — legitimate World Series hopefuls — have […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Purdue-Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Purdue-Houston. The Houston Cougars are having to play a de facto road game in the Sweet 16. They are the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region, and being a No. 1 seed should generally […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan-Auburn prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan-Auburn. The Michigan Wolverines have found a higher gear, and they have also shown us why coaching matters so much in college basketball. Dusty May has taken a program which was a total mess last […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with an Athletics-Mariners prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Athletics-Mariners. The Seattle Mariners are dealing with more pressure than any other Major League Baseball team this season, not in terms of the intensity of their fan base (that would be the New York Mets), but […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Cubs-Diamondbacks prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Cubs-Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks received some bad news about pitcher Jordan Montgomery. Their very expensive acquisition announced that he will have Tommy John surgery in the coming days. He is done for 2025 and is also […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Tigers-Dodgers prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Tigers-Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers are back, trying to repeat as World Series champions. They were the best team in baseball last season, and their roster looks even better this year. Keep in mind that the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kentucky-Tennessee prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kentucky-Tennessee. The Tennessee Volunteers have never reached the Final Four. Rick Barnes made a Final Four with Texas in 2003, but he hasn’t been back since, and he has never been able to break through […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Ole Miss-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Ole Miss-Michigan State. The Michigan State Spartans are part of a fascinating story at the South Regional in Atlanta. Not only does Michigan State have a chance to make the Final Four, but […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oregon-Arizona prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oregon-Arizona. The Oregon Ducks and the Arizona Wildcats meet in Seattle, in what feels like a Pac-12 game but is instead a Big Ten-versus-Big 12 game. Seattle is a longtime Pac-12 city, home to the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a New Mexico-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch New Mexico-Michigan State. The Michigan State Spartans are in a position to make a charge at the Final Four. They were a No. 2 seed when they made the Final Four in 2019. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Ole Miss-Iowa State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Ole Miss-Iowa State. The Iowa State Cyclones looked like a Final Four contender in early January. Then they got hit by injuries and were never the same team again. Now Iowa State enters […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Colorado State-Maryland prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Colorado State-Maryland. The Colorado State Rams are one of the hottest teams in college basketball right now. They have won 11 games in a row, getting hot at just the right time and carrying […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Saint Mary’s-Alabama prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Saint Mary’s-Alabama. There are lots of really compelling games on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. This is one. Saint Mary’s has one of the slowest-paced teams in major college basketball, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Illinois-Kentucky prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Illinois-Kentucky. The Kentucky Wildcats got through the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, unlike 2024. Last year, the No. 3 seed Wildcats lost to a 14 seed. This year, UK handled a 14 seed […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Baylor-Duke prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Baylor-Duke. The first game of Sunday’s second-round slate is in Raleigh, featuring defending national champion UConn versus No. 1 seed Florida. This game follows that one in Raleigh. Ninth-seeded Baylor faces top seed Duke in […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Florida prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UConn-Florida. This is what the NCAA Tournament is all about. It’s a second-round game between a hot No. 1 seed being picked to win it all in a lot of brackets, versus the two-time defending […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UCLA-Tennessee prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UCLA-Tennessee. The UCLA Bruins have a chance to do something special. They are a No. 7 seed, which is not special at all for a program with UCLA’s history and overall stature. Now, however, the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Wisconsin prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Wisconsin. The BYU Cougars are on a roll. They were one of the hottest teams in college basketball from mid-February through the first weekend of March. They made a dramatic surge up the board in […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Drake-Texas Tech prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Drake-Texas Tech. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are trying to build upon their regular season. Coach Grant McCasland has done some really good work in Lubbock, getting Tech into second place in the rugged, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan-Texas A&M prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan-Texas A&M. The Michigan Wolverines have been doing this all season, and by “this,” we are referring to several things all at once. Michigan looks like a great team for a 10-minute stretch in […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Arkansas-St John’s prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Arkansas-St John’s. The St John’s Red Storm are developing a pattern. They dominate in second halves, but they also struggle in the first 10 to 15 minutes of a game. St John’s has been […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Xavier-Illinois prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Xavier-Illinois. The Xavier Musketeers played their way into this game. They won their First Four clash with Texas on Wednesday night. They trailed by as many as 13 points and were down by 10 in […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Liberty-Oregon prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Liberty-Oregon. The Oregon Ducks are back in the bracket for March Madness. Dana Altman has been one of the better March coaches in the sport over time. He won with Creighton and he has won […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Bryant-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Bryant-Michigan State. The Michigan State Spartans are finally back in a position where a Final Four run seems like a reasonable possibility. It has been several years since Michigan State was last seeded in […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oklahoma-UConn prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oklahoma-UConn. It’s extremely rare for any college basketball team to make the NCAA Tournament with a 6-12 record in conference play (7-13 if one counts two games in its conference tournament), but that is exactly […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Akron-Arizona prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Akron-Arizona. The Arizona Wildcats are laboring under an NCAA Tournament burden. They have not made the Final Four since 2001. They have not been to the Elite Eight since 2015. Arizona is a brand-name program […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a New Mexico-Marquette prediction and pick. Find out how to watch New Mexico-Marquette. The Marquette Golden Eagles are a relatively unremarkable team. They did not win the Big East regular season championship. They did not win the Big East Tournament. They actually finished fifth in […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Troy-Kentucky prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Troy-Kentucky. The Kentucky Wildcats enter the 2025 NCAA Tournament with a new head coach. For the past decade and a half, Kentucky was coached in March Madness by John Calipari, who was hitting home runs […]