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The Chicago Bears are in the first year of yet another new administration, and a Week 7 Monday night road victory over the New England Patriots has given the organization a rare dose of pride. General manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus believe they have a quarterback who can lead them for years […]

Horned Frogs fans, TCU football is going streaking, as Sony Dykes’ squad was able to overcome West Virginia by a score of 41-31 to keep their undefeated streak alive and their dreams of the college football playoffs alive with it. Surprising? Eh, maybe a little bit, as TCU had to overcome the likes of Oklahoma, […]

Well, well, well… if it isn’t the Battle of Alberta! One of the most historic rivalries in the entire sport, a rematch of last year’s Western Conference semifinals will be the talk of the town as the Edmonton Oilers go to war against the Calgary Flames. let’s take an exclusive look at our NHL odds series […]

Who’s ready for some action-packed hockey on this Saturday? The Carolina Hurricanes will meet up with the Philadelphia Flyers in what should be an entertaining duel! Join us for our NHL odds series where our Hurricanes-Flyers prediction and pick will be made. Entering this one fresh off of a rare 6-2 home defeat to the Islanders, […]

The Memphis Grizzlies take on the Utah Jazz. Check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Grizzlies-Jazz prediction and pick. The Utah Jazz were supposed to be one of the worst teams in the NBA this season, but that has plainly not been the case. New coach Will Hardy has made an immediate impact with […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Dallas Mavericks. Check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Thunder-Mavericks prediction and pick. The Oklahoma City Thunder do not have a fully healthy version of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. They have top draft pick Chet Holmgren out for the full season with an injury. Like a number of other […]

The Atlanta Hawks take on the Milwaukee Bucks. Check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Hawks Bucks prediction and pick. The early days of the NBA season are full of surprises, but the Milwaukee Bucks have not been surprising at all. They have been very good, as expected. Giannis Antetokounmpo has been great, as […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ struggles aren’t stopping after an 0-5 start. The flexibility is limited because of the hole they dug themselves, and there seems to be no answer for them to be a consistent contender in the next few years. With LeBron James and Anthony Davis as the two assets that have some sort […]

The Denver Broncos are currently across the pond in London, England for the week. They’re set to face the Jacksonville Jaguars in historic Wembley Stadium on Sunday. If you want to catch the game, you’ll likely have to wake up in the wee hours of the morning. Both teams in this matchup, however, are not […]

The Las Vegas Raiders will travel to take on the New Orleans Saints in a Sunday afternoon NFL matchup at the Caesars Superdome. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NFL odds series, which includes a Raiders-Saints prediction and pick, laid out below. Las Vegas has struggled to a 2-4 record under […]

The Arizona Cardinals will travel to take on the Minnesota Vikings in a Sunday afternoon NFL matchup at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NFL odds series, which includes a Cardinals-Vikings prediction and pick, laid out below. Arizona has navigated the Kyler Murray extension drama to […]

The Miami Dolphins will travel north to take on the Detroit Lions in a Sunday afternoon NFL matchup at Ford Field in Detroit.  With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NFL odds series, which includes a Dolphins-Lions prediction and pick, laid out below. Miami has endured injuries and gone 4-3, good for […]

The Chicago Bears will travel to take on the Dallas Cowboys in a Sunday afternoon NFL matchup at AT&T Stadium aka “Jerry World” in Dallas. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NFL odds series, which includes a Bears-Cowboys prediction and pick, laid out below. Chicago is coming off a Monday Night […]

The Carolina Panthers will travel to take on the Atlanta Falcons in a Sunday afternoon NFL matchup at Mercedes Benz Stadium. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NFL odds series, which includes a Panthers-Falcons prediction and pick, laid out below. The Carolina Panthers are an absolute mess, already firing Matt Rhule, […]

The Tennessee football story is a complicated one, but it is also a story of redemption in 2022. If UT wants to make the College Football Playoff, it needs to solve the puzzle that is the Kentucky football defense. Jalin Hyatt, though, is not the X-factor for the Vols against Mark Stoops’ Big Blue defense. […]

Early in the season, the New York Yankees were so hard to beat because of their exceptional batting. The problem with having that approach is it is high-risk, high-reward. Toward the latter part of the season until the postseason, Aaron Judge lacked sufficient help that would make the Yankees a legitimate World Series contender. Judge […]

The Stanford Cardinal take on the UCLA Bruins. Check out our college football odds series for our Stanford UCLA prediction and pick. Stanford appeared to be adrift and lost in early October. The Cardinal blew a late lead to Oregon State with atrocious pass defense, a disaster in their secondary. They could have allowed that […]

The USC Trojans take on the Arizona Wildcats. Check out our college football odds series for our USC Arizona prediction and pick. This is the last game of the regular season in which the USC Trojans will play outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area. All four November games are in the L.A. metro area — […]

The Pittsburgh Panthers take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Check out our college football odds series for our Pittsburgh North Carolina prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels have authored a very improbable story thus far in 2022. In 2021, North Carolina was the clear preseason choice to win the ACC Coastal Division. […]

The Michigan State Spartans take on the Michigan Wolverines. Check out our college football odds series for our Michigan State Michigan prediction and pick. The Michigan State Spartans are laboring through a very difficult season. Head coach Mel Tucker received a massive pay raise last year when MSU administrators worried that LSU or other potential […]

The Ole Miss Rebels take on the Texas A&M Aggies. Check out our college football odds series for our Ole Miss Texas A&M prediction and pick. The Ole Miss Rebels got out to an early lead at LSU last week, and then their defense collapsed. LSU scored an avalanche of 42 points with barely any […]

The Baylor Bears take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Check out our college football odds series for our Baylor Texas Tech prediction and pick. The Baylor Bears were a preseason top-15 team. The presumption heading into 2022 was that Baylor would continue to be a very strong defensive team, for the simple reason that […]

After last year’s victory over Ohio State, Michigan’s inferiority complex has completely disappeared. The No. 4-ranked team in the nation have picked up where they left off after that victory and Wolverines football is dominating once again1. The Wolverines have already throttled the Penn State Nittany Lions, registering a 41-17 beatdown in mid-October. Michigan has […]

For the first time since 2014, Ole Miss football currently sits at 7-1. With Texas A&M looming on the schedule, before a bye week presents some respite ahead of a showdown with #6 Alabama, in a game that will likely decide the SEC West, let’s take a look at the Rebels’ resume, and why they […]

It has been a surprisingly good start to the season for the Minnesota Vikings, as first-year head coach Kevin O’Connell has gotten his team off to a 5-1 start and a 2 1/2-game lead in the NFC North. Instead of looking up at the Green Bay Packers, as has been the case in the the […]

The Missouri Tigers take on the South Carolina Gamecocks. Check out our college football odds series for our Missouri South Carolina prediction and pick. The Missouri Tigers are what one would call a “half a loaf” team. They have become very good – maybe even surprisingly good – on one side of the ball, but […]

Kentucky football entered the 2022 season full of expectations. The Wildcats were ranked No. 20 in the preseason and peaked at No. 7 earlier in October. However, a two-game losing streak seriously impacted their season. The team bounced back with a win over then-No. 16 Mississippi State last week, which certainly motivated players for their […]

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons take on the Louisville Cardinals. Check out our college football odds series for our Wake Forest Louisville prediction and pick. Wake Forest is in the top 10 of the national polls, powered by quarterback Sam Hartman. If Hartman played for Alabama or Ohio State, he would be at the forefront […]

The Oregon Ducks take on the California Golden Bears. Check out our college football odds series for our Oregon California prediction and pick. The Oregon Ducks have earned a lot of respect in college football this year. The program, the coaches, the players, everyone has forced skeptical pundits to take note of the Ducks. Some […]

It’s obviously in Joe Lacob’s best financial interest to balk at expectations the Golden State Warriors payroll could soon explode into the $400-$500 million territory. Details of reporting about NBA owners’ yearning for a hard cap in the next CBA, though, reveal that Lacob’s summer talk about already being “in trouble with the rest of […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Check out our college football odds series for our Illinois Nebraska prediction and pick. The Illinois Fighting Illini are having the time of their lives. They control their fate in the Big Ten West Division. If they win out, they win the division championship and would […]

The Cincinnati Bearcats take on the UCF Knights. Check out our college football odds series for our Cincinnati UCF prediction and pick. The Cincinnati Bearcats aren’t going to make the College Football Playoff this season, but they can still win the Group of Five and return to a New Year’s Six bowl for the second […]

The Timberwolves host the winless Lakers for Friday night action! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Lakers-Timberwolves prediction and pick. The Lakers are (0-4) and I don’t think anyone predicted that. It’s been a rough first week of the season for them but they have played four good teams. LA really […]

With teams entering the final month of their regular seasons, there are still many unanswered questions in college football. While many eyes are on the College Football Playoff and the battle in the SEC, the Jackson State Tigers are making some noise in 2022, led by Shedeur Sanders. The team is currently undefeated with a […]

The Oklahoma Sooners take on the Iowa State Cyclones. Check out our college football odds series for our Kansas State Iowa State prediction and pick. This game figures to be a one-score game. Why can we say that so confidently? Iowa State regularly plays one-score games in the Big 12 this season. Iowa State suffered […]

The New York Knicks visit the Milwaukee Bucks for Friday night action! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Knicks-Bucks prediction and pick. The Knicks are coming off of a huge win over the Charlotte Hornets in overtime Wednesday night. Their only loss came against the Memphis Grizzlies and are (3-1) after […]

The Toronto Raptors host the Philadelphia 76ers for the second-straight game Friday night! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a 76ers-Raptors prediction and pick. It’s been a tough start to the season for the Sixers. They fell to the Boston Celtics on Opening Night, followed by losses to the Milwaukee Bucks and […]

One word could properly describe Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic’s performance against the Brooklyn Nets Thursday night: Masterclass. Doncic dominated the game in every aspect, posting 41 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists while leading Dallas to a 129-125 overtime win. The 23-year-old became the 10th player in league history to record three career 40-point […]

The Boston Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time this season! Let’s continue our NBA odds series with a Cavaliers-Celtics prediction and pick. It’s a new era in Cleveland. The Guardians were one win shy of going to the ALCS and the Cavaliers are back to being one of the better teams in […]