Below are two free plays for Wednesday afternoon:

GIANTS at BREWERS (Over 8, Even) – 1:10 pm ET #903-904

Not an official play, but I would rate the Over as a light lean today.

The Brewers close out the homestand on Wednesday afternoon with the Giants. Marco Estrada makes his sixth start of the season for the Brew Crew. He's 0-3 with a 4.97 ERA in th ...  read more

Below are two free plays for Sunday afternoon:

ARIZONA (-) (Miley/Adcock) - 2:10 pm ET #971

A series victory is at stake Sunday when the Royals host the Diamondbacks. Wade Miley has pitched well for Arizona this season. He's 3-1 with a 2.35 ERA in five starts. The southpaw has shown good control walking only eight in 30.2 innings. Miley won in Los Angeles against ...  read more

This Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville marks the running of the 138th Kentucky Derby, which is the Crown Jewel of the Triple Crown racing season for the top three-year-old thoroughbred horses in the United States.

While the betting public tends to focus most of their handicapping efforts on picking the winner for this race, there are a number of prop ...  read more

Jim Miller and Nate Diaz will meet in the main event of the latest UFC on FOX card this Saturday. Miller (-225) has long been at the top of the division, but despite an 8-1 record since mid-2009, a shot at UFC Lightweight Title has eluded him. Diaz (+175) has been living in the shadow of his older brother, but with back-to-back impressive performance he has thrust ...  read more

ROYALS at TWINS (Over 8 ½, -105) – 1:10 pm ET #969-970

Not an official play, but I would rate the Over as a light lean today.

The Royals and Twins continued their tradition of slugfests on Friday night. Now they'll try to do the same on Saturday afternoon. Bruce Chen is looking for his first win this season; he is 0-2 with a 2.52 ERA in four games. He has lo ...  read more

Houston Rockets

The Rockets have had their ups and downs over the past two weeks. Houston jumped into the #6 seed last week after winning four consecutive games, all on the road. But after their triumphant trip, the Rockets lost six straight games and have since gone just 1-7 SU over the past eight games, including blowing a 13-point lead at Miami on Sunday against a Hea ...  read more

Dallas Mavericks

The defending NBA champs have had a tumultuous season. The Mavericks are just 6 games over .500 (34-28 SU) with a losing record on the road at 13-18 after back-to-back overtime losses against the Lakers and Jazz. Dallas had been playing without point guard Jason Kidd recently; he missed four games with a strained right groin muscle. The Mavericks lost t ...  read more

Boston Celtics

Ray Allen missed six straight games with a right ankle injury until his return last week. But his absence was actually been a blessing in disguise for the Celtics as they won five of those six games, while going 5-1 ATS. Avery Bradley started in place of Allen in five games, and he emerged as a significant contributor for Boston on both ends of the court. ...  read more

Louisville

Aside from Kentucky, the Cardinals have played the best basketball of any team remaining in the tournament. The Cardinals have been on a major role since the Big East conference tournament when they won four games in four nights to take home the title. Louisville has won and covered the pointspread in 8 consecutive games. The Cardinals’ defense has been outst ...  read more

The MLB regular season starts this week with two brief games in Japan between Oakland and Seattle. The Athletics agreed to give up two home games, so they will technically be the home team in both games, even though Seattle will probably have the crowd support because of super star Ichiro Suzuki.

Both Oakland and Seattle are long shots to win the American League West division and each ...  read more

East Region

The East held form in the top half of the bracket with #1 Syracuse and #4 Wisconsin advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. From the bottom half, #2 Ohio State is still alive with #6 Cincinnati rounding out the group. There were no upsets in the East in the first eight games played as the higher seed won every game. And we only saw one upset in the Round of 32 when ...  read more

A – Adam Schefter and Chris Mortenson. The ESPN tag team of Adam Schefter and Chris Mortenson broke the Peyton Manning to Denver news with a simple tweet around 11:30 a.m. EST on Monday morning. Kind of like how the LeBron James to Miami Heat story broke minus a one-hour ESPN primetime special with Jim Gray.

B – Big Ten. The Big Ten has four teams in the ...  read more

We are down to a Sweet 16 from 68, with the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend set to tip off on Thursday night in the East Region (Boston) and West Region (Phoenix). So it’s time to do a Bovada props reset from the opening of the Big Dance.

When writing about the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player before the tournament, one guy I really liked was Nort ...  read more

1. Top Two seeds should always be advance thru the sweet 16 without any hesitation. Over 93% of the time all the top 8 ...  read more

ACC:

North Carolina headed into the ACC tournament as the #1 seed in Atlanta. North Carolina was mightily impressive in their final regular season game as they went into Cameron Indoor and waxed Duke 88-70. The Tar Heels closed as a 2-point road favorite in that game as heavy money came in on UNC. In the first meeting, North Carolina thoroughly out-played Duke, but the Blue De ...  read more

A couple months ago the Milwaukee Brewers expected to be without Ryan Braun at the beginning of the season. Fans were preparing for a disappointing season without Prince Fielder and Braun for the first 50 games. Fast forward to today and the fan base is rejoicing after Braun stunningly won the appeal of his 50-game suspension. Major League Baseball is up in arms reg ...  read more

With as much depth and talent as any mid-major league in the country the Atlantic 10 Tournament should be one of the most competitive and hard-fought March Madness brackets played this weekend. With as many as eight teams with a realistic chance to win the A-10 tournament a lot of teams on the bubble should be watching this one closely this week and hoping that ...  read more

Now, let's take a look at this hot-mess

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/bracket/_/id/99/2012-pac-12-tournament

The Favorites - Well, the #1 seed Washington Huskies have ...  read more

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/03/3462208/big-12-tournament-bracket.html

The Favorites - In Big 12 country you have to start with the Jayhawks. Kansas is the #1 seed. Missouri #2, Iowa State #3 and Baylor #4 round out the top 4 seeds. Kanas and Missouri have first round byes.

To me, it looks as though Missouri has an easier r ...  read more

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/bracket/_/id/83

This conference is huge. #1 Syracuse #2 Marquette #3 Notre Dame and #4 Cincy all have a double bye. #5 Georgetown #6 South Florida #7 Louisville and #8 West Virginia all have a bye.

We see 'name' programs seed ...  read more

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/atl10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012_MBB_Champ_Bracket.pdf

The Favorites - Temple is the #1 seed, STL the #2, Xavier #3, St Bonaventure #4. Richmond the #10 seed, won this last year. Temple won the previous ...  read more

ACC

Miami (Fla) received some more bad news from the NCAA last Sunday. The Hurricanes’ best player, center Reggie Johnson, was suspended for “impermissible travel benefits” allegedly given to Johnson’s family by a member of its former basketball coaching staff. Current Missouri head coach Frank Haith was the coach at Miami during the time that this allegedly happened. Haith is ...  read more

This conference has a North and South Division. The South seems to be the stronger of the two this season

Teams with byes - S1 Davidson S2 Wofford N1 Greensboro N2 Elon ... Those are your Top 4 teams.

Sleepers - I am liking Wofford and Georgia Southern here. ...  read more

The Faves - Drexel at 16-2 in conference and VCU at 15-3 are the Top Seeds. Let's not overlook George Mason who went 14-4 and Old Dom at 13-5.. Did I mention Delaware went 12-6 in conference play. I for one am discounting the Blue Hens here. I am actually playing on underdo ...  read more

You need to know where these games are being played.

http://www.northeastconference.org/documents/2012/1/31/bracket.pdf?id=13371

http://www.americaeast.com/pdf8/828269.pdf

http://www.atlanticsun.org/media/2011-12/pdf/MBB%20Bracket%20-%202012.pdf

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/patr/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_even ...  read more

Top Seed is Murray State. You might have heard of them. Undefeated most of the year. This team did everything that was asked of them. They beat everyone in front of them. Their 2 big non-conference wins would be bea ...  read more

All games are being played at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. 1 seed St Mary's and 2 seed Gonzaga have byes till the semi-finals.

Favorites. Well you probably heard of this Gonzaga team before. St Mary's is a good club and showed it by winning their first outright conference title since 1989.

The Sleepers. I am not going to call BYU a sleepe ...  read more

All games will be played at the ScottTrade Center in St Louis, Missouri.

Wichita State (26-4, 16-2)is the 1 seed, Creighton (25-5, 14-4) the 2. Both have a bye for Thursday. Both teams should get to Friday action barring a major upset.

The Favorites - Well, I am hearing the t ...  read more

It’s more or less the final weekend in the regular season. You’ll see some of the mid-major leagues begin their conference tournaments in the next week or so, and this last week in February pretty much wraps up the schedule in terms of a full load of games.

Around this time is when it starts to get a bit tricky for a college basketball handicapper. The unde ...  read more

First off you have to know that the home court is in play here. This isn't the Big East and everyone shows up at MSG.

Valpo (21-10) is the top seed after a 14-2 run in conference, but Cleveland State (22-9) 12-6 in conference appears to be ...  read more

First up is the Big South -

NC Asheville would have to be considered the favorite after a 16-2 conference run. Losses to Coastal Carolina (2) and Charleston Southern (T3) in conference.

Coastal Carolina did lose 5 of the last 7 down the stretch.

Charleston Southern bri ...  read more

ACC

Virginia’s roster is becoming extremely thin. The Cavaliers had been playing with just 8 scholarship players when another injury hit them at North Carolina last Saturday. Second leading scorer Joe Harris (12.5 points per game) broke his non-shooting hand; he somehow played through the pain before learning of the fracture after the game was over. Harris is an integral part ...  read more

ACC:

Florida State sits tied atop the ACC standings with a 7-1 conference record. The Seminoles are in first place along with North Carolina; the Seminoles handed the Tar Heels their only conference loss by a whopping 33 points (90-57). Florida State has been a strong defensive team in recent years and they are once again this season. But their biggest improvement has come on ...  read more

Hey, Giants fan, the rest of the NFL outside of New England (and probably Philly and Dallas) was happy for you for winning the Super Bowl. For about 12 seconds.

But now the 2011 season is in the books and it is officially the start of the 2012 NFL betting season. And whether it is a new wave of Super Bowl futures odds or a brand-spanking new NFL mock draft ...  read more

A – Austin Rivers. The older sister of Duke guard Austin Rivers, Callie Rivers, is dating North Carolina guard Dexter Strickland. This news surfaced just in time for the first Duke/UNC game this season. Rivers drilled the game winning three-pointer Wednesday night in the rivalry game so apparently he is not affected by his sister’s dablings in Carolina Blue. A ...  read more

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MVP

Hakeem Nicks 12-1

Deion Branch 40-1

First Touchdown of Game

Brandon Jacobs 12-1

Chad Ochocinco 25-1

How many times will Jim Irsay be mentioned on TV du ...  read more

ACC:

Virginia starting center Assane Sene will miss as many as six weeks of action because of a broken ankle that required surgery. Sene is a 7'0" senior averaging 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds in 21 minutes per game. He started every game for the Cavaliers and they went 15-2 SU over their first 17 games. Since Sene’s injury, Virginia has gone 2-1 SU but just 1-2 ATS with their ...  read more

The New York Giants play the New England Pat ...  read more

ACC:

North Carolina has lost starting guard Dexter Strickland for the season after he tore his ACL in his right knee in the Tar Heels last game at Virginia Tech. Strickland was only averaging 8 points per game, but he was the catalyst for North Carolina’s transition game and he actually led the team while shooting 57% from the floor. Strickland’s biggest impact came on the defe ...  read more

But, I will also say, times change much more frequently in today’s sports than they ever have, and I dejectedly imagine they will o ...  read more

ACC

Virginia Tech got some good news this week as their leading scorer, point guard Erick Green, is expected to return to the lineup. Green is averaging 16.1 points, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game this season. But he has missed game time because of a sprained left knee he suffered in practice. The Hokies have really missed Green’s presence on the court as they turned the ...  read more

Apparently defense does still win championships.

San Francisco will host New York at 4:30 p.m. EST on Sunday for the NFC Championship Game. The winner advances to the Super Bowl (you may have heard of that) to face either Baltimore or New England.

The 49ers and Giants advanced to the NFC Title Game thanks to incredible defensive efforts last week, o ...  read more

ACC

Miami (Fla) is finally starting to resemble the team that had high expectations coming into this season. The Hurricanes had to play their first nine games of this season without their best player, Reggie Johnson, who was recovering from knee surgery. Miami was also without DeQuan Jones for their first eleven games as he was suspended indefinitely on accusations of receiving i ...  read more

ACC

Wake Forest is missing their best player as guard C.J. Harris is out with a groin injury. Harris ranks second in the ACC in scoring at 18.7 points per game. “We are sideways offensively,” said Demon Deacons head coach Jeff Bzdelik. Even opposing head coaches are sympathizing over the absence of Harris. After Wake Forest lost at home 56-52 to Wofford, their head coach Mike ...  read more

NFL Oddities

Drew Brees broke Dan Marino’s 27-year-old NFL passing record of 5,084 yards. Brees has thrown for 5,087 yards in 15 games. Tom Brady can also do it this week; he has 4,897 yards and needs just 187 yards to eclipse Marino’s mark. The Steelers have lost 8 regular season games since 2010. In their next game, their defense has allowed an average of just 8.9 points pe ...  read more

ACC

Virginia has lost two players to transfer. KT Harrell and James Johnson have decided to leave the Cavaliers after they were both relegated to the bench. Head coach Tony Bennett plays a very slow, half-court game and that style didn’t fit the player’s strengths. “I think we’re getting a better handle on what will work here and what we’re trying to get and filling holes,” Be ...  read more

A recent discussion in A Sports Betting Forum prompted a reply from about these wagers. While anything short of a straight up is considered a exotic wager by many, NFL teasers are value bets in my opinion. I have a video on the homepage of my site where this is explained. Here is my respone from that forum discussion....

There are many times that a number is sharp i ...  read more

College Oddities

Norm Chow has been an assistant coach for 39 years. Currently the offensive coordinator at Utah, Chow has been named the head coach of Hawaii. Perfect place for Chow to get his first head coaching job as he was born in Honolulu and started his career at Waialua High School on the North Shore of Oahu way back in 1970. Former Patriots and Steelers linebacker Mik ...  read more

ACC

Miami (Fla) finally got one of their best players back on the court as center Reggie Johnson returned to game action after having knee surgery over the summer. Johnson is a key cog in the paint for the Hurricanes, and his return will be a major boost. “You don’t know how many times I’ve wanted to choke my doctor to get him to let me play,” said Johnson. “My knee didn’t bot ...  read more

NFL Oddities

The Colts are the sixth team to start 0-12 since 1978. Only one of the previous five teams went winless. The Packers have won 18 consecutive games. The Dolphins have out-scored their last five opponents 139-54. Kansas City ran just 2 plays on the Chicago side of the field in the first half, yet they led 7-3 at the half thanks to a Hail Mary touchdown pass caught ...  read more

NFL Oddities

Tim Tebow has won 83% (5-1) of his starts this season; the second highest of any QB with multiple starts this year – Aaron Rodgers 100% (11-0). Arizona rookie Patrick Peterson has 4 punt returns for touchdowns. Raiders’ kicker Sebastian Janikowski accounted for 19 of Oakland’s 25 points (6 FG’s and 1 extra point) versus Chicago. Arizona’s RB Beanie Wells ran for 2 ...  read more

Family and feelings are the enemy of good gambling and good writing about gambling. So I apologize for the soggy lead in this week, but I am trapped in Northern New York with my kin and only have a quick moment here in between dodging passive-aggressive barbs from my in-laws and skirting out to refill my cocktail from my depleting liquor supply to pass on this ...  read more

by Robert Ferringo - 11/10/2011

The weather is getting colder, the hits are getting harder, and the games are getting more critical as teams ride the elevator of expectations and expanded standings. In my opinion, November is the most crucial of months on the NFL schedule because it really sets the tone for the stretch run: some teams gain momentum and find the will for a strong finish, ...  read more

There were a handful of upsets in Week 9 that hopefully you avoided (and did if you took my top pick of the week) and kept you going in your survivor pool.

One game I warned you to stay away from was the winless Dolphins visiting a suddenly streaking Chiefs team. But if you looked closely at that matchup, Miami had come close to winning in back-to-back wee ...  read more

The old adage you see crop up from time to time is , it isn’t the picking winners and losers that does in sports bettors but rather the inability to control your emotions. While this is true most guys don’t know exactly what this means and entails and thus don’t recognize how it hinders their efforts. Every season you will encounte ...  read more

The AFC West remains one of the weaker divisions in football right now. But the division as a whole has improved this season as compared to last. When the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Oakland Raiders, it'll be a game with a classic, intense rivalry with a lot at stake. The Raiders are currently 4-2 and in second place, and the Chiefs have rebounded with two straight wins after an ugly 0-3 ...  read more

In my Week 6 player props story, there weren’t too many immediate results for us to look back on – in other words I tackled a few season-ending totals for NFL players, such as 50-yard field goals for Oakland’s Sebastian Janikowski (he was two-yards shy of adding one in Week 6), sacks for Minnesota’s Jared Allen (he added No. 9.5 against the Bears on Sunday) or t ...  read more

One of the most overrated angles in NFL betting is to bet on a team that is off a bye week. Most people assume that a week of rest and preparation is just what the doctor ordered for pro football players and that they will return extra focused and fresh the next week when they finally get back on the field.

The problem is that betting on NFL teams coming ...  read more

We are a quarter of the way through the NFL schedule, and we have four teams — Indianapolis, Minnesota, Miami, and St. Louis — that haven’t won a game yet. It’s always interesting to watch which team stays winless the longest. Tracking futility is especially significant this year, though, since the worst team in the league will have a chance to draft Stanford’s An ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play with analysis for Friday night:

DIAMONDBACKS at BREWERS (Under 7 ½, -120) – 5:00 pm ET #987-988

Not an official play, but I would rate the Under as a light lean tonight.

We head back to Milwaukee for Game 5 of the NLDS series between the Diamondbacks and Brewers. It's a rematch of Game 1 when the Brewers won 4-1. Yovani Gall ...  read more

At this point of the football season the term “MUST WIN” is heard often as some teams face crucial games earlier in the season that will often determine their fate in the future. Of course in college football they are all must win games for teams who have designs on a national championship but in the NFL you start hearing this term around week 5 and 6 ...  read more

In the AFC East we pretty much know the Patriots ar ...  read more

Lions (4-0) vs Cowboys (2-2); The Lions beat the Cowboys, 34-30. The Lions have been more than showing they are a team to be taken very seriously. Putting something pretty special together early in the season. I, who was once unsure of the hype, am buying in on the Lions, they are legit. Turning a 24 point deficit from the 2nd quarter, roaring back to win the game 34-30 o ...  read more

Blake Wheeler of the Winnipeg Jets

If you have ever met a Winnipeger — and they are everywhere because it seems like everyone leaves the city when they are old enough to do so — you have heard about the Jets. A Winnipeg native is incapable of speaking for more than two minutes without mentioning the Jets. It’s a law.

The town was obsessed with their te ...  read more

When creating profitable NCAAF Picks there are all sorts of trends and angles to consider. Obviously some are just supposed "experts" just flapping their gums and others are bonafide NCAAF Picks information. Over this past week I was looking at Week 4 NCAAF Picks teams who were coming off a bye week to see if that really helped or hurt their changes of making us money. After much searching, ...  read more

Who needs the preseason?

Scoring is through the roof in the National Football League and through two weeks of the year seasoned quarterback play and horrendous defense have been front-and-center. With the lack of a traditional offseason and with a truncated training camp the thought was that teams would be a little sluggish out of the gate and that we may ...  read more

This NFL season may be headed into Week 3, but that doesn't mean we can't continue to search out value in the NFL futures betting market. There have been a few early surprises this season, such as the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins, and some early disappointments, like the Kansas City Chiefs. The trick now is to figure out if there's any long-term value in an ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play with analysis for Wednesday night:

Tigers/Royals OVER 9 +111 (Scherzer/Paulino) – 8:10 pm ET #977-978

Not an official play, but I would rate the Over as a light lean tonight.

Two of the hotter teams in baseball take the field in Kansas City when the Royals host the Tigers. Kansas City has won eight of their last nine games, d ...  read more

The Auburn vs. Clemson match up on the third weekend of college football action in 2011 will pit two 2-0 squads against one another. It's also a rematch of two previous encounters between the schools which have gone to overtime. The defending BCS champions are back in the top 25 and are riding an emotional high after two hard fought, close victories, and are starting to gain some backers o ...  read more

Here are some things that have stood out to me.

1 - ALABAMA's defense is the real deal. They might have a young QB situation, but this defense is no joke and as long as they don't lose their RB, they should be on their way to an undefeated season.

2 - AUBURN, take about the new Kardiac Kidz! They might not be able ...  read more

It's Week #1 of the NFL season and with it brings a plethora of NFL Picks activity. There are a number of ways to analyze this weeks NFL Picks and you'll see as many articles as there are approaches. With today's NFL Picks article I am focusing on Week #1 NFL Picks Trends and Angles. It is not just enough to use these as a way of betting but one in a number of approaches to use with today's ...  read more

When you think about the Indianapolis Colts, you think about Peyton Manning. One of the best quarterbacks of all-time continues to lead his team to 10 win seasons as if it's a guarantee. Another guarantee for his whole career has been that he'll suit up on Sunday, and that he has never missed a game. Well, heading into the week 1 Colts vs. Texans match-up, it appears as if Manning will be ...  read more

Hello again readers here at Doc’s, it’s that time of year that we all love the most: football season. And of course that means I’m back to deliver my weekly Survivor Pool picks advice column for Week 1 of the NFL 2011-12 NFL season.

For those of you who may not know what a Survivor Pool is, it’s pretty simple: You pick one team per week that you are most su ...  read more

AFC EAST

1. NE PATRIOTS - This team was 14-2 last year. Brady and HC Hoodie aren't getting any younger. But the defense is! Granted, the did bring in some older guys in Haynesworth and Ellis. Pats have all the parts and the coaching to get them to February. ...  read more

Let's get to it.

1. OKLAHOMA SOONERS - I have the ...  read more

Let's take a look at who are the teams to beat!

SEC WEST

1. ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE - Tide have thier eyes on another BCS run. The best defense in the country resides here with 10 starters back. Even breaking in a new QB, HC Nick Saban can ...  read more

LEADERS

1. WISCONSIN BADGERS - Can't really trust Ohio State to the top spot with their off-season troubles. So we will head to Madison. These guys get 12 starters back and HC Bielema always gets the best out of his troops. Badgers have b2b roadies vs a tough Michigan State and Ohio State. The later should determ ...  read more

Now, down to business

1. OKLAHOMA SOONERS - This team is loaded again and should run the table right into the BCS Championship game in New Orleans. QB Landry Jones should have this offense firing on all cylinders. Sooners are deep and after heading to Florida State Sept. 17, they have a pre ...  read more

The Preseason is winding down and the juices are flowing for the start of the NFL Picks regular season. While the off season and preseason is spent honing our NFL Picks strategies for the year, it's an interesting angle to look at what NFL Picks teams historically start out the season making money.

It is with that thought where I pinpointed NFL Picks teams who have a winning ATS record ...  read more

One of the major issues the troubled wide receiver apparently had was his desire. He never seemed to play with the fire and take 100% full advantage of his skills, he just “let it happen.” M ...  read more

You know exactly what you’re going to get from the AFC North each year:

Blood and pain.

Pittsburgh will again be a Super Bowl threat. Baltimore will again be the able challenger led by a violent defense. Cleveland and Cincinnati? Yeah, they suck just as badly as they have for the past 20 years.

In a way it’s comforting, especially as an NFL ha ...  read more

Below is a free NFL play, with analysis, for Saturday night:

SAINTS at TEXANS (Over 40) – 8:00 pm ET #419-420

Not an official play, but I would rate the Over as a light lean tonight.

New Orleans and Houston both won their opening preseason games last week but neither team was satisfied, especially with their offensive production. The Saints first-team ...  read more

A new horizon for the Big 12 Conference in the 2011 season, as the mighty Huskers have ventured north into the Big 10 conference taking out a major force to be recokned with in this conference and removing a huge obstacle for many teams from the south, as well as nemisis Missouri breathing easier, and the Colorado Buffs limped into the new Pac 12 conferen ...  read more

Welcome back NFL!

Now, onto the “Packer Backers.” Last season, the Pack made it into the playoffs with a 10-6 respectabl ...  read more

We continue our look at some NFL player props with the biggest regular-season award of them all: the league’s Most Valuable Player. We will offer some predictions for the NFL MVP along with futures odds for 2011.

And in essence, the MVP has become the NFL’s version of the Heisman Trophy. By that I mean the MVP is only going to go to a quarterback or running ...  read more

Maybe now the Left Coast will get some love.

The Pac-10 is no more, choosing instead to swell its ranks to 12 teams, institute a new divisional system, and implement a championship game that should keep this conference in the news well into December. It is a pretty heady time in the Pac-12. And with new promise and potential comes new expectations.

...  read more

Arizona: Kevin Kolb, John Skelton, Richard Bartell, Max Hall

Atlanta: Matt Ryan, Chris Redman, John Parker Wilson, Adam Froman

Baltimore: Joe Flacco, Tyrod Taylor, Hunter Cantwell

Buffalo: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tyler Thigpen, Levi Brown, Josh Nesbitt

Carolina: Cam Newton (R), Jimmy ...  read more

NOT THIS SEASON!!!

With only around 10 days to prepare for their first preseason game the majority of the coaches I ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play, with analysis, for Tuesday night:

ASTROS at CARDINALS (Over 8.5, -105) – 8:15 pm ET #911-912

Not an official play, but I would rate the Over as a light lean tonight.

The Cardinals continued their hot offensive run on Monday by putting up 10 hits or more for the fourth straight game and for the fifth time in their last six gam ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play, with analysis, for Friday night:

INDIANS at ORIOLES (Under 8.5, +105) – 7:05 pm ET #967-968

Not an official play, but I would rate the Under as a light lean tonight.

Baltimore's losing streak continued on Thursday night. Now they'll hope Jake Arrieta can stop the bleeding. He'll be glad to be home after making four straight ...  read more

The Tour de France is underway over in Europe and you might be surprised how much betting interest in the race we’ve had from our players over at Bodog’s online sportsbook.

Cycling isn’t a particularly popular sport in North America. It’s had its surges in media exposure, particularly during the heyday of Lance Armstrong, who won ...  read more

It is not a stretch to say that no one in baseball likes doubleheaders.

The players dislike putting forth that much effort in one day. Managers cringe at the thought of having to burn their bullpens. Umpires loathe having to sit out there for a double-dip, especially the guys that have to work the plate in one game and the field in another. The vendors and ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play with analysis for Friday night:

RAYS at ASTROS (+1.5 runline, -140) – 8:05 pm ET #966

Not an official play, but I would rate the Astros run line as a light lean tonight.

Houston returns home on a high note after taking a late inning victory against the Rangers in Arlington. Now they'll host a Tampa Bay team that just took a s ...  read more

#120 New Mexico St. Aggies

Offensive Starters Returning…7

Defensive Starters Returning…7

Looking Back… New Mexico St. enters a new season with new expectations but in reality, it is going to be another long season in Las Cruces. The Aggies went 2-10 a season ago including 1-7 in the WAC and that made it six straight seasons that ...  read more

Not many people expected Cleveland to be one of the best teams in baseball.

Nor did many think Arizona would be neck and neck with the World Series champs.

They didn’t believe Seattle had much of a chance either.

And they especially didn’t foresee Pittsburgh flirting with .500.

But all four of those teams have failed to live up (or down) ...  read more

The little guys in the saddle are important in every horse race, but they are especially significant in the Belmont Stakes. The race is much longer than the horses have ever run before, and the track is unique thanks to the very long stretch and the wide turns. If a jockey doesn’t have a good day then he can cost his horse the race.

The most obvious recent ex ...  read more

If the recent seizure of 3 of the biggest online poker sites was not enough to set you back in your seat and take notice, the US Feds have seized more domain names in the online poker and sportsbook world this week, and I see no end in sight. Gambling online, as you know it, is now a thing of the past in its present form. Like booze prohibition back in the day, it will come ...  read more

In This Piece we will take a historical look at NBA Game sevens, and analyze the the Particular Site order in which Memphis and Oklahoma City arrived here to see if there are any advantages to this particular sequence scenario.

All time in NBA game 7 playoff series history going back as far 1947 all the way through the 2011 NBA first round, all teams tied 3-3 that had Games 1-2 and 5 at h ...  read more

When is the last time you sat down and analyzed a Major League Baseball team’s defense? The answer is likely either a long time ago or never. The average sports bettor thinks a lot about defense when analyzing a football or basketball game, but I’m convinced that most people don’t think nearly enough about defense when it comes to baseball. It may not mean as much ...  read more

Since we may not see any NFL transactions for months, depending on a June 3 court hearing on the lockout, and with the draft still fresh in everyone’s memory, let’s take a look at one of the few NFL player props out so far this year: the 2011 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (check back at Doc’s for a story on the Offensive Rookie of the Year as well).

Wage ...  read more

I guess rumor is just a premature fact nowadays in the betting world. First Poker Stars and numerous other big name Poker Sites were seized by the Feds last month, and now word comes that my main site sponsor in terms of me referring clients to a legit book, is NOT accepting any new US Clients.

The Feds like to scare the hell out of everyone now and then, and they have ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play, with analysis, for Wednesday night:

BLUE JAYS at RAYS (Under 8, -115) – 6:40 pm ET #919-920

Not an official play, but I would rate the Under as a light lean tonight.

Toronto is looking to snap a 3-game losing streak as they continue their series in Tampa Bay against the Rays. Jeff Niemann makes the start. He's 1-3 with a 5. ...  read more

With Wins on Monday May second from Atlanta and Dallas, three of the four 2011 NBA Quarterfinals Game ones were won by the road team. Only two other ...  read more

1. CAROLINA ~ Cam Newton QB ~ Huge gamble for me. Lots of off the field issues. New HC Ron Rivera will either be the hero or goat for this selection. I think 3 years from now, they are right back here in the Top 5 drafting.

2. Denver ~ Von Miller OLB ...  read more

2-Denver Broncos (Last year’s record 4-12); Nick Fairley, Auburn, Defensive Tackle; Extraordinary pass rusher desired.

3-Buffalo Bills (Last year’s record 4-12); Patrick Peterson, LSU, Cornerback; Immediate help at corner, create some ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play, with analysis, for Tuesday night:

GIANTS at PIRATES (+1.5 runline, -130) – 7:05 pm ET #904

Not an official play, but I would rate Pittsburgh as a light lean tonight.

The Giants, losers of four straight games, head to Pittsburgh to begin a 3-game set with the Pirates. San Francisco was swept at home by Atlanta in a series whe ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play, with analysis, for Monday night:

A’s at ANGELS (Under 6 ½, +110) – 10:05 pm ET #965-966

Not an official play, but I would rate the Under as a light lean tonight.

Two hot A.L. West starters take the mound in Anaheim when the Angels host the Athletics. Jered Weaver is 5-0 with a 1.23 ERA in five starts this season. The righty ...  read more

Playing at Syracuse, he scored 22 a night for the 30-5 Orange, taking them to the NCAA championship and winning it all in 202-2003 beating Kansas. After only 1 season, he decided to ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play, with analysis, for Thursday night:

TWINS at ORIOLES (Under 8, +110) – 7:05 pm ET #965-966

Not an official play, but I would rate the Under as a light lean tonight.

Two struggling offenses take the field on Thursday night in Baltimore. The Twins have scored just 54 runs in their first 18 games which is an average of just 3 ru ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play, with analysis, for Tuesday night:

ANGELS at RANGERS (-1.5 runline, +110) – 8:05 pm ET #974

Not an official play, but I would rate Texas as a light lean tonight.

Texas took Game 1 of their important early series with the Angels and they’ll hope to do it again on Tuesday night in a pitching match-up that they have a clear advan ...  read more

Below is a free MLB play from Steve Merril, with analysis, for Sunday afternoon:

PADRES at ASTROS (-115) – 2:05 pm ET #960

Not an official play, but I would rate Houston as a light lean today.

Houston picked up their fifth win of the season on Saturday after beating San Diego and Mat Latos. Brett Myers has a chance to end their homestand with another ...  read more

The NFL is a copycat league. If a team has even a modicum of success, however fleeting or trivial, it seems like the rest of the league immediately enters an unsanctioned race to mimic Said Team’s path to success.

The Cover-2. The 3-4. The audible attack of Peyton Manning. The blitz-crazed schemes of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia or the New York Giants. Zone b ...  read more