Blog: Talking Points

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16

This year’s Sweet 16 is packed with top-tier matchups more than any other time in recent memory. …

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday’s games

Connecticut opened as high as +110 (i.e. risking $100 to win $110) to win the East, but are now as low as -170 (i.e. risking $170 to win $100). …

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday’s games

The odds on Oakland and North Carolina State facing off in one of the most intriguing round of 32 matchups would have been astronomical as recently as 10 days ago. That’s the position the Grizzlies and Wolfpack find themselves in …

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region

For the second straight year, Connecticut is squarely in the middle of the toughest set of teams. …

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the South Region

The stylistic divide couldn’t be more stark between the top two seeded teams in the South and their next two challengers. …

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region

Some of the earliest NCAA Tournament bracket projections, made at the outset of the season, had three teams that wound up in the Midwest Region as No. 1 seeds. …

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region

Shootouts appropriately seem to be what will ultimately settle the wild-looking West Region this year. …

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NCAA Tournament opening odds: March Madness begins wildly

The betting favorite prevailed in only a little more than a fourth of the conference tournaments — nine out of 34. …

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Weekend wagers: Ten bets to make including four on March Madness

The wall-to-wall slate of games from the last three days diminishes leading up to the selection show this weekend, but there’s still a few places left to extract some value before …

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Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on seven sports

Welcome back, March Madness. …

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Weekend wagers: Seven bets to make including on Pennzoil 400

The Pennzoil 400 isn’t one of the auto racing organization’s biggest events of the year from a prestige standpoint, but it stands alone in the No. 1 spot from a betting perspective. …

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Weekend wagers: Seven bets to make on seven sports

I’m ecstatic to relaunch Weekend Wagers for a fifth consecutive year. Weekend Wagers is mostly about sports happening currently, and I’ve got bets lined up on five events happening …

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Vegas pick’em: Super Bowl pick and perspective against the spread

The over 47.5 points is drawing as large of a share of tickets as Chiefs +2, and yet it hasn’t budged much at all. At least one large global sportsbook …

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Raiders flashed potential against both Super Bowl teams this year

Nothing should give Raiders’ fans more confidence than the way their team performed against the two sides facing off for the Lombardi Trophy at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Allegiant Stadium …   

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Conference championship sweats: 7 wagers to add to NFL betting card

There might be only two games on Sunday for conference championship weekend but I’m still going to stick to the Sunday Sweats format …

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