Posted on March 18th, 2024
It’s not secret Selection Sunday is always one of the best days on the sports calendar each year, but while the bulk of the attention is geared toward the men’s NCAA tournament, the women’s bracket has its share of vested interest as well. As with men, there will be 68 teams competing in the women’s […]
Posted on March 11th, 2024
The 2024 NFL offseason is off and running, teams are getting things in place (or at least trying) ahead of this coming season. Free agency really starts to grab the headlines (it officially begins this Friday) over the next few weeks, leading to next month’s draft in Detroit. It’s still extremely early to make firm […]
Posted on March 4th, 2024
It’s not that long until the 2024 NFL Draft (Apr. 25th-27th in Detroit), signifying the unofficial start of another season (though the free-agency period begins March 13th). The annual NFL Scoring Combine in Indianapolis has turned into a huge event in the past number of years, so no surprise its aftermath has affected the wagering […]
Posted on February 26th, 2024
As the college basketball season wraps its regular season, there’s a huge game in the Big 12 Tuesday night, now-unranked BYU Cougars (19-8, 7-7 conference) at No. 7 Kansas (21-6, 9-5). Game time at Allen Fieldhouse (where Kansas is 14-0 this season) is 8 PM ET. BYU dropped two of its last three, the latest […]
Posted on February 22nd, 2024
There’s nothing bigger in the Big 12 than the second-ranked Houston Cougars (23-3, 10-3 conference) visiting the No. 11 Baylor Bears (19-7, 8-5) Saturday afternoon. Game time in Waco is High Noon ET. This is the first season the Houston Cougars have been a member of the conference, and they’re taking no prisoners. Houston has […]
Posted on February 16th, 2024
If you think the National Hockey League has taken the rink outside more and more, you’re not wrong. What was once a Winter Classic one-off has grown, the latest venue MetLife Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. There are consecutive-day (Saturday-Sunday) Stadium Series contests featuring four Metropolitan Division rivals. Here is a look at the […]
Posted on February 1st, 2024
The final push toward March Madness is on, with a Big 12 showdown in Lawrence between the No. 4 Houston Cougars (19-2, 6-2 conference) and the eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks (17-4, 5-3) Saturday afternoon. Houston is leading the Big 12, a game ahead of Kansas (T-fourth). As of this writing, the Houston Cougars are 9-1 (+900) […]
Posted on January 29th, 2024
Super Bowl squares are a great way to put a little money on the game and make it interesting. The best part about the square pools are that you risk very little and can win a lot. Your standard grid has 100 boxes. The most common payouts are 20% after the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd […]
Posted on January 25th, 2024
The 2024 horse-racing season has its first marque event, Gulfstream Park hosting the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Saturday afternoon. The eighth edition of the race attracted a field of 12 to go a mile-and-an-eighth. The now-4-year-old National Treasure, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Flavien Prat, won the Preakness last season. Winner of […]
Posted on January 24th, 2024
The second of two conference title games is in Santa Clara Sunday evening, a pair of (regular- season) 12-5 teams in the NFC North champion Detroit Lions and NFC West-best San Francisco 49ers. Detroit hasn’t played in a Super Bowl in the game’s 57-year history. Detroit ended a long (since 1991) playoff win drought this […]