I don’t know if there’s ever been a trio of bad beats in a span of less than 24 hours that hit harder than that in the four-year history of Weekend Wagers than last week’s variety pack. …
Weekend wagers: Seven bets on seven sports including NBA, NHL playoffs
Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make including on UFC 300, Masters
College basketball has concluded, giving way to relaunch the Weekend Wagers column where there’s much work to be done. …
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Final Four
An all-time evenly-matched Sweet 16 a week ago has given way to a historically lopsided Final Four by the betting odds. Connecticut and Purdue are favored by a combined 20.5 points over Alabama and NC State …
NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday’s games
Connecticut is an 8.5-point favorite against Illinois in a game the metrics unanimously agree pits the two best offensive teams in the nation. …
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. …
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). …
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 …
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. …
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. …
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. …
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. …
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. …
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 …
Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on seven sports
Welcome back, March Madness. …
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. …