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March 18, 2024

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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Vegas pick’em: NFL conference championship winners against the spread

Baltimore vs. San Francisco would be the best-case scenario for Las Vegas’ debut as Super Bowl host on Sunday Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium for the 58th iteration of the game. …

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Divisional-round sweats: Seven wagers to add to your NFL betting card

Line movement has been sparse in NFL markets this week, except for the latest chapter in the rivalry between the Chiefs and Bills under Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, respectively. …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL divisional-round winners against the spread

The two most outstanding individual performances of wild-card weekend belonged to pair of postseason debutants in Green Bay’s Jordan Love and Houston’s C.J. Stroud. …

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Wild-card weekend sweats: Seven wagers to add to your betting card

I’m giving myself a chance for some high payouts on wild-card weekend as only two of the bets in the traditional seven categories below aren’t plus-money sides. …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL wild-card weekend winners against the spread

By the odds, the most likely Super Bowl MVP suiting up this weekend as part of the opening week of the NFL playoffs is Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who’s listed at 6-to-1. …

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Analysis: Antonio Pierce has earned right to keep Raiders’ coaching job

Antonio Pierce has established a postgame ritual he’s followed in each of his four home victories since taking over as Raiders’ interim coach midway through the season. He wastes little time sprinting to Allegiant Stadium’s Southwest tunnel at the end of games, acknowledging the fans for a second before getting in place to “dap up” all his players as …

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College football by the odds: Vegas pick and preview of UM versus UW

Rome Odunze was already a hero on local football fields from his time at Bishop Gorman High where he emerged as one of the best high-school football players …

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