It’s underdogs only for this week’s picks, starting with Connecticut, which is improving under coach Jim Mora and is catching 9½ points at Ball State.
Betting
It’s only Week 6, but the NFL will serve up a pair of possible conference championship games Sunday in Bills-Chiefs and Eagles-Cowboys.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends.
The Washington Commanders are 1-point favorites over the Chicago Bears at several Las Vegas sportsbooks for “Thursday Night Football.”
Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams inked a deal with MGM Resorts International that makes him the first active NFL player to become a brand ambassador for the resort group.
David Diaz, a childhood cancer survivor who had his right arm amputated at age 4, was one of 24 players remaining Wednesday in the WSOP Main Event at the dinner break.
Fresh off Rory McIlroy’s victory at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, the four-time major winner from Northern Ireland is now the clear favorite to win the U.S. Open.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are trying to become the first team in 40 years to win three straight Stanley Cups. The New York Islanders won four Cups in a row from 1980 to 1983.
Americans have bet more than $125 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it.
If the Astros win the World Series, Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale would net the largest win ever on a legal sports bet.
Of the 16 NFL Week 1 lines, there are 10 road favorites, including the Buccaneers (-2) over the Cowboys and the Broncos (-4) over the Seahawks.
Phil Hellmuth will face poker pro Scott Seiver in the next round of “High Stakes Duel III.”
About 15 minutes after the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed, the South Point sportsbook posted lines on the first 32 games, and sharp bettors promptly fired away.
Las Vegas sportsbooks won millions Sunday when the Rams defeated the Bengals, but didn’t cover the 4½-point spread and the game stayed under the total of 48½.
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. But for the first time since 2009, the Super Bowl winner didn’t cover the point spread.
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