Pro Baseball Series of the Week: While high hopes have all but been smashed for L.A.'s Baseball team that plays close to Mickey’s House, nothing but high hopes have sprung from the team that plays at Chavez Ravine.  That team will be without its best player this weekend when it takes on NL Central leading St. Louis in Pro Baseball betting. With a record of 24 and 12, the best in...

Untitled Document Everyone’s Cheering For Pacers Over Heat Now It was one thing when the hyperbole surrounding the Pacers-Heat matchup boiled over and we had to read a bunch of ballyhoo about how the upstarts from Indiana were going to somehow dethrone the crownless kings of Miami in Pro Basketball betting. When Bosh went out, that hyperbole seemed to gain some credibility by...

Series of the Week: Things have been looking up in the Los Angeles sports scene.  Los Angeles’ hockey team is a series away from making it to the Finals.  Both professional basketball teams are playing well, getting close to moving to the second round of the playoffs, and that often maligned L.A. baseball team found a bit of “magic” in a new ownership group. The...

Hoops Game 6 Action This was supposed to be a second round playoff preview, but since we don’t have any matchups set for the semis in either conference here’s a rundown of the Thursday Game 6’s which I expect to put a close on the quarterfinals in NBA playoff betting. As usual, home team in caps. As I write this on a Wednesday morning, betting lines aren’t posted...

Hoops Playoff Picks At this point last season, we were basking in the greatest season Pro Basketball betting ever provided. Then the lockout happened and everyone started not to “love this game”. Boy how things changed quickly. The 2011-12 season has continued to provide surprise after surprise and the playoffs are proving to be a post season mine field for the betting...

Series of the Week Philadelphia was supposed to be the obvious team to win their division this season in Baseball betting.  In fact, Philly was a huge -150 favorite going into the season to make it all the way to the championship series. It hasn’t played out that way.  While Philadelphia is struggling, usual doormat Washington has pitched its way to the top of the division. ...

Detroit at New York Weekend Series: Detroit takes on New York in the Big Apple this weekend in a three game series that Baseball betting fans should definitely consider assigning part of their bankroll too.  Detroit is tied with Chicago and Cleveland atop their respective division while New York is just one game back of Baltimore in the American League East. Both teams sport 10 and 8...

2012 Basketball Regular Season Finale: It’s been a short and bumpy ride in this wondrous 66-game Pro Basketball betting season that gave away more surprises than any of us expected. I mean the Spurs aren’t just the best team in the league right now; they’re also one of the best bets in all of basketball going 35-20-3 ATS this season. From Linsanity, to Lob City to the absolute...

Pro Baseball Free Picks New York Yankees (6-5) over BOSTON RED SOX (4-7) Pitching Matchup: Ivan Nova (NYY) (2-0) vs. Clay Buchholz (BOS) (1-0) Friday, April 20th --- Fenway Park --- 3:05pm The Yankees are inching closer to respectability after a very rough start, mostly because their pitching has been atrocious. Ivan Nova shouldn’t be in the rotation, especially since he allows...

Hoops Free Picks The Pro Basketball playoffs are just around the corner.  It’s a perfect time for Basketball odds handicappers to get a few wagers down on a couple of games this Thursday and this Friday. Tweaking the betting strategy and building the bankroll before the playoffs is always a good thing.  Chicago takes on Miami on April 19 in a battle that’s sure to help...

2012 Pro Basketball Futures Los Angeles, Chicago, and Oklahoma City are the best bets to win this year’s Pro Basketball championship.  All three teams are offering Basketball betting odds in the Futures book to take home the trophy and all three are deserving of consideration from online basketball handicappers.  Out of the three, both Chicago and Oklahoma City are favorites...

Pro Basketball Free Picks: With just a handful of matchups left in the NBA betting regular seasons, this 66-game gauntlet of a season is finally coming to a close. That gives us barely two weeks to prepare for the playoff betting onslaught. This Friday, three teams are trying to hold onto their post-season dreams and so I’m previewing these games. As is the case, my editor asks for...

Baseball Free Picks NEW YORK YANKEES over Los Angeles Angels Starting Pitchers: Ervin Santana (0-1) (LAA) / Hiroki Kuroda (0-1) (NYY) The New York Yankees will host the Angels in their home opener this season, and both teams are looking to correct some not-so-great starts to the year. Albert Pujols did one of his main jobs in Los Angeles, generating tons of excitement for the Angles...

Hoops Free Picks Get ready for another great weekend of pro basketball betting! As is always the case, the home team is in CAPS and the game lines won’t be released till the night before/morning of game day. Oklahoma City Thunder over INDIANA PACERS (Friday, April 6th) The Pacers were my favorite under-the-radar betting pick in the NBA for the last few years (along with the...

American League Opening Day Baseball season is starting for many teams on Thursday, and if you’re like me then you love the daily grind of the season. It may not have the nauseating up swings and downward spirals of football or even basketball betting, but it’s a great money maker if you bank on starting pitching. Without much to go on stat wise, I’m doing my best here to give...

Pro Baseball Opening Day: It’s time for baseball betting fans to get serious.  The MLB Season kicks off this Thursday, April 5, with seven games.  Three of those games, all in the National League, could lead to profits for online sportsbook gamblers. Before getting into that, it’s important to understand that baseball betting is unlike most other sports betting vehicles because...

March Mayhem Round of Four Free Pick: When I'm putting my bracket together next year, I'm just putting whomever wins the Big East Tournament right through to the Final Four. Louisville has strung together an incredibly impressive run through their last eight games in the Big East and March Madness tournaments, going 8-0 SU and ATS which means they've been a gold rush for NCAA Basketball...

March Mayhem Round of Four Free Pick: In a battle of powerhouses, the Ohio State Buckeyes and Kansas Jayhawks wage war for the second time this year for a chance to play for the national championship. The first time they met, Ohio State was spanked 78-67 with one glaring omission. This time around, Jared Sullinger will be on the court for the Buckeyes. Sullinger has been one of my...

2012 Pro Baseball Divisional Futures: While the real fun in futures baseball betting is win totals, lots of people love to throw some cheese at the division winners futures and hope for glory. This baseball offseason has been as exciting as baseball gets, and with big names like Pujols, Feilder and C.J. Wilson switching jerseys things are hopefully mixing up. Furthering that idea along...

Pro Baseball Season Opener in Japan: Oakland and Seattle open the 2012 Pro Baseball Betting Season on March 28 in Tokyo, Japan.  The two game series pits two familiar teams against each other.  Seattle and Oakland play out of the same division in the American League.  Both Oakland and Seattle are huge underdogs to win the pennant this year, Oakland is at +5000 and Seattle is at...

2012 March Mayhem Championship Futures: The Final Four is finally here and the online sportsbook is offering Basketball Futures on which team will cut down the nets next Monday night.  As expected, Kentucky is a heavy favorite, below even money, to bring the NCAA Men’s Tournament Championship trophy back to Lexington. Kentucky is a solid -175 fave to win while Ohio State, who beat 1...

2012 March Mayhem Championship Futures: The Final Four is finally here and the online sportsbook is offering Basketball Futures on which team will cut down the nets next Monday night.  As expected, Kentucky is a heavy favorite, below even money, to bring the NCAA Men’s Tournament Championship trophy back to Lexington. Kentucky is a solid -175 fave to win while Ohio State, who beat 1...

BetUS Baseball Contests: With the season just around the corner, Seattle takes on Oakland in a two game series in the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on March 28 and March 29, baseball handicappers had better lace up their base running shoes and get to work.  The way to get to work for a baseball handicapper is to win money in the BetUS Sportsbook. Besides offering competitive wagering...

Midwest Bracket: So how’s your bracket doing? Yeah, mine isn’t looking so hot either.

2012 March Mayhem: Last year a complete underdog won the National Title when UConn rallied behind Kemba Walker and rolled straight through to victory. This year, the tournament was so stacked with NBA bound talent that things looked like they’d play out as expected. Too bad the Basketball Gods had other plans. A rampage of upsets in round one led to a leveling out of sorts in...

Pro Basketball Trading Deadline Winners and Losers: The Pro Basketball trade deadline has come and gone and the futures impact is already being felt.  Teams that were going off at double-digit odds just a couple of months ago are now going off at less than +600 in one futures book.  Teams that were going off at big odds in the futures just a few months ago are now going off, or should...

East Bracket: While the other regions in March Madness betting have been blown up, the East Bracket is still the lone standing pillar of sense and order in NCAA Basketball betting. Out of eight games, only one lower seed has upset a higher seed, and we’re still left with nothing lower than a sixth seed. That could lead to an interesting mix up if you think that the East is...

South Bracket Round of 16: The first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament are in the books.  If anything, the tournament figures to get even madder this weekend when the Sweet 16 and Regional Finals take place. The South Region played out almost true to form with 1 Kentucky, 3 Baylor and 4 Indiana all moving on to the Sweet 16.  The only Top 4 seed that failed to get to the Sweet...

West Bracket Round of 16: The Sweet 16 is upon us!  By this Sunday, we will know which four teams will be in this year’s Final Four.  There are definitely historical heavy hitters taking part in the Sweet 16.  North Carolina, Kansas, Syracuse, Kentucky and Indiana are all still alive in the NCAA Tournament. Two other historical heavy hitters that are also still alive are Michigan...

March Mayhem Cinderella Hopeful Cinderella and March Madness go hand in hand.  The bejeweled former cleaning lady doesn’t look for her prince during March.  She looks to cut down nets.  That’s how she gets to the castle in March! The 2012 NCAA Tournament could produce a number of Cinderellas with scissors.  VCU and Butler both proved that you don’t have to be a...

Untitled Document Scanning the first round of the West Bracket isn’t all that fun.

Possible First Round Draft Prospects March Madness is a lot of things to a lot of people, but for those of us that feed off of the NBA it’s a great stage to see the next generation of talent. Keep in mind that people are treating the 2012 NBA Draft as the most loaded draft since 2003, when Carmelo, LeBron and Wade were all coming out. There’s a lot of hype around big...

East Bracket First Round Free Picks For those of you that slugged through Championship Week with some very unexpected victories by underdogs, the chance to right the ship is finally upon us. The East Bracket is jam packed with a lot of the big name programs and some key standouts as well. I don’t have a ton of upsets on the board for this bracket. Those will inevitably come in the...

South Bracket First Round Free Picks Can March get any madder for NCAAB bettors than in the South Bracket?  This year’s South Bracket in the Big Dance is loaded.  Kentucky, the overall number one, faces a potential second round matchup versus defending champ Connecticut. Fifth seeded Wichita State and sixth seeded UNLV are both tops in their respective conferences.  Duke, the...

Midwest Bracket First Round Picks March Madness begins this week and college basketball betting aficionados had better be ready to run and gun!  The brackets are set with Kentucky grabbing the number 1 seed in the South and the number 1 seed overall.  The other number 1 seeds are:  Michigan State in the West, Syracuse in the East and North Carolina in the Midwest. North Carolina...

SEC Conference Championship Breakdown The SEC Championship is a pretty forgone conclusion at this point in NCAAB betting. The Kentucky Wildcats are simply too damn good. All five of their starters are averaging double-digits in points, and all five are projected first round talents in the upcoming NBA Draft. What’s more is that Kentucky has the chance to finish with a startling 39-1...

ACC Conference Championship Breakdown The ACC Championship has been a movie we’ve seen with basically two alternate endings in Basketball betting. The first has the UNC Tar Heels winning the title and the other has the Duke Blue Devils rising to the occasion. In a bootleg ending released in 2004, Maryland won the tournament, but the other 14 championships in the last decade and a half...

NCAAB Big 12 Conference Championship Preview All of the sportsbook betting dollars are going to Kansas and Missouri to win the Big 12 Conference Tournament this week.  Kansas is a heavy -130 favorite to take home the trophy while Missouri is at +170.  The only other team offering less than double-digit odds is Baylor who is going off at +500. Will Kansas win the Big 12 Tournament and...

Untitled Document There’s a Big 3 in the Big Ten, Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State, while the Pac 12 is a toss up going into each conference’s tournament. The Big Ten will send no less than five teams to the NCAA Tournament:  Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana.  If a team were to win the Big Ten Conference Tournament outside of the five...

NCAAB Big East Championship Week Preview The Syracuse Orange is a heavy favorite to win the Big East Championship in the online sportsbook.  Usually one of the most exhilarating and difficult conference tournaments to handicap, this year’s Big East Championship is all about Syracuse. At odds of -110, to call the ‘Cuse a big favorite is an understatement.  Second choice on...

NCAA Basketball Free Picks Saturday gives you the last chance to bet on the regular season in NCAAB before we prep for Championship Week betting. There are some major games in play, but none as tempting as the matchups below, which are highlighted by an immense war between Duke and UNC. Keep in mind that I’m writing this on a Wednesday night so betting lines aren’t live yet....

NBA Free Picks: NYK vs Boston, Miami vs L.A.

AL and NL Pennant Futures The other team from L.A., the one that calls a stadium in Anaheim home, has ascended to the top of baseball's AL Pennant Futures in the sportsbook because of key moves this offseason. No other team in baseball has made moves as significant as the L.A. of Anaheim squad in MLB. The story is somewhat different in the NL where Philadelphia, who has garnered...

NCAA Basketball Free Picks Saturday belongs to college basketball betting so if you need a reason to ignore the family and crack a beer, lay some money down on the big matchups every weekend brings our way. Here’s four primers to get your chops drooling for some big money plays and check the sportsbook closer to the weekend for the odds. #5 KANSAS JAYHAWKS over #3 Missouri Tigers...

Pro Basketball All-Star Weekend NBA All-Star Weekend is upon us and the best in the league are ready to slam dunk, launch three-pointers and score points on the court.  After a deliriously difficult negotiations between players and owners over a new collective bargaining agreement, at time the negotiations were so vehement that some basketball fans were actually planning on a 2012...

BetUS Super Sunday Futures Green Bay Packers (+500) Is it me or did everyone forget that Green Bay nearly went perfect this season? This is as solid of a bet as you can make in Pro Football betting. They have everyone coming back, and they’ll do everything in their power to give Aaron Rodgers a decent running back. New England Patriots (+500) A lot of people are trying to say...

Untitled Document Yeah, yeah, we’ll get to that Asian point guard who’s dominating the internet in a second.

College Basketball - Saturday, February 18 Free Picks The madness that comes in March is just around the corner and all of the biggies in the scholarly orange, round ball world, will be out in force this Saturday.  Ohio State takes on arch rival Michigan, Saint Mary’s battles hot Murray State, Florida attempts to block out Arkansas and the greatest program in college...

Untitled Document I still can’t tell if all the hubbub around the Manhattan’s newest Asian star is well founded, or purely based on racial biases. Either way, it’s fun and the sudden revival of New York is making Pro Basketball betting even more interesting than it has been. Now that football is over, you can now faithfully turn your full attention to the Pro...

Super Sunday Mega Preview When Championship Weekend wrapped up two of the most exciting games of the season, I thought what most of the people around me thought: “Pick ‘em”. New England seemed vulnerable, especially after banking on a missed field-goal to book their ticket to Super Bowl XLV. New York seemed to be peaking, and just as good at every level if not a little...