Month: October 2024

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s teaser time!

Even though we’re low on options to build a six-point teaser doesn’t mean we’re low on opportunity because we have a few good ones in front of us ahead of the Super Bowl odds. You can make a case for Championship Sunday odds of the Chiefs, 49ers, or Lions, but this week I’ll be doing something I haven’t done all season — pairing a spread and a total.

Teasing totals can be a bit controversial, depending on who you ask, but I see value in the NFL odds with a six-point bump on a total, especially if I like the starting number to begin with.

With that said, let’s get into it! Here are my NFL picks — six-point teaser edition &…

The primetime lights shine on the NFC South when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers come to Mercedes Benz Stadium to clash with the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday Night Football.

The anytime touchdown markets for this mid-week matchup are tough to predict when you consider Atlanta scored 26 points in Week 3 but failed to register a single offensive touchdown. Meanwhile, the Bucs have one of the better attacks, ranking Top 10 in points per play behind a passing game with the second most TDs in the league.

I run down those NFL odds for Thursday Night Football and give my best NFL picks for Buccaneers vs. Falcons on October 3.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers anytime touchdown pick

My best bet: Chris Godwin anytime touchdown …

Zion Williamson is a series of contradictions. He’s a near-300-pound space mover who elevates like he’s in zero gravity. He’s both the mythic John Henry racing a machine and the steam-powered drill he beat in a race because it continuously broke down. Williamson has the build of a defensive end, but his body has put him on a pitch count through his first four seasons. Williamson is the NBA’s ultimate high-risk, high-reward under-25 superstar, and the range of possibilities for his season are more than the width of his biceps. It would be reductive to label him as simply having potential, because he’s already demonstrated his effectiveness. There is no player with a wider range of outcomes for this season than Williamson. Victor Wembanyama isn’t being relied upon to lead San…

There was only one way to celebrate. As they began to bask in a surprise derby victory at Borussia-Park, the plan of Cologne’s players quickly clicked into gear. The players in red scampered to the north-west corner of the ground where the away support would usually be penned in, and Salih Özcan uprooted the corner flag before popping a shirt on it and waving it in the air above his jubilant teammates.

The ribbing wasn’t lost on Borussia Mönchengladbach’s players. This has been Marcus Thuram’s victory routine since he arrived from France, normally flying his flag in front of the fans in the ground’s Südtribune. It goes on the road, too. When Gladbach and Cologne last faced each other in the first fixture at the start of October,…

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Jill Scott has retired from football at the age of 35 after an extraordinary career which, fittingly, ended with her being part of the England team that won Euro 2022. I had the privilege of playing with her many times for our country and also at Aston Villa last season, and I can tell you she is truly one of a kind.

You don’t get to…

Melbourne City have leapfrogged Sydney FC to the A-League Women Premier’s Plate after wildly contrasting results on opposite coasts of Australia. At Leichhardt Oval, Melbourne Victory spoiled Sydney’s party with a stunning 4-0 result capped by a shocking blunder by goalkeeper Jada Whyman.

Three hours later in Perth, City capitalised on their slip-up, winning 2-1 and surviving a late scare from Perth Glory to claim the premiership.

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Rhianna Pollicina put the visitors ahead with one of the goals of the season. Receiving the ball with her back to goal, Pollicina turned her marker and fired a curling shot to the back post, beating Morgan Aquino a…

The plot thickens as the FedEx Cup playoffs returns to Colorado for the first time since 2014 with this week's BMW Championship, which will take place at the longest course in PGA Tour history. The top 50 advanced to the second leg, but only the top 30 after this week will move on to the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake. Our golf experts preview the event and share their favorite prop picks along with best bets to win this week. BMW CHAMPIONSHIP Location: Castle Rock, Colo., Aug. 22-25 Course: Castle Pines Golf Club (Par 72, 8,130 Yards) Purse: $20M (Winner: $4M) Defending Champion: Viktor Hovland FedEx Cup Leader: Scottie Scheffler HOW TO FOLLOW TV: Thursday-Friday: 3-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC); Sunday: 12-2 p.m. …

As stated many times before, what the USMNT attempted, and really accomplished, in 2021 is unheard of in international soccer. Turning the entire roster over to children at once just isn’t done. Usually, teams are trying to blend generations, mixing in the aging vets (around 30) with those in their prime (24-25) with a sprinkling of hot shots that will carry the flag for the next decade (18-20). The US skipped those first two, with basically the exception of Christian Pulisic, except he just turned 23. He’s not even in his prime yet, and he’s basically the steadying hand or the wise sage (let’s give him Gandalf’s staff to enter the pitch with). It’s bonkers. The Simpsons spoof “ Admiral Baby”? The USMNT basically did that in real life. So when reviewing that, one has to…