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135 stories by Bill Huber
Sportsbooks Favor Los Angeles Lakers to be Repeat NBA Champions
The Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th NBA championship on Sunday night, tying the Boston Celtics for the most in league history. After dispatching the Miami Heat as expected in this season’s NBA Finals, the Lakers are the favorite to make it...
Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson Muscles Into Role of NFL MVP Favorite
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is the heavy favorite to win NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) through the first quarter of the season. Bettors have jumped on the bandwagon. “Our worst result – by a big margin – would be Wilson winning,...
COVID-19 Scare Means Monday Night NFL Doubleheader
With Cam Newton having tested positive for COVID-19, but the rest of the rosters returning three days of negative tests, Monday night’s rescheduled NFL game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs looks like a big mismatch. Without Newton, Brian...
Heat’s NBA Championship Odds vs. Lakers? Somewhere Between Slim and None
In “Dumb and Dumber,” the character played by Jim Carrey, Lloyd Christmas, asks the object of his affection, Mary Swanson, about the odds of them ending up together. Mary: Not good. Lloyd: Not good, like one in a hundred? Mary: I’d say...
Eagles at 49ers Sunday Night Preview; NFL Week 4 Betting Trends
The NFL’s Sunday night game, which should have been a marquee showdown of Super Bowl contenders, instead will feature one team dressed as the Philadelphia Eagles and another team dressed as the San Francisco 49ers. While positive COVID-19 tests have sucked their...
New England Patriots-Kansas City Chiefs Off Board After Cam Newton Reportedly Tests Positive for COVID-19
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton reportedly has tested positive for COVID-19 and won’t play in this week’s showdown against the Kansas City Chiefs. The game, originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon, has been pushed back to Monday or Tuesday, the NFL announced...
NFL Week 4 Preview: Big Games, Big Favorites
Week 3 of the NFL season was a monster, highlighted by huge showdowns between the Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens. Week 4, which continues on Sunday? Not so much. What would have been...
Two Winless Teams, Denver Broncos and New York Jets, Kick Off NFL Week 4
The NFL’s Week 3 schedule was dominated by two monster games, with the Green Bay Packers beating the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night and the Kansas City Chiefs overwhelming the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. If Week 3 ended with two...
Los Angeles Lakers Heavy Favorites to Beat Miami Heat for NBA Championship
More than 11 months after the basketball season tipped off, it will come to a close with the start of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat on Wednesday. While plenty has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic...
NFL Bettors Expect Points Aplenty in Green Bay Packers-New Orleans Saints Showdown
Bettors are expecting a shootout when two of the best quarterbacks of the era, and two of the Super Bowl favorites for this season, square off in a primetime showdown to cap the third Sunday of the NFL season. Aaron Rodgers and...