135 stories by Bill Huber
PointsBet Pulling for Los Angeles Lakers To Clinch NBA Title on Friday
Los Angeles Lakers fans will be cheering for the team to beat the Miami Heat on Friday night and clinch their 17th NBA championship. LeBron James’ legion of fans will be doing the same in hopes of seeing “King James” win his...
Bettors Like Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Not Chicago Bears in NFL Battle of 3-1.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears enter Thursday night’s game at Soldier Field with identical 3-1 records. Their betting outlooks, however, could hardly be more different. Just like when the season opened, the Buccaneers, with the addition of legendary quarterback Tom...
Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees Remain World Series Favorites
When the first pitch was thrown to start Major League Baseball’s truncated regular season, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees were the favorites to win the World Series. Nothing has changed now that the MLB playoffs have reached the divisional...
COVID-19 Among Reasons for NFL Uncertainty at Sportsbooks
There are 15 games on the NFL’s Week 5 schedule. As of Wednesday morning, only 10 of those were on the board at PointsBet because of an increasing number of positive COVID-19 tests and other uncertainties. The big news to start the...
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...
