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135 stories by Bill Huber
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers Makes Big Move in NFL MVP Race
For years, Aaron Rodgers was arguably the most dominant quarterback in the NFL. The Green Bay Packers’ standout won the Super Bowl in 2010, earned NFL MVP in 2011 and 2014, and led the Packers to NFC Championship Games in 2014 and...
Bettors Back Denver Nuggets in NBA Playoffs Game 7 vs. Los Angeles Clippers
From a betting perspective, Game 7 of the NBA’s Western Conference playoffs series between the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets will be a decision of talent vs. momentum. The Clippers have been a top championship contender all season, had the better...
PointsBet Refunds NFL Bettors Who Picked Titans to Cover Spread vs. Broncos
Stephen Gostkowski taketh away. PointsBet giveth back. The Tennessee Titans opened the NFL season by beating the Denver Broncos 16-14 on Monday night, when Gostkowski booted the game-winning field goal with 17 seconds remaining. However, because of the earlier failings by the...
Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans Favored in NFL Monday Night Games
NFL betting lines overwhelmingly are driven by quarterbacks. However, the ankle injury that sent Denver Broncos pass rusher Von Miller to injured reserve a few days ago had a profound impact on the point spread for Monday night’s season-opening game against the...
Sportsbooks Profit Off NFL Week 1 Upsets
With the addition of six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the hot bet to win this year’s NFL championship. Interestingly, though, the bettors went with the New Orleans Saints over the Buccaneers in Sunday’s season-opening showdown. The...
Public Betting on Brady’s Bucs Over Brees’ Saints in NFL QB Showdown
Talk about a heavyweight showdown for the first Sunday of the NFL season. In one corner, it’s New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who is No. 1 in NFL history with 77,416 passing yards and 547 touchdown passes. In the other corner,...
Arizona Cardinals NFL Betting Preview: A Championship Desert
The Cardinals haven’t won an NFL championship since they were located in Chicago in 1947. That was three moves, 21 full-time head coaches, and a whole bunch of losses ago. With 23-year-old quarterback Kyler Murray and 41-year-old coach Klif Kingsbury, perhaps the...
Los Angeles Rams NFL Betting Preview: Mighty Have Fallen
The Los Angeles Rams are moving into $5 billion SoFi Stadium. Too bad for the team that many of its top players didn’t come along for the ride. The Rams are the ultimate example of what happens one season might not mean...
Seattle Seahawks NFL Betting Preview: Russell Wilson Chasing Greatness
With Tom Brady hoarding Super Bowl trophies, three of the era’s great quarterbacks -- Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, New Orleans’ Drew Brees, and Seattle’s Russell Wilson -- enter this season with only one NFL championship apiece. The 31-year-old Wilson, with seven playoff...
San Francisco 49ers NFL Betting Preview: Up for the Challenge
After blowing a 10-point lead in a Super Bowl loss last year to the Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan vowed his team would be back. “We’ll be fired up for next year,” he told reporters in the immediate...