We are just three months from college football, and the first signs of the season are here as DraftKings Sportsbook has issued win totals for all 130 teams. The top five teams by projected win total shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Alabama and Clemson both top the list at 11.5, meaning you’ll need both […]
May 26, 2021
Bob Baffert’s resume is unquestioned. Just in the Triple Crown races, he’s won six Kentucky Derbies, seven Preakness Stakes, and three Belmont Stakes. He’s trained two Triple Crown winners. And that’s before the Breeder’s Cup and international wins that have given his barns well over $320 million in career purse earnings. But let’s face it, […]
May 13, 2021
The biggest night in sports entertainment is upon us, as tomorrow begins the first-ever WrestleMania that will take place across two nights with fans starts on Saturday, April 10th. WrestleMania 37 will be broadcast will be on Peacock, the new home of the WWE Network, and is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, […]
April 9, 2021
With the far-lesser treatment of the women’s teams in the 2021 NCAA Tournament bubble compared to the men’s, you’d think there would be a much more limited market for women’s basketball amongst the general public. But it looks like you’d be wrong. The 2021 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was an unqualified success. The TV ratings […]
April 7, 2021
There are some teams that change the way we think about college basketball even if they never won a title. Pete Carril’s Princeton teams showed how underdogs could compete in the NCAA Tournament. The Loyola Marymount teams of Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble made a frenetic pace a part of their game. But the true […]
April 2, 2021
We all love to root for points. It makes all sports, including college basketball, much more fun to watch. If you’re checking out a game and don’t really have a rooting interest… who’s watching hoops to see quality rebounding and effective closeouts on shooters? But the bookmakers and sharp bettors know this, which is why […]
March 17, 2021
The NCAA Tournament field is set. The Selection Sunday show is a wrap and we can start figuring out how are brackets will look. More importantly, DraftKings Sportsbook is posting opening odds for all the opening matchups. The tournament starts on Thursday with the First Four, and that’s followed by first round action on Friday […]
March 14, 2021
Ever heard “think long, think wrong?” Well here’s what we think as we filled out our bracket instantly following the NCAA Selection Show on CBS. Here’s our entire bracket: Three No. 1 seeds and a No. 2 in the Final Four. We’re so sorry to be this boring. We’ll follow that with some quick rapid […]
March 14, 2021
It is six days from Selection Sunday, and Championship Week is here. It starts small, but by mid-week, every major conference will be in action and quite a few smaller conferences will have determined their champion. Sunday has some big matchups left to settle conference tournament brackets, but Saturday was the last huge day of […]
March 8, 2021
UPDATE Super Bowl LV 10:17 p.m.: Bruce Arians was doused in blue Gatorade after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won over the Kansas City Chiefs. Gatorade was blue pic.twitter.com/pVL8MG3Ya8 — Jack Settleman (@jacksettleman) February 8, 2021 The Gatorade shower is as much a tradition in American sports as the national anthem and overpriced beer. But why […]
February 7, 2021
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the 2020 NFC Champions, and will play Super Bowl 55 in Raymond James Stadium in two weeks. The Bucs will face the Kansas City Chiefs, who beat the Buffalo Bills to win the AFC Championship. While Kansas City will travel like normal, it will be a short trip for the […]
January 25, 2021