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Date added: 08.17.10
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NFL: Player Props Betting Picks for Wide Receivers
We’ve already given you our look at the 2010 passing yardage leader here at Doc’s, so now let’s take a gander at the guys who catch those balls and try and project the best value bet on the player with some NFL predictions the most receiving yards in the league this season.And unlike with the quarterbacks, there is one player who ... read more
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Date added: 08.11.10
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College Predictions: Ole Miss with Jeremiah Masoli
Never have we seen a situation quite like this one. In January QB Jeremiah Masoli led the Oregon Ducks to the Rose Bowl. Neither he nor his team had a good day in Pasadena, but he showed enough last year that he was a logical, strong Heisman Trophy contender heading into his senior season. But then things really went to hell.First he was suspended ... read more
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Date added: 08.06.10
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Miami Heat Predictions: Will Big 3 Play Defense?
by T.O. Whenham - 8/5/2010The NBA season is still a long way off, but I obviously can’t help but be intrigued by the same thing everyone else is - the bizarre collection of star power that has gathered in Miami. What makes sports betting so challenging and satisfying is that you are constantly presented with new problems and situations - puzzles ... read more
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Date added: 07.07.10
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2010 Heisman Trophy Futures: Odds and Predictions
The Heisman Trophy futures have been posted, and they give us a lot to think about. Anyone who pays attention to the Heisman process knows that the winner very often isn’t being talked about at all right now. That makes it even more fun to speculate and look at the odds that are available. 5Dimes has odds listed for 26 different players. Here’s ... read more
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Date added: 07.05.10
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The Brett Favre Circus Starts Again
Brett Favre just couldn’t handle being out of the news. Maybe it was all the attention everyone is paying to where LeBron James will play next year. Or maybe he was jealous because Phil Jackson, the second most diva-ish retirement fiend behind Favre, has been gaining headlines surrounding his indecision (although he re-signed with the Lakers ... read more
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Date added: 06.29.10
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2010 Indianapolis Colts Preview
by Alan Matthews - 6/29/2010Our second team-by-team NFL schedule breakdown focuses on the second-place team from last season, the Indianapolis Colts. And other than death and taxes there seems to be one sure thing in life: Indianapolis winning at least 12 regular-season games, as it has done for a record seven seasons in a row.In reality, the Colts ... read more
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Date added: 06.14.10
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NFL Week 1 Odds and Early Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/14/2010We are less than two months away from the start of NFL training camps (hallelujah!), which means that several NFL props are starting to be released at the books. I also will be taking a look at some of the top teams’ NFL schedules and do an analysis of their likely win totals in a few weeks here at Doc’s. But ... read more
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Date added: 05.28.10
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Next Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers
Has one player in NBA history ever controlled who his head coach would be more than LeBron James? Sure, Magic Johnson supposedly orchestrated Paul Westhead’s firing in the early 1980s and got him replaced with Pat Riley, but Magic was at least going to be a Laker for a while. The Cleveland Cavaliers don’t even know if James will be on their ... read more
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Date added: 05.11.10
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This Week in Betting, A through Z
by T.O. Whenham - 5/11/2010A - Ainge, Danny. Boston's GM learned a lesson he should already have known this week - you can't get away with anything in an era when everyone is watching everything you do. On Monday Ainge was having some fun at his team's game against the Cavs, and he threw a towel in the air to distract J.J. Hickson on a free throw attempt. ... read more
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Date added: 04.27.10
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Team by Team NFL Draft Grades
by Robert Ferringo - 4/27/2010The NFL Draft is in the books and there were, as always, plenty of successes and failures. As always, we won’t be able to accurately assess how each organization managed until about three or four years from now, but based on value, addressing need, and overall talent hauled in I have put together my 2010 NFL Draft ... read more
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Date added: 04.01.10
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Final Four Coaches
Despite the lack of NBA Draft lottery talent and the biggest-named teams, there are still a whole lot of reasons why this Final Four is at least as interesting as several we have seen before. At or near the top of that list is the set of coaches that are leading their teams into Indianapolis. There's a bit of everything here - from the legends to the ... read more
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Date added: 03.24.10
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March Handicapping: the Aftermath of Kansas Upset
Northern Iowa did more than just pull off a miracle on Saturday night - they also exploded a stunning number of March Madness brackets. The stats are beyond belief - 98 percent of the 4.8 million people who filled in a bracket on ESPN.com had Kansas in the Sweet 16, almost 60 percent had them in the Final Four, and more than 40 percent had them winning ... read more
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Date added: 02.23.10
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NBA Playoffs Seeding Predictions
Eastern ConferenceThis could end up being a banner year for the Eastern Conference. It looks like the requirements to get into the playoffs in the East have just gotten a little stricter. Currently, the top eight teams in the East are all at least .500 ball clubs. That is something that could not have been said the last few years at the end of the ... read more
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Date added: 02.18.10
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College Basketball: Bracket Buster Betting Trends
by Robert Ferringo - 2/18/2010I've analyzed the last five years of the mid-February mid-major hoops orgy known as Bracket Buster Weekend to see if I could establish any useful betting angles or trends. Instead of working over every single "official" Bracket Buster game I squared my focus on the ones that featuring the mid-major conferences ... read more
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Date added: 02.10.10
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Super Bowl Betting Recap
It was another great NFL betting season at Doc’s Sports and I couldn’t leave it without a wrap-up of thoughts on another excellent Super Bowl. So here is a special edition of the Ferringo Report on Super Bowl 44:- Whenever I talk to people before the Super Bowl they still all say the same thing, “I just hope it’s a good game.” ... read more
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Date added: 02.04.10
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Playing the Super Bowl Total
Drew Brees Saints quarterbackApparently, defense isn’t allowed in the NFL anymore.This January we have seen a dizzying display of offensive artistry as points have been a-plenty through the 10 games that we’ve witnessed. And the two teams that have survived the splurging are – not surprisingly – the two best offensive clubs ... read more
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Date added: 01.15.10
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NBA Handicapping: Road Success
I'm a fan of the NBA, but it's not a sport that I follow as closely as others, and I don't handicap it very often. When there are sports that I'm not avidly following I find that I like to have little rules in my mind that I can use to quickly get a sense of how a team is performing - a snapshot of where they are at.In the NFL, for example, I can get ... read more
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Date added: 01.08.10
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College Basketball Totals Betting
We are well into college basketball conference play now, so teams have played more than enough games for us to get a sense of what they really are and how we should be dealing with them. Here's a look at 10 teams that have proven themselves trustworthy on totals so far this year - the ones that most consistently stay ‘under’ or go ‘over’. ... read more
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Date added: 12.17.09
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AFC Playoff Picture: In and Out
Unlike the situation in the NFC, the AFC playoff picture is completely up in the air. Six AFC teams are on the outside looking in right now but each of those teams is well within striking distance. In the NFC, however, only three teams have a chance of crashing the playoff party. Besides the Colts, who not only have a playoff spot locked up, but also ... read more
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Date added: 12.16.09
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College Bowl Predictions
Loyalty can be one of a gambler’s worst enemies. That’s why bettors should never – or at least rarely – wager on their favorite teams. They lose objectivity and are sometime blinded by their feelings about their teams.Well, no time on the sports betting calendar puts loyalty to the test like college bowl season. This time of ... read more
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Date added: 11.25.09
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This Week in Betting, A to Z
A - Ageless. Brett Favre just keeps getting it done. I fully expected him to be disappointing this year - last season with the Jets all over again. Instead, you don't even have to exaggerate to say that he is probably playing the best football of his career. He was virtually flawless on Sunday, completing 22 of 25 passes and connecting on four touchdowns ... read more
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Date added: 11.06.09
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NFL Sunday Predictions (Week 9)
Game: Miami Dolphins (3-4, 3-4 ATS) at New England Patriots (5-2, 4-3 ATS)Spread: Patriots -11.Sure, the Patriots have looked like their old selves of late, friendly to backers and brutal to opponents against whom they have no reservations about running up the score until coach Bill Belichick is satisfied.New England has won its past two games by a ... read more
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Date added: 10.28.09
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NBA Betting Tutorial for the Casual Fan
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavs.After a long summer, the NBA gets underway again this week. For those of you who are hardcore fans and bettors of the league these are happy times. I, too, am happy to have it back, but the league doesn't particularly change my life. I'll put it this way - it would kill me to go 10 minutes without knowing what's going ... read more
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Date added: 10.21.09
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This Week in Betting, A thru Z
A - Alabama. The Tide came into Saturday looking like the best team in the country. They still looked the same when the day was done. Their offense wasn't overwhelming against South Carolina - other than running back Mark Ingram - but it rarely is. Their defense was just as potent as always, though, and made for another easy win. The AP voters took ... read more
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Date added: 10.14.09
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Thursday Preview: Cincinnati at South Florida
The number of unbeaten teams in college football, currently at nine, will for sure dwindle by at least one on Thursday when Big East contenders Cincinnati and South Florida face off in Tampa. The Bearcats are currently 3.5-point favorites.It’s a little hard to figure out what to make of either of these teams yet. Neither one has played a team ... read more
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Date added: 09.25.09
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NFL Betting: Saints Soaring And Scoring
The most offensively impressive and dominant team in the NFL so far this year has clearly been the New Orleans Saints. We knew that they were going to be offensively strong, but they have so far been even better than expected, and they have been competent on defense as well. The bandwagon for this team is quickly getting crowded, and that means that ... read more
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Date added: 09.15.09
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This Week in Betting, A thru Z
A - Atlanta. The Falcons won the battle of last year's biggest surprises when they won their mostly dull opener against the visiting Miami Dolphins. Despite all the hype and the addition of Pat White Miami was mostly quiet on the wildcat offense front this week. Neither running game ever got any real traction, and neither quarterback really shone, ... read more
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Date added: 09.09.09
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Notre Dame at Michigan Betting Preview
There’s no second-guessing which premier matchup takes the cake in college football’s second week. Southern Cal travels to Columbus to take on Ohio State at the Horseshoe, so there will be enough coverage of this Top-10 collision.With that said, we’re going to take a peek at another key tilt, our matchup of the week pitting Notre ... read more
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Date added: 09.02.09
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NFL Injury Situations for Week 1
As we head into the NFL regular season, it's a good time to remind ourselves of the importance of injuries to our NFL handicapping. A key injury can turn a good bet into a bad one if it changes the complexion of the team, or it can make a good bet a great one if the public overcompensates for the injury and moves the betting lines in your favor. Here's ... read more
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Date added: 08.26.09
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NFL Handicapping: Final Two Preseason Games
We're about to enter an inner circle of hell - the last two NFL preseason games. I suppose that there are a couple of good reasons why these last two games exist, but by far the biggest is that it allows NFL owners to charge full price for two more games.From a football perspective, the importance of these games range from reasonably slim to absolutely ... read more
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