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Date added: 08.30.10
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The Best of the NFL
The pro football season kicks off next week when the Vikings travel to the Saints in a rematch of the NFL Championship thriller. Here is a look at some of the best of the NFL, and remember that the AFC has won 9 of the last 13 Super Bowls.Ravens (10-8 SU, 9-8-1 ATS in 2009): This is still a talented team with a monster defense that is capable of beating ... read more
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Date added: 08.23.10
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2010 College Football Top 20
The countdown continues! Last week we looked at my Top 21-40, this week is my Top 20. The college football season kicks off September 2 and here’s a look at college football's best! 20. Georgia Bulldogs: The Bulldogs come off an 8-5 SU, 5-7 ATS season, winning four of their final five. The only concern is at QB with redshirt freshman Aaron Murray, ... read more
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Date added: 08.16.10
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2010 College Football Top 40
It’s time to kick off a new football season. College football begins September 2nd and here’s a look at the top teams, starting with my top 21-40. 40. Nevada Wolf Pack: Nevada (8-5 SU/7-6 ATS) had a tough schedule a year ago, but finished 7-1 in the WAC, with an incredible “Pistol” rushing attack that averaged 40.6 points, 362 ... read more
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Date added: 08.09.10
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NFL Preseason Pointers
NFL Preseason Pointers by Jim Feist The pro football preseason kicked off this past weekend in the Hall of Fame game as the Cowboys battled the Bengals. Remember that each season is different, with players changing teams, new coaches and assistants coming aboard, and star college players joining the pros as highly touted rookies. August ... read more
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Date added: 08.03.10
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NFL Preseason Betting Tips
It may be HOT and many folks are still on vacation, but August kicks off the best time of the sports betting calendar: Football season! Competition on the field won't be as intense as September, of course, as wins aren't as important as evaluating young talent and trying to keep players healthy. However, there will be betting lines available on preseason ... read more
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Date added: 07.26.10
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NFL Football Teams with Something to Prove
Frustration and failure can prove excellent motivating factors in sports. We see quality teams get beaten badly all the time, then bounce back the next game with a terrific performance with an easy win. This can also take place with teams that are off disappointing seasons. It may seem a distant memory now, but the Bears ended the 2005 season with ... read more
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Date added: 07.19.10
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New Coaches Hope to Upgrade Pro/College Programs
Football head coaches get all the glory, but top assistants can be extremely important in a team's success or failure. Offensive and defensive coordinators have great influence on game plans and a unit's effectiveness. There was no better example than former NY Giants' defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, now with the Rams. He came over from the ... read more
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Date added: 07.12.10
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Baseball: Second Half Surges
The first half of the 2010 baseball season is in the books. There were surprising winners, such as the Reds and Padres, a lack of hitting league-wide, and some surprising flops with the Brewers, Mariners and D-Backs. With the surprises out of the way, here's a look at some teams that might be active at the trading deadline and primed to make a second ... read more
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Date added: 07.05.10
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Baseball: First Half Roundup
162 games is a long season. Every year teams sprint out of the gate in April and May with October dreams, only to come back to the pack in June. It's not a sprint, of course, but a marathon, where a strong balance of pitching, defense and offense carries the best teams into the postseason. Injuries, too, are key, as well as trades made before the July ... read more
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Date added: 06.28.10
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Injured Players Back Can Equal a Trade
So who is ready to win the World Series? Well, relax , folks, it is only the end of June and baseball is a marathon. Patience and consistency are keys to being the best in baseball, the same two qualities that are necessary in the world of sports wagering. After all, it is not the hot teams in May and June that win the World Series, it is the team ... read more
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Date added: 06.21.10
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A Call to the Pen
Starting pitchers in baseball get much of the attention (and money) thrown their way. The average starter is asked to go 6-7 innings, while aces are expected to give 7-8 quality innings. Many games are decided in the last three innings, however, making relief pitchers an extremely important, and often overlooked, element. The use of effective ... read more
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Date added: 06.14.10
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Hot and Cold Streaks!
Baseball is a game of stats and streaks. The Red Sox started this season 4-9 and had all kinds of problems with pitching and injuries to two starting outfielders. However, they made some minor adjustments, got their starting staff straightened out and have been playing good baseball the last two months, back in the pennant race. Two years ago the ... read more
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Date added: 06.07.10
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NBA Finals: Celtics/Lakers!
by Jim Feist The NBA Finals shift this week from Los Angeles to the East Coast, as the Lakers head to Boston for Game 3, 4 and 5. Many fans find this odd, as all the previous series are in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, but then the Finals shifts to a 2-3-2 format. It is odd, but there is a reason for the change: M-O-N-E-Y. The NBA prefers a longer series ... read more
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Date added: 05.31.10
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NBA Finals Fever!
NBA Finals Fever! by Jim Feist Think Kobe Bryant wants to win another title without Shaq? Think Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen want a second ring? "I just want it so bad," said Bryant a year ago on the eve of the Finals. "I just want it really bad." Shaq used to say that Bryant was easily the most motivated player ... read more
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Date added: 05.24.10
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Lean Toward Big Dogs More than Big Chalk
April and May means that many novice sports bettors may look at the matchups and lean toward ace pitchers and lay the big price. But let me say four words to you: Do not do it. Baseball is unique from football and basketball in that there is no point spread. Instead you bet merely on which team will win the game and this translates into a money-line ... read more
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Date added: 05.17.10
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NBA Playoffs: Beware of Blowouts
The NBA playoffs are in full swing, which means overall the better teams are battling each other. This is different from the regular season when many nights great teams are playing bad teams and bad teams are playing worse one. Astute sports bettors should pay very careful attention to blowouts.For instance, after losing Game 1, the Celtics stunned ... read more
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Date added: 05.10.10
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Baseball Hot and Cold Starts
More than any other sport, baseball is a game of patience. It's not how you start, but where you finish, and with a 162-game regular season, there is a LOT of baseball left. Did your team get off to a bad start? Well don't panic. There is plenty of time to make adjustments and turn things around. Did your team get off to a hot start? Don't start making ... read more
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Date added: 05.03.10
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Postseason Basketball and Earlier Meetings
As the NBA playoffs roll on, handicappers should take careful note of how teams did against each other during the regular season. Examine head to head matchups individually and as a group. Does one team dominate another? If so, are the reasons for this, or was it merely a fluke during the long grind of an 82-game schedule? Sometimes a team is missing ... read more
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Date added: 04.26.10
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Defense and Totals in the NBA Playoffs
The NBA playoffs started over the weekend, which is a good time to revisit an old sports adage: Defense wins championships. Look at some recent Super Bowl winners. You might not realize this, but Colts QB Peyton Manning didn't have a stellar postseason four years ago, with 3 TDs and 7 INTs. The real story for the Colts' run to the title was their ... read more
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Date added: 04.16.10
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NBA Playoffs: The Best of the West
The NBA playoffs are in full swing, time for endless full court action every night as the league crowns another champion. Let's take a look at the best of the West, the conference that has won eight of the last 11 NBA titles.No. 1 Lakers vs. No. 8 ThunderLakers: The defending champs began the season raising a banner and, with a relatively young star ... read more
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Date added: 04.12.10
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NBA Stretch Run: The Best of the East
by Jim Feist It's been a long haul, this 82-game NBA regular season, but the playoffs are just around the corner. So who wins the NBA title? The most talented team? The luckiest? The favorites? We all know the favorites don't waltz to the NBA Finals. We just watched tiny Butler, a fifth seed, advance to the NCAA Championship game. ... read more
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Date added: 04.05.10
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Baseball Pitchers: A Different Breed
As we start the baseball season this week, it's a good time to point out that this is an age of specialization for baseball pitchers. You have starters, closers, middle relievers, long relief, set-up men and lefty specialists. Some pitchers feel more comfortable and excel in the role of set-up man than closer, for example. It can all seem overwhelming ... read more
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Date added: 03.29.10
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Late Season NBA + A Tribute to Lee Pete
Editor's Note: Las Vegas and the sports world overall lost a friend earlier this week when Lee Pete passed away at the age of 85 after battling various ailments, including Lou Gehrig's disease. Pete was one of the pioneers of the now-burgeoning sports-talk radio genre, doing shows in Las Vegas for three decades beginning in the early 1970s."When ... read more
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Date added: 03.22.10
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Tourney Matchup Tips
by Jim Feist It's the final stretch of a long college basketball season. There are better teams, tougher matchups, and defensive intensity. It's a good time of the season to look backward -- to look back, that is, to conference regular season play and early season matches against different conferences. That's because it can be tougher to analyze matchups ... read more
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Date added: 03.15.10
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March Hoops: Beware of the No Name Teams
It's that time of year again: Basketball games night and day, day and night and after a few hours of sleep, we wake up the next day and go through it all over again. College tournament play is one of the most enjoyable times of the year for sports fans and bettors, with a seemingly endless stream of action and excitement. Big name schools often end ... read more
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Date added: 03.01.10
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Final Run to the Big 10 Title
Tournament play is on the horizon! It's the start of a wild few weeks with conference tournament play helping to whittle the field. In the Big 10, Ohio State made the title game three years with Greg Oden while Michigan State won it all in 2000. Here's a look at some of the top teams of the Big 10 looking to make a similar run. Purdue: The Boilermakers ... read more
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Date added: 02.22.10
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College Hoops: Best Pac 10 Teams
It's been a mediocre year in Pac 10 in basketball, with the struggles of UCLA and a string of teams battling for the top spot. Here's a look at the strengths and weaknesses of some of college basketball's best teams in the Pacific 10.Cal: The Bears have used a strong home court edge and a dynamite backcourt to have strong season. The three-guard offense ... read more
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Date added: 02.15.10
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College Hoops: Best of the SEC
by Jim Feist The SEC has a bunch of teams that are loaded with talent, depth and athleticism. Kentucky won the national championship in 1998, Florida knocked on the door in 2000 getting to the title game against Michigan State, the won it all with back-to-back titles. Here's a look at some of college basketball's best teams in the SEC. ... read more
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Date added: 02.08.10
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College Hoops Takes Center Stage
With the Super Bowl in the rear view mirror, the next big event on the sports stage is college basketball's season-ending tournaments. Since 1997, college basketball's national champion has come from several different conferences: the Pac 10 (Arizona), SEC (Kentucky and Florida), Big 10 (Michigan State), the ACC (Duke, Maryland, North Carolina), Nig ... read more
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Date added: 02.01.10
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Super Sunday!
by Jim Feist The top two seeds in both conferences have made it to the Super Bowl. That's not the norm, as it hasn't happened since 1993. The Colts are looking for their second Super Bowl title in four seasons while the Saints make their first trip to the big game. For those examining expert football picks, back in August the Colts were 8-to-1 to ... read more
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