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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of UConn vs. Purdue
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An all-time evenly-matched Sweet 16 a week ago has given way to a historically lopsided Final Four by the betting odds. Connecticut and Purdue are ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games
Perhaps no college basketball coaches have received more recent criticism for NCAA Tournament underperformance than Purdue’s Matt Painter and Tennessee’s Rick Barnes. ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games
Connecticut is an 8.5-point favorite against Illinois in a game the metrics unanimously agree pits the two best offensive teams in the nation. ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16
This year’s Sweet 16 is packed with top-tier matchups more than any other time in recent memory. ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games
Connecticut opened as high as +110 (i.e. risking $100 to win $110) to win the East, but are now as low as -170 (i.e. risking ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games
The odds on Oakland and North Carolina State facing off in one of the most intriguing round of 32 matchups would have been astronomical as ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region
For the second straight year, Connecticut is squarely in the middle of the toughest set of teams. ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the South Region
The stylistic divide couldn’t be more stark between the top two seeded teams in the South and their next two challengers. ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region
Some of the earliest NCAA Tournament bracket projections, made at the outset of the season, had three teams that wound up in the Midwest Region ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region
Shootouts appropriately seem to be what will ultimately settle the wild-looking West Region this year. ...
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NCAA Tournament opening odds: March Madness begins wildly
The betting favorite prevailed in only a little more than a fourth of the conference tournaments — nine out of 34. ...
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Weekend wagers: Seven bets to make including on Pennzoil 400
The Pennzoil 400 isn’t one of the auto racing organization’s biggest events of the year from a prestige standpoint, but it stands alone in the ...
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Vegas pick'em: Super Bowl pick and perspective against the spread
The over 47.5 points is drawing as large of a share of tickets as Chiefs +2, and yet it hasn’t budged much at all. At ...
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Conference championship sweats: 7 wagers to add to NFL betting card
There might be only two games on Sunday for conference championship weekend but I’m still going to stick to the Sunday Sweats format ...
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Vegas pick'em: NFL conference championship winners against the spread
Baltimore vs. San Francisco would be the best-case scenario for Las Vegas’ debut as Super Bowl host on Sunday Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium for ...
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Divisional-round sweats: Seven wagers to add to your NFL betting card
Line movement has been sparse in NFL markets this week, except for the latest chapter in the rivalry between the Chiefs and Bills under Patrick ...
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Vegas pick'em: NFL divisional-round winners against the spread
The two most outstanding individual performances of wild-card weekend belonged to pair of postseason debutants in Green Bay’s Jordan Love and Houston’s C.J. Stroud. ...
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Vegas pick'em: NFL wild-card weekend winners against the spread
By the odds, the most likely Super Bowl MVP suiting up this weekend as part of the opening week of the NFL playoffs is Bills ...
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'Fun must be always': How Tomas Hertl is transforming the Vegas Golden Knights
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Live animal exhibits on the Las Vegas Strip now less for show, more about education
Underneath the shining lights of the Las Vegas Strip, Adrienne Rowland walks among sharp-toothed sharks and brightly colored fish at Mandalay Bay. She watches as ...
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Analysis: In first round, Raiders can't go wrong
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Despite Game 3 loss, Logan Thompson proved undeniable playoff ability
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Film shares Holocaust survivor’s message: Live a life with meaning
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Aces' Candace Parker retiring from WNBA after legendary 16-year career
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Golden Knights have beaten the Stars at their own game so far in playoff series
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Biden cuts into Trump’s lead in Nevada, new poll finds
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Financial literacy class sets teens on path to succeed in life
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Raiders go with tight end Brock Bowers in first round of NFL Draft
After months of speculation, the Las Vegas Raiders opted to keep their pick and select Georgia tight end Brock Bowers at No. 13 overall in ...
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When my kids were little, we would occasionally give them a few dollars as a reward. They would put the money in their pocket, then ...
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The Golden Knights have taken shots from all over the ice in their playoff series against the Stars. The Stars have taken a different approach ...
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The Golden Knights tonight are looking to continue a trend in their Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Dallas Stars where the road team has ...
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Live coverage: Golden Knights heading home with 2-0 series lead on Stars
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Clark County School District looks west to recruit new teachers
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