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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games

For only the second time in modern tournament history, and first time in 34 years, all 16 favorites won their games outright on Friday. ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games

The Blue Devils trailed the Saints 43-32 at halftime but were a 17.5-point favorite for the final 20 minutes. Duke ended up outscoring Siena by ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region

One local shop, Boomer’s Sportsbooks, has moved Michigan to slight favorite status at +320 (i.e. risking $100 to win $320) to win the NCAA Tournament. ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region

Duke has been upset out of March Madness in each of Jon Scheyer's first three years at the head of the program. ...

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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region

Despite an underwhelming shared history, the West sets up as a gauntlet this season and arguably the toughest bracket by the betting market. ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Indiana vs. Miami

If these two teams had played in this same location to start the season, the line would have been flipped. ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL divisional round winners against the spread

Seattle was the big winner of the wild-card round despite not playing as it went from as high as +350 a week ago to now ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL wild-card weekend winners against the spread

Here are six future bets to target at the start of the NFL playoffs, and full point-spread handicaps of the wild-card weekend slate. ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 18 winners against the spread

San Francisco’s recent run, which includes six consecutive straight-up wins as well as victories in seven of its last eight, has elevated it to play ...

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College football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 4

A team with a bye in the first round has never won a game in the current iteration of the College Football Playoff. ...

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College football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 3

There have been some strong starts in the 16-year history of this bowl pick’em column, but none quite like the 8-0 tear that kicked off ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 17 winners against the spread

The Steelers need only one win or one loss from the Baltimore Ravens in the final two weeks to earn the home-playoff game that comes ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won the NFC South in four consecutive seasons and looked like a shoo-in to make it a half-decade straight as ...

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College football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 1

The College Football Playoff debate is getting tiresome and games are luckily arriving just in time to rescue football fans from the discourse. ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread

The race for the AFC’s No. 1 overall seed that no one saw coming ramps up in intensity this week. The runaway co-favorite Denver Broncos ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of conference championships

There’s far more on the line in this year’s championship week than last year’s — especially in the Big Ten. ...

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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 13 winners against the spread

The first meeting between the two AFC South teams stands out as the highlight of the Week 13’s Sunday slate with Indianapolis laying 4.5 points ...

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 14 game

The Maize and Blue have owned what many call the best rivalry in college football lately, and the betting odds provide a picture of the ...