Football Betting – Anticipating Low Scoring Second Halves
October 8, 2010
Handicappers are always looking for angles to replicate week after week in an attempt to cull profit from the books. Here’s a tried and true oldie: Look at second halves to go under the total if the home team has a big lead. We’ve already seen it this season. In Week 2, the Atlanta Falcons blitzed the Cardinals with a 24-7 halftime lead. They ran the football the second half and there were only 17 second half points. In college football, Utah bombed overmatched San Jose in the first half, leading...
WHO ARE THEY?
September 3, 2010
Each football season a group of mysterious gentleman leap into the sports spotlight with steam and other nonsense. The speculating public, which is essentially composed of followers, clings to every word they speak, complying and following their every lead. You know the fellows. They are referred to with reverential phrases as: “Who are THEY taking?” or “Who do THEY like?” No matter how disastrous the results might be, the players come back for more punishment. “THEY...
MLB Odds: Blue Jays at Rangers
June 11, 2009
The Toronto Blue Jays were presumed dead when both the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees passed them in the AL East standings. No one really took the Jays seriously when they went out on their last road trip and lost all nine games. Yet here the Jays are having won three games in a row and seven of 11 to move within two games of the first-place Red Sox in the division. They can finish a three-game sweep of Texas tonight (it was supposed to be four, but Wednesday’s game was rained out), but the...
Phillies at Mets: MLB Betting Lines
June 11, 2009
The New York Mets‘ bullpen was their weak point in coughing up the NL West the past two seasons to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets thought they had solved that with the Francisco Rodriguez and J.J. Putz, but Putz is on the disabled list for an extended stretch, and that weakened bullpen blew a 4-1 lead in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s game with the Phillies. Chase Utley homered in the 11th inning to give the Phils a 5-4 victory. It was the Mets’ sixth loss this season after they led...
MLB Betting: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
June 11, 2009
Are the Boston Red Sox in the New York Yankees’ heads by now? Wednesday’s 6-5 Boston victory was the Red Sox’s eighth straight against their rivals, including a 7-0 record this season. It also moved Boston into sole possession of first place in the AL East, although that doesn’t matter too much at this point in the season. However, New York has opened as a -143 money line favorite on WagerWeb.com to salvage the final game of the series tonight. That’s because the Yanks have ace CC Sabathia...
Lakers at Magic Odds: Game 4 NBA Finals
June 11, 2009
Just about everything that could go right did so on Tuesday night for the Orlando Magic, as they shot shot an NBA Finals record 62.5 percent — including another record 75 percent in the first half — to beat the Lakers 108-104 and make the Finals a series again, at least until tonight’s game. One game fluke or is Orlando just that much better at home? Orlando is a 2.5-point favorite on WagerWeb.com to even the Finals at two games apiece tonight. And why not, since the Lakers have lost seven...
Manchester United vs Barcelona: Champions League Final Preview
May 26, 2009
If you’re going to pay attention to one soccer match this year, this is it. The two best teams in Europe are preparing for Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League final (2:45 p.m. Eastern) at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Manchester United, fresh off their third consecutive English Premiership title, are the defending champions of the Champions League. They’ll face Barcelona, the 2006 winners and this year’s top club in Spain’s Primera Division. There is a ridiculous amount of...
Daily Sports Betting Roundup: May 26th
May 26, 2009
Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Penguins try to close out the Canes, while the Cavaliers will try to avoid sinking into a deeper hole against the Magic. Tipping off on the hardwood . . . The Magic can go up 3-1 on the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night if they can pick up a second straight home win over LeBron James and company. Orlando got 24 points and nine rebounds from Dwight Howard on Sunday as they surged to a 99-89 win over Cleveland in Game 3. James had 41...
Sports Betting Roundup: 5/21
May 21, 2009
Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Nuggets and Lakers continue the West Finals in Los Angeles, while the Canes and Penguins battle again in Pittsburgh. Tipping off on the hardwood . . . Kobe Bryant will try to lead his Lakers to a 2-0 series advantage on Thursday night when they host the Nuggets again in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. Bryant tossed in 40 points on Tuesday night in Los Angeles’ slim 105-103 win, with Derek Fisher and Pau Gasol both providing 13 points. Carmelo...
