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Week 12's NFL point spread moves

Chad Millman

...so bad it's tough to back a team that will give up 28 points." Matchup: Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings Line moves: Vikings opened as 11-point faves, now 10½-point faves...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 27, 2009

Week 7 NFL point spread moves

Chad Millman

...called Dave Tuley. It's not because he's from the Chicago 'burbs -- like me. Or because, like me, his passion for the Bears, Bulls and Cubs when he was growing up bordered on illness...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

No team has seen the betting action around it change since spring like the Cincinnati Bengals, but they're not completely alone in the world of shifting lines.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 06, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

This is what happened when Chad went to Vegas and made the country's first bet on the 2009 NFL season. Bears and Packers. What a great place to start.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | April 16, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

An amazing thing happened to me on Wednesday. I made the country's first bet on the 2009 NFL season. Even though it's still six months away. Here's h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 16, 2009

Beating the Spread in the Playoffs

Chad Millman

How did every playoff team do against the spread?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 30, 2008

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

Four road favorites to open the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs? It's historic! It's unfathomable! It's the British laying points to beat the Colo...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 30, 2008

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

Once would have been a fluke. Twice a coincidence. But Cassie Vidal's 16-year-old son, Ethan, kept picking winners. He nailed 10 of 11 thoroughbred ra...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2008

Behind The Bets

Chad Millman

Newsflash: Understanding risk is what separates everyday squares from the big-money wiseguys who live off their gambling wits. Now, here's a piece o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2008

Behind the Bets: Public Trading

Chad Millman

...makes some keen observations. Heading into the Rams-Bears game this past weekend in St. Louis, Incognito...provides for a good football atmosphere having the Chicago fans down here." Naturally, Rams fans were outraged...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008

NFL 2002: Who's Next?

Chad Millman

New season, new divisions, new team and (almost) everybody has a chance to win. Check our picks on Jan. 26.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2002

Behind the Bets: All The Greek to me

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

Though Jimmy The Greek's name will forever be linked to racist remarks and his subsequent fall, sports betting would never have made it to the big time without him.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Chad Millman's blog

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

Welcome to Chad Millman's blog, which will tide you over with sports betting news and notes between his weekly Behind the Bets columns.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 05, 2009

Behind the Bets: The Predictor gets wise

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

Insider has a new tool that we named Bracket Predictor. He's our friend, mainly because he brings the perspective of cold, hard facts to all the emoti...

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | March 12, 2009

Behind The Bets

Chad Millman

[Ed's note: Magazine senior deputy editor Chad Millman wrote a book called The Odds, about gambling culture. He also oversees The Mag's coverage of sp...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2008