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BALLS Index: What of Boise and Cincy?

Chad Millman

When I got the BALLS Index ranking from Sal at madduxsports.com last night, it looked a lot like it has the past few weeks: Texas is on top, extending...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...can't quit the game. His weekly column, Behind the Bets, jumps off from there, examining the massive world...

Story | January 22, 2009

The Shrink and Week 10 point spread moves

Chad Millman

Ken Weitzner did what he was expected to growing up in Long Island: Go to college, go to med school, become a psychiatrist. But what he wanted to do w...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Horns/Bears and more point spread moves

Chad Millman

...big like this early: They want to push it up on Tuesday or Wednesday so they can bet the other side for even more money on Saturday morning. It's too early to tell if...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Behind the Bets: UIGEA and the future

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

Chad Millman writes about how after the WSOP, online poker -- and online gambling in general -- hangs in the balance because of UIGEA, starting Dec. 1.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Monday Mood: Cardinals getting play in Vegas

Chad Millman

...the Cards have turned it around on the road, but the confidence with which that game was bet was astonishing." Another against-the-grain favorite of sharps is the Skins. Sure, they may be a...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Week 10 college football point-spread moves

Chad Millman

I called Paul Stone, the Texas-based handicapper who also writes about college football for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, on Thursday morning to talk ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

4 days, 3 nights and $1 million

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

In the Nov. 2, 2009, issue of ESPN The Magazine, Chad Millman profiles Phil Ivey by following him around to four countries in four days in an effort to see how the world's best poker player rolls. Turns out, he knows famous people and makes bank.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

As college football gets into the heart of conference play, wise guys have to adjust their betting formulas. Chad Millman shows you how.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 30, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

It's too early to know which teams are real, which teams are frauds and which teams are bound to turn it around, right? Well, according to the wise guys, maybe not. Read on for their secrets.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

The Insider: Rise of the pick 'em

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

With help from new laws in California and a renewed interest in Vegas, the "pick 'em" pool is making a furious comeback as a gambling favorite.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009

Don't fall prey to Week 1 bets

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

There's nothing wrong with betting on the NFL. But, as Chad Millman writes, just stay away from the first week.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 03, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

Florida is favored in a game by 73 points, which may help them win the BALLS Index title but may not help them win the BCS title. What gives? We explain.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 20, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

To become a great football bettor, play the game like a good analyst evaluates the stock market. Start with GSD. What's GSD? Read on.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 13, 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