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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

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

Summer's close, temperatures are rising, pretty soon every highway in the country will be a parking lot. Which means people are going to be melting do...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

Whenever Courtney Roberts uses the A-word, this is what happens: "Eye rolls," she says. "A lot of expletives from hardcore science types. I prefer not...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 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 how it...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 16, 2009

The Week That Was ... Comburent

Ted Bauer

...Reynolds or (b) ESPN The Magazine content. Now, here...site will go behind the pay wall...you can't bet on it as...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...second or third most interesting story, unless a Yankee is busted: It is a horrible sport to bet on. Just check out the numbers. In the 20 years the Nevada Gaming Control Board has tracked...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

Joe Jamroz has put in his time. There were three years in the marines during the early 1970s. Then three decades spent as a North Providence mailman...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...could New Jersey be next? ESPN The Magazine has learned that New Jersey...in comparison to the total bet. Nearly $100 million was wagered...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...coaches they trust most during the tourney (Hint: Stay away from Coach K). The stat geniuses at ESPN helped me come up with new criteria to identify the teams most likely to make not just...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...are: Guards bring the goods: It used to be a team with senior guards is a better bet against the team featuring a high-profile big man. Even though senior guards are a rarity now...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...job, Markell is done hinting. ESPN The Magazine has learned that sometime next...lottery that only allows parlay bets. In a parlay, gamblers have...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

Boston's Bets

Alan Boston with Chad Millman

The Matchup: Penn State plus-1.5 against Illinois When these teams met earlier in the year at Illinois, Penn St. won the ugly affair 38-33. The knee-...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...I trust has been raving about Golden because he's been right on 62% of his totals bets that past two seasons. Golden is only 35, but he's an old school info guy who...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2009