Chad Millman

Chad Millman

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Chad Millman first joined ESPN The Magazine as an editor in 1998. A year later he left to write "The Odds" -- about a trio of Vegas bookmakers and wise guys -- and to find riches working for an Internet company. He made tens of dollars on "The Odds," and the web biz tanked. So he returned to The Mag, where he is now a senior deputy editor.

Millman's weekly Behind the Bets column and daily blog explore the culture of sports gambling.

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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

Speeding out of sight

Ryan McGee, ESPN The Magazine

From the Dec. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine: Ryan McGee profiles the super-fueled motorcycle ride of Chris Carr, who got up to 367 mph in Utah this past September.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 08, 2009

The one and onlys

ESPN The Magazine and Football Outsiders

From the November 30, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine: an investigation of the most irreaplaceable players in the NFL -- among them Leon Hall, Ryan Clady, DeMarcus Ware and Andre Johnson.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Simply irreplaceable

David Fleming, ESPN The Magazine

David Fleming profiles mercurial but stellar Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson for the November 30, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine (it was the cover story).

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 18, 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

The Scout Team: Week 5

Scott Burton, ESPN The Magazine

Scott Burton consults the icy cold, oraclelike robo-logic of Insider's Fantasy Scout to plan a course of action for Week 5 of the NFL fantasy football season. Among the discoveries: Adrian Peterson won't be the top RB the rest of the way.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Team preview: Sam Houston State

Blue Ribbon Yearbook

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

The Scout Team: Week 4

Scott Burton, ESPN The Magazine

With some help from Insider's Fantasy Scout -- and the rational third of his brain -- Scott Burton helps you sort out fantasy fact from fiction for Week 4. Among other revelations: Joe Flacco's hot start is likely too good to be true.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 30, 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