Behind the Bets
Chad MillmanFour 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, 2008Behind the Bets
Chad MillmanOnce 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, 2008Behind The Bets
Chad MillmanNewsflash: 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, 2008Behind the Bets: Public Trading
Chad Millman[Ed's Note: Chad Millman is a Senior Deputy Editor at ESPN The Magazine, and once wrote a book called The Odds. His column takes a close look at the c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008Behind the Bets: Mailbag Time
Chad Millman...So here goes. Chris from the smarties at Vegasinsider.com wrote to remind me of this gem: Jacksonville 30, Pittsburgh 21. Sept. 22, 1997. Playing on a Monday night, the Jags are a three-point...
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