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There was a time when you got your transfer rumours from the insider gossip of the sports pages, tucked away at the back just over the baseball results and the crossword. Now, thanks to the wonders of Twitter, we get them straight from the mouths ...

Dave Tuley offers a betting breakdown of Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs.

Story | Conversation | June 17, 2013

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The fact that they play Tahiti in the opener is probably the last piece of good news Nigeria boss Stephen Keshi received -- and that was a while back. Since then, the Super Eagles have hit road bump after road bump, most of them not...

Let's catch up on some odds and ends from around the division: Former Atlanta running back Michael Turner was sentenced to probation and fined $1,000 for reckless driving. That stems from an incident that happened in September. The Falcons release...

If the Spurs win tonight, it's over. Danny Sheridan breaks down odds and lines for Alabama, as he looks at the 2013 college football season. He also handicaps the 2013 Heisman Trophy race that includes a few SEC players. Texas A&M's Kevin S...

Less than a month after upsetting odds-on Lady of Fifty in the Marjorie L. Everett Handicap, Open Water will attempt to do it again in her quest for a first Group 1 victory in the Vanity Handicap June 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

On Monday, we shared the opening odds for Pac-12 games from the Golden Nugget. Today, we show you how some of those numbers moved, courtesy of an interesting effort from Sharp Football Analysis. The way this works is if you get a plus-number fo...

Last night's brawl at Dodger Stadium featured Don Mattingly, Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammell, Turner Ward, Charles Nagy, Mark McGwire, and Matt Williams. Please read that list of names again and then go straight to the binder of baseball cards in your mot...

CHICAGO -- Las Vegas has the Chicago Blackhawks as a slight favorite to win the Stanley Cup over the Boston Bruins. The Hawks are a 7/5 series favorite based soley on home ice advantage, Chuck Esposito of the Sunset Station in Las Vegas said on Tu...

The latest bookmakers' odds for the vacant Wigan Athletic manager position put Karl Robinson and Gus Poyet neck to neck. One never knows how much inside information the bookmakers can get their hands on, but you can bet your bottom dollar they have s...

It's never too early to start examining who's favored in what games next season in the SEC. Obviously, point spreads are for entertainment purposes only, but Don Best released early Golden Nugget point spreads late last week for 250 college footba...

Who's the favorite in the big Pac-12 nonconference and conference games this year? Well, the process of making point spreads -- for entertainment purposes only! -- has begun. Don Best revealed the Golden Nugget's odds for 250 college games late la...

Will Harris identifies five games off the early college football lines released Friday that offer good betting value -- including the Week 3 matchup between Alabama and Texas A&M.

Story | Conversation | June 07, 2013

Chad Millman takes a look at how the lines will shift after the Spurs overcame the odds and won in Miami in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Blog | Conversation | June 07, 2013

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Defensive end Jake McDonough is one of the few undrafted free agents to make the transition from the rookie minicamp to a spot on the Jets' roster as OTAs wear on. Life is tenuous there, but no matter what happens, McDonough ...

Let's take a run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS A lot of people automatically are assuming that second-year pro Lamar Holmes will be the starting right tackle. It could turn out that way, but Holmes will ha...