Behind the Bets

...the 49-year-old mom and grandma, who has spent most of the year atop the Pigskin Pick 'Em overall leaderboard, and asked her how the point spread played into her system, she answered thusly...

...with her family) is a 49-year-old grandmother. She's also just crushing you in Pigskin Pick 'Em right now

Behind the Bets: Public Trading

[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...

Behind The Bets: A Bad Beat for Chargers-Steelers

...the Steelers to cover the 4.5-point spread last night—and nearly 70% of Pigskin Pick 'Em-pickers did—that one's gonna leave a mark. No other way to say it...

Behind The Bets

...lives behind those making sport's biggest bets.] Last week I logged onto espn.com's Pigskin Pick 'Em and I saw this line: Eagles minus-2.5 over the Giants. It hung there like...

BE THE BALL

To get a proper grip on Penn State's high-scoring Spread HD offense, The Mag went right to the source. Luckily, the football was willing to talk.

The Chase

On the banks of Lake Okeechobee, the boys of Muck City race through burning fields in pursuit of an elusive prize. Is the chase why so many of them end up in the NFL?

AN OPEN LETTER

...SCHOOL Want to lure non-football fans? Give 'em something they can relate to: high school. These...less football. We agree. But what about more pigskin drama, not action. The movie and book superbly...