http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. They say the house always wins. And over the long haul, it certainly does. But there can be nights when it gets broken into, roughed up and left wonde...]]> February 07, 2011 08:28:36 PST This is the first edition of the playoff line moves column and we're changing things up a bit. Usually I ask one wiseguy or bookmaker to run through t...]]> January 07, 2011 08:10:08 PST Let's not get misty-eyed today, okay? I know we are all a little down because it's the last weekend of regular-season football. Before too long we wil...]]> December 31, 2010 04:42:59 PST It's no secret that I like to think of gambling as more than just luck and love. There is science and logic to it. Deep study, profound thinking and c...]]> December 24, 2010 02:17:51 PST I was scanning the NFL lines on Thursday afternoon, prepping for my call with Bryan Leonard of footballwinners.com, and I noticed something: There wer...]]> December 17, 2010 04:48:49 PST It was with about 3:30 left in the Colts-Titans game last night when I first thought, "Perfect, this is going to be a brilliant, heartbreaking, gut-wr...]]> December 10, 2010 05:22:01 PST I did something yesterday I've done only once all NFL season: I changed a pick. From the moment the lines for this week's games came out I had been...]]> December 03, 2010 04:41:22 PST Every Saturday and every Sunday during football season, I tweet the public and sharp betting trends for that day's games. The morning of the games,...]]> November 29, 2010 05:52:23 PST The concept of public teams is one of the most fascinating to me in all of sports betting. These are the squads that, no matter what the spread in the...]]> November 22, 2010 05:50:39 PST I caught up with Big Al McMordie just as he landed in Hawaii. He was doing a week of "research" by attending the Maui Invitational at Chaminade. Wh...]]> November 19, 2010 05:20:17 PST The first time I heard of Adam Meyer was sometime in the winter of 2009. I can't remember if it was a story online or a bookmaker or a reader who poin...]]> November 12, 2010 04:57:41 PST I have a new term that I'd like the NFL and its broadcasters to introduce, as I have at my house on Sundays and Mondays. The yellow zone. Here's ...]]> November 08, 2010 05:18:03 PST Early in the NFL season I introduced you to a handicapper who goes by the name of The Sports Boss. He's not a big-time Vegas guy. In fact, he's not ev...]]> November 05, 2010 04:37:19 PDT There's a moment when you know it's right. And the window closes quickly. You have a week, maybe two, to assess a team's situation, its value in the m...]]> November 01, 2010 05:30:48 PDT I'm proud of you. And you. And very, very proud of you, you, you and you. All of you degenerates out there have really impressed me. Let me explain....]]> October 29, 2010 04:41:25 PDT