James B

Freelance sports writer for a number of local, regional, and national outlets. Owner of a 2014-15 Ohio State National Championship ticket at 75-1. Thank you, Urban Meyer, for funding that vacation to the Bahamas. Proud Penn State graduate and member of the Oakland Raiders' Black Hole.

2020 World Series Odds: Yankees, Dodgers +300 Co-Favorites

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2020 World Series Odds: Dodgers +300 Favorites

Que up the Ernie Banks…”Let’s Play Two!” Teams like the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers may have a lot of double-headers in their future. The Phillies and Marlins both missed a full week of action, and the Cardinals are not far behind. Milwaukee’s Lorenzo Cain and the Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes have both …

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2021 College Basketball Championship Odds: Baylor 10-to-1

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2021 College Basketball Championship Odds: Four Co-Favorites

2021 College Basketball National Championship Odds

We are still in July, but the wheels of disruption for the 2020-21 college basketball season have already begun turning. The Ivy League has announced that it will not resume athletics until January 1 at the earliest, essentially cancelling the non-conference schedule for those eight schools. Will more dominoes continue to fall as we inch closer to the season? At the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Baylor is now the 10-to-1 favorite atop the odds board, followed by Gonzaga, Villanova and Kentucky at 14-to-1. Other notables include: Duke at 20-to-1; Kansas at 25-to-1; and North Carolina at 40-to-1. The 2021 Final Four is scheduled to be played April 3-5 2021 in Indianapolis.

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2020 Heisman Trophy Odds: Fields, Lawrence +400

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2021 NFL Draft Props: Lawrence -300 for No. 1 Pick

2020 Heisman Trophy Odds from Las Vegas

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has just released their updated 2020 Heisman Trophy odds, and Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Ohio State’s Justin Fields have opened as the 4-to-1 co-favorites. Fields finished third in last year’s Heisman Trophy voting, with Lawrence finishing seventh. Lawrence and Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa opened last year’s betting market as the favorites, but neither earned the invite to Manhattan in December. 2019 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow opened as high as 200-to-1 at some shops.

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2021 College Football Championship Odds

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2020-21 College Football Championship Odds

College Football Championship Odds from Las Vegas

If you thought the College Football Playoff committee struggled to select its teams during normal years, what is this process going to look like in a shortened 2020 season?! It appears that most conferences will attempt to play a league-only schedule this fall, trimming their regular season from 13 games to ten. With no non-conference games to look at and with less data points to analyze, finding this year’s CFP participants could be a crapshoot.

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2020 NFL Rushing Leader Odds

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2020 NFL Rushing Leader Odds

NFL Season-Long Props from Las Vegas

Derrick Henry was an unstoppable force at the end of last season. Can he keep that momentum rolling into 2020? Caesars Sports Book has just released their updated odds for next year’s NFL rushing yards leader, and the Tennessee Titans running back has opened as the +300 favorite. Ezekiel Elliott (+600) has won the crown twice in the last four years, and Adrian Peterson (+7500) has won the title three times.

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2020 NFL Week 1 Lines: KC -10 in Opener

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2020 NFL Week 1 Lines: KC -10.5 in Opener

NFL Week 1 Lines from Las Vegas

The NFL has announced that all preseason games have been eliminated for the 2020 season, sending bettors and bookmakers to reevaluate their Week 1 numbers. Six teams are expected to introduce new starting quarterbacks this season, including Tom Brady in Tampa Bay, Philip Rivers in Indianapolis and Cam Newton in New England. There were five head coaching changes in the offseason, including three hires that have never been a head coach in the league before. Without a formal preseason, how will these new pieces assimilate and be ready for Week 1?

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Super Bowl 55 Odds: Chiefs +400 Favorites

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Super Bowl 55 Odds

Updated Super Bowl Odds from Las Vegas

And now…We wait. Following the green light for teams to report to training camp, there’s plenty of optimism that the 2020 NFL season will go on as-scheduled. Caesars Sports Book has just released their updated Super Bowl 55 odds and the Kansas City Chiefs remain the 4-to-1 favorites to repeat as champs, followed by Baltimore (+700) and San Francisco (+750). The Tampa Bay Bucs have moved to 11-to-1 after signing Tom Brady. Following the signing of Cam Newton, the Patriots went from 25-to-1 to 20-to-1. Other notables include: Dallas at 13-to-1; Green Bay at 16-to-1; and Philadelphia at 20-to-1.

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2020 WNBA Championship Odds: Storm +200 Favorites

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2020 WNBA Championship Odds: Aces +300 Favorites

Current WNBA Championship Odds from Las Vegas

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has just released their 2020 WNBA Championship odds, and the Seattle Storm are now 2-to-1 favorites, followed by the LA Sparks (+350) and Washington Mystics (+600). The Las Vegas Aces originally opened as the 3-to-1 favorites after signing five-time All-Star guard Angel McCoughtry and three-time All-Star guard Danielle Robinson to its roster. But the Aces have climbed to 12-to-1 after center Liz Cambage was ruled out for the season.

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