Weekly Sports Betting and Handicapping News Articles

Fourth Down and Inches: Doc’s Weekly Football Betting Report
by Doc - 9/26/2012

Last week brought on another round of games in both college football and the NFL, as well as another winning performance by Doc’s Sports Services. We went 5-3 last week on our featured selections and ended-up +11 units, making this one of the best starts ever in over 40 years of handicapping the games. When it comes to our top plays, we are now boasting a sterling record of 9-1, which puts us at or near the top of the football handicapping industry.

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 9/20/2012

It wasn’t a perfect week last week for the Public Action Report. In fact, going 2-3 is a long way from perfect. The brightest spot from the report is that the Seahawks stood out as a pick against the Cowboys as underdogs, and they cruised to a convincing 20-point win. It’s interesting to note that Seattle shows up on the report again this week, so the public clearly doesn’t like that team as much as smart money seems to. In the first two weeks the Report has now gone 6-7 ATS, so it is taking a while to warm up as it has in the past.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/20/2012

A – Apathetic. The Jay Cutler is smoking Tumblr is slowly taking over the Internet. The site is a compilation of pictures of Cutler, who the site calls the most apathetic looking athlete in the history of sports, with a cigarette photoshopped in his mouth. At first glance it looks like Cutler is really smoking a cigarette. That is how much it looks like he doesn’t give a shit. Cutler is to quarterbacks what Jim Caldwell and Art Shell were to coaches.

Fourth Down and Inches: Doc’s Weekly Football Betting Report
by Doc - 9/19/2012

The new football season is only a couple of weeks old and we have already seen some shocking results on the field. There have been no surprises here at Doc’s Sports Services as we are off to another strong start with our football picks in our 41st season of handicapping the games to provide proven winners on a weekly basis.

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 9/14/2012

It was only an average week for the Public Action report in the opener. After all the dust settled we ended up at 4-4 ATS. Despite that, though, the week showed another major area of potential for this report. Three of the four teams that covered also won outright as underdogs.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/14/2012

A – Al Pacino. Al Pacino will reportedly play Joe Paterno in an upcoming movie about the former Penn State coach. Not sure who will get stuck with the god awful role of Jerry Sandusky, but I will be highly upset if Mike McQueary is played by anyone besides Carrot Top.

Fourth Down and Inches: Doc’s Weekly Football Betting Report
by Doc - 9/11/2012

The new football season is only a couple of weeks old and Doc’s Sports Services is already off to a fast start with a 6-2 record last weekend that left us +18 units utilizing our Unit Betting System. The first of two big plays last weekend was six units on Oregon State as a seven-point underdog at home against Wisconsin. The Beavers came through with a 10-7 straight-up win. Turning to Week 1 in the NFL, we went with five units on San Francisco as a five-point road dog over Green Bay. The 49ers went on to pull off the 30-22 upset in one of the hardest places in the world to win on the road.

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 9/7/2012

The time has come for another year of my favorite little project — the Public Action Report. For the next 12 weeks or so we will be on the lookout for a very specific type of game in college football and the NFL. You can’t typically find out how much money has been bet on each side in a game at the sportsbooks. What you can find out, though, is the percentage of bets that have been place on each side.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/5/2012

A – Alexander, Elton. A sports reporter with the Cleveland Plain Dealer actually predicted a Rutgers/Alabama college football National Championship Game. Elton Alexander and other sports reporters put their predictions in print for a respectable newspaper. What makes it even odder is that Alexander seemed to take chalk with everything else, picking Nebraska to win the Big Ten, Florida State to win the ACC, Matt Barkley to win the Heisman and Alabama to win the National Championship. But he picked Rutgers to face Alabama in the National Championship! His two colleagues, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Livingston, didn’t even have Rutgers winning the awful Big East.

Fourth Down and Inches: Doc’s Weekly Football Betting Report
by Doc - 9/4/2012

The first week of the new college football season is now in the record books after Virginia Tech’s dramatic 17-14 overtime win over Georgia Tech as a 7.5-point home favorite this past Monday night. We learned a few things along the way, but having been in the football handicapping business for over 40 years, I would caution you on reading too much into the Week 1 results.

Fourth Down and Inches: Doc’s Weekly Football Betting Report
by Doc - 8/27/2012

It’s the start of another college football season, which means there are some golden opportunities out there this week to make some serious cash. While there are several games that I like this week, I am going to focus my attention on three key matchups that literally jump off the page as my most solid plays of the week.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 8/22/2012

B – Brett Favre. Brett Favre began his high school coaching career with a bang, as his team, the Oak Grove Warriors, ran up the score on the Sumrall Bobcats, 64-6, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, last week. Favre is an assistant coach with the team. Apparently nobody told ESPN about this game or else I'm sure they would have aired it and Rachel Nichols would have been on the sideline.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 8/9/2012

A – Americans. When is it okay to cheer against the USA in the Olympics? During women’s beach volleyball. For all the success that Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Jennifer Kessy and April Ross have achieved, they leave plenty to be desired in the looks department. The same cannot be said for Czech beauties Markйta Slukovб and Kristэna Kolocovб, Spain's Elsa Baquerizo and Italy’s Marta Menegatti. The bombshells were unfortunately eliminated by one of the American teams during the Olympics, but hopefully you were able to DVR their matches.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 6/28/2012

A – Alessandro Diamanti. As Italian soccer player Alessandro Diamanti lined up to take a potential game-winning penalty kick against England in the Euro quarterfinals, an English fan behind the net completely exposed himself. Here in the states, crazy fans don Speedos at Duke games to distract free throw shooters. Over in Europe the Englishman literally went “balls out” and stood there helplessly as Diamanti buried the penalty kick and sent Italy to the semifinals while England went home.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 6/18/2012

A – Arrests. In the most telling sign that nobody gives a shit about hockey, the Los Angeles Police Department reported only six arrests after the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup. No word on if those fans even watched the game or if they were just standard Los Angeles Monday night arrests. The six "rioters" were about 40,000 less than when the Lakers won the NBA Finals and probably even fewer than any future Los Angeles Sparks WNBA title celebration.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 6/7/2012

A – Amare Stoudemire. Amare Stoudemire was spotted courtside at Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals with his new fiancй, Alexis Welch, but without sleeves. Stoudemire donned an epic denim sleeveless jacket to attend the game. If someone would have told me in January Stoudemire would be at the Eastern Conference finals with no sleeves on, I would have assumed the Knicks traded him to a decent team.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 5/17/2012

A – Amare Stoudemire. Amare Stoudemire is taking his talents to South Beach. He won't be joining Bosh, James and Wade on the basketball court (probably just in South Beach clubs), but rather Stoudemire will enroll in the University of Miami aka “The U”. Stoudemire will pursue a bachelor's degree in general studies and try to become the first college graduate to have missed a day of work because of punching a fire extinguisher enclosure.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 5/10/2012

B – Bodemeister. Bodemeister led the 2012 Kentucky Derby from start to near finish. He choked down the stretch and was edged by I’ll Have Another. If Bodemeister races in the Preakness Stakes, they should look into changing his name to LeBronmeister.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 5/3/2012

A – Amare. Amare Stoudemire was not hitting the glass during Game 2 against the Miami Heat, but after the game he was able to hit a glass case surrounding a fire extinguisher, with his left fist. The blood stains on the American Airlines Arena locker room was not the only damage done by the punch heard round South Beach, Stoudemire was also ruled out for Game 3.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 4/27/2012

A – Awfulness. The band everyone loves to hate, Nickelback, and the team everyone loves to hate, the Philadelphia Flyers, joined forces on stage at a recent Nickelback concert. The Flyers yucked it up on stage and launched t-shirts to the sparse crowd . The Flyers had to feel right at home performing in front of so few fans.