Weekly Sports Betting and Handicapping News Articles

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/29/2011

A – Amateur Boxing Promoter. Just because she got punched in the face by some dude on national television, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi thinks she knows something about boxing. The now apparently sub-100 pound Snooki has announced the formation of Team Snooki Boxing. Oddly enough, the outfit features a trio if Irish, not Italian, brothers. The brothers will fight on a boxing card in Atlanta City on Jan. 28 in a fight promoted by Snooki, who will probably sleep with all the boxers a some point leading up to the fight.

Weekly Sports Betting Hot/Cold List
by - 12/29/2011

I can honestly say I wasn’t that excited for the NBA to start. But after watching the “Live Forever” promo that TNT featured before the Knicks/Celtics tip, I was hooked. The opening week games themselves haven’t disappointed, either. Carmelo Anthony and Rajon Rondo put on an outstanding display in front of a capacity crowd (A Walt Clyde Frazier reference for all you Knicks fans) in the Garden.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/15/2011

A – Angry. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs did not approve of the Todd Graham hire at Arizona State. He tweeted that ASU dropped the ball again and said himself and former players, “will never get involved with the program if they never hire a winner! Peroid!” The misspelled word he capped his tweet with, we assume to mean Steroid.

Weekly Sports Betting Hot/Cold List
by - 12/15/2011

I ask you, when is enough, enough? When will our media stop forcing things down our throat? How is it when a kicker hits a 59-yard field goal a quarterback gets credit for the victory? Why do superstars get away with such ridiculous behavior, be it a bench-clearing brawl on a basketball court or a primadona dancing all over a football field.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/7/2011

A – Andrews, Erin. Busty ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews is seeking $10 million in damages for being secretly videotaped butt naked through a hotel peephole. She is suing the hotel where it happened, the West End Marriott near Vanderbilt University, for $6 million and suing Michael Barrett, the genius who thought of the plot, for $4 million. Barrett is in the can, serving a 2 Ѕ year sentence for stalking. Barrett's video went viral in seconds and was watched by literally everyone in the world. If Erin was smart she would have just made a sex tape and got a lot more than $10 million for it.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/1/2011

A – Arizona. The Arizona Wildcats hired Rich Rodriguez. The former disgraced Michigan and West Virginia coach was so eager to get off the unemployment line he accepted the job without ever visiting the campus. No word on if Rodriguez knows he is headed to a desert or if he even knows he is coaching the Arizona Wildcats and not the Arizona Cardinals.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/23/2011

A – Anna Kournikova. You can bid on a one-hour tennis lesson for three people with Anna Kournikova in Miami, Florida. Kournikova obviously is not exactly best known for her tennis ability, so I doubt the guy who wins this auction is going to South Beach to work on his backhand. But before you get too excited about the prospects of serving to Anna, the auction was at $5,500 with a week left. The auction, for charity, is anticipated to top $10,000.

Weekly Sports Betting Hot/Cold List
by - 11/23/2011

Ah, Turkey Day is upon us and we all know that means: food and football. With a solid slate of games on the “day of giving thanks,” we are in for a treat. The day starts with a Green Bay-Detroit NFL matchup that should provide plenty of fireworks and ends with a battle between upstart San Francisco and Baltimore.

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 11/18/2011

The Public Action Report is hot these days. There were five games that fit the criteria last week. Three of the predicted teams covered the spread. What was far more impressive, though, was that two of those teams were Purdue and the Seahawks — two teams that pulled off big-time upsets that paid handsomely on the moneyline.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/17/2011

A – Albert Pujols. Over the last 10 years while routinely losing 90-100 games a season and attracting dozens and dozens of fans to home games, the Miami Marlins had been hoarding away more cash than South Beach cocaine dealers. Already this offseason the new-look Marlins have offered a ridiculous contract to Jose Reyes and now Albert Pujols has been offered a nine-year, $225 million deal. The Marlins must be planning for a 2013 fire sale.

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 11/11/2011

It was another good week for the Public Action Report last week. Out of seven games that fit the criteria, not only did four cover the spread, but they were all outright winners as underdogs. The highlight was UCLA — they pulled off a win as 8.5-point underdogs against Arizona State.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/11/2011

A – Australian Open. John Daly walked off the course of the Australian Open on hole 10 after running out of balls. I didn’t even know it was possible, but after Daly lost seven balls in the water off the tee, he shook hands with other golfers in his foursome, met up with his son, who watched the meltdown from the gallery, and just walked off the course.

Weekly Sports Betting Hot/Cold List
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/10/2011

We are still a ways out from awards season in the NFL. The first half of the year has been completed, but there is still plenty of football to be played and a lot yet to be determined. What if, for example, Aaron Rodgers was to hurt his shoulder or his knee this weekend?

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 11/4/2011

Last week is a perfect example of why I love the Public Action Report. It was a very strange week — the 18 games that fit the criteria were twice more than I have ever seen in a week in several years of doing this. Ten of the 18 identified teams covered the spread, so the report was profitable on its’ own.

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/3/2011

A – Armstrong, Lance. Lance Armstrong has an idea to make the Dallas Cowboys a winner and it doesn’t involve taking performance-enhancing drugs or blood doping. After the Cowboys 34-7 loss to the Eagles on “Sunday Night Football,” Armstrong tweeted, “If I had a few hundred million bucks I’d buy the Dallas Cowboys then get the hell outta the way.” This was an obvious shot at Jerry Jones, and at his own bank account, because you would think Armstrong would have accumulated a few hundred million bucks by now.

Weekly Sports Betting Hot/Cold List
by - 11/2/2011

The weather outside is starting to get frightful. And it is just about this time every year that I remember why I moved away from the Northeast (spending the week without power) and moved down South (spending the week in shorts each afternoon).

Monday Couch Potato: NFL Week 8/NCAA Week 9 Betting Recap
by Alan Matthews - 10/31/2011

Welcome again to the Monday coach potato, a recap of the football weekend that was. It’s hard to believe we are already into November, but while that’s the stretch run of college football’s regular season it also comes with a benefit: there now will be an NCAA game pretty much every night from Tuesday-Saturday the rest of the season. What would we do without the Mid-American Conference!!?? Here are a few things that caught my attention in the pro and college ranks this past weekend:

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 10/28/2011

We have a truly ridiculous number of games that fit the criteria this week for the Public Action Report — far more than I have seen in one week in all the years I have been doing this report. I thought about picking and choosing which ones to write about, but where’s the fun in that?

This Week in Sports Betting, A-Z
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/27/2011

A – Arms Race. The “Suck For Luck” sweepstakes has evolved into an arms race. The 0-7 Indianapolis Colts announced Kerry Collins was placed on the Injury Reserve, meaning Curtis “I’m not a quarterback I’m a” Painter will be quarterback for the rest of the season. The 0-6 Miami Dolphins one-upped the Colts by signing J.P. “The Loss Man” Losman. Since neither team plays each other this season, now would be a good time to start researching tiebreakers between 0-16 teams.

Weekly Football Betting Public Action Report
by T.O. Whenham - 10/21/2011

It was a long way from a perfect week last week for the Public Action Report, but there were a couple of very nice highlights — the Virginia upset of Georgia Tech and Tampa Bay’s bounce-back against the Saints. This week we have four games to look at — three in college and one in the NFL.