#Sports betting coverage getting more mainstream each year

#Sports betting coverage getting more mainstream each year

“#Sports betting coverage getting more mainstream each year” I have my “Press” hat on after spending Tuesday morning on the “Best Practices for Covering Sports Gambling” panel at the AP Sports Editors conference at the Flamingo in Las Vegas.  I shared how I started my journalism career in the Chicago suburbs dreaming of being the…

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#Indians vs. Twins prediction, moneyline: Who to bet?

#Indians vs. Twins prediction, moneyline: Who to bet?

“#Indians vs. Twins prediction, moneyline: Who to bet?” The Cleveland Indians have had a 2021 season filled with injuries to pitchers with many of the understudies being ineffective, but Cal Quantrill has been a bright spot and will look to give the team another quality start on Monday in Minnesota against the Twins. Quantrill has…

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#Big 12 football betting angles: Favorites, live underdog

#Big 12 football betting angles: Favorites, live underdog

“#Big 12 football betting angles: Favorites, live underdog” The VSiN college football analyst and longtime Gold Sheet handicapper looks at some betting angles for the 2021 Big 12 season. Favorites: Oklahoma and Iowa State If we get a rematch of last year’s conference title game between the Sooners and the Cyclones, it would come as…

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#Take Steven Matz in this spot

#Take Steven Matz in this spot

“#Take Steven Matz in this spot” The Blue Jays didn’t play in a cornfield, but they did play the bulk of their season in Dunedin, Fla., and Buffalo. The return to Toronto hasn’t lifted them from their troubling pattern of inconsistency. Every time the Jays look like they’re going to make a run, they don’t….

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#Baltimore will beat Chris Sale

#Baltimore will beat Chris Sale

“#Baltimore will beat Chris Sale” We all knew the Red Sox would give way in the AL East, but their precipitous fall from grace has been as quick as Gov. Cuomo’s. They get Baltimore at Fenway Park this weekend to cure what ails. The O’s Jorge Lopez, no relation to the comedian George Lopez but…

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#Athletics vs. Indians prediction: Take Cleveland

#Athletics vs. Indians prediction: Take Cleveland

“#Athletics vs. Indians prediction: Take Cleveland” No. No way. Are you kidding me? Definitely not. Not married to any of the games on the Thursday menu. Looking for value we settled on the Guardian-Indians. The Athletics are in Cleveland. The A’s Chris Bassitt (11-3, 3.19 ERA) has been, in a word, effective. Allowed one run…

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#Sungjae Im, Russell Henley ones to watch

#Sungjae Im, Russell Henley ones to watch

“#Sungjae Im, Russell Henley ones to watch” The PGA Tour provides the last opportunity for players to clinch their spots into the top 125 in FedEx Cup standings to make the playoffs and lock up playing privileges for the 2021-22 season at this weekend’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.  Hideki Matsuyama and Webb Simpson are…

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