It might not be good, but it makes the playoffs better. Also: Setting an over/under on when the Bulls will win the East, and Braden Smith’s return shouldn’t have surprised anyone.
Today’s Best Bets: Alex Bregman’s Paternity Leave and a Rubber Match in Tampa
When our MLB moneylines are going well, we often point out their historical streakiness. For the sake of balance, then: We enter today having lost two in a row. MLB Moneyline Between Alex Bregman’s paternity leave and that whole “allowed 14 runs in three innings” thing the other night, it’s understandable for the market to […]
Free Hoops, Episode 12: Steve Helwick on NIT Alumni in the NBA Postseason
We draft two starting 5’s built exclusively of NIT alums.
All the NIT Alumni in the 2025 NBA Postseason
From Stephen Curry to Jack McVeigh.
Today’s Best Bets: Playing Like Winners
Tuesday’s baseball action.
Today’s Best Bets: The Blue Jays Have Some Pitchers
We talk about two of them.
3 Things: Is LIV Making Golfers Worse at Golf?
Confronting the evidence that golfers are getting worse. Also: Why NIL agents get away with it, and some good college baseball goofs.
3 Thoughts: Paige Bueckers Is the Salary Cap’s Latest Victim
Salary caps are bad, and the WNBA’s is no different. Then: A little more torpedo bat, and a little Justin Steele talk.
Today’s Best Bets: Matthew Liberatore’s Strong Start(s)
Well, the MLB unders was not a winning idea. Apologies to any who accompanied us on that detour. Thankfully, we’ve got two moneyline wins in a row now, and we’ve been strong lately in motorsports, where we’re hoping to go two-for-three today. Philadelphia at St. Louis It’s a Sunday, so we’re picking a Saturday loser, […]
Today’s Best Bets: Sacramento, Again
In case you missed yesterday’s bets, let me explain why I have all this egg on my face. Our core strategy—our daily MLB moneyline—won. Our short-term dive—a theory about torpedo bats, temporarily depressed offense, and unders—lost, and it lost badly. Not quite badly enough to make yesterday a losing day, but badly enough to make […]
Nico Iamaleava Leaves Tennessee: Agents Are the Problem With NIL, Right?
Someone gave Nico Iamaleava some really bad advice.
Today’s Best Bets: Are MLB Unders Hot?
It’s time for an experiment.
3 Thoughts: Are the Torpedo Bats Depressing Offense?
Also: Is Greg McDermott about to pull a Tony Bennett?
3 Things: Pissin’ in the Creek
ASU finally finds itself. Plus: Is golf a conspiracy? And are we about to get MACtion on Ice?
Today’s Best Bets: How Bad Are the White Sox?
They’re bad. But are they as bad as we’re used to them being?
3 Things: How the Masters Became the Masters
Plus: When will Aaron Rodgers announce he’s a Steeler? And if Stephen A. Smith runs for President, does NIT Stu have to do it too?
3 Thoughts: JT Toppin’s Staying, Texas Tech’s Rising
Is NIL keeping players out of the draft? Is Texas Tech taking over the Big 12? And some numbers on Lennie Acuff, Samford’s new head coach.
Today’s Best Bets: Fernando Tatís Jr. Got Hurt Again
The Padres are banged up this afternoon.