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Another NFL draft has come and gone and it essentially had zero impact on Super Bowl futures as the teams that made the most noise still find themselves on the second half of the odds board. More important than finding a top-end talent or two, the NFL draft is about finding value throughout all your picks. Let’s take a peek at a few of the top contenders and how they shape up entering the 2017 season. PATRIOTS (+350) The rich got richer this offseason with the additions of wide receiver Brandin Cooks and cornerback Stephon Gilmore. The two are still […]

The most frantic stretch of the NBA regular season has come and gone! The NBA trade deadline passed without any major moves last week. A few trades had already been made DeMarcus Cousins became a member of the Pelicans, Lou Williams is a Houston Rocket, but in general not much more went down outside of a flurry of moves on the fringes. The biggest news is what didn’t happen: The Celtics held on to their assets, leaving Paul George in Indiana and Jimmy Butler in Chicago. With the NBA trade deadline behind, the stretch run of the 2016-17 NBA campaign […]

With the season behind and the offseason at present some teams do what they must and take the necessary actions for the next season. Such is the case of the Astros, in 2016 they didn’t have the results they were hoping for but their 84-78 finish highlighted the many vulnerabilities still present on an incredibly talented roster. Astros management have collected some key supplementary pieces that should contribute to a pennant-challenging run. The work done by general manager Jeff Luhnow in the winter has made the Astros the +190 favorites at some sportsbooks to win the AL West and when […]

This year, the 81st Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic will be remembered as the first time in the game’s history that it was guaranteed to feature a team from the Group of Five. Here’s a great alternative for sports bettors to start the new year, betting on the Cotton Bowl. Broncos: Western Michigan is making only its eighth bowl appearance. The Broncos posted their first bowl victory last season over Middle Tennessee, 45-31 in the Bahamas Bowl. This marks their second postseason game in the Lone Star State. Badgers: Wisconsin has played in 27 bowl games, including 15 consecutive, the longest […]