Good luck, Chip Kelly. You're going to need it.

Good bye to a real Las Vegas guy.

Las Vegas will never be like this again.

Profitable method of betting against college football's top conference.

Let's see if Barry can repeat.

Forget about your favorite celebs. Bet on one who can win.

You'll never see a game like this today.

Back in love with the Bucos.

Stanley Cup Game 5

They owe us a good effort. All the time.

Blackhawks look to tie up the series

Game 3 tonight

Bruins a long way from out of the series

Golf handicapper Barry Phillips gives his picks

Original 6 matchup should be a classic

...not for a betting strategy.

It's un-American not to bet

Kings have the edge at home and without Blackhawks top blue liner

A horrible ride cost him

Penguins need to respond. Start with showing signs of a pulse.

Great info and a lot of fun.

"Hey, we aren't as bad as Pittsburgh," -Kings fan.

Best final four ever

Good friends and good information for Againstthenumber and SHARPS.

The best of his generation

Red Wings moving on tonight? I think so.

Quick, get me an aspirin. Sharks can't score on this guy.

Two teams playing for their playoff lives today

Penguins rolling, Senators desperate

Horse racing and betting on it isn't going away.

A series could end tonight. Two underdogs get hot.

Senators look to tie Penguins series with another home win.

I need more proof. A lot more proof.

Bruins/Rangers over, Sharks money line

What to make of these Red Wings?

Rangers look to even the series, Senators desperate.

The unedited version of my article for the RGJ.

Tonight's game and tomorrow's matinee.

Looking for two close ones tonight.

Maybe the last we'll see of this Original 6 matchup.

Last night's Maple Leaf loss was brutal. Not my first, though. This old warhorse has seen his share of gut-wrenchers.

Are you watching?

Two game sevens. AKA: hockey heaven

What could be better than Mother's Day hockey?

One game. That's all you need.

Three games might have handshake lines afterward.

I'm betting two series get wrapped up tonight.

Two plays tonight

A definite maybe.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Habs/Sens get serious, Fluery scares me, Blackhawks back on track, Canucks whining.

Four games, four plays.

A few more plays for your Sunday enjoyment

Hockey, hockey, hockey.

The long form version of my article that appeared in the RGJ.

More hockey plays

Part 2 of Lou's story

One more series play, a few bets on the games.

Nice start to the playoffs last night. Let's keep it going.

Love the Derby. Still hate the 1988 version, though.

Great sport, great betting opportunities

Courtesy of John Avello

Don't believe a damn word of them.

Pro bettor Zach Franzi analyzes the first round.

I hope you enjoy my new website.

What a Sunday it was, for golfers, fans and bettors.

Bet the Masters, after it starts.

A week into the baseball season there are some things we can tell already.

Rick Pitino needs to win this championship.

It Was March At Its Maddest

Everyone is making tournament predictions. Here are mine.

The unedited version of my article in Reno-Gazette Journal.

First there was The Eastern Eight, a precursor to the Atlantic 10, then the Big East. For many of us, that was college basketball.

The NCAA basketball tournament is less than a month away and as usual, I don’t know what the heck is going on.

We more vividly remember the big plays that happen late. But they happen early, too.

I\'m taking the points.

The Dawning Of A New Age Of Quarterbacks

Joe Flacco can get a team to the Super Bowl

A young coach knew the value of ball possession and built a dynasty

There is no disputing Russell Wilson has the most interesting story of all the rookie quarterbacks.

If that is how this all ends, it will arguably be the greatest "what if" career of all time.

Is Jim Harbaugh ready to unseat Bilecheck as the NFL\'s top coach?

There are two weeks left in the NFL season and I have no idea who is going to win this thing.

I hate to say it, but the facts are the SEC is the totally dominant conference.

Andrew Luck is a quarterback who is going to be on the winning end of a lot of close outcomes.

Charlie Batch needed this game.

Most people were unaware of just how good Kaepernick was.

Of course we know the SEC is the best football conference. You remind us every day.

The Scary Bears Defense

The NFL's Two Worst Headcoaches, Square Off

What Bill Snyder Has Accomplished Is Amazing

If you want to be the champ, you still have to play defense.

No Coach Had Bill O'Brien's Challenges

Tom Brady and Peyton Manning Will Be Gone All Too Soon

Where would the game be without NFL Films?

Alabama is way better than anyone else.

One rookie in particular created the most buzz with his stellar opening day performance.

Anyone who has known me over the years knows I hate, hate, hate rookie quarterbacks in the NFL.

Stop the late season tanking.

A short career, but no one meant more to his team.

While others are analyzing what happened in the Super Bowl, I’m trying to figure out if there is anything we can learn from it going forward.

In the second week of the most over-analyzed event in America, I was wondering if there could be an angle that hasn’t been fully explored yet.

For Steeler fans, that one hurt.

Late season musings.

Every year I hear bettors talking about taking the points in rivalry games because of the value. I know when the public is on something it can’t be a good bet. So this year, I decided to check.

Beats the hell out of me.

Yes, wiseguys do bet teasers.

I have been slow to join the Texans bandwagon. This season things are a bit different.

Had you just just bet the AP Top Ten teams you would be 38-14 on the season

Unquestionably the two biggest disappointments in the NFL this season are the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Jets.

Bill Walsh, in may ways the father of modern offenses, had a formula for converting a big lead in a game to an actual win

Coaches punt way too often.

It's early, but two weeks are 12.5% of the season.

I hate to glean too much from the opening week of the NFL, college football is a different story.

I don’t really see any legitimate contenders to the Super Bowl crown other than the obvious.

When the most recent set of allegations cropped up this past week I was about as astounded as I was to see the sun rise in the east.

My favorite part of the pre-season is evaluating quarterbacks.

How important is it to win? I mean win it all.

Americans backing Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke is not so surprising. But Japanese women’s soccer? Now that surprised me.

A friend called Sunday afternoon. His first words were “Please tell me you watched that soccer game.”

Oregon is now or will soon be the target of an NCAA investigation stemming from the payment made to (scout, recruiter, booster?) Willie Lyles.

He lead a team of role players to an NBA Championship.

Major college sports is the most absurd thing in America. That, and wearing neckties.

If the karma gods are paying attention the Dallas Mavericks should have a huge advantage against the Miami Heat.

Do NFL teams draft quarterbacks too high? With what an untested quarterback gets paid, the return on investment looks risky. That makes sense, but you would be wrong.

The greatest of them all.

Chris' interview with Sonny Vaccaro