Bengals vs Raiders Week 11 Picks and Predictions: Bengals Can Follow Chiefs' Blueprint in LV

The Cincinnati Bengals are coming out of the bye and looking to erase a pair of ugly losses to the Jets and Browns as they travel to the Death Star to take on the Las Vegas Raiders who showed plenty of flaws in their Sunday night loss to the Chiefs.

Can the Bengals regain their Week 7 form and stay competitive in the AFC North? Can the Raiders put up some points and end their own two-game losing skid? Find out in our picks and predictions for the Bengals vs. Raiders Week 11 matchup.

NFL Underdogs: NFL Odds, Picks, and Predictions Week 3

Panic comes in many forms, but whether mild or major, it has the same effect. Judgment is clouded and reaction often comes from a place of desperation, rather than being carefully thought out. 

Panic is why the kids in the horror movie run into the woods instead of driving away in the car. It’s why you’re still going through all that toilet paper you hoarded in April 2020. And it’s why some NFL point spreads are completely turned around from their look-ahead lines of the summer. 

Panic is a real MF’er.

Two weeks of NFL betting results — especially unexpected results — can do that. But now is not the time to panic. Even with my weekly NFL Underdogs picks and predictions starting 1-5 ATS out of the gate, I&rsq…

Tua Tagovailoa Odds and SNF Props: Tua Torments Pats' Defense

This week, Sunday Night Football features the Miami Dolphins traveling to Foxborough to face the New England Patriots. The Patriots fans know a thing or two about great quarterback play having watched Tom Brady for over a decade but the Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa has started the season well and we’ll be focused here on what the best way to bet around Tua is.

The 1-0 Dolphins come into Week 2 red hot following that shootout victory over the Chargers and are three-point favorites over Bill Belichick’s Patriots. The Pats may be 0-1 but they really impressed in Week 1, nearly taking a big win and showing that there might be more life in this team than first assumed. One thing we know is that Belichick will be relishing the opportunity to scheme against th…

NFL Week 13 Bet Now, Bet Later: Fins Go Way Up

Now that we’re on the other side of Thanksgiving, the real NFL season begins.

There’s a mad dash to the finish line for those pushing for the postseason. And for everyone else, motivations range from week to week.

What we do know for sure is that getting the best of the number for your bets is the foundation of profitable handicapping — no matter if you’re wagering on good or bad teams.

I run down the opening NFL Week 13 odds and highlight some spreads and totals to bet now and a couple to leave for later in the week.

Super Bowl National Anthem Length: Over and Under Cash at Some Books

UPDATE: Reba’s National Anthem Clocked in at Over 90 seconds, but she added a second  “the Brave” at the end. Some sportsbooks, may grade it on the first “Brave” only. 

Super Bowl national anthem betting is one of the first Super Bowl prop bets to cash in on tonight, with oddsmakers setting an Over/Under on the time required to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and many other props around the anthem on the broadcast. Reba McEntire is singing in 2024, and oddsmakers have her projected total length for tonight at 89.5 seconds.

Super Bowl national anthem length odds

Now that we know Reba is singing the anthem for Super Bowl 58, sportsbooks release what they think the total time of the performance of the national anthem will be and assig…

Joe Burrow's Record Against Every NFL Team

From Greg Cook’s brief but tantalizing career, to Carson Palmer’s shredded knee and wasted prime, to Andy Dalton’s mediocrity, the history of quarterbacks in Cincinnati has been at worst heartbreaking and at best, frustrating.  

So, history seemed to be repeating itself when Ohio’s Very Own, Joe Burrow, had his rapid rise to superstardom halted, and his rookie season ended, by a torn ACL. Instead, Burrow returned with aplomb in 2021, guiding the Bengals to their first postseason berth since 2015 and winning Comeback Player of the Year. 

With fewer than 55 starts to his name, Burrow’s career is only just beginning. Join us as we take a look at his record against every NFL team.

Messi 2021: The best goals of the superstar´s sensational Barcelona career

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has signed a new four-year contract with the club, ending mounting speculation over his future.

After making his Barca debut aged 17, Messi has been the scourge of defenders in Spain and across Europe, racking up 523 goals for the Blaugrana and collecting 30 trophies.

Here we take a look at some of the most memorable goals of a sensational career that will now continue at Camp Nou until 2021.

 

Albacete (H): May 1, 2005

Even at 17, Messi had the confidence of a veteran. Having already had one goal wrongly ruled out for offside an audacious chip from the edge of the box Messi s confidence was far from knocked and just a minute later he latched onto Ronaldinho s scooped pass before lobbing the ball over Albacete…

Vancouver Whitecaps v Seattle Sounders: Sartini challenges players to get into postseason mentality

Vancouver Whitecaps clinched their playoff place at the weekend, and Vanni Sartini does not want his players to play differently against Seattle Sounders.

The Whitecaps may be winless in their last three matches, but their 1-1 draw with Portland Timbers on Saturday was enough to secure their place in the postseason for the third time in the last four seasons.

They are currently seventh in the Western Conference, but Sartini is hopeful they can return to winning ways to push higher up the table.

We have the luck to be already qualified, so even though it s not like a do or die, we can t be scared, Sartini said.

Now it s all about the prize that is in front of us. And the prize will hopefully make us perform in a way that is with no restraint, with no fea…

World Cup hosts Qatar awarded 2023 Asian Cup

Qatar will host a second major tournament in the space of eight months after the country, hosts of this year s World Cup, was awarded the 2023 Asian Cup.

Next year s tournament was due to be held in China but, owing to the Chinese government s strict Zero-COVID policy, it was confirmed earlier in 2022 that the competition would be held elsewhere.

Qatar, which is gearing up to host the World Cup in November and December, has now been selected to hold the tournament, which will take place between June 16 and July 16, 2023 and involve 24 teams.

It will mean the reigning Asian Cup champions have the chance to defend their title on home soil, with Qatar triumphing in the United Arab Emirates in 2019.

will be played in Qatar!

— #AsianCup2023 (@afcas…

Brazil to be number one side at Qatar 2022 World Cup as FIFA reveals new rankings

Brazil will be the number one side in the world when the Qatar 2022 World Cup starts next month, after strengthening their lead in the FIFA rankings.

The Selecao head into this year s tournament looking to break a two-decade hold by European nations on the sport s top prize, having been the last country from outside the continent to triumph at the South Korea and Japan 2002 finals.

Tite s side have slightly stretched their points advantage above second-placed Belgium, whom they displaced atop the list in March.

Brazil and Belgium head up an unchanged top five, with Argentina remaining at number three, World Cup holders France at four and England – who have endured a dismal 2022 – in fifth place.

The Three Lions will top the strongest group at Qatar 20…