The schedule release has football bettors sizing up the early NFL odds, and we’re not just talking about Week 1. With some sportsbooks setting spreads and totals for every game of the season, you can start to single out any situational spots that may give us an advantage. I’m a big fan of situational handicapping — AKA spot bets — and list the schedule...

The San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves have both struggled to hit the ball over the last two weeks, and both teams will be looking for a long-awaited offensive outburst in the final game of the week on Sunday. While the Padres would seem the likelier of the two on paper given the season Bryce Elder has had, might this matchup be a treacherous one...

San Diego Padres righty Yu Darvish hasn’t surrendered an earned run across his past 17 innings but is a slight MLB odds underdog when the Friars meet the Atlanta Braves as tonight's feature matchup.  Darvish has been hot, but my Padres vs. Braves prediction looks for an early exit for the veteran righty on Sunday, May 19. Read on for my full MLB picks...

It’s been a rough start to the WNBA season for two teams hoping to turn it around this year. Both the Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics have opened the season 0-2 as they get set to play Sunday. The Storm are a 6-point road favorite by the WNBA odds after being a preseason favorite to win the WNBA title, thanks in part to a key offseason addition....

With a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals on the line, the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks play a Game 7 on Sunday afternoon. It’s the first Game 7 in Madison Square Garden in nearly 30 years, and the NBA odds are projecting a tight, low-scoring game. However, my NBA picks and Pacers vs. Knicks predictions dive deep into the offenses in this...

The best two words in sports, right? Game 7. Actually, there's a better three-word phrase in sports. Two Game 7s. Welcome to Sunday, May 19, in the NBA playoffs. What more need be said? Let’s find some NBA picks and NBA odds in both the Indiana Pacers vs. New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets. Best NBA player props today...