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NCAA Women’s Tournament: The Final Four odds have been released
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Oddsmakers have set the lines for the NCAA Women’s Final Four, which tips off on Friday night from Dallas, Texas. LSU vs. Virginia Tech gets the Final Four festivities started as the first national semifinal to be played on the evening. Unsurprisingly, the...
Pirates are aiming to take step forward, but oddsmakers aren’t buying in
BY COREY LONG | Home Field Sports After consecutive 100-loss seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, general manager Ben Cherington believes it’s time for his team to take a step forward in 2023 and become a more competitive unit. “It’s time to start getting better,” Cherington said during an appearance on...
NL Central futures odds, best bet: Cardinals clear favorites, Pirates picked to finish 4th
BY SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports The National League Central is set to be a two-horse race once again according to the odds with the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers well ahead of the rest of the pack. The Cardinals and Brewers were the class of the division...
NL East to be led by Braves, Mets, Phillies once again? See futures odds, best bet
BY SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports The National League East is shaping up to be a dog fight once again headlined by a trio of powerful clubs in the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves and Mets tied for the regular season division title last...
NBA spread plays for Timberwolves-Kings, Mavericks-Pacers: March 27 Best Bets
By SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Elite Eight plays for Creighton-SDSU and Miami-Texas: Best bets for March 26
BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Elite Eight picks for UConn-Gonzaga and FAU-Kansas State: Best Bets for March 25
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
After Sweet 16 carnage, here are national championship odds headed to Elite 8
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Madness has truly come to March. For the first time ever, there are no No. 1 seeds remaining for the Elite Eight of the men’s NCAA tournament. Pre-tournament favorites Alabama and Houston were bounced in the Sweet 16 on Friday night by No....
Alabama, Houston in Sweet 16 — we’ll fade one, back the other: Best Bets for March 24
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Jordan Taylor, Jenson Button to make NASCAR debuts at COTA: See betting picks, odds
BY SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Circuit of the Americas in Austin for the third time in as many years, and it projects to be an intriguing race with multiple outside drivers making their NASCAR debuts. IMSA sports car star Jordan Taylor will...
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 parlay of favorites and a total: Best Bets for Thursday
BY JIM DERRY | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
NCAA Sweet 16 odds preview: Midwest Region has been chalky. Will it remain that way?
By JIM DERRY | Home Field Sports Mattress Mack still is riding high in Houston, as hope remains alive his Cougars can ride on into what would be a rare home Final Four. He is not alone. The pre-tournament favorite to win it all has dropped just a notch below...
NCAA Sweet 16 odds preview: Alabama favored in upset-riddled South Region
By SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports The 2023 NCAA men’s basketball tournament has seen its share of upsets, and some of the most notable have occurred in the tournament’s South Region. However, the national championship favorite remains No. 1-seeded Alabama, which is the only top-four seed in the South...
UAB-Vandy value in NIT, Warriors-Mavericks total: Best bets for March 22
BY JIM DERRY | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Women’s NCAA tournament Sweet 16 and Elite Eight betting preview, see who is favored
BY ZOE COLLINS RATH | Home Field Sports After the first two rounds in the women’s NCAA tournament, there have been some changes in the national championship futures market. South Carolina is an even heavier favorite, now priced at -200 at FanDuel Sportsbook. Two No. 1 seeds were bounced over...
NCAA Sweet 16 odds preview: UCLA, Gonzaga, UConn give West Region three title contenders
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Three of the four men’s NCAA tournament regions have clear favorites as March Madness rounds into Sweet 16 weekend — top seeds Alabama and Houston are odds-on favorites in the South and Midwest, respectively, while Tennessee is close to that in the East....
NCAA Sweet 16 odds preview: Missing top two seeds, chaotic East Region has surprise favorite
BY SHANE JACKSON | Home Field Sports Contributor Heading into the second weekend of the 2023 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, no region has been as unpredictable as the East. Both the No. 1 seed (Purdue) and No. 2 seed (Marquette) were bounced in the opening weekend. A pair of blue-blood...
World Baseball Classic final odds, prediction: Who’s favored, USA or Japan?
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports The World Baseball Classic has produced plenty of drama over the past two weeks, and the end result is a final between two world heavyweights: the United States and Japan. But who do the odds favor in such a matchup? At FanDuel Sportsbook,...
Rolling with underdog Pistons, chalk favorite Pelicans: Best bets for March 21
BY SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Sweet 16 point spreads, odds for each men’s NCAA tournament regional semifinal game
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports With the first two rounds of the men’s basketball NCAA tournament complete, we’re down to the Sweet 16 for another year. Now, with a few days off before the next round, it’s time to look at some point spreads, money-line odds and over/unders...
Bulls-76ers spread play, plus an NBA underdog on the money line: Best bets for March 20
BY SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
March Madness under play and backing Baylor Bears: Best bets for March 19
BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Putting the mad in March Madness with an upset Hail Mary: Best Bets for March 18
BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Big Ten big men enough for Indiana vs. Kent State? Best bets for Friday
By JIM DERRY | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Pittsburgh Penguins locked in tight Wild Card race
BY HOME FIELD SPORTS STAFF REPORT Over the past two weeks, the Pittsburgh Penguins have had some opportunities to extend their advantage in the Wild Card for the Eastern Conference. But consecutive losses and a 3-3-1 stretch over the past seven games have allowed teams in the pack to get...
