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NFL Betting Week 5 Preview: Hot bets and moving odds

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 3, 2013

We’re a quarter of the way through the NFL regular season already and what do we know? Well, if you haven’t already, you can throw the running game out the window because this is undeniably a passing league. Peyton Manning is a cyborg. The Patriots keep winning despite a long list of injuries. The Browns...

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NFL Betting Week 4 Preview: Hot bets and moving odds

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 26, 2013

Welcome to Week 4, when everything in the NFL settles down and gets back to normal. Well, in theory, anyway. It’s been a tough start to the season for NFL bettors in general, but if it’s any consolation, this week’s board looks a lot more like we’re used to. All odds current as of noon...

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NFL Betting Week 3 Picks: All in on Andy Reid and Richardson?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 19, 2013

Want to know why we don’t see blockbuster trades in the middle of the NFL season? Easy. Nobody’s built for this kind of excitement. Well, that’s part of it. The other part of it is every single day means so much in the NFL season. Moving a superstar from one team to another puts the...

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NFL Betting Week 3 Preview: Hot bets and moving odds

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 19, 2013

Crazy things tend to happen just before the bye weeks begin. With that in mind, we should have known Week 3 was going to give us all we could handle. All we have to deal with is one of the biggest pointspreads in NFL history and a trade involving a No. 3 overall pick in...

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NFL Betting Week 2 Preview: Hot Bets and Moving Odds

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 12, 2013

For veteran bettors, Week 1 probably went over just as expected. There were some big lines on the board and the underdogs held their own. Four outright underdogs won straight up and dogs finished 8-7-1 overall. Week 2’s lines have come down a bit across the Sports Interaction board so let’s dig in. All odds...

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NFL Week 2 Betting Picks: Can Bill Belichick Save the Pats?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 12, 2013

 Frank got off to a 1-2 start and is still cursing the Texans for coming out flat against the lowly Chargers. He’s back at it with this week’s Hail Mary. It’s only fitting that the NFL’s latest mad scientist, Chip Kelly, honed his craft on the sidelines of the University of Oregon Ducks, a school...

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Patriot Games: Why the Tim Tebow Saga Isn’t Over Yet

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 3, 2013

The New England Patriots cut Tim Tebow last weekend, but if you think that spells an end to this saga, think again. After Tebow was cut, he said all the right things. “I would like to thank Mr. Kraft, Coach Belichick, Coach McDaniels and the entire Patriots organization for giving me the opportunity to be...

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Next question: Terrell Owens sues agent Drew Rosenhaus

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 23, 2013

It doesn’t seem so long ago that former superstar NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens and his agent Drew Rosenhaus were two of the most recognizable figures in sports. They were a perfect match for one another. When Owens, possibly the flashiest wideout in league history, was paired with Rosenhaus, the most outspoken agent of our...

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No, David Beckham Can’t be a NFL Kicker

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: June 18, 2013

Rumours are swirling of David Beckham trying his hand as a NFL kicker. Al Dannity loves a good story but this one is a non-starter. David Beckham was a fantastic Soccer player, winning enough trophies to break any mantelpiece. He’s also about as good a name as any team in sports could hope to hire...

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Is a trim JaMarcus Russell bound for the CFL or NFL?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 30, 2013

JaMarcus Russell is shadow of his former self – in more ways than one. Gone are the winning days of LSU and the pomp and circumstance which comes with being a No. 1 overall selection in the NFL entry draft. The reality is, now, he’s just trying to find a job – somewhere, anywhere at...

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Rolando McClain Suddenly Retires From the NFL at 23

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 15, 2013

Another troubling story of a can’t-miss prospect is being written in the National Football League. Linebacker Rolando McClain, who was supposed to be replacing certain Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, is out of football at the age of 23. Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome made the surprising announcement on Wednesday, which happens to be...

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Redskins Owner Will Retain Team's Controversial Name

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 10, 2013

The name of Washington, D.C.’s NFL franchise may change at some point — but not on Daniel Snyder’s watch. As long as he owns the team which he bought in 1999, Snyder will hold firm: it will continue to be known as the Redskins. “We will never change the name of the team,” the owner...

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Miami Dolphins Stadium Saga Spurs Relocation Rumors

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 6, 2013

The Florida legislature has ended its spring session without endorsing any plan for renovations to Sun Life Stadium, the home of the NFL Miami Dolphins, the University of Miami Hurricanes and the traditional home of the Orange Bowl game. The Dolphins are not happy about it. Dolphins CEO Mike Dee has insisted a public-private partnership...

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Geno Smith Turfs Agents After Falling to N.Y. Jets

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 30, 2013

He may have been all smiles on the podium, but West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith didn’t take long to express his disappointment at falling out of the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. According to several sources, Smith has fired his agents, Select Sports, who represented him through the draft process. While his name...

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NFL Draft 2013: Steals and Dark Horses

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: April 25, 2013

Al Dannity watches a lot of Football, so much that his girlfriend is pleased when the season ends only to later find out he also watches a lot of Basketball. We’re not sure how she’s going to feel with him back on the NFL beat to make his selection of the best value picks in...

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Broncos Hope to Fill Roster Holes Via NFL Draft

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 23, 2013

There’s one thing John Elway seems certain about prior to the 2013 NFL Draft: he figures the Denver Broncos are set at quarterback. At least, that’s what he’s saying publicly. When asked about it, Elway — a former star quarterback himself with the Broncos and now executive vice-president of football operations for the club —...

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Controversy Erupts as Flacco Chosen for Unitas Movie

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 8, 2013

By now you probably know Joe Flacco is the quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, who won Super Bowl XLVII in February. If you’re aware of that, you definitely know Flacco was named MVP for his performance in that game. But did you know Flacco is also an actor now? He has been chosen to portray...

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NFL Owners, Please Drop the Dumbest Rule In the Book

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 15, 2013

Usually stories focus on personalities, especially players, because that’s generally what people like to read about. Today is not a usual day because the focus of this article is one of the worst adaptations in any sport anywhere — unless you’re a Major League Baseball fan and you hate the Designated Hitter, but that’s for...

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Ravens QB Flacco Becomes NFL’s Highest-Paid Player

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 4, 2013

Fresh from a championship which should eliminate all doubts about Joe Flacco, the MVP of Super Bowl XLVII has been awarded with the biggest contract in National Football League history. On Monday the Baltimore Ravens quarterback signed a six-year, $120.6-million deal which guarantees (based on various reports) anywhere from $54 million to $62 million. It...

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Salary-Cap Issue Forces Falcons to Cut Three Key Players

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

When it comes right down to it, sport is a business. Tough decisions often have to be made to keep the business viable. So it is with the Atlanta Falcons, who released three big names to make some room under the salary cap despite a 13-3 regular-season record in 2012, their fifth consecutive winning season....