The 2001 Patriots, the team that kicked off New England’s dynasty, were one of the longest shots ever to advance to the Super Bowl from the AFC.
Betting
There was early sharp action on Notre Dame in Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game. But late bets on Ohio State caused the line to move again.
Oklahoma City, which leads the Western Conference with a 35-7 record, has replaced Boston as the +240 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook to win the NBA championship.
The Chiefs are 1½-point favorites over the Bills in the AFC title game. The Eagles are favored by 5 over the Commanders in the NFC championship game.
Bettors who backed the Chiefs as 9½-point favorites Saturday over the Texans suffered an excruciating loss when Kansas City took an intentional safety.
Ohio State is a consensus 8-point favorite over Notre Dame in Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game. The consensus total is 45½.
Bet365 sportsbook, which doesn’t operate in Nevada, has posted odds on the Raiders’ next coach and lists 11 candidates at odds of 14-1 or less.
Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. Here are his notes and trends for Monday’s CFP championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame.
Pro sports bettors and handicappers will try to improve on their profitable run against the spread on weekend best bets in the Review-Journal.
Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Las Vegas Review-Journal with NFL betting notes and trends.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale placed bets on Texas a few days before he underwent successful open-heart surgery Dec. 10 in Houston.
A Las Vegas man was arrested Sunday in connection with a fraudulent sports betting scheme involving an NBA player who planned in advance to withdraw from games.
The Vikings are 2½-point favorites over the Rams in Monday’s NFL wild-card playoff game in Arizona. Minnesota was a 1-point favorite before the game moved locations.
The Bills are consensus 1-point favorites over the Ravens in Sunday’s divisional round playoff game at Buffalo. It’s a rematch of Baltimore’s 35-10 win over Buffalo in Week 4.
Cleveland resident John Teel, using the alias “The Brown Clown,” earned $100,000 for winning the last-place booby prize in the Circa Million contest.