Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is a slight underdog to Rob Font in the main event of UFC Fight Night 188 on Saturday at the Apex and the total is 2½ rounds.
Todd Dewey
Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
BetMGM took a $10,000 bet to win $1.5 million on the Hawks, who were as high as 500-1 to win the NBA title. Atlanta is a slight favorite over the Knicks in the first round.
The PGA Championship has seen a youth movement, as nine of the past 11 winners have been in their 20s, including Las Vegas resident Collin Morikawa last year.
Rory McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by eight strokes and is coming off his first win in two years at the Wells Fargo Championship.
The Westgate sportsbook has posted point spreads and totals on all 272 games in the NFL’s first 17-game, 18-week regular season.
Art Manteris, who spent 43 years in the sports betting industry, including the past 20 at Station Casinos, originally planned to pursue a career in Hollywood.
The Golden Knights must defeat the Minnesota Wild to set up a possible showdown with the Colorado Avalanche for a trip to the Stanley Cup semifinals.
Handicappers Alex B. Smith and Dana Lane share their best bets for the NHL playoffs, including first-round series, divisional winners and Stanley Cup futures.
Pro horse racing handicapper Michael “The Wizard” Kipness analyzes the 10-horse field in Saturday’s 146th Preakness Stakes (3:47 p.m. Saturday, KSNV-3).
Jon Rahm is the 8-1 favorite and Bryson DeChambeau the 9-1 second choice to win this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson tournament at TPC Craig Ranch near Dallas.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board ruled in favor of the Westgate sportsbook in a dispute with VSiN host Gill Alexander over a bet on the 2020 French Open.
Following Donald Cerrone’s fifth straight fight without a win, UFC president Dana White said in September that it was time to have a conversation with “Cowboy” about retiring.
Lem Banker’s 94th birthday was Tuesday, when his family hosted a celebration of his colorful life as a renowned pro sports bettor. There was talk of a movie being made about him.
Handicapper Kelly Stewart, known on social media as @KellyInVegas, will serve as an analyst on “Daily Wager,” the sports betting news and information show on ESPN2.
The No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft has won the award only three times in the last 39 years: Kyler Murray in 2019, Cam Newton in 2011 and Sam Bradford in 2010.