Alabama is a 13½-point favorite over Cincinnati in Friday’s CFP semifinal at the Cotton Bowl, and Georgia is a 7½-point favorite over Michigan at the Orange Bowl.
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Christopher Smith of AL.com is providing college football analysis for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Follow @CFBlocksmith on Twitter.
The 3-year-old colt won Sunday’s $300,000 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park and has yet to be challenged in his three career starts.
The Raiders also added two more players to the list — defensive end Carl Nassib and offensive lineman Jordan Simmons — bringing the number of active roster players on the list to 12.
The Raiders prepared all season with the idea they would dig deep into their depth chart, and it is a mindset that has paid dividends in their secondary.
Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey post their best college football and NFL bets for this weekend.
Five entries are alive for the $6 million winner-take-all prize in the Circa Survivor contest after 11 were eliminated in Week 16.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends.
Longtime Las Vegas native Nick Catanella was a defensive back on Cincinnati teams in the early 1970s. He’s pulling for the Bearcats against No. 1 Alabama in the CFP semifinals.
The Madden series has generated more than $4 billion in revenue since its inception in 1988.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is urging all 32 teams to honor legendary Raiders coach and football icon John Madden at this weekend’s 16 games.
The NFL has adopted new CDC guidelines that reduces the quarantine time from 10 days to five days.
Arizona State and Wisconsin are scheduled to meet Thursday in the Las Vegas Bowl. Five bowls have been canceled because of COVID, but this game probably will be played.
In a text, Jon Gruden wrote: “He was what football and the Raiders are all about. God Bless the Madden family.”
The Hall of Fame football coach was a winner and a Super Bowl champion, and that’s only a small part of his story.
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