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The PGA Tour is heading to the Monterrey Peninsula of California for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the last of the early season course rotation events. Two of the four rounds will take place at the historic Pebble Beach Golf Links, with Spyglass Hill and Monterrey Peninsula CC hosting a single round each across the […]

The 2021-22 college basketball season is in full swing, and conference play provides matchups between the top teams in the country. Below is my analysis and favorite bet for Tuesday’s slate.   UNC vs. Louisville (Line: UNC -3, DraftKings Sportsbook) What a disappointing season it has been for the Louisville basketball program after attempting to […]

The Super Bowl is finally here. It took 18 weeks of the regular season, a Wild Card Round, a Aivisional Round and a pair of Conference Championship games to narrow the field down to two teams. The Bengals and Rams are the last two standing, and they will be squaring off in Los Angeles Feb. […]

Below are the records for each NFL team against the spread (ATS) and their record against the total. Consensus closing lines were used for the analysis. For the ATS tab, it is shown as (Wins – Losses – Ties). The totals records are shown as (Overs – Unders – Ties). This is updated each and […]

One of the most fun aspects of betting on golf is the weekly opportunity to find edges all the way down the odds boards trying to pick winners. This week, I have narrowed down two longshots that I think the market is not giving a fair glance at for taking the trophy Sunday in the […]

The Los Angeles Rams enter Super Bowl 56 as the clear favorites in a matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals made an unlikely run through the AFC playoffs, and L.A. presents Cincinnati with its most difficult matchup yet.   Here’s a look at how the Rams can beat the Bengals and cover the spread in […]

It’s finally here, Super Bowl 56. The biggest game of the year brings a bittersweet feeling to fans as they get to celebrate the NFL for one final time. Bengals fans get to party like it’s 1988, the last time we saw Cincinnati in the Super Bowl. Many things have changed in those 34 years, […]

Another weekend, another couple of NFL playoff games taken down to the wire in exciting fashion. After trailing by 18 points early in the second quarter, quarterback Joe Burrow, with help from the Bengals’ inspired defensive play, led his squad all the way back to a victory against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at Arrowhead […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Saturday after 22 seasons, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.   Brady finished his final season passing for a league-high 43 touchdowns and 5,316 yards. He led the Buccaneers to the NFC Divisional Round and threw for 329 yards, one touchdown and […]

The 2021-22 college basketball season is in full swing, and conference play provides matchups between the top teams in the country. Below is my analysis and favorite bet for Saturday’s slate.   Michigan State vs. Michigan (Line: Michigan State -3, DraftKings Sportsbook) We have a huge Big Ten matchup between inner state rivals Michigan and […]

BetMGM is one of a few online sportsbooks that has been licensed to operate in New York. Legal sports betting has only recently been introduced to the state, which features some of the most popular franchises in the country. As of early January 2022, you can now use BetMGM in New York. Here’s what you […]

The 2021-22 college basketball season is in full swing and conference play provides matchups between the top teams in the country. Below is my analysis and favorite bets for Tuesday’s slate.   UCLA vs. Arizona (Line: Arizona -3.5, DraftKings Sportsbook) We have a huge west coast PAC 12 matchup between the top two teams in […]

The NFL Conference Championship round is this weekend, and that means we are down to the final four teams. Last week was an epic one in the NFL, as all four games went down to the wire. We will continue to have fewer games each week, so the small sample size is not really one […]

The PGA Tour will stay in California for this week’s tournament, the Farmers Insurance Open, which will be played at Torrey Pines. It should be noted that the tournament will start Wednesday, so the final round can be played Saturday and avoid going head-to-head with the NFL Sunday. The tournament is split between the North and […]

This FanDuel Sportsbook promo is one you’ll want to use if you think the Los Angeles Rams will beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. The odds boost allows new users to turn $5 into $150 by correctly picking the winner of a game in the 2022 NFL playoffs. Here’s how you […]

For the NFL Conference Championship games on Sunday, FanDuel Sportsbook is offering a promotion that new bettors cannot miss out on. If you sign up for FanDuel, make a deposit and place your first wager of $5 on the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, and you will receive $150 if they win.   […]

This FanDuel Sportsbook promo is one you’ll want to use if you think the Cincinnati Bengals will beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. The odds boost allows new users to turn $5 into $150 by correctly picking the winner of a game in the 2022 NFL playoffs. Here’s how you can […]

Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC 270: Ngannou vs Gane.  After a fun, lowkey Fight Night event began the UFC year last weekend, the biggest promotion in MMA returns this Saturday for its first PPV offering of 2022. We currently have an 11-fight card scheduled to go down at the Honda Center in Anaheim […]

We are down to only eight teams remaining with a shot to take home the Lombardi Trophy in February. While on one hand, I’m sad the NFL season is inching closer to completion, on the other hand, I am ecstatic to watch the eight best teams in the NFL go at it over the course […]

The race of the Men’s College Basketball Player of the Year is heating up, and with Selection Sunday less than two months away, there is no better time to get in on the action.  Let’s take a look at the top candidates to take down this year’s John R. Wooden Award.   Men’s College Basketball […]

The 2021-22 college basketball season is in full swing, and conference play provides matchups between the top teams in the country. Below is my analysis and favorite bets for Wednesday’s slate.   Alabama vs. LSU (Line: Alabama -3, DraftKings Sportsbook) I’ve been way too early on the LSU regression, but hey, sometimes you have to […]

DFS is one of the most popular ways to play fantasy games, and new and unique ways to play DFS continue to crop up across the industry. One of the most fun and unique ways to play daily fantasy sports is Jock MKT. Have you tried JockMKT yet? It’s a new way to play DFS, […]

This quick article is going to highlight some big DFS wins from DraftKings, FanDuel, Yahoo and SuperDraft that our FTN family hit this week. It doesn’t matter if its NFL, MLB, NBA, PGA or even eSports, if someone made a huge return on their money, we want to celebrate it. Take a look at some […]

Let’s take a look at the opening odds, early betting pick and breakdown of Saturday’s UFC 270 main event. UFC 270 takes place Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim. This event is of course the first PPV offering from the UFC in 2022, more than a month removed from UFC 269 Dec. 11. There […]

We have arrived to American Express week on the PGA Tour, one of the worst tournament names in sports. The tournament takes place in California and will be spread out across three different courses; PGA Stadium Course (2x), Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta CC. Due to the setup of the tournament the cut will […]

The 2021-22 college basketball season is in full swing, and conference play provides matchups between the top teams in the country. Below is my analysis and favorite bets for Tuesday’s slate.   VCU vs. Davidson (Line: VCU -2.5, DraftKings Sportsbook) Davidson comes into this game as one of the hottest teams in the country, having […]

With the NFL’s Wild Card weekend now in the books, our attention moves forward to the Divisional Round taking place this weekend. We are now down to eight teams remaining with a chance to win the Super Bowl in 2022. We have to be careful trying to carry over what happened during the regular season […]

The Brooklyn Nets are the clear NBA betting favorites in a championship-or-bust season. Sportsbooks have given New York’s second basketball team the best odds to win the 2022 NBA Finals since the preseason.  Brooklyn became the team to beat by adding James Harden to a roster led by Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in January […]

The most important plays in any football game are the ones that result in a touchdown. For a player, finding the end zone can be the difference between their team winning and losing in the NFL which makes the thrill of hitting this type of betting prop so exhilarating. As we are in the final […]

Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 46: Chikadze vs Kattar.  After a nice hiatus to start the new year, the UFC returns this Saturday for its first card of 2020. We currently have a ten-fight card scheduled to go down at the Apex tomorrow, headlined by a featherweight matchup between two top-10 contenders […]

The 2021-22 college basketball season is in full swing, and conference play provides matchups between the top teams in the country. Below is my analysis and favorite bets for Wednesday’s slate.     LSU vs. Florida (Line: Florida -1, DraftKings Sportsbook) This is a very good opportunity to buy low on the Gators and sell […]

The PGA Tour will stay in Hawaii for this week’s Sony Open, which will take place at the Waialae Country Club. Waialae is a short par 70, playing roughly 7,044 yards with Bermuda greens. As cliché as it sounds, the course is “right in front of you,” and it’s hard to run away from the […]