Betting Picks

It is week four of the 2017-18 English Premier League season and what a week it looks set to be with four of the best teams in the division taking each other on and several other games having the potential to finish with lots of goals. Who are you betting on? Who are we betting on? Let’s find out.

It's just less than a month away from one of Europe's most prestigious races, the €5 million Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe from Chantilly Race Course in France. With a very strong favorite in the probable field, there are lots of high-priced future bet contenders in consideration for the 12-furlong turf race, set to be run on October 1.

The groups have been drawn for the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League and as usual the draw has created some exciting fixtures and also a so-called dreaded ‘Group of Death.’ With dozens of fixtures on the horizon, there is ample opportunity to bet on the Champions League, but where is your money going? Who should you be betting on during the Champions League group stages?

The opening weekend of college football was filled with some spectacular fireworks and a few outright duds. Alabama, the top-ranked team in the nation, crushed a serious contender in Florida State. And Howard, a 45-point underdog, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of this game by shocking UNLV. Bring on Week 2.

The NFL season always opens at the home of the Super Bowl champions on Thursday Night Football. The KC Chiefs travel to Foxborough to face the Patriots with oddsmakers granting the champs the biggest spread of Week 1 at 9 1/2 points. This is just one of 15 weekend games to kick off the schedule.

Finally, it’s game time. Hopes are high across the nation as the NFL season begins for all 32 teams. “This is a challenging season and we’re starting a marathon,” Super Bowl LI MVP Tom Brady told the media earlier this week. “It’s going to take a lot of good football to get to where we need to be.” Brady must be talking about Minneapolis on Feb. 4, 2018...

The 2017-18 UEFA Champions League is the 63rd edition of Europe’s premier club soccer tournament and the 26th since it rebranded from the European Champion Clubs’ Cup to the Champions League. Spain’s Real Madrid are the tournament’s defending two-time champions and are the pre-tournament favorites to win their third consecutive title, a feat no team has managed in the modern era. Can they defy the odds and win what would be their 13th UCL?

Labor Day brings down the curtain on the 2017 Saratoga summer race meet and features the running of the (G1) Hopeful Stakes. The race has drawn a field of eight two-year-old colts looking to start their journey toward the 2018 Triple Crown series. They'll be sprinting seven furlongs on the Saratoga dirt course, chasing a total purse of $350,000.

Two-year-old fillies are on display in the first of two Grade 1 races from Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with the running of the $350,000 Spinaway Stakes. They'll be racing seven furlongs over the dirt course, with an automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies race on November 3 at Del Mar Race Track going to the winner.