Betting Picks

With the 2018-19 National Basketball Association season quickly approaching, it's time to get a headstart on some futures betting. The Golden State Warriors are odds-on to capture their third straight championship title and fourth in five years, but every team has a chance to win their division title — as long as they're not in the Pacific, which is the same division as the Splash Brothers and the champs.

The last - and only - time that a North American nation won the Men's Volleyball World Championship, Ronald Reagan was in the White House. That was in 1986. The USA captured the global crown in France at the expense of the Soviet Union. The Soviet empire long ago crumbled, but the Americans are still going strong and are one of the betting favorites to earn the 2018 world volleyball crown.

As far as NFL futures go, most bettors tend to focus on the big prize, meaning Super Bowl or bust. What often gets overlooked, is the value there is to be had by betting conference and divisional futures. In this careful and logical analysis of what's being offered in the futures market, I'll attempt to unlock the best picks.

The plot thickens in NFL's Week #3. Carson Wentz is back, while Patrick Mahomes and Fitzmagic attempt to continue their hot hand. We touch on all three in our must-read weekend betting guide!

Betting odds analysis for the 2018/19 Liga MX Apertura season – who will become the Mexican soccer champions?

In recent years, Alabama and Nick Saban have taken some of the fun out of betting NCAA football futures while winning 5 of the last 9 championships. Once again the Crimson Tide hold the key to the castle. If we're betting this year's NCAA football champion, do we eat the chalk or swing for the fences?

The 2018 Formula One season is in full swing with 15 of the scheduled 21 races completed. British superstar Lewis Hamilton leads the driver's championship and looks set for a fifth driver's title, but can anyone stop him from winning back-to-back championships?

When it comes to the baseball playoffs, the first thing to keep in mind is that the postseason is nothing like the regular season. It is, as the experts like to say, a small sample size, and the variables that play into outcomes will be vastly different than during regular-season games. Matchups will prove vital, and that often means that the best team on paper won't be the winner.

This isn't the day of dynasties where teams used to own the Stanley Cup for years at a time. The Montreal Canadiens were the champions for five straight years from 1956-60. The Toronto Maple Leafs ruled the league from 1962-64. The Canadiens won four straight in the late '70s before the New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers reigned in the 1980s. But in the last two decades, only two teams have won back-to-back Stanley Cups — Detroit Red Wings (1997-98) and Pittsburgh Penguins (2016-17).