With the transfer portal, coaching carousel and NFL draft prep shifting priorities, there has been a noticeable trend of players, coaches and even entire teams opting out of non-CFP bowl games. It's created a ripple effect on college football betting: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Legal sports betting is live in Missouri: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Thanksgiving Week isn't just the NFL: Big games across CFB, CBB, NBA, NHL and MLS make it one of the biggest sports betting weeks of the year, with multiple sportsbooks reporting it as one of their highest handle weeks on the calendar www.espn.com/espn/betting...

The curious case of San Marino: FIFA's worst-ranked team can still qualify for the World Cup -- but only if they lose spectacularly www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Happy College Basketball Opening Day! Got a whole 🧵 of @espn.com betting content for the start of the men's and women's seasons:

Happy Sports Equinox to all who observe www.espn.com/espn/betting...

It sounds like stuff from a modern Martin Scorsese script, but the alleged years-long illegal poker rigging scheme resulted in 31 federal indictments this week, including for Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups. www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Everything we know so far on the federal gambling cases involving Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and more: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

Bookmakers across the sportsbook marketplace don't see one consensus Stanley Cup favorite as the Florida Panthers gear up to attempt a very rare NHL three-peat. www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...

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"The New York crowds are going to be a bit boisterous" The United States will be favored going into the 45th Ryder Cup, with sportsbooks giving the Americans a slight edge over the talented European team by virtue of the notoriously rowdy gallery www.espn.com/golf/story/_...

On Saturday morning, BetMGM reported taking a $2 million wager backing Terence Crawford (+140) on the two-way line against Canelo Alvarez. It's one massive bet amid a sea of smaller ones backing Crawford, whose odds have shortened throughout the week: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

The Minnesota Lynx will enter the WNBA playoffs favored to win it all for the first time since 2017, but they'll be watching over their shoulders for the surging Las Vegas Aces and reigning champion New York Liberty: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

🏈 BAL 40 - 41 BUF FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.

Are the Raiders this year's Commanders? Are the Packers for real with Micah Parsons? Is this Joe Burrow's MVP season? We address these questions and more through the betting lens in 2025's NFL storylines: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

For the first time since the 2015-16 season, the Premier League will begin with a club not called Manchester City atop the odds board. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

"Oh, I'm No. 1 on that list right now. I had so many [fans] at one point that were requesting money." In the social media age, the veil of anonymity and money at stake is creating a potentially troubling precedent for a new breed of hecklers. www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Texas is a 2.5-point underdog to No. 3 Ohio State for their Week 1 showdown in Columbus, according to ESPN BET lines. Barring significant line movement, this would make the Longhorns the first ever top-ranked team to be an underdog in Week 1: www.espn.com/college-foot...

A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal to buy the Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million and move the team to Boston, according to a person familiar with the sale.

After making some of the biggest splashes of the MLB trade deadline, the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners emerged as the biggest odds movers and most popular selections for bettors in the futures markets: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Scottie Scheffler, unsurprisingly, heads into another major as the betting favorite, but bettors are largely supporting European players for The Open Championship, notably Tommy Fleetwood (+2200), who has never won a major or PGA Tour event www.espn.com/golf/story/_...

Joey Chestnut officially finishes with 70.5 hot dogs and buns consumed, cashing under 71.5 (essentially) on the number

MLB's schedule makers have shown themselves to have a twisted sense of humor or a genius read on the zeitgeist (possibly both) by scheduling the Chicago White Sox and Colorado Rockies for a Fourth of July series this year They can't both lose... right? www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Return of the glizzy king: Joey Chestnut is a -1600 favorite heading into the 2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Paul Skenes vs. Jacob Misiorowski on Wednesday

The Thunder are, of course, favorites to repeat next season, but significant developments from the weekend shook up the oddsboard beyond that From @davidpurdum.bsky.social: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

A very strong field and an extremely difficult course can't stop bookmakers from making Scottie Scheffler a historic favorite for the 125th U.S. Open. His incredibly short odds also aren't preventing bettors from backing him en masse. www.espn.com/sports-betti...

The Colorado Rockies have lost 42 of their 50 games this season and with bettors fading them en masse, all bookmakers can do is sit back and watch in horror: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

The New York Liberty are favored to become the fourth team in WNBA history to win consecutive championships, but Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever are right behind them on the oddsboard and are very much the preference of the betting public: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

The federal government is attempting a radical, massive expansion of what constitutes "wiretapping" that threatens everyone working in media/as a journalist today and I hope you'll read this and share it with everyone you know. I'm not just fighting this for me. I'm fighting it for everyone.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are nearly co-favorites, but it's Bryson DeChambeau that's generating the most buzz at sportsbooks ahead of the PGA Championship: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Betting on the Eurovision Song Contest is a huge endeavor that will attract at least an estimated £200 million ($266 million) in wagers this year. Had a lot of fun looking at one of the world's most popular betting niches: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Betting on the Eurovision Song Contest is a huge endeavor that will attract at least an estimated £200 million ($266 million) in wagers this year. Had a lot of fun looking at one of the world's most popular betting niches: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Alex Ovechkin over 0.5 goals (-120) is the most-bet player prop by total handle across all sports at ESPN BET as of Sunday morning. It's the second-most wagered player prop of the day by total bets, trailing only Aaron Judge over 0.5 home runs (+175).

You say you wanted Madness? Tonight it delivered and we could be in for more on Monday www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Bringing the smelling salts to the intro is new "WOOOOOO"

Legal betting on The Oscars exists (in some states) and is one of the most compelling niches of the sportsbook marketplace. I took a look at how it all works, where/how you can bet on it, and what the action looks like ahead of the 97th Academy Awards: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Canada-USA NHL #4Nations Face-Off Championship delivers ESPN's largest hockey audience EVER: 9.3M viewers 🏒 Peak: 10.4M viewers 🏒 Most-viewed event on ESPN platforms since 2024 NBA Finals (excluding NFL & CFB) 🏒 Most-viewed non-NFL event ever on ESPN+ 🔗 bit.ly/3Df6Lum

The 4 Nations Face-Off championship game between USA and Canada was the most-bet hockey event of all-time at multiple sportsbooks: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Saturday's first USA-Canada matchup was, bar none, the most-bet hockey game of the season. Sportsbooks report that 4 Nations Face-Off contests are attracting up to 11x the number of bets compared to an average NHL game. More: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Super Bowl 2026 odds? Super Bowl 2026 odds. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

It's been one of the most bizarre NFL awards races in memory. It's caused headaches for sportsbooks and bettors alike. The question remains: Can (and should) Sam Darnold win Comeback Player of the Year? www.espn.com/espn/betting...

No Super Bowl edition of under the radar bets -- instead a bunch of us combined into this larger Super Bowl betting guide. My picks in here will "count" toward my under the radar bets record (below!). I do have a Jared Verse DROY bet (+550) outstanding. www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Arch Manning (+750) opens as the 2025 Heisman Trophy favorite at ESPN BET: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Nearly 40 years after William "The Refrigerator" Perry barreled into the end zone in Super Bowl XX, bettors and sportsbooks have made an American tradition of chasing the wildest Super Bowl prop bets imaginable: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

A bettor at Caesars Palace placed a $1.3 million wager on the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship game, but the betting public is largely backing the Bills in another potential instant classic www.espn.com/sports-betti...

Records set by Wayne Gretzky aren't meant to be broken. So with Alex Ovechkin closing in on the Great One's goals record, bettors are increasingly looking for a piece of the action. Full story: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Breaking: Mike Vrabel and the Patriots reached a multi-year agreement to make him New England’s next head coach, sources told Adam Schefter. Vrabel now is the seventh individual to become the head coach for a franchise he once helped win a Super Bowl as a player.

LAC 12 - 32 HOU Final That's Scorigami!! It's the 1091st unique final score in NFL history.