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The Easiest Sports To Go Pro for in 2025
Dreaming of becoming a professional athlete? While talent and hard work are essential, your odds of going pro depend just as much on the sport you choose and where you live.
At The Sports Geek, we’ve done the research to uncover which sports and states give you the best shot at going pro—and which paths are nearly impossible. Let’s break it down.
Not all sports are created equal whe...
Can You Beat the Geek for a Free Trip to an NFL Game?
We're excited to announce Beat the Geek: a free NFL handicap contest with prizes worth over $15,000! Challenge our artificial intelligence model (aka the Geek) with your NFL picks for a chance to win a trip to an NFL game for two, MacBook Pro, AirPods Pro, and more.
Each week of the 2024–25 NFL regular season, the Geek will submit picks against the spread (ATS), while you can submit your own A...
NBA Strength of Schedule: How Much Does Travel Distance Matter?
Most people ignore travel distance and rest days when talking about NBA strength of schedule, focusing only on how good the opposition is. While this is definitely the most important factor, gruesome travels and lack of rest shouldn’t be ignored.
I’m going to dig into the numbers for the 2024-25 season of how far teams are traveling, the number of rest days, and how it correlates to strength o...
Best NHL Player Prop Bets Today: Free Prop Bet Predictions
Picking the best NHL player props today can be time-consuming, but our hockey experts are here to help! They will share their prop bet predictions daily from October to the Stanley Cup Final in June, including NHL anytime goal scorer predictions, shots on goal bets, and more.
Here are our daily NHL player prop predictions for today, December 20:
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIEAnytime Goalscorer...
NBA First Basket Predictions for Tonight: Best First Basket Scorer Bets
What are the best NBA first basket predictions for tonight? Our experts made sure to check the stats and the latest odds, before sharing their top picks for first basket scorer today.
Here's a quick overview of our first basket betting picks, and you can find our reasoning in the next section.
PLAYERMATCHUPODDSBOOKMAKERDonovan Mitchell (CLE) First BasketMilwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cava...
Best NBA Player Props Today: Our Best Bets for Tonight
Our experts deliver their best NBA player props daily in this article, after doing the hard work and digging through all the basketball bets available today. Their predictions are based on statistical analysis, expertise, and a close look at the latest trends in the league.
Here's an overview of the best NBA player prop bets tonight, December 20.
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIETotal Rebounds: E...
When To Split Aces In Blackjack?
Blackjack is the most popular table game in the casino. The element of having control over a game in the casino is attractive to most gamblers. Splitting Aces in blackjack is one option that every blackjack player should know how to play correctly.
Along with having a sense of control over the blackjack table, the house edge with blackjack is the best for casino games. Well, that is gamblers c...
LFA 150 Odds and Predictions
LFA 150 is putting on a massive card, with bets available on twelve pro bouts. The LFA 150 odds feature a four fight parlay, and the fight tape leads us to two confident underdog picks.
LFA 150 Predictions
LFA 150 has only money lines, but we could see prop bets to drop early Friday on Bovada and Betonline.ag.
Ary Farias -245
Thomas Petersen -1050
Mark Climaco -300
Jalin Fuller -151
M...
2023 NFL Playoff Brackets Preview and Predictions
There are 14 teams that made the 2022-23 NFL Playoffs and 14 games left this NFL season. The postseason begins with the six Wild Card games on Super Wild Card weekend where six teams will win and advance on in the 2023 NFL Playoff bracket with six others.
The seven teams that made the Playoffs in the AFC are the AFC West champion Chiefs (#1 seed), the AFC East champion Bills (#2), the AFC North...
Where Will Derek Carr Play in 2023: Odds on QB’s New Team
With just two games left in the 2022 NFL regular season, the Las Vegas Raiders decided to bench starting QB Derek Carr for Jarrett Stidham in order to “evaluate” what else they had.
But things quickly went from bad to worse for Carr and the team. News broke that Carr would stay away from the team which then turned into Derek’s time being over in Las Vegas.
Stidham lost both of his starts...
The Best Chinese Gambling Games
Chinese gambling games are some of the oldest forms of gambling in history. There are ancient Chinese gambling games that date back centuries to the imperial Chinese period. Gambling in China was first recorded over 4,000 years ago.
The wildest fact regarding some of these Chinese gambling games is that they are still popular today. Not only are the best Chinese gambling games still played t...
How and When Will LeBron James Break the All-Time NBA Scoring Record?
As we head into the beginning of January, Lakers’ superstar LeBron James (37,903 points) sits just 484 points behind tying Kareem Abdul Jabbar (38,387 points) as the league’s all-time NBA scorer.
That means the 38-year-old James (29,0 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 6.6 apg) will likely be breaking Kareem’s all-time NBA mark and making it the LeBron James scoring record probably next month.
Averaging almost 3...
LFA 149 Odds and Predictions
There is no UFC this week, but Fight Pass is putting up LFA 149, with odds on the six fight main card. LFA 149 odds are money line only, so we’re going on a deep dive for a three fight MMA parlay that you can add to the Gervonta Davis knockout win this weekend. Bunes vs Horiuchi can be found on UFC betting sites legal in your area, listed at the bottom of the page.
How to Bet on LFA 149 and Top ...
AEW Battle of the Belts V Odds and Predictions
The All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Battle of the Belts V is scheduled to take place this coming Saturday, January 6, 2023 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon (TNT, 11 ET/10 CT/11 PT).
AEW is the second largest professional Wrestling promotion in the United States behind World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The company is based out of Jacksonville, Florida.
The Battle of the Belt...
10 Celebrity Fights We Must See in 2023
Celebrity boxing fights were a bigger thing in the past than they seem to be now, but we still see promoters trying to make some of these exhibition fights, many which have odds where you can bet on them at the top Boxing betting sites
Celebrity fights and exhibition boxing matches between retired fighters in Boxing and MMA have proved to be a lucrative thing, as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor ...
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Day 1 Odds and Predictions
The much-anticipated New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view (PPV) event NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 is set to take place over two nights, starting with Day 1 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
This will be the 32nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show. Day 2 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 2023 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. We will pr...
