The Sports Geek Blog
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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...
5 Facts About Atlantic City Casinos That You Might Not Have Known
Atlantic City is regarded as America’s Playground, but is it still true today after the term was coined many years ago? In a decades-long battle against Las Vegas, the east coast casino capital might have lost the rights to America’s Playground since then.
TheSportsGeek is going over the top Atlantic City casino facts. These are five facts about Atlantic City casinos that you might not have ...
Biggest Online Slots Payouts of All-Time
The Digital Age has changed all of our lives drastically, so now instead of going to the casino to play, you can now have the casino come to you with sportsbooks and betting games suddenly found in the palm of your hand.
And that means that players can bet wearing slippers from the comfort of their own couches and have multiple online casinos as options to play Slots. You can suddenly become a ...
The Best Cartoon Themed Slots Games For Kids Over 21
We are all kids no matter how old we get and our desire to play games and be entertained by the things we are most familiar with never leaves us.
That is why slot developers in the gaming industry design cartoon slot games both for use at brick-and-mortar and the extremely popular online slot games which can be played in the comfort of your own home on PCs, smartphones and tablets. ...
CFFC 116 Odds and Predictions
UFC Fight Pass is back with eleven fights from Cage Fury Fighting Championships. The CFFC 116 odds from Bovada feature only money lines, but you can make our prop predictions on some of the other UFC betting sites we’ve vetted for safety and security. Bet before December 16th, 2022 at 7:00 AM ET.
CFFC 116 Predictions
Our top CFFC prediction for parlay wins include Mat Caracappa at -325 and Bill...
Top 5 Greatest World Cup Finals of All-Time
As we head toward the conclusion of this 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Final on Saturday, December 18 (FOX, 10 EST/9 CST/7 PST), let’s take a quick kick down Memory Lane and take a look at five of the Greatest World Cup Finals ever.
To date, there have been 21 FIFA World Cup Finals held with 12 UEFA winners and 9 CONMEBOL champions. No FIFA World...
UFC 282 Odds and Top Fight Predictions
UFC 282 odds cover thirteen bouts for Saturday, December 10th, 2022. This fight has been filled with turmoil, scratching six fights over the past month and offering up quick replacements to make a full night of fights. Most UFC betting sites are showing up to date odds, with Bovada already producing 15 betting markets on even the most recently agreed upon matchups.
UFC 282 Predictions and Top Pa...
Will the Sacramento Kings Make the Playoffs This Season?
The Sacramento Kings hope that new royalty has entered the castle of Golden1Center in Sacramento.
They currently sit on the right side of the Playoff fence and are (-120) to make the playoffs and (-110) to miss the playoffs, according to sports betting sites.
With an explosive offense, the Kings can find themselves in the NBA Playoffs for the first...
The Match Golf: Woods and McIlroy vs Thomas and Spieth Odds and Pick
In a highly anticipated golf event, Tiger Woods teams with Rory McIlroy to take on Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. The Match 7 is scheduled for 12 holes at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. We have the latest The Match betting odds and picks for the star-powered exhibition.
This might be an exhibition golf event, but you know that these four golfers are going to be competitive. The prima...
The Lessons That Tony Soprano Taught Us About Gambling
For nine wonderful seasons, David Chase and HBO treated us with one of the greatest shows in TV history, The Sopranos. In that award-winning crime drama, we saw many scenes with lead character Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) involved in many forms of gambling.
New Jersey mobster Tony Soprano and his crew of Paulie “Walnuts” (Tony Sirico), ‘Big Pussy” (Vincent Pastore), cousin Christopher Moltis...
Avatar 2 Odds, Movie Details, Rumors and Predictions
The trailer for the upcoming Avatar: The Way of the Water only has one line: Jake Sully saying "I know one thing. Wherever we go, this family is our fortress," to Neytiri.
So, the plot of this much-anticipated movie will likely see a displaced main cast of characters.
This second installment in James Cameron’s Avatar franchise will be a huge success at the box office. Although its mid-Dece...
