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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:
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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.
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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...
2022 World Cup Quarterfinals Odds and Predictions
We will be down to our final eight teams of this FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 by Wednesday. The four Quarterfinals games on Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10 could be 48 hours of the greatest Soccer we’ll witness this decade.
The first of the four matches (Match 58) will see Croatia facing Brazil at Education City Stadium (Grass) in Al Rayyan on Friday (FOX, 10 ET/9 CT/7 PT) to see who ...
2022 QBE Shootout Odds, Prop Bets and Predictions
The 2022 QBE Shootout odds are on the board and we have your best QBE Shootout predictions for the 12-team event in Naples, Florida. The 34th edition of the QBE Shootout is the most unique in its history. For the first time, there will be LPGA players participating in the QBE Shootout.
The world No. 2 women player, Nelly Korda, will team with Denny McCarthy, while No. 7 LPGA pro, Lexi Thompson,...
The Ins and Outs of Atlantic City Blackjack
We here at TheSportsGeek pride ourselves on bringing value to our readers. Whether that is with our expert sports betting picks, casino strategies, or finding new games to play that can be exploited for profit, everything that we do here is to make you money!
Last month, we took a look at a form of blackjack known as Vegas Downtown Blackjack. Vegas Downtown Blackjack is a loose term to describ...
2022 World Cup Knockout Stage Odds and Predictions
The Group Stage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ tournament has provided its usual dosage of drama and upsets including Saudi Arabia upsetting Argentina, Japan beating Germany, and Morocco beating Belgium. But upsets in the World Cup don’t guarantee advancement.
Lionel Messi and Argentina rebounded to advance on to the Round of 16 and the Knockout Stage. Furthermore, as the tournament’s second...
2022-23 Heisman Trophy Award Odds and Predictions
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The race for the Heisman Trophy was finalized on the field this past weekend in the conference championship games. There are no more opportunities for players to make their case on the football field. H...
Top 10 Gambling Memes
The Digital Age has provided us with fresh ways to work, communicate, bet, and entertain each other. Memes, in particular, have slowly become a part of our culture which seems to be morphing away from Mother Nature and the real world and into Cyberspace.
British etymologist Richard Dawkins first coined the phrase “meme” and Webster’s defines memes as “...
UFC Fight Night Orlando: Thompson vs Holland Odds and Predictions
UFC is back with UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs Holland. The UFC Fight Night Orlando odds are direct from Bovada, but expect lines to move as we approach fight time, December 3rd at 7:00 PM ET. This 15 fight card is the largest of the year, starting early and promising fireworks. We’re focused on offering you the most accurate pick for each fight, delivering value bets and a parlay ticket useful at ...
2022-23 College Football Championship Odds and Predictions
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TheSportsGeek has one final College Football Nat...
Soccer Props: Who Will Be The Next Owners of Manchester United and Liverpool
Two of the biggest clubs in the English Premier League (EPL), Liverpool FC, and Manchester United FC, are potentially up for sale and BetUS has next owner odds for both the Reds and the Red Devils.
The Glazer family, worth an estimated $4.7 billion, has owned Manchester United for 17 years now and they announced last week that they have instructed investment bankers to shop the world famous so...
Who Will Be the Next NBA Coach Fired This 2022-23 Season?
The Brooklyn Nets became the first team since the start of the 2022-23 NBA Regular Season to part ways with their head coach when they let go of Steve Nash after a 2-5 start on November 1.
Besides the Nets, there are some other teams off to awful starts and it’s only a matter of time before the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets make a move. The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Orlando Magic are...
