This week’s Sunday Night Football matchup got a lot more interesting over the past 24 hours, with the Atlanta Falcons finally showing some fight before hosting the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3.
New-look Atlanta appeared to be a dud for six quarters of the 2024 season, but surged in the second half of Monday’s matchup with Philadelphia and stole a one-point win on the road, setting the stage for this SNF test.
My Chiefs vs. Falcons predictions size up the spread and Over/Under total, as well as the line movement for Sunday Night Football, with my early leans and NFL picks for September 22.
Chiefs vs Falcons predictions
Early spread leanChiefs -3.5 (-115 at bet365)
My analysis
The Atlanta Falcons he…
Girona head coach Michel has tasked his players to turn the page following their 1-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on their Champions League debut.
Girona frustrated their Parisian hosts, restricting Luis Enrique s side to just five shots on target from the 26 they attempted.
However, Blanquivermells hearts were broken in the 90th minute after Nuno Mendes harmless delivery slipped through the hands of Paulo Gazzaniga.
But the Catalan club s focus now returns to league action, having started the season with seven points from their opening five fixtures.
Michel s side travel to the Estadio de Mestalla to face bottom-placed Valencia, a team they have enjoyed relative success against in recent years.
Girona have won four of their eight meetings wi…
Greece shocked the footballing world in 2004 when they became European Champions in Portugal winning the final against the much fancied hosts.
It was the year that the Olympic Games was to return to its earliest home, but the football team were merely a distraction for the Greek people before the games began. They entered the tournament having never won a game in a major competition before, let alone the entire competition!
Is it possible that lightening could strike twice and that Greece could be about to become the first side ever to successfully defend their title?
The obvious, sensible answer to that question is an emphatic, no. Can we really look beyond Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Holland? People have mentioned Croatia and Gus Hiddinkââ…
With Ligue 1 set to get under way this weekend, eyes across the world will be on Paris Saint-Germain and Neymar, the world-record jewel in the crown of Unai Emery s side.
The Brazil star has swapped Barcelona for the French capital in a bid to escape the shadow of Lionel Messi and stake a claim to be considered the finest footballer on the face of the earth.
While his frankly preposterous €222million price tag has caught most of the headlines, Neymar is sorely mistaken if he believes the spotlight will be his and his alone in what could be a fiercely-contested top flight in 2017-18.
Here, we take a look at five players who could overshadow the 25-year-old in his first season in France. One or two names might surprise you
MARIO BALOTELLI (NIC…
Competition: U21 European Championships
Market: England U21s to win against Portugal U21s
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England U21s lock horns with Portugal U21s this afternoon, with the Three Lions looking to get off to the perfect start in the European Championships. Gareth Southgate’s men have been in fine form ahead of the fixture, winning five of their last six internationals, including wins against the likes of France and Germany.
The under 21s have beaten Portugal during their impressive run, and are being tipped to go all the way in the tournament this summer. England boast a stronger side than the majority of teams in the European Championships, with many of their stars regularly featuring in the Premier League. Southgate has enjoyed a near-perfect preparation with his …
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is dreaming of glory for Spain at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after his side beat Germany 1-0 to win Euro 2008, its first major title in over 40 years.
They deserved to win and this is only the beginning. The best is yet to come. We have to go for the World Cup now, he told private Spanish television Cuatro from Vienna, Austria after congratulating the squad.
I am happy, really happy. Its a privilege because I believe I am the first premier of the democratic era who has presided over a title win. My generation had the right to enjoy seeing its national team win a championship like this, he added.
Spain last lifted the European Cup in 1964, when right-wing General Francisco Franco ruled the country with an iro…
Croatia s World Cup exploits at Russia 2018 remain unforgettable for Luka Modric but the veteran midfielder wants to put those memories aside in Qatar.
Modric claimed the Ballon d Or in 2018 after guiding Croatia to the final of FIFA s top tournament, which ended in defeat to France, while winning a third consecutive Champions League with Real Madrid.
The 37-year-old and coach Zlatko Dalic are two familiar faces from the Russian run in an otherwise much-changed squad.
Modric was named Golden Ball winner at the last World Cup, given to the tournament s best player, but wants to put previous success behind him ahead of Wednesday s Group F opener against Morocco.
Definitely, what we ve been through in 2018 in Russia is unforgettable and indelible in my mind…
It’s not surprising that Sunday Night Football has a Super Bowl feel considering all the hardware shared between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, who butt heads for the first time ever when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the New England Patriots in Week 4.
The NFL betting odds for Bucs at Patriots have seen some huge movements heading into the primetime finale for Sunday. Here’s a closer look at the spread, total and consensus picks for Tampa Bay at New England.
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With the NFL Combine in the books, that means it’s full-on NFL Mock Draft season. But even with new testing data at our disposal, there are still many unknowns heading into this draft.
For starters, there is no clear-cut No. 1 pick and while there are some high-ceiling quarterbacks like Malik Willis and Matt Corral, there is no Andrew Luck or Joe Burrow in this class.
With the combine in the rearview mirror, more betting options will be on the way as NFL Draft odds are available, so here is version 2.0 of my 2022 NFL Mock Draft to help get us prepared. You can also review Mock Draft version 1.0.
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•DEN •NYJ •WSH •MIN •CLE •BAL &b…
Super Bowl LVII is the biggest “public” betting event on the calendar for sportsbooks, which means a wave of first-time and recreation bettors driving the action, rather than wise guys and professional gamblers.
That influx of public money has many people looking to risk a little to win a lot with their Super Bowl picks. That’s the reason a bet like a “safety being the first score” of the Big Game is now sitting around +4,000 odds compared to the +7,500 it used to have a decade ago.
You see, bookmakers took a bath on that specific prop not once but twice in recent years, with Super Bowl XLVI and Super Bowl XLVIII both having a safety as the opening score of the game. Those long-shot bets took a good chunk out of the books’ p…