Upon the news they had acquired Angel Reese, the Atlanta Dream moved from 18-1 to 10-1 to win the WNBA Finals, shortening further to +900 shortly thereafter, according to DraftKings odds. Atlanta was as long as 25-1 for the title earlier in the offseason, per ESPN Research.

What a day for the dozens of us interested in all of it:

🏀 College Basketball Selection Sunday
⚾️ USA vs. Dominican Republic in the WBC
⛳️ Final round of The Players
🏆 The Oscars

Seahawks, Rams favored in wide-open Super Bowl LXI field The Seahawks are tied with the Rams at +950 to win Super Bowl LXI, followed by the Bills at +1100, and the Eagles, Ravens and Patriots tied at +1300, according to DraftKings odds.

The Seahawks and Rams are each +950 to win Super Bowl LXI at DraftKings. If those odds hold, they would be the longest for a preseason favorite on record since at least 1977.

More on a historically tight NFL field: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Olympic betting trends: The Lindsey Vonn dilemma, big money on hockey and... curling? Ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, how are sportsbooks approaching Lindsey Vonn, men's hockey and... curling?

We interrupt your Super Bowl programming to remind you that the Winter Olympics start this week

Here's how sportsbooks are handling Lindsey Vonn, a potentially huge men's hockey windfall and... curling? www.espn.com/espn/betting...

2025 NFL betting wrapped: The teams on repeat, the bad beats and the perfect mix for 2026 Before Super Bowl LX kicks off, let's take a look at the year in review, with all the bad beats, teams on repeat and more.

Wake up, babe, NFL betting wrapped just dropped

Let's take a deep dive into the teams, players and games that made the 2025 NFL betting campaign, with @benjaminsolak.bsky.social looking ahead to the 2026 regular season www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Who should win MVP?

Teamed up with @mikereiss.bsky.social and Sarah Barshop to look at the cases for Stafford and Maye.

And then a panel of 11 of us each indicated who we thought deserved to win. The final tally wasn't that close!

www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Broncos' AFC title game odds tumble following Bo Nix's injury The Patriots opened as 4.5-point road favorites over the Broncos for the AFC Championship, while the Seahawks opened as 1.5-point home favorites over the Rams for the NFC Championship, according to Dr...

The Patriots opened as 4.5-point road favorites over the Broncos for the AFC championship and moved out to -5.5 in early betting, per DraftKings lines.

Bookmakers polled said that Bo Nix is worth anywhere between five and seven points to the spread. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Seahawks, once long shots, now SB betting fave The Seattle Seahawks, who entered the 2025 NFL season as long shots, are now +350 favorites to win Super Bowl LX, according to DraftKings lines.

The Seattle Seahawks entered the 2025 NFL season with +6000 odds to win the Super Bowl and should they win it all, they would have the longest preseason odds for a champion since the 2001 Patriots. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

First survivor perfect season. Circa next?

Can bettors beat the books to the punch? How bowl season has become a challenge With coaching changes, opt-outs and the CFP, bowl season has become increasingly more volatile than in years past.

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...

Missouri 39th state to legalize sports gambling Missouri officially began taking legal sports bets, becoming the 39th state to offer regulated sports betting in some form and the 31st to take wagers via the internet and mobile apps.

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

Over the river and through the parlays: Thanksgiving is a sports betting holiday too With big games and marquee teams on the menu, Thanksgiving week is among busiest of the year for sportsbooks.

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...

How do sportsbooks handle a game where one team needs to lose by as much as possible? Doug Greenberg takes a look at how San Marino could potentially still advance in World Cup qualifying -- but only if they lose.

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...

Women's college basketball betting: Will anyone stop UConn and Sarah Strong in 2026? The UConn Huskies are the early favorite for the 2026 Women's NCAA tournament, but who else are bettors backing?

More on UConn being a women's betting behemoth, as well as a look at an intriguing Wooden Award race between Sarah Strong, Lauren Betts and Ta'Niya Latson: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Men's college basketball betting: Will Purdue win the title and the Wooden with Braden Smith? It's always tough to predict who will win the men's NCAA tournament, but bettors are backing Purdue and Houston early on.

A more in-depth look at the men's side, including where Duke and reigning national champion Florida fit in: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

UConn? You bet!: Books favor Huskies to repeat UConn is the consensus favorite to win its second consecutive national championship, with South Carolina and UCLA holding the next-best odds.

UConn's return to the pinnacle of women's college basketball last season has bettors and bookmakers alike high on them headed into the 2025-26 campaign, but South Carolina and UCLA are lurking just behind, looking for opportunities to dethrone them: www.espn.com/womens-colle...

Purdue enters hoops season as betting favorite Expectations are high for Purdue going into the season, ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP poll for the first time, and bookmakers are giving them the added pressure of being preseason national champion...

Expectations are high for the Purdue Boilermakers going into the season, ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press poll for the first time, and bookmakers are giving them the added pressure of being preseason national championship favorites: www.espn.com/mens-college...

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

15 games, 4 leagues, plenty of props: How bettors view the sports equinox Mondays in October have had some of the best betting action all year, and now the NBA enters the mix.

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

X-ray tables, marked cards and the Mafia: How the FBI says poker games were rigged Details of how poker games, some involving Chauncey Billups, were allegedly rigged to make people lose big.

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...

Answering 22 questions on the Billups, Rozier arrests: What happens now? What we know about the allegations against Billups and Rozier and what this might mean for the NBA.

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

NHL preview: Sportsbooks split on Stanley Cup fave, public backing Panthers, Leafs Panthers? Hurricanes? Golden Knights? Sportsbooks can't agree on Cup favorite but public backing the Leafs.

Went more in-depth on the Stanley Cup and awards markets in our NHL betting storylines preview: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

No 'clear cut' Cup favorite as Panthers eye No. 3 As the Panthers, now dealing with some injury setbacks, vie for a three-peat, there is no "clear cut" Stanley Cup favorite among sportsbooks to start the season.

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/_/...

🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL

✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.

40-40 is a scorigami. congrats everybody

Host USA favored over Europe for Ryder Cup 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 Ryder Cup galler...

"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/_...

Canelo odds vs. Crawford 'dropping like a rock' Canelo Alvarez is a consensus favorite across sportsbooks for Saturday's super middleweight title bout against Terence Crawford, but the underdog is making serious headway as the showdown in Las Vegas...

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...

Lynx favored to win title, then Aces and Liberty The Lynx are favored to win the WNBA title, followed by the Aces and Liberty.

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.

NFL betting storylines: Are Raiders this year's version of the 2024 Commanders? The Raiders are getting action as long shots, and Joe Burrow is getting MVP love. Here are the trends sportsbooks are seeing.

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...