Tommy Rider

The Mush is feeling good after his perfect 5-0 week. Well, The Mush is in high spirits after evening his record on the season with a blistering 5-0 week. He's now 23-23 for the year and a strong 7-3 with his best bets. I have a feeling he's in for a tough week but we'll see. Here are » finish reading this post...

This week's edition of the Sports Betting Preview Show is now up and ready to go. In this week's show, Tommy Rider, Matty O'Shea, The Godfather Marco D'Angelo and Vegas-Runner discuss the following topics: --The start of the NBA season and how we approach it gambling wise --Games » finish reading this post...

Will Bill Parcells and the Dolphins regret passing up on Matt Ryan for Jake Long? Not much going on this week guys. The phones have been kind of dead. Here is what I was able to scrape up from the people I talked to around the NFL: --I wrote in this column a couple of weeks ago that Carson Palmer » finish reading this post...

Michael Smith and the Hogs will run away from Tulsa on Saturday. It's hard to believe we are already in Week 10. The college football season is almost over. I guess it's time to get ready for college hoops. These leans went 3-2 again last week, including two more outright winners with Duke » finish reading this post...

Tommy Rider believes that No. 1 Texas is going down this week. I usually do this earlier in the week but I have been slacking off lately. These are just opinions but they have done pretty well over the last three weeks, going 3-2, 3-2 and 4-1. Here are the underdogs I think pack some bite for Week » finish reading this post...

If you want your wallet to look like George Costanza's, don't follow The Mush. I'm a huge Seinfeld fan to the point where 40 percent of my spoken language comes from Seinfeld episodes (The other 60 percent comes from movie lines). One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes ever is when George » finish reading this post...

This week's edition of the Sports Betting Preview Show is now up and ready to go. In this edition Tommy Rider, Matty O'Shea, The Godfather Marco D'Angelo and Vegas-Runner discuss the following topics: --The World Series from a gambling perspective --Game of the Week (Giants at Steelers » finish reading this post...

Tommy Rider says Laurence Maroney can kiss New England good-bye after the season. Below are some tidbits I've gathered from different sources. Keep in mind that I'm passing along this information. It's not my OPINION. If I want to add my thoughts after I post the info, I'll write » finish reading this post...

Barack Obama can thank Mike Ditka if he becomes President. Barack Obama's easy win in the 2004 Illinois Senate race catapulted him to national fame and set him on his current path toward the White House. It was a convincing victory that is now but a footnote in the career of the Democratic presidential » finish reading this post...

Lou Holtz compares Michigan's Rich Rodriguez to Adolf Hitler. For the second time in less than a week, ESPN analyst Lou Holtz has apologized for comments he made on the air. This time, the comments were more egregious and the fallout will be more severe. During halftime of yesterday's Georgia » finish reading this post...

This guy is one of America's highest paid sports writers. The worst sports columnist in the history of the world by a mile, Scoop Jackson, is spreading more of his idiotic babble to get attention. I'm not going to pull any punches on this one so it may offend some of you. Jackson got his » finish reading this post...

The Mush gives his words of wisdom for Week 7 in the NFL. I'm a huge Seinfeld fan to the point where 40 percent of my spoken language comes from Seinfeld episodes (The other 60 percent comes from movie lines). One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes ever is when George Costanza does the opposite » finish reading this post...

TBS' Frank TV ads are driving us all crazy! For those of you that have followed the MLB Playoffs on TBS, you are well aware that every six seconds the station forces another Frank TV ad down our throats. As a matter of fact, TBS has received so many complaints from people who claim to be seeing » finish reading this post...

The Cowboys need Wade Phillips to do more than just be a cheerleader. Below are some tidbits I've gathered from different sources. Keep in mind that I'm passing along this information. It's not my OPINION. If I want to add my thoughts after I post the info, I'll write it under "Tommy's » finish reading this post...

Todd Reesing and Kansas could be a tough out for the reeling Sooners on Saturday. It's hard to believe that we are already in Week 8 but as the season keeps moving forward, the more underdogs seem to be cashing. Last week I gave out five dogs that could bite and they went 3-2, with Oklahoma » finish reading this post...