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I felt a lighthearted title was in order, considering we've been rolling along, and jokes are extra-hilarious when you're on a winning streak! Last night we dropped the Free Play on the Cavaliers, as Cleveland got out to a quick start, and then completely ignored a youngster on the Hornets by the name of Marcus Thornton. Thornton torched Cleveland for about 80% of last night's game,...

Pregame? Hello? I know you're there, but why do you keep responding to my knocks on your door with "Website not found?" Oh well, perhaps a day off from betting was just what we needed. A refresher day to catch up on work, watch some football without wringing our hands about the outcome, and a day to chat with friends about the upcoming week of action. If only half the players in the...

Recap : Everything was pretty good until out number 27. Cliff Lee might have been left in there one batter too long, and it burned us. His pitch count wasn't too high, but Youkilis had hit the ball hard most of the night, and I'm honestly a bit surprised that Neftali Feliz wasn't brought in. But, so it goes. It costs us a Game of the Week, and took a little bite out of my rapidly inflating...

IMPORTANT CHANGE: Some of you saw me talk about this in a few posts yesterday, and that's the inclusion of LINKS in my blog when we talk about something outside the cozy confines of the blog page. A few of you guys even did a nice job yesterday of starting the process! Moving forward, let's keep it up! If you start a thread in the Pregame forums, LINK to it so we can all see your plays and...

We only had one day off between Finals games, so you know I'm about as happy as ever! Of course, it's bittersweet, as with every NBA Finals contest, we get one game closer to the end of NBA until Halloween-time. Yes, there's the draft, but that joy of the NBA season and just killing that sport all year long will sorely be missed. Of course, in the meantime, we might as well cash in on...

Prelude: The NFL Week One Blog led to a ton of great notes, analyses of public perception, winners, and discussion. But that was just the beginning. Moving forward, I'd like to try to continue to put together a comprehensive NFL blog breaking down every single game, much the way I have done with NBA and MLB since December of last year. It hasn't been easy - it has taken countless hours,...

Wednesday Recap : Ta-da! Finally, an easy one! The Grizzlies 2* was a runaway winner, and that makes me happy. A couple winning days in a row, baby steps towards shaking this weird "treadmill" we've been on. Time to stop running in place, take the blocks off our bike and roll... Promo Section : Because of the simple fact that we've been running in place since the end of that...

That sound you heard right around 11pm EST was the sound of your buddy Dan Bebe letting out a massive sigh of relief. Why? Well, after what's been a rough month of May, things are finally turning! Quick recap: Yesterday was a nice 3-0 sweep! In our afternoon Free 1* play, we got a win with the Twins. After suffering through one of the most painful top halves of the 9th inning that I can remember...

Talk about a clunker! Paid Play on the Nets never had a chance, and the Free Plays on the Kings and Magic weren't terribly close either. I don't know what to say besides "I'm sorry," as I was feeling pretty confident going into last night's debacle (hitting 4 straight Freebies, and 2 straight Paid Plays), and the effort tonight is going to be to scale it back again and make...

I'm writing this paragraph within 5 minutes of seeing the final score of that Grizzlies 2-point win over the Jazz, and I am just beyond befuddled. Memphis cruised out to a 19-point lead, and just did nothing the rest of the game. What can I say? I'm not furious, because I'm too confused to be furious. How does this team, who has been crushed by Utah so many times, take their foot off the...

There are very few things on this planet as mentally draining as getting back into a daily routine after a vacation. Whether it's the mental "switch" of moving from a very loose, open-ended schedule to a perfectly regimented one, or simply the fatigue of driving more than 30 hours over the course of 6 days, something just doesn't click. I think everyone can agree with that statement...

Recap: This has been a pretty amazing week. With our 2* Winner on the Bulls yesterday (who covered by a scant 23.5 points), we'd have 5 straight games decided by double digits ATS - it's pretty rare to rattle off a week of blowouts, so let's really try to enjoy it. We'll have some close ones soon, so hopefully we've all grown some hair out the last few days that we can subsequently...

Let's celebrate a little first, then get into the meat of the card. We picked up a 3* NBA Game of the Week winner last night with the Lakers/Suns Under, and though it took a buzzer-beater to avoid OT, the final score was a good 15 points under the posted mark, so it's pretty fair to say that it was very much the right side, and the trend of slowing tempo continued with quarters of 45, 53...

If I were to write here that I have a personal relationship with Mehmet Okur, would anyone believe me? Yeah, I didn't think so. Still, we've backed Utah in each of their last 2 games, both ATS wins, and for the first time in over a year, Okur has put up back-to-back 20-point games. Pretty incredible timing, since the Jazz really needed it in Phoenix. They probably would have won last night...

Wow, that was ugly! Sports Wagering Bobcats @ Pacers - Charlotte by 1 with a total of 197.5. This line is strikingly low, and I'm having all kinds of issues wrapping my head around it. I can only assume the public is going to see the same thing, since the extreme "smallitude" of this line is just smacking us in the face. So, I suppose the question is whether or not the Bobcats are...

Yes, folks, we definitely saw the ugliest 4th quarter of, maybe, any game all season long, and damnit, I couldn't be happier. After a 56-point first quarter, the Lakers and Celtics combined for 44 points in each of the 2nd and 3rd quarters, and then came the beautiful sound... *CLANK* A 28-point 4th quarter turned a potential nailbiter into an easy winner on the Under, and moved us to a robust...

Opener: To those of you who took one look at the title and thought, "This Bebe jerk is just trying to get some random hits from people looking for weather updates"....kudos. A man's gotta make a living! But jerk or not, SOME of these games may get canceled (word has it Toronto hasn't been able to get out of Indiana), so do consider waiting just a bit before locking in any...

This is absolutely the best problem I've had since going Pro -- I'm running out of run ways to start a blog off a tough, hard-fought Paid Play winner! All jokes aside, Sacramento seemed to have last night's game well in hand, but stagnated offensively late in the 4th quarter and allowed the Clippers to get to within 1 point! We got 2 big plays from Sacramento immediately thereafter,...

No plays yesterday, as your pal Dan paid a visit to the doctor, and got confirmation that his ruthless cold/flu has inspired an opportunistic secondary bacterial infection to take hold in his ears and chest. Current drug count: 7 (Advil, Tylenol, Zyrtec-D, Afrin, Nasonex, Non Penicillin Antibiotic, and Robitussin). We're all set for the NBA Playoffs, and while I don't expect comprehensive...

Weekend Recap : A full, complete, unmitigated disaster everywhere you look. When it rains, it pours, and we managed to find ways to pick losers in some of the most insane ways possible. The Hoosiers were covering by 10 points with 1 quarter to play, and promptly committed 3 straight turnovers to blow it. The Clippers let the Knicks shoot over 50 free throws in a regulation length game to give...

Weekend Recap: Very quickly, by sport. On Saturday, we nailed our Game of the Month play on the UCLA Bruins while dropping a Freebie on the Cal Bears (who lost starting QB Kevin Riley 6 minutes into the game...bad luck in that regard). Turned a profit for the 6th straight week and won the "BIG" play for the 7th straight Saturday! In the NBA, we lost a Small Freebie on the Cleveland Cavs,...

Weekend Recap: Pretty obvious where to begin on this! We had our first EVER Game of the Year, and it won! Arizona State aged us all a little, but some tremendous second half offense got us the cover, and darn near got them the win. 1-0 on Games of the Year, and it'll probably stay that way for a bit. Outside of that jumbo-sized play, we had a nice NBA winner on Saturday with the Nuggets ...

Recap : Some rain later, and the whole thing comes to pieces. I don't know what it is about rain that just causes havoc in the handicapping. You'd think when your opposition loses its starting pitcher, it'd be a good thing, but suddenly the game isn't at all what you handicapped, and the fact that the Angels hit Jake Peavy ultra hard doesn't matter. We can't fool ourselves into...

Well, I can't claim I watched the entire game, but I checked out the final few minutes, and read the recaps, and it sounds like things got a little, let's say, "tense" in Portland, and if you needed a pretty simple way to look at the game, the Blazers had FOUR three-point tries in the final 30 seconds, missed all four, and it was just one of those nights. It happens. We did hit...