Boo hoo! Week One started with a 2-3. The worst part was I was 3-2 at the Crowne Club on late picks. My Contest Points +2. Here are the results of my picks: Detroit Lions +6.5 Won Indianapolis Colts -2 ½ Lost San Francisco 49ers -3 Lost San Diego Chargers -4 ½ Lost Washington Redskins +3 ½ Won Adding the Washington pick didn't change the results that would have occurred anyway. The play that was forgotten... Read more

Normal 0 HILTON NFL CONTEST - A BAD BET © Robert Crowne & Assoc., Sept. 10, 2010 Note: The Las Vegas Hilton Supercontest is a trademark of the Las Vegas Hilton. The Hilton Supercontest has been peopled, in the main, by existing sports services trying to make a reputation for themselves, entrants seeking to launch a sports service career based on the publicity... Read more

Since I decided, about two weeks ago, to start releasing Syndicate Selections in my pick packages , I've been getting questions about them. Here are the answers all in one place. Question 1: How often do you release syndicate selections? The Wall Street Bankers group bets every day, and I release their selections to Crowne Club members and Pregame monthly subscribers everyday. I post Syndicate Selections in the pick... Read more

"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" I always say because I love over-used gibberish. So, I've decided to become Irish just like those winners O'Bama, O'Shea, O'Luck. and O'Marco (certain people only need a first name). Here it is, my very first O'Crowne selection of my life. You can call it the GAME OF MY LIFE, but my life is pretty ordinary, so we'll hold the hype down to ordinary levels.. WASHINGTON REDSKINS +2 over Dallas... Read more

Tampa Bay -170 over Philadelphia (Shields over Myers) Last night I gave you a win with Philadelphia as pick. The professional sports handicapper has no team loyalty. My loyalty is to whichever team handicaps to win the game I'm handicapping. Tonight that's Tampa Bay as a -170 favorite. I don't have time to be funny or run through every statistic tonight. We have the first day of Breeders' Cup action coming up tomorrow... Read more

Here are the best props for the Monday, October 24 game between Denver and New England. As I said last week, proposition bets are the most profitable bets available for the small bettor. Unfortunately, you can't bet them big, but you can win an unusually high percentage. TEAM TOTAL: Take N.E. under 26. With Matt Cassel at QB expecting 27+ points is wishful thinking. N.E. has scored more than 26 points in only one game... Read more

As part of our continuing effort to teach you all the language of Tout Speak, here's another entry from Crowne's New World Dictionary of Tout Speak: "Million-Star Play" - adj. + adj. + n. phrase The tout started with a 1000-star play, and lost 10 in a row. Sometimes combined with the terms "Millenium" or "My Lifetime," to form the sentences "Million Star Play of the Millenium," or "Million Star Play of My Lifetime," in... Read more

Handicappable propositions are some of the most profitable bets one can make. The lines on proposition bets are set within general parameters for all teams, which gives the handicapper who calculates the specific odds for the teams in the matchup a huge edge. The side and total in tonight's game is very difficult to pick. The propostions, however, offer a great opportunity to make money on the game despite the difficulty... Read more

In tonight's game between New Orleans and Minnesota the most common posted points line is New Orleans favored by 3 laying -120. There are some just plain 3 flats around, and a very few lines of 3 1/2 flat There is also a money line of -160. Normally the points line is preferable no matter which way you choose to go, but not tonight. A favorite with a line of 3 will push the spread 9% of the time and will win by 1 or 2... Read more

It has come to my attention that many of you out there are becoming depraved because you're deprived. We can't have all this depravity around here, so as cure for your deprivity, er . . . . deprivation, I have the strongest play we've had in the NFL so far this season. As you may or may not know, the Crowne Club started as a group dedicated to sharing information. We still help each other with information. Tonight Cleveland... Read more