Betting Picks

The final 'Win And You're In' qualifying race for the 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic goes Saturday afternoon with the running of the (G1) $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes from Belmont Park in New York. The race has drawn a field of seven, and they'll be racing 1 1/4 miles over the Belmont dirt course.

As Alabama and Clemson continue to distance themselves from the rest of the college football world, there's plenty of parity among the remaining Power 5 schools. This leaves us with plenty of great betting opportunities, including these gems of Week 6.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a machine as evidenced by their regular season win total (104) and the fact that they are the heaviest favorite of any team in a divisional series this year. So where's the betting value?

In a series that may be the most competitive of the early round MLB playoff matchups, the Cubs and Nationals presents unique betting value for the handicapper taking a logical approach to this one.

Defending champion Miss Temple City is back to take on the males in the $1 million (G1) Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday. The race has drawn a full field of 14 runners, including some intriguing longshots, and the winner earns a spot in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Mile.

Qualifying for the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships continues this weekend with a slew of races offering the winner automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup. Among those are the $400,000 (G1) Darley Alcibiades Stakes from Keeneland, with a berth into the BC Juvenile Fillies on the line.

We're a quarter of the way through the NFL season in Week 5, which means handicappers have a better idea what to expect from teams around the league. Looking forward to a profitable week - here are the three games that will get me there and why.

The postseason brings even the most casual baseball bettors out of the woodwork, and baseball betting - like almost all betting - is about seizing opportunities and getting the best of the odds. With this in mind, let's talk Yankees/Indians.

There is no such thing as an easy opponent in the MLB playoffs, but facing an organization as October-tested as any this millennium in the American League Divisional Series hardly seems fair for a Houston Astros squad that won 101 regular season games in 2017.