A survey of opinions from Review-Journal staff members, other media, oddsmakers, professional handicappers and one former Las Vegas mayor.
Football
Three Las Vegas sports book directors don’t have to think back too far for a vivid Super Bowl betting memory. It happened at the end of Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, 2015.
A look at who has the advantage at each position when the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons play at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Jay Kornegay had no line to Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, and he did not dial up a pair of kneel-downs from backup QB Bubby Brister.
How successful will a defense that didn’t worry most teams this season be against arguably the greatest quarterback in history, playing in his seventh Super Bowl and going for his fifth ring?
We’re just three days away from the biggest football game of the year. The New England Patriots will meet the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday in Houston in Super Bowl LI.
As usual, stakes are high for those placing bets on the Super Bowl. This year, for those who can’t handle the pressure, a local Las Vegas startup is offering a way out.
When Patriots defensive end Chris Long was debating whether to sign with the Falcons in the offseason, his Hall of Fame father had one question for him. As Howie Long said, “It came back to one thing.’’
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Friday that the Oakland Raiders’ proposed move to Las Vegas is not in jeopardy because of the withdrawal of Sheldon Adelson as a stadium financing partner.
The Review-Journal’s sports columnists Ed Graney and Jon Saraceno discuss if the Oakland Raiders could still move to Las Vegas, what the Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank had to say about it and when the NFL owners could decide to approve the move.
Super Bowl Sunday is the equivalent of a nationwide quarterback blitz for the pizzeria industry. As the clock winds down to kickoff to Super Bowl LI, the orders for pepperoni and vegetarian pizzas rush in like defensive linebackers from different angles.
Wynn sports book director John Avello watched his beloved Giants escape with a 20-19 upset of the Bills to win Super Bowl XXV on Jan. 27, 1991.
Two years after the movie “Black Sunday” hit theaters in 1977, another Super Bowl disaster played out in Las Vegas, where sports books were buried by bettors who middled Super Bowl XIII.
The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons will meet at NRG Stadium in Houston on Sunday for Super Bowl LI, and before the Big Game, we want to test your knowledge of all things Super Bowl.
Advertisers are paying $5 million for 30 seconds to reach the more than 110 million people in the U.S. expected to watch Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Falcons and Patriots.