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Jim Barnes

Jim Barnes
Reporter: Sports betting

Jim Barnes covers sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. He first joined the Review-Journal as a copy editor in 2012. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.

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Betting public cashes in with LSU

Louisiana State covered as a 4½-point favorite in the College Football Playoff title game, with a late influx of bets from Clemson backers mitigating the books’ losses.

BETTING BLOG: Clemson vs. LSU

Minute-to-minute updates on the College Football Playoff championship game can be found here. Player props, live line movement, halftime bets and more.

Circa sportsbook opens futures odds on NIT

Bettors must handicap two questions: Which bubble teams will miss the NCAA Tournament? Which of those teams is good enough to rebound and win the NIT?