Author: Michael

It’s Friday, and here at SI Betting, we like to have fun with some plus-money bets as we head into the weekend.
Here are a couple worth a spin tonight!
For starters, we’re going to repeat our winning play from Thursday, taking the Guardians to cover the run line again tonight vs. the Royals for plus money (+105).
A lot of the reasoning remains the same: The Royals have the second-worst record in the MLB (25-63). They also have the worst record vs. the run line this season, covering only 34.5% of the time (34-57).

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The message the Rockets sent this past week was clear: The time for youth development with no guardrails is over, and the club is willing to put its money where its mouth is.

VanVleet (right) brings a winning, veteran presence to Houston.
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Hiring coach Ime Udoka—who was quick to call out his young star players publicly in Boston when their efforts fell short—in late April was certainly one indication change was underway.

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Of the 32 NFL teams, a dozen are still without a Super Bowl title.
Sure, some have championships predating Super Sunday. The Cardinals won it all in 1925 and ’47. The Lions and Browns dominated the ’50s, winning six rings between them. In the American Football League, the Bills, Chargers and Oilers—now Titans—combined for five titles in the early ’60s.
Yet by Super Bowl standards, those six are part of a group along with the Vikings, Jaguars, Texans, Panthers, Falcons and Bengals in their quest for a Lombardi Trophy.

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Welcome to 32 teams in 32 days. To get us through the offseason, we’ll be taking a closer look at every team in the league, in order of projected 2023 win totals. Up next: the Ravens.
The Ravens can claim that, ever since 2018, when Lamar Jackson joined the league, they have had one of the best rushing attacks in NFL history. But that hasn’t gotten them far in the postseason, partly because of a sluggish passing game.

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The actor is at Silverstone filming an upcoming F1 movie, and was the topic of the day Thursday
At Thursday’s press conferences ahead of the British Grand Prix, one driver was a massive topic of discussion.
Sonny Hayes.
Of course, Sonny Hayes is not currently a driver on the grid this Formula 1 season, but rather a character being portrayed by actor Brad Pitt in an upcoming Apple Original movie focused on F1.

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