WNBA BEST BETS AND OPINIONS 2026 !

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WNBA BEST BETS AND OPINIONS 2026!

05/14/2026...........2 - 2 - 0...........50.00%.........- 1.00
05/13/2026...........3 - 3 - 0..........50.00%..........- 1.50
05/12/2026...........0 - 6 - 0.........00.00%...........- 33.00
05/10/2026...........3 - 3 - 0.........50.00%...........- 1.50
05/09/2026...........5 - 2 - 0.........71.42%...........+ 14.00

TOTALS...............13 -16 - 0.........44.82%...........- 23.00

 

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Friday’s 6-pack
— Mets 9, Tigers 4- Rookie AJ Ewing hit his first MLB home run.
— Reds 15, Nationals 1- JJ Bleday homered twice, had six RBI.
— Mariners 8, Astros 3- Seattle is 7-1 vs Houston this season.
— Cubs 2, Braves 0- Cubs scored total of five runs in their last five games.
— Phillies 3, Red Sox 1- Tied 0-0, Kyle Schwarber homered in 8th inning.
— White Sox 6, Royals 2- White Sox are only game out for first in AL Central.

Quote of the Day
“Its not who you play, its when you play them.”
Bud Grant

Friday’s quiz
Who is only NFL head coach who coached in a Super Bowl, and also played in the NBA?

Thursday’s quiz
Art Fleming was the original host of the TV game show Jeopardy!

Wednesday’s quiz
Baseball’s Dodgers/Giants moved from New York City to California after the 1957 season.

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Friday’s Den: Quick thoughts about the 2026 NFL schedule……​

Quick thoughts after looking at the 2026 NFL schedule……..

NFC East
Cowboys
Dallas plays the Ravens in Brazil in Week 3.
Six primetime games, plus Thanksgiving game against the Eagles.
Games vs Washington are Week 2 and Week 18

Giants
First two games are in primetime: Week 1 vs Dallas, Week 2 @ Rams
Overall, they have four primetime games.
Three of their first four games are at home.

Eagles
Play the Jaguars in London in Week 5.
Have three straight home games, Weeks 14-16.
Five primetime games, plus a Thanksgiving game in Dallas.

Commanders
Open season with divisional road games, at Eagles, Cowboys.
Play the Colts in London in Week 4.
Dan Quinn hosts his old team, the Falcons, in Week 15.

NFC North
Bears
Have three straight home games, Week 2-4
Have three straight primetime games, Weeks 7-9
Last three games are against their NFC North rivals.

Lions
Play the Patriots in Germany in Week 10
Three of their four primetime games are on the road.
Only six of their 17 games are outdoors, but Weeks 17-18 are (Bears/Packers)

Packers
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Three of their first four home games are in primetime.
Four of last five games are home, with the road game in Chicago. Brrrr…..

Vikings
Playing the 49ers in Mexico City in Week 11.
Only two road tilts after that: cold weather games at Patriots, Jets.
Games against Chicago are in Weeks 2, 18.

NFC South
Falcons
Coach Stefanski visits his old team (Cleveland) in Week 14.
Play the Bengals in Spain in Week 9.
Have three straight primetime games, in Weeks 3-5.

Panthers
Four of their last five games are at home.
Games against Atlanta are in Weeks 2, 18.
Have a Thursday night game at Green Bay in Week 8.

Saints
Open season with road games, at Detroit, Baltimore.
Play the Steelers in France in Week 7.
Two games vs Tampa Bay are in Weeks 15, 18.

Buccaneers
Three of their first four games are at home.
Bucs host Baker Mayfield’s old team (Cleveland) in Week 2.
Only one cold weather game: Week 14 at Baltimore.

NFC West
Cardinals
No primetime games; NFL has low expectations for them.
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Games against the 49ers are in Weeks 3, 18.

Rams
Open the season in Australia against San Francisco.
Four of their first five games are in primetime.
Host Green Bay on a Wednesday, the night before Thanksgiving.

49ers
After the Australia opener, 49ers play at home Weeks 2-4.
49ers play Minnesota in Mexico City in Week 11.
Three of their last four games are on the road.

Seahawks
Seattle opens season with a Super Bowl rematch vs New England.
Have three straight primetime games, Week 6-8
Games against the Rams are in Weeks 16, 18.

Famous birthdays, May 15th:
Don Nelson, 86
Lainie Kazan, 86
Billy North, 78
George Brett, 73
John Smoltz, 59
Emmitt Smith, 57
Desmond Howard, 56
AJ Hinch, 52
Justin Morneau, 45
Michael Brantley, 39
Kody Clemens, 30
Cole Anthony, 26

AFC East
Bills
Open their new stadium with a Week 2 Thursday game vs Detroit.
Have six primetime games, three at home, three on road.
Have playoff rematch with the Broncos on Christmas in Denver.

Dolphins
Open season with West Coast trips, at Las Vegas/San Francisco.
New coach Jeff Hafley visits his old team, the Packers, in Week 15.
Miami has December/January games in Denver, Green Bay, Foxboro.

Patriots
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Play the Lions in Germany in Week 10.
After a bye, they play the Chargers in LA in Week 12.

Jets
No primetime games for Gang Green; only two 4:00 games.
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Geno Smith hosts his old team, the Raiders, in Week 8.

AFC North
Ravens
Ravens play the Cowboys in Brazil, in Week 3.
Games against the Steelers are in Weeks 15, 18
Baltimore’s last four games are all vs division rivals.

Bengals
Bengals play the Falcons in Spain in Week 9.
Have primetime games the two weeks after the game in Madrid.
Games against Cleveland are in Weeks 13, 18

Browns
Open season with two games in Florida, at Jaguars, Buccaneers.
Weeks 7-9, have 3 straight road games: Titans, Steelers, Saints.
Play three of their last four games on the road.

Steelers
Play the Saints in France in Week 7.
Finish the season with road games, at Tennessee/Baltimore.
Four primetime games; they’re expecting Aaron Rodgers to eventually show up.
Three of the four AFC North teams have new head coaches.

AFC South
Texans
Open season with home games, vs Buffalo, Cincinnati.
Have playoff rematch at Pittsburgh in Week 13.
Play the Jaguars in London in Week 6.

Colts
Play the Commanders in England in Week 4.
Come right back the next week, with a game in Pittsburgh.
Have two primetime games, both on road (Chiefs, Texans)

Jaguars
Will be in London in Weeks 5-6 (vs Eagles, Texans)
Weeks 9-11, have 3 straight road games (at Ravens, Titans, Giants)
Three of their last four games are on the road.

Titans
HC Robert Saleh hosts his old team, the Jets, in Week 1.
OC Brian Daboll visits his old team, the Giants, in Week 3.
Four of their last five road games are in domed stadiums.

AFC West
Broncos
Open season with a Monday night road game in Kansas City.
Have Black Friday afternoon game in Pittsburgh in Week 12.
Have playoff rematch with New England in Week 17.

Chiefs
Open season with home games, vs Broncos, Colts.
Week 5 bye is early, probably good with Mahomes coming off knee surgery.
Weeks 12-14, are on road 3 weeks in row (at Bills, Rams, Bengals)

Raiders
Have only three games outside of the western time zone.
Weeks 14-16, have three straight home games.
No primetime games, league has low expectations.

Chargers
Open season with home games, vs Cardinals, Raiders.
Have a “road game” at the Rams at SoFi, in Week 8.
Jim Harbaugh’s team plays the Ravens, who canned his brother, in Week 10.

 

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Trend Report
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Las Vegas VS Connecticut
Las Vegas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Las Vegas' last 9 games.
Las Vegas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
Las Vegas is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games against Connecticut.
Connecticut is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Connecticut's last 10 games.
Connecticut is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Connecticut's last 8 games against Las Vegas.

Washington VS Indiana
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games.
Washington is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games.
Washington is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games against Indiana.
Indiana is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Indiana's last 16 games.
Indiana is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Indiana is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home.

Chicago VS Phoenix
Chicago is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago's last 10 games.
Chicago is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games.
Chicago is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games against Phoenix.
Phoenix is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Phoenix's last 10 games.
Phoenix is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Phoenix's last 15 games against Chicago.

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Saturday’s 6-pack
NFL teams who will travel the most to games this season:
38,105 miles— 49ers
34,847— Rams
28,470— Texans
27,980— Cowboys
27,590— Patriots
27,568— Dolphins

Quote of the Day
“It’s a huge blow. Being one of the most consistent guys that we had in that rotation. It’s a big blow.”
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, on the injury to P Clay Holmes

Saturday’s quiz
Which NHL team is the last one to win the Stanley Cup, after having the league’s best record during the regular season?

Friday’s quiz
Bud Grant is only NFL head coach who coached in a Super Bowl, and also played in the NBA; he coached the Vikings, played for the Minneapolis Lakers.

Thursday’s quiz
Art Fleming was the original host of the TV game show Jeopardy!

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Saturday’s Den: Random things with the weekend here…….​

— 11 years ago today my dad passed away, a very cruddy night. My dad was a great guy; honest, fair, the best father a kid could have.
He grew up in New York City but wound up in Albany; he loved the Brooklyn Dodgers, so I learned at a very young age never to say the name “O’Malley” (they moved the Dodgers out of Brooklyn). He was a big fan of the Mets/Knicks, loved playing golf, and enjoyed going to the horse races at Saratoga.
We miss him every day, that’s for sure.

— Phillies 11, Pirates 9 (10)
Pittsburgh led 8-3 in the 7th inning.
Phillies scored three runs in the 9th, three more in the 10th.
Phillies are 13-4 in their last seventeen games.

— Braves 3, Red Sox 2 (10)
Mike Yastrzemski had a walk-off single against team his Hall of Famer grandfather starred for.
Braves are 15-7 at home; they’ve won five of last six games.
Drake Baldwin/Michael Harris both homered for Atlanta.

— Nationals 3, Orioles 2
Zach little tossed five shutout IP for Washington.
Daylen Lile homered for the 4th time in his last four games.
Sellout crowd of 38,912 watched this game; it was also Hot Dog Night.

— Bronx 5, Mets 2
Ben Rice was 3-for-5, hit his 14th homer, scored two runs.
Mets P Holmes broke a shinbone when hit by a line drive in 4th inning.
Juan Soto hit his 250th career home run.

— Astros 2, Rangers 0
Spencer Arrighetti took a no-hitter into the 8th inning.
Isaac Paredes homered for the Astros.
Corey Seager, mired in a 6-for-62 slump, was given a mental health day off.

— A’s 5, Giants 2
Nick Kurtz homered for the third game in a row.
Hogan Harris got his third save for the first place A’s.
Luis Arraez had four hits, homered for the Giants, who are 8-15 on the road.

— Cardinals 5, Royals 4 (11)
Yohel Pozo had the walk-off single for St Louis.
Jordan Walker had three hits, including his 13th home run.
Royals have lost seven of their last nine games.

Famous birthdays, May 16th:
Danny Trejo, 82
Rick Reuschel, 77
Rick Rhoden, 73
Pierce Brosnan, 73
Jack Morris, 71
Debra Winger, 71
John Salley, 62
Thurman Thomas, 60
Jim Mecir, 56
Megan Fox, 40
Gardner Minshew, 30
Luis Garcia Jr., 26

— When the Orioles won 7-0 Wednesday night, it was their first shutout of the year. They had been the only team not to post a shutout this season.

— Back in 2012, there was a high school baseball team in Los Angeles that had a pretty good pitching stuff. Jack Flaherty, Max Fried, Lucas Giolito were all on the same team, three freakin’ major leaguers on the same high school team.

— Shohei Ohtani has been slumping at the plate; he didn’t hit when he pitched Wednesday, then he didn’t hit or pitch Thursday, took the whole night off. He was 1-for-4 with a walk in Friday’s 6-0 win over the Angels in Anaheim.

— Hitting is more difficult now:
When Roger Maris 61 home runs in 1961, he only played against nine other teams, faced only 101 pitchers that season.
When Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in 2022, he played against 20 different teams, faced a total of 256 pitchers that season.

— There are ten new head coaches in the NFL this coming season; that’s a lot.

— Week 1 NFL spreads:

Patriots @ Seattle (-3.5)

49ers vs Rams (-2.5) (@ Australia)

Saints @ Detroit (-7)

Bears (-2.5) @ Carolina

Bulls (-1.5) @ Houston

Jets @ Tennessee (-3)

Buccaneers @ Cincinnati (-3.5)

Browns @ Jacksonville (-7)

Ravens (-3.5) @ Indianapolis

Falcons @ Pittsburgh (-3)

Cardinals @ Chargers (-11.5)

Dolphins @ Las Vegas (-3)

Packers (-1.5) @ Minnesota

Commanders @ Philadelphia (-5.5)

Cowboys (-2.5) @ NJ Giants

Broncos @ Kansas City (-2.5)

 

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No games today. The season resumes tomorrow.