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Based in Atlanta, GA - Rick Limpert is an award-winning writer, a best-selling author, and a featured sports travel writer.

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Entries in sports (116)

Monday
Nov152021

Updated Super Bowl Odds

Below you can find the updated Super Bowl and conference odds from MaximBet.

https://maximbet.com/odds/

Super Bowl LVI

Buffalo Bills 6-1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13-2
Los Angeles Rams 7-1
Kansas City Chiefs 7-1
Green Bay Packers 8-1
Tennessee Titans 9-1
Arizona Cardinals 10-1
Dallas Cowboys 10-1
New England Patriots 12-1
Baltimore Ravens 18-1
Los Angeles Chargers 28-1
Cleveland Browns 45-1
Pittsburgh Steelers 50-1
Indianapolis Colts 60-1
Cincinnati Bengals 60-1
Las Vegas Raiders 66-1
New Orleans Saints 66-1
Denver Broncos 66-1
Minnesota Vikings 80-1
San Francisco 49ers 100-1
Seattle Seahawks 125-1
Philadelphia Eagles 125-1
Carolina Panthers 125-1
Atlanta Falcons 250-1
Washington Football Team 250-1
Miami Dolphins 400-1
New York Giants 350-1
Chicago Bears 750-1
Jacksonville Jaguars 4000-1
New York Jets 4000-1
Detroit Lions 5000-1
Houston Texans 5000-1

Monday
Sep202021

New Heisman Odds

In the latest Heisman odds from SportsBetting.ag, Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral has moved in front of Alabama signal caller Bryce Young to take over the top spot.

Corral entered the season with 25-1 Heisman odds. Through three games, he's completed 68.8% of his passes for 997 yards with nine touchdowns and no interceptions.

Ole Miss is undefeated so Lane Kiffin's squad is still in the CFP National Championship picture, but the Rebels' current 50-1 odds suggest their chances are still very long. Ole Miss had 100-1 odds going in to Saturday.

Spencer Rattler, the preseason Heisman favorite, has seen his odds fall to 10-1.

The top 10 teams in the country prevailed over the weekend so there wasn't a ton of shakeup in terms of the national title odds.

Alabama and Georgia separated themselves from the pack a bit more after lackluster victories by Clemson and Oklahoma.

Penn State's odds moved from 40-1 to 25-1 following the Auburn game.

Odds are subject to change and you can see current Heisman and CFP numbers on this page: https://www.sportsbetting.ag/sportsbook/futures-and-props/ncaaf-futures

Heisman Trophy Odds

Matt Corral - Ole Miss                        7-4       (+175)

Bryce Young - Alabama                       3-1       (+300)

Spencer Rattler - Oklahoma               10-1    

CJ Stroud - Ohio State                         16-1    

CJ Verdell - Oregon                             16-1    

Desmond Ridder - Cincinnati              16-1    

JT Daniels - Georgia                            18-1    

Malik Willis - Liberty                           20-1    

Sam Howell - UNC                               20-1    

TreVeyon Henderson - Ohio State      33-1    

Bijan Robinson - Texas                        40-1    

D.J. Uiagalelei - Clemson                    40-1    

Kenneth Walker III - Michigan State   40-1    

Anthony Brown - Oregon                   50-1    

Brian Robinson Jr. - Alabama             50-1    

Emory Jones - Florida                         50-1    

Sean Clifford - Penn State                   50-1    

Dorian Thompson-Robinson - UCLA   66-1    

Taulia Tagovailoa - Maryland             66-1    

D'Eriq King - Miami                             80-1    

Jack Coan - Notre Dame                     80-1    

Jayden Daniels - Arizona State           80-1    

John Metchie III - Alabama                 80-1    

Tank Bigsby - Auburn                          80-1    

Anthony Richardson - Florida             100-1  

Breece Hall - Iowa State                     100-1  

Grayson McCall - Coastal Carolina     100-1  

Kyren Williams - Notre Dame             100-1  

Tyler Shough - Texas Tech                  100-1  

Bo Nix - Auburn                                  150-1 

Sunday
Sep052021

Kindle Pick of the Week: The Kaepernick Effect

Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how “taking a knee” triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriter

“The Kaepernick Effect reveals that Colin Kaepernick’s story is bigger than one athlete. With profiles of courage that leap off the page, Zirin uncovers a whole national movement of citizen-athletes fighting for racial justice.” —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist

In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By “taking a knee,” Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernick’s simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America’s persistent racial inequality.


Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin chronicles “the Kaepernick effect” for the first time, through interviews with a broad cross-section of professional athletes across many different sports, college stars and high-powered athletic directors, and high school athletes and coaches. In each case, he uncovers the fascinating explanations and motivations behind a mass political movement in sports, through deeply personal and inspiring accounts of risk-taking, activism, and courage both on and off the field.

https://www.amazon.com/Kaepernick-Effect-Taking-Changing-World-ebook/dp/B08TKRKPMW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Wednesday
Sep012021

2021 College Football Rule Changes

Rule changes to be aware of for 2021.

2021 Rules Changes
 
Overtime 2-Point Conversion Requirements
Teams will be required to run a 2-point conversion play after a touchdown when a game reaches a second overtime period. Previously, a 2-point attempt was required after the third overtime period. Also, if the game reaches a third overtime, teams will run alternating 2-point plays, instead of starting another drive at the opponent’s 25-yard line. This is a change from the previous rule, which started to use 2-point plays in the fifth overtime period. This rules change is being made to limit the number of plays from scrimmage and bring the game to a quicker conclusion. Teams can still choose whether to kick the point after touchdown or run a 2-point conversion play during the first overtime period.
 
Team Area
The team area will be permanently extended to the 20-yard lines, starting in the 2021 season. Previously, the team area extended to the 25-yard lines, but this area was expanded to the 15-yard lines last season to create more spacing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Unsportsmanlike Tactics
Video board and lighting system operators have been included in those personnel who may not create any distraction that obstructs play.
 
Feigning injuries
A new framework has been created to allow a school or conference to request a postgame video review about questionable actions through the NCAA secretary-rules editor/national coordinator of officials.
 
Instant Replay – Clock Adjustments
In order to keep the game moving, when Instant Replay overturns a call on the field, The clock will only be reset when there is less than two minutes remaining in the 2nd quarter and less than five minutes remaining in the 4th quarter.

Sunday
Aug292021

Kindle Pick of the Week: The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer

Chris Clarey with a great effort.

A major biography of the greatest men's tennis player of the modern era.

There have been other biographies of Roger Federer, but never one with this kind of access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game, including such rivals as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Roddick. In The Master, New York Times correspondent Christopher Clarey sits down with Federer and those closest to him to tell the story of the greatest player in men's tennis.

Roger Federer has often made it look astonishingly easy through the decades: carving backhands, gliding to forehands, leaping for overheads and, in his most gravity-defying act, remaining high on a pedestal in a world of sports rightfully flooded with cynicism. But his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager with dubious style sense to one of the greatest, most self-possessed and elegant of competitors has been a long-running act of will, not destiny. He not only had a great gift. He had grit.

Christopher Clarey, one of the top international sportswriters working today, has covered Federer since the beginning of his professional career. He was in Paris on the Suzanne Lenglen Court for Federer's first Grand Slam match and has interviewed him exclusively more than any other journalist since his rise to prominence. Here, Clarey focuses on the pivotal people, places, and moments in Federer's long and rich career: reporting from South Africa, South America, the Middle East, four Grand Slam tournaments, and Federer's native Switzerland. It has been a journey like no other player's, rife with victories and a few crushing defeats, one that has redefined enduring excellence and made Federer a sentimental favorite worldwide.

The Master tells the story of Federer's life and career on both an intimate and grand scale, in a way no one else could possibly do.