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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 · BIG MIKE’S DESKBoard as of 6:14 PM ET
CFBBig Mike's Take · 6:00 PM ET · Oct 16

College Football's Backup Quarterback Magic Still Hits Different

Elijah Brown gets the start for Washington with Demond Williams Jr. banged up, and the sport does the thing only this sport can do.

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NBA Betting News Today: Parlay Ban, Lakers' Finale Headline a Stacked Friday

NBAWhat I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 16

The league just told every book to pull same-player under parlays before a single regular-season tip, and the market's still figuring out what that does to prop pricing tonight.

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Golden State Valkyries Odds Today: What I'm Eyeing Before Finals Game 1

WNBAWhat I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 16

Allisha Gray's ring finger decision sits with Atlanta's medical staff, not the coaching staff, and until that call lands nothing on this slate clears a real number.

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Cleveland Guardians Odds Today: What I'm Eyeing Before ALCS Game 4

MLBWhat I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 16

An opener start from Cleveland tonight and a Milwaukee sweep of LA both move the board before a single number has even posted.

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Michael Penix Jr. Clears Ribs, Falcons Line Moves: Atlanta Falcons News Betting Impact Before Bears

NFLBreaking · 2:35 PM ET · Oct 16

The spread fell a point and a half off the open the moment Penix Jr. got the green light, and the total jumped three points right behind it.

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Today 11:02 AMmorning. 3 plays today.phillies ML. home with their best arm going and the market’s still pricing last week. -118 at draftkings, my number’s -131.Phillies ML -118DraftKings · 1u · 6:08 PMTailrams +4 is the other one. market moved the wrong way on the injury report. take the hook.tailing the philliesgood. grab it before it moves. BOL

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