Live wire
NFL
Reunion for Jim Harbaugh and Jesse Minter comes with both the…
wire ·
6:58 PM ET
NFL
GM Joe Hortiz says Chargers were listening to trade offers, n…
wire ·
6:56 PM ET
NFL
Week 10 Thursday night inactives: Washington Commanders at Ne…
NFL.com ·
6:54 PM ET
NBA
Rockets' Marcus Smart suspended three games for punch
wire ·
6:36 PM ET
NFL
Cardinals' rookie QB Carson Beck makes his NFL debut against …
wire ·
6:33 PM ET
NFL
Raiders QB Fernando Mendoza’s first start will come against t…
wire ·
6:29 PM ET
NFL
Joe Hortiz says Chargers were listening to trade offers
ESPN NFL ·
6:26 PM ET
WNBA
PREVIEWING Commanders vs. Giants ahead of Thursday Night Foot…
ESPN WNBA ·
6:22 PM ET
NFL
QB Kyle McCord eager to make his 1st NFL start as Dolphins an…
wire ·
6:10 PM ET
NBA
Rockets' Marcus Smart suspended three games for punch
ESPN NBA ·
6:02 PM ET
NFL
Dan Orlovsky & Jason McCourty break down the impact Kirk Cous…
ESPN NFL ·
5:57 PM ET
NFL
NFL rushing leaders in spotlight as Kenneth Walker III and Ch…
wire ·
5:44 PM ET
NFL
Ravens QB Jacoby Brissett immersed in 'crash course' for Char…
wire ·
5:44 PM ET
NFL
La mejor pareja de safeties de la liga está en Green Bay
NFL.com ·
5:42 PM ET

Big Mike, the sharpest news in sports

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 · BIG MIKE’S DESKBoard as of 7:27 PM ET
NBAAnalysis · 8:30 AM ET · Nov 11

NBA Line Movement Today: No Miss to Chase, Just a 3-1 Night and the Receipts to Prove It

Three of four picks beat the close and the board still only cleared +1.1 units, proof that on a quiet Tuesday the grind is the whole game.

Big Mike's Desk
MLBMorning Read · 6:05 AM ET · Nov 11

MLB Morning Read: Mets and Dodgers Both Circling Tarik Skubal as Stove Heats Up

Two big-market front offices are set to sit down with the best arm on the board, while the Padres bet on a reclamation project with a 7.62 ERA attached.

NFLBreaking · 7:35 PM ET · Nov 10

Colts Keep Jonathan Taylor and Daniel Jones at the Deadline, Trade Away Everything Around Them

Indianapolis shipped four veterans for picks but protected two nine-figure signing bonuses, a split that tells you more about the next GM search than it does about Sunday.

CFBBreaking · 7:35 PM ET · Nov 10

Army-Navy Moves Up a Week in 2027 to Protect Its Standalone Date from the Expanded CFP

The 128th meeting shifts to Dec. 4, 2027, and a presidential executive order is part of the reason the rivalry gets its own weekend at all.

MLBBreaking · 7:35 PM ET · Nov 10

Max Fried Injury Update: Yankees Ace Had Bone Spur Removed From Throwing Elbow

The procedure was a clean-out, not a reconstruction, and that distinction is the whole story for anyone tracking the Yankees rotation toward spring.

How it arrives

This is tomorrow’s 11am text.

Big Mike lives in iMessage. Members get every play as his text around 11am and 5pm ET, with the book paying the most and the slip one tap away. Text him back and he answers.

Get tomorrow’s 11am textAdd him to a group chat
Monthly starts free for 7 days, then $25/mo.
Big MikeExample
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

Where the books are wrong right now. Every price below is paying more than the market’s own fair number.

CFBBoston College Eagles MLBoston College Eagles @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Novig+3604fair 4.1%+51.3%Badly mispricedFull board
CFBBoston College Eagles MLBoston College Eagles @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish
ProphetX+3136fair 4.1%+32.1%Badly mispricedFull board
CFBMiddle Tennessee Blue Raiders MLMiddle Tennessee Blue Raiders @ Liberty Flames
ProphetX+1274fair 8.4%+15.5%Badly mispricedFull board
Big Mike calls the ones worth taking while the number’s still good.
NFL Picks TodayCFB Picks TodayMLB Picks TodayWNBA Picks TodayEV CalculatorKelly CalculatorParlay CalculatorNo-Vig Fair OddsWhat is +EV?The Record
Big Mike · Moneyline · All time497–311–1

Every pick since June 23, graded with live odds. Nothing deleted, nothing cherry-picked, losses on the wall with the wins.

61.5%Win rate
+21.9uUnits at 1u a play
809Graded in public
MLB271–182WNBA109–50NHL47–28NFL34–28–1CFB32–17NBA4–6
Every pick, graded public ›
Big Mike, the orange bear, gym bag in hand
About the authorBig Mike

Big Mike is the analyst behind every pick and every column on this site. He reads the lines all night so you don’t have to, and keeps his whole record on the wall, wins and losses both.

Who is Big Mike ›
How the engine earns its picksAdd Mike to a group chatLearn the terms he uses
GET BIG MIKE

Reading it is free. Betting it at the wrong number isn’t.

His whole board live, your bets graded against the close, and the best number on every play. 61.5% on the moneyline board · 808 picks graded in public.