The NFC West hogs the primetime stage in Week 10’s finale, with the San Francisco 49ers welcoming the Los Angeles Rams to the Bay Area for a battle in Levi’s Stadium.

Bookmakers go all out for the Monday Night Football odds, including a massive menu of NFL prop betting options. We’ve combed the Rams-49ers props, alternative odds and derivatives for our favorite betting picks — beyond the spread and total — for tonight’s divisional dance.

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The Chicago Bears enter this classic NFC North rivalry in rare air Sunday night. It’s only Week 2 but the Bears own the better record of the two division rivals as they visit the Green Bay Packers.

Chicago stunned the San Francisco 49ers in a wet and wild home opener last Sunday, while Green Bay was blown away by the Minnesota Vikings. Those results, however, have had little impact on the point spread for this primetime clash. The total, on the other hand, has undergone notable adjustments.

We break down the spread and Over/Under odds and give our best NFL picks and predictions for Bears vs. Packers on September 18.

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After a disappointing night in the NFL opener last Thursday night, Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Jacksonville Jaguars for the third time since last November. The Chiefs have bounced around from a 3- to a 3.5-point favorite on the NFL Week 2 odds board with a Week 2-high total of 51. 

With the Chiefs on extra rest, possibly getting some more bodies back in the lineup, and facing a Jacksonville team with a banged-up O-line, is getting the -3 the best move in the NFL odds heading into the weekend?

Here are my free NFL Week 2 picks for Chiefs vs. Jaguars.

Chiefs vs Jaguars odds

Chiefs vs Jaguars predictions

The Kansas City Chiefs missed Travis Kelce in Week 1 but they also let the…

The Indianapolis Colts welcome the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday. The Colts are 5-5 and looking to stay in the playoff race while the 4-6 Bucs will hope to snap out of a skid that has seen them drop five of their last six games.

NFL odds opened with Indy as a slim 1.5-point favorite before shifting to -2.5. Here are my best Buccaneers vs. Colts free NFL picks and predictions for November 26.

Buccaneers vs Colts odds

Buccaneers vs Colts predictions

Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew hasn’t looked great lately, but head coach Shane Steichen does a good job of taking what the defense gives him, and the Buccaneers defense gets burned through the air. In fact, the Bucs are actually first in the …

The Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers tonight in Super Bowl 58. While it’s a rematch of Super Bowl 54, a lot has changed in four years — starting with the 49ers being led by quarterback Brock Purdy.

The “Mr. Irrelevant” of the 2022 NFL Draft, Purdy has become a star in San Francisco and was the MVP front-runner until he threw four picks against the Ravens in Week 16. 

Purdy’s Super Bowl odds are expected to be a highly debated option in the NFL player props market. While he’s surrounded by game-changing weapons, an inexperienced signal-caller facing one of the league’s top defensive units still adds an element of uncertainty.

I break down the Brock Purdy odds and give my best NFL picks and predictions for how he’ll perform …

The Commanders vs. Ravens battle in the early window of NFL Week 6 is a must-see matchup pitting Rookie of the Year frontrunner Jayden Daniels against reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson. Both teams are hot going into this one, with Washington rattling off four straight victories and Baltimore boasting a three-game win streak.

My Commanders vs. Ravens NFL picks will attempt to extract value from the NFL player props for this game, so let’s get right into my favorite Commanders vs. Ravens same-game parlay with a generous potential payout. 

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With under eight months until the 2022 World Cup gets underway in Qatar, 17 of the 32 participants are yet to be confirmed.

Familiar heavyweights like Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, England and Germany have already sealed their places, but some other significant names still have a question mark over their participation later this year.

We are at the play-off mark in the UEFA and CAF regions, while group stages head towards conclusions in the AFC, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL sections.

It is a crucial point of the season at club level, but players must temporarily move their minds to their national sides as it is make-or-break for some of those still competing in qualifiers at this late stage. 

Here, Stats Perform runs through how qualifying is looking…

Bayer Leverkusen cruised to a 4-0 win over Feyenoord upon their return to the Champions League, but head coach Xabi Alonso said the result did not come easy.

Florian Wirtz s brace along with Alex Grimaldo s strike and Timon Wellenreuther s own-goal handed Leverkusen a comfortable advantage at the break.

The Bundesliga champions netted four goals in the first half of a game in a major European competition for just the third time after doing so twice in 1994 against PSV Eindhoven (4-2 HT) and GKS Katowice (4-0 HT).

Alonso s side also became the first away team to lead by four goals at half-time of a Champions League game since Bayern Munich led 4-0 at Viktoria Plzen in 2022.

Despite the scoreline suggesting a comfortable outing for Leverkusen, Alonso cred…

Pep Guardiola has clarified that he has not decided to leave Manchester City at the end of his contract in 2023, but confirmed he will take a break when his period at the club comes to an end.

Guardiola seemingly declared that he next two years would be his last at the Etihad Stadium this week when speaking at an XP Investimentos event. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach spoke of his desire to coach a national team.

After seven years at this team, I think I m going to have to stop, he said. I m going to have to take a break, see what we ve done, and review inspirations. 

And in the process, I would like to coach a national team – South American, European, playing a Copa America; I want to have that experience.

However, in a media confere…

MLS has altered its playoff format, introducing series for the first round similar to those seen in other American sports.

Like the NFL, the NBA, MLB and the NHL, MLS has always used a postseason format to decide its annual champions.

But from the coming season, which kicks off this weekend, it will follow in the footsteps of basketball, baseball and hockey with a further tweak.

For the first round of the playoffs – after the wild card matches – teams will play best-of-three series.

These will involve eight teams from each conference, including the winners of the wild card matches between the eighth and ninth seeds.

Again following the lead of the NBA, MLB and the NHL, every game in the series must have a winner, with penalties required if the…