This weekend DAZN (pronounced Da Zone) will host the Canelo Alvarez fight on its streaming service. It will be the first of 11 fights Alvarez agreed to do on DAZN. For these 11 fights — to take place over the next five years — DAZN paid Alvarez $365 million. The contract was an eye popping… Read more »


Redskins On Autofade In Week 15 Confidence Pool
Our 10-6 record from Week 14 Confidence Pool play is misleading because it wasn’t even as good as that. Two of our big favorites, Steelers and Patriots, were upset, although our top play, the LA Chargers, did come through. Let’s check out Week 15 where we rate our most confident straight up pick from (16)… Read more »
The Daily Outkick: Thursday, December 13, 2018
NFL Moving Closer to Entering Sports Betting Business (The Action Network) While the NFL has staunchly opposed sports gambling publicly, preferring to wait for federal legislation, the league began to take steps on Wednesday behind closed doors to capitalize on the business. Zion Williamson Is The Best College Basketball Player In At Least A Decade (538) Ten… Read more »
The Daily Outkick: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Never Miss a Show! Follow Clay Travis on YouTube The 17 Gripping Minutes That Captivated Washington (Politico) In the Oval Office, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer clashed in spectacular fashion, with the cameras rolling and shocked reporters watching. This Is the Most Important Week of the N.F.L. Season. Here’s Why (New York Times) Of the 16… Read more »
Anonymous Mailbag
Happy Tuesday. Today is the absolute last day you can order an autographed copy of my new book, “Republicans Buy Sneakers Too,” and have it delivered at your house before Christmas. The. Absolute. Last. Day. So go buy one today if you want one yourself or you want to give it as a gift to… Read more »
2019 Early Heisman Odds: Tua Leads Pack (Again)
Had Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa performed his routine heroics in the 2018 SEC championship game, then chances are the ratings for ESPN’s Heisman show last Saturday night would have been that much higher due to at least a touch of suspense. However, as we know Tua struggled for the first time all season due to an… Read more »
The Daily Outkick: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Make Sure to Subscribe to Clay on YouTube! Never Miss a Show On Russell Wilson’s Worst Night, Seahawks’ New-look Defense Delivered Its Best Game (Seattle Times) It was a watershed moment for fans who once cheered on Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, and Kam Chancellor. For the first time all season, they forgot they weren’t around.… Read more »
On Kyler Murray and Social Media Shaming
Saturday night Kyler Murray won the Heisman trophy. By later that evening Murray’s offensive Tweets, sent when he was a teenager, had emerged, eventually leading many top mainstream media outlets to run stories about the Tweets. This has become an all too common theme and, frankly, it’s patently absurd and indefensible from a journalistic perspective… Read more »
The Daily Outkick: Monday, December 10, 2018
Subscribe to Clay Travis on YouTube! Never Miss An Episode ‘Miami Miracle’ Final Play Lifts Dolphins Past Patriots 34-33 (Miami Herald) Bedlam. Insanity. Dolphins football. Their game looked over. Their season too. Then a miracle. Inside the Fight for the Future of the Denver Broncos (Wall Street Journal) Under Pat Bowlen’s leadership, the Broncos were the model… Read more »
Vegas’s Top Six & Bowl Game Picks
By Todd Fuhrman This is an unusual version of our piece but given it’s an unusual week for college football bettors we must adjust. Below you’ll find the Bet the Board Top 6 teams (who would be favored on a neutral field), a very quick peak at the College Football playoff, New Year’s Day Odds, and the current… Read more »
All That and a Bag of Mail
It’s Friday, rejoice. If you’d like to buy an autographed copy of my new book for Christmas you can do so here. Okay, here we go with the mailbag. Cody writes: “As I watched the eulogies and stories on George H W Bush it’s clear that he will go down in history as one of… Read more »
The Daily Outkick: Friday, December 7, 2018
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: UCF Should Look ‘Inward’ to Address CFP Rankings Issues (Advocate) Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey recommended UCF look “inward” to address strength of schedule issues that have held back the Knights in the College Football Playoff rankings. Derrick Henry’s 99-Yard Touchdown Highlights Record-Setting Day (New York Times) The Jacksonville Jaguars had absolutely no… Read more »
SEC Goes Bowling: Picks On All 11 Games
Eleven of the 14 SEC teams received bowl invitations, with Alabama leading the way as the top team in the nation and one of four to gain entrance into the College Football Playoff. Let’s check out the semifinal matchup between the Crimson Tide and the Oklahoma Sooners as well as the matchups for each and… Read more »
ESPN Rips Redskins For Signing Reuben Foster While Promoting Greg Hardy
During Monday Night Football ESPN stopped calling a tight game in the fourth quarter between the Redskins and the Eagles to allow Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten and Booger McFarland to address the Redskins signing of Reuben Foster. Foster, who was released by the San Francisco 49ers and has been accused of domestic assault for a… Read more »
The Daily Outkick: Thursday, December 6, 2018
Nation Bids Farewell to President George H.W. Bush (New York Times) The nation bade farewell on Wednesday to George Herbert Walker Bush, the patriarch of one of the most consequential political dynasties of modern times and the president who presided over the end of the Cold War and the beginning of a new era of American… Read more »
Bolts Batter Bengals in Week 14 Confidence Pool
After a white-hot Week 12 Confidence Pool, we cooled in Week 13 by going 9-7 straight up, but it was the Packers getting stunned by the Cardinals in the 14th spot and Saints losing to the Cowboys at No. 11 that did the damage. Let’s move on to Week 14 where we rate our most… Read more »
Week 14 Upset Alert: Bucs Shock Saints & Niners Buck Broncos
Last week we once again had an underdog straight-up upset as the Tampa Bay Bucs defeated the Carolina Panthers as 3½-point dogs, which means if you tailed this pick it not only cashed with the points but on the money line as well! We weren’t nearly as fortunate with the Jets, as they fell to… Read more »
The Daily Outkick: Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Urban Meyer “Retires” At Ohio State (Outkick) Look, everyone knew Urban Meyer’s time at Ohio State was coming close to an end because he’d gone all Urban Florida on us. You know the signs — program is in decline, off field issues become all encompassing, suddenly his health is in question and he has to “retire.”… Read more »
Anonymous Mailbag
Rejoice, it’s Tuesday, and time for the anonymous mailbag. Before we get rolling if you want an autographed copy of my new book you get a free autographed copy of the book as part of a yearly subscription to the Outkick VIP. You can also buy an autographed copy of the book for $50 here. And… Read more »
Urban Meyer “Retires” At Ohio State
Look, everyone knew Urban Meyer’s time at Ohio State was coming close to an end because he’d gone all Urban Florida on us. You know the signs — program is in decline, off field issues become all encompassing, suddenly his health is in question and he has to “retire.” So the big question here isn’t… Read more »