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On the Thursday January 24 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Brad Powers of BradPowersSports.com for this week’s Powers Picks segment. Adam and Brad discussed initial thoughts on Super Bowl LIII, the line movement we’ve seen so far, prop betting strategies, and then the Pac-12 in college basketball.

Brad had some thoughts on the opening numbers and the initial action for the Super Bowl between the Patriots and Rams and the guys also talked a little bit about why they think the line is moving and what will happen as we go forward. They discussed the prop betting strategies required to conquer the 800+ prop bets that we’ll see out there in the market. Finally, the Pac-12 is a mess of a conference, but somebody has to emerge. Is it a one-bid league? Who is the team best positioned to make a nice run?

On the Thursday January 24 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Tony George from Doc’s Sports for the Picks & Predictions segment. Adam and Tony discussed Super Bowl 53 and the initial line movement, what injuries like the one suffered by Victor Oladipo mean in the NBA, and the SEC vs. Big 12 Challenge in college basketball.

Early sharp movement seems to favor the Rams. Is that something that Tony agrees with? When will we see another wave of money? How is Tony organizing his prop betting strategies? On the NBA side, the Pacers are down a superstar. What does that mean in terms of adjustments? Will other Eastern Conference contenders smell blood? On the college basketball side, Kansas vs. Kentucky highlights the SEC vs. Big 12 Challenge. Adam and Tony discussed the teams involved and talked about how they stack up against each other.

On the Wednesday January 23 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Bryan Leonard of WagerTalk.com for this week’s Sports Wagering Talk segment. The guys hit on Super Bowl LIII with a discussion of the early lines and how to organize your thoughts for betting the props market. They also touched on some second half college basketball betting strategies.

Adam and Bryan discussed finding value in the props market with game and player props and talked about what stats and trends you want to consider when it comes to looking at those alternative ways of betting the Super Bowl.

On the Wednesday January 23 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Wes Reynolds, @WesReynolds1 on Twitter, for the Wednesday Wagering segment. The guys talked about Super Bowl LIII and prop betting, the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, and tonight’s Purdue vs. Ohio State matchup.

With the Super Bowl, Adam and Wes discussed the initial line movement that we’ve seen and about some of the thought processes for the big game. They also touched on a strategy for tackling all of the prop bets that will be posted. The Farmers Insurance Open has a really strong field and Wes had a strong set of opinions with his picks. Finally, what’s the deal with Ohio State and why do they keep getting so much respect? Wes answered with his thoughts on tonight’s game vs. Purdue.

On the Tuesday January 22 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Ralph Michaels of WagerTalk.com for this week’s Capping the Card segment. Adam and Ralph discussed the early betting odds and line moves for Super Bowl LIII and continued our conference breakdowns by talking about the Big East and the Horizon League.

The line for Patriots vs. Rams has been bouncing around a little bit and the guys gave their thoughts on that and talked about when to enter the market for the Super Bowl. Then it was all about college basketball, as the guys looked at the Big East and the Horizon League in deep detail to showcase some betting angles, situational spots, and to rank the teams in those leagues. Ralph’s top plays for Tuesday night wrapped up the segment.

On the Tuesday January 22 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brian Blessing, the host of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline, for this week’s Betting the Board segment. Adam and Brian talked about initial Super Bowl LIII thoughts, the Road to the Kentucky Derby, and the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

We’ve seen some movement already on the Super Bowl, so Adam got Brian’s take on what we’ve seen so far and what we will see going forward. The guys also took a look at some very early Kentucky Derby odds and passed along some tips for how to bet on horse racing. Then they talked about Tiger Woods’s return to the PGA Tour with this week’s Farmers Insurance Open and Brian gave out his favorite picks for this event.

On the Monday January 21 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com for this week’s Handicapping the Hardwood segment. Adam and Kyle took a deep dive into the Big Sky Conference, talked some follow and fade teams, and previewed four games for this week in college basketball betting.

Be sure to check out Kyle’s daily college basketball picks article at BangTheBook.com and also to catch both segments on BangTheBook Radio throughout the week. The guys looked at two regression candidates in Conference USA and also went way under the radar for today’s fade and follow programs. Texas Tech vs. Kansas State, Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan, Marshall vs. Louisiana Tech, and NC State vs. Louisville were the four games under the spotlight, with one a possible look-ahead to a premium play.

On the Monday January 21 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Joe Everett of DraftScouts and Insider Football for the NFL Week in Review & Super Bowl LIII Preview. Adam and Joe recapped what we saw in the conference championship games and gave some initial thoughts on the matchups that matter for Patriots vs. Rams on February 3.

The guys looked back at Rams vs. Saints and Patriots vs. Chiefs to talk about some of the different things that the winners were able to exploit and also discussed what the two-week layoff means for Sean McVay, who hasn’t done this before, and Bill Belichick, who has done this a lot. They also talked about the X’s and O’s to pay attention to as you start to think about prop bets.

On the Friday January 18 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com for this week’s second Handicapping the Hardwood segment. On this segment, the guys took a deep dive into the Sun Belt Conference, tackled regression candidates, and looked at four Saturday games, including Virginia vs. Duke.

The Sun Belt is a conference where some good money can be made because of the small talent gaps and the good travel spots, so that was a primary focus as we keep breaking down the conferences. The guys also talked about some regression candidates and some fade and follow teams for the short-term and the long-term. Finally, they discussed four games for Saturday, including Virginia vs. Duke, Oklahoma vs. Texas, and a couple of really noteworthy scheduling spots.

On the Friday January 18 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Christian Pina of the Sports Gambling Podcast, who is also a new UFC contributor to BangTheBook.com, for a breakdown of UFC Fight Night 143. This UFC Brooklyn fight card is the first on ESPN and has a main event of Henry Cejudo and TJ Dillashaw.

Adam and Christian looked at the main card fights to find some betting value and discussed some of Christian’s favorite betting opportunities up and down the card, including the Paige VanZant vs. Rachael Ostovich fight and also a very live underdog on the preliminary card.