13:34 – Who won NBA free agency and how did they move the futures markets? 

14:44 – The Golden State Warriors are looking pretty undervalued. 

15:50 – On how Kawhi Leonard jiggled the championship lines in real-time. 

17:40 – How you should consider the Milwaukee Bucks when betting NBA futures. 

19:18 – Are there any other big NBA free agency signings that could jolt the lines? 

21:20 – Julian Edlow loves the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference.

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie drinks a symbolic tequila toast, analyzes the New Jersey sports betting market from germination to July and ruminates on what comes next, including maybe, perhaps, politics.

 And in the second and final installment of our series on the Chicago Black Sox Scandal, Society for American Baseball Research scholar Jacob Pomrenke puts the legacies of Shoeless Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver in perspective.

Kevin Durant to the Nets, in a year and a half. Kyrie Irving to Brooklyn immediately. Kawhi Leonard …. who knows. Maybe he was just sparing Toronto a bummer of a Canada Day as NBA free agency opened. Agents and general managers were pummeling each other like UFC fighters.

Speaking of which, UFC239 is this weekend and Jon Jones’ insatiable consumption of the light heavyweight division, according to oddsmakers, will continue. Pass the pepper, Thiago Santos.

As the manic NBA free agency festival draws ever near, there is speculation aplenty about landing spots for superstars and how a certain non-functional Achilles tendon could change everything. 

And Badder Beats unveils Part I of an informative and entertaining interview surrounding the 100th anniversary of the Chicago Black Sox scandal with Jacob Pomrenke, chairman of the Society for American Baseball Research’s committee on the topic.

Live from the Turf Room at Monmouth Park Racetrack - where the first legal sports bet was placed by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in June, 2018 – Gambling.com Group Plc presents the first-annual American Gambling Awards.

Brant overcomes jet lag from his tour of Europe, then we talk with Golfweek columnist and Golf Channel contributor Eamon Lynch. We also go over the NBA Finals - and predict the winner of a Stanley Cup finals game that already happened. Plus we rip on Brant more as he announces his new-found love for cappuccinos and long-standing appreciation for opera.

Thom Cunningham of Bookies.com fills in more than admirably for Brant James, as the two hosts discuss Andy Ruiz Jr.'s shocking upset, preview the 2019 Women's World Cup and give some hot(!) takes on the Stanley Cup finals

On the eve of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors, Bookies.com contributor Mark Strotman joins the podcast with a bevy of prop bets and intel worth your time.

And in the big interview, Ed Miller and Matthew Davidow, co-authors of the lavishly praised and highly-worth-your-time “The Logic of Sports Betting” join Brant James for the first installment of a perspicacious interview.

Proving that draft day sometimes comes before Memorial Day (and Carb Day always does), Badder Beats unleashes a deep, deep roster. 

It’s a P1 (as in podcast and pole position). 

New York Times best-selling author Matthew Berry, host of The Fantasy Show on ESPN+, comes aboard for musings on the new synergy between the fantasy and sports betting spheres. 

2016 Indy 500-winner Alexander Rossi chimes in on how the bookmakers rate him.

On the one-year anniversary of the dynamiting of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, the ICE North America gaming trade show opens in the sprawling Boston Seaport district, drawing influencers from around the globe.

Half of the podcast joined them, with Brant James prowling the hallways and interview rooms in search of the hot topics in the legal sports betting industry.