Early Odds

A former NFL LB is trying to legalize sports betting and previewing college basketball's power conference tournaments(sans The Big Ten).

1:45 - Senator Napoleon Harris. The Illinois State Senator joins Joe to discuss his sports betting bill, career in the NFL, and the rest of his extraordinary life story before the age of 40. The free-flowing conversation includes starting in the Super Bowl as a rookie, playing for Al Davis, finding out that he was traded for Randy Moss, his stance on The Dave Duerson Act, paying student athletes, transitioning into politics, and solving a murder case.

35:15 - Eli Hershkovich. The host of the "Hersh On Hoops" podcast shares nine conference tournament picks in advance of Selection Sunday.

Twitter: @JoeO670, @SenHarrisIL, @EliHershkovich

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1:00 - A Big Ten basketball roundtable with The Chicago Sun-Times' Steve Greenberg and BTN.com's Alex Roux. The guys discuss this season's odd schedule, teams in/out of the NCAAs, conference tournament winner/sleepers, Illinois, and Northwestern. They also make predictions on the national championship and dark horses, primed for deep runs.

33:55 - MLB division odds and Big Ten, West Coast conference tournaments with The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler.

45:10 - Big Ten, West Coast, Ohio Valley, Missouri Valley, Southern, and Horizon conference tournament picks with Eli Hershkovich, host of the "Hersh on Hoops" podcast.

Twitter: @JoeO670, @SLGreenberg, @arouxBTN, @aaronkessler, @EliHershkovich

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College Basketball's highly ranked teams are losing, buy/sell the SEC, and whether or not Mike Ditka bet on Super Bowl XX with The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler (:45). The new-look Cavs, the MVP race isn't over, tanking, and Derrick Rose's future with The Athletic's Michael Scotto (10:55). An update on the New Jersey case and the number of states that will have legalized sports gambling before the 2018 NFL season with gaming/sports attorney Daniel Wallach (28:35).

Twitter: @JoeO670, @aaronkessler, @MikeAScotto, @WALLACHLEGAL

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Yu Darvish is a Cub, initial reactions to MLB win totals, and early thoughts on the 2018 World Series with Joe's radio co-host, Barry Rozner (1:45). How Darvish changes the Cubs' World Series odds, the longggg list of College Basketball contenders, and a popular pretender with The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler (21:45).

Twitter: @JoeO670, @BarryRozner, @aaronkessler

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Fly Eagles, Fly! Joe checks in with The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler on the aftermath of Super Bowl 52. Did Nick Foles boost his profile more than Jimmy Garoppolo? The best/worst of the SB props, Bettor X, and the early popular teams for next season (1:10). Joe explained why he lived the "no hedge life" with his Eagles 40-1 ticket and whether or not a lesson was learned (25:40).

The football season is over, but Early Odds isn't going away.

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The Super Bowl Special! A Patriots-Eagles breakdown, props, and picks from The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler and three top finishers in The Super Contest.

1:00 - Aaron Kessler (assistant sports book director at The Golden Nugget)

14:00 - Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports)

27:00 - Ty Schalter (fivethirtyeight.com, theathletic.com/detroit, lionswire.usatoday.com)

38:40 - Mark Jorstad (a farmer and 2016 Super Contest runner-up)

52:35 - Joe brings Aaron back for their Super Bowl picks

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Super Bowl 52 is set between the Patriots and Eagles! The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler joins Joe to talk about how the books playoff domination continued, the Super Bowl line, a point spread with Carson Wentz, advice for Eagles SB tickets holders, and look at a couple of strong options for next year's Super Bowl (1:45). Spencer McIlmoyle also jumped on to discuss his 3-team parlay to pay $41K, if he made a move or let it ride with New England, and give some early Masters picks (23:40).

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Championship Sunday is set after a legendary day of NFL action! Joe Ostrowski and The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler go over the NFC and AFC Championship lines (:35). The NFL coaching carousel continues. What are the best and worst hires so far? (13:10) Aaron gives his best values of the 2018-19 CFB futures. (17:40) The guys wrap up with their Championship Sunday PICKS! (20:20)

Joe Ostrowski and The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler explain how the house cleaned up on Wild Card Weekend (0:55). They preview Divisional Round Weekend, going over the biggest sharps vs squares game and if we should weigh regular season results (4:30). Joe and Aaron also preview the Alabama-Georgia National Championship (18:05) and give their PICKS (21:45).

Joe Ostrowski and The Golden Nugget's Aaron Kessler get right to the action and preview the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs (1:00). The guys also discuss the biggest winners and losers on NFL season win totals, the next Sean McVay, Alabama-Georgia, and a couple of Super Bowl matchup props to consider (11:15). Joe and Aaron wrap up with their picks and are going oppo in the first round of the postseason (21:05)