XFL

    USFL primer: What you need to know to bet

    Steve Makinen goes team by team and finds some familiar names ahead of opening weekend. Also: Where else are you going to find USFL power ratings?

    A farewell to the XFL season

    What a difference a week makes. Just seven days ago, our biggest worry at the Tuley’s Takes home office was what it would be like to handicap NCAA tournament games played without fans. The coronavirus looked like an international crisis that was “over there” and would not affect our lives in the U.S., especially our preferred activity of sports betting. That all changed, of course, when news broke Wednesday night that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for the coronavirus.

    USFL primer: What you need to know to bet

    Steve Makinen goes team by team and finds some familiar names ahead of opening weekend. Also: Where else are you going to find USFL power ratings?

    A farewell to the XFL season

    What a difference a week makes. Just seven days ago, our biggest worry at the Tuley’s Takes home office was what it would be like to handicap NCAA tournament games played without fans. The coronavirus looked like an international crisis that was “over there” and would not affect our lives in the U.S., especially our preferred activity of sports betting. That all changed, of course, when news broke Wednesday night that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for the coronavirus.