Jim Tomlin

The 2026 Major League Soccer season began Feb. 21. Last year, veterans Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Oscar Ustari and Luis Suarez – all in their mid to late 30s – led Inter Miami to its first MLS Cup title. Will the old guard hold sway again in 2026, or will a youth movement […]

The Olympic break is over and players have returned to the NHL ice, so it’s a good time to assess where we are for NHL betting in the 2025-26 season. The trade deadline is also this Friday, as teams assess whether they need to make any changes, including at the coaching position. The Kings have gotten […]

There will be three NFL games in London in 2026, giving NFL betting customers a reason to wake up earlier than usual. We don’t know which NFL teams will play in these games, but we know that attending them won’t be cheap. Bookies.com looks at the cost of attending a 2026 London NFL game, for […]

The NFL Draft is a time of promise, when your favorite team increases its NFL betting chances for the future with smart selections. At least for some teams. Other teams wreck their fans’ hopes and make every NFL Draft pick feel doomed. Bookes.com has come up with an NFL Draft anxiety index in anticipation of […]

The appetite for legal, regulated sports betting sites continued unabated in 2025. Illinois reported its December numbers on Friday and Bookies.com can confirm that the nationwide sports betting handle topped $150 billion for the first time last year. Arizona has yet to report December figures, so the 2025 total is not 100% official, but the […]

The NFL takes itself very seriously – Protect The Shield and all that. But that doesn’t mean fans have to be so serious. Even as NFL betting peaks this Sunday with the Super Bowl 60 matchup between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, the whole point for fans should be to have fun. […]

The men’s World Cup is coming back to the United States for the first time since 1994, with Mexico and Canada co-hosting. Who will make the USMNT roster? Bookies.com, as part of our soccer betting insight, projected the final roster for the U.S. team for the upcoming 2026 World Cup. The quadrennial event is set […]

A two-time All-American safety who dominated the awards available at his position in 2025 is leaving college football behind and now awaits his fate in the 2026 NFL Draft. Former Ohio State star Caleb Downs won the Jim Thorpe Award (as the nation’s best defensive back) and the Ronnie Lott Trophy (defensive impact player of […]

The 2026 Winter Olympic in Italy are about as month away and Team USA has a major event, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, this week in St. Louis. Bookies.com, your source for the latest news and sports betting apps reviews, developed odds projecting which athletes will be representing the United States of America during the […]

Bookies.com has developed odds projecting which athletes will represent the United States of America in hockey during the 2026 Olympics in Milan. In June, the first six (out of 25 total) players were named. The final roster is expected to be announced by early January 2026. US sports betting sites will have a wide variety […]

For hockey fans all over North America, NHL betting is heating up just as temperatures are cooling. Speculation is especially heated for the northwesternmost team in the league. For weeks, there has been talk about whether the Vancouver Canucks will move All-Star defenseman Quinn Hughes. We have assembled these odds for where the 26-year-old Canucks […]

The 2025 NFL regular-season schedule was released in full on Wednesday, opening the possibility to visit all 30 NFL stadiums at least once (plus Europe).