Doug Greenberg

🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
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✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.

40-40 is a scorigami. congrats everybody

Host USA favored over Europe for Ryder Cup The United States will be favored going into the 45th Ryder Cup, with sportsbooks giving the Americans a slight edge over the talented European team by virtue of the notoriously rowdy Ryder Cup galler...

"The New York crowds are going to be a bit boisterous"

The United States will be favored going into the 45th Ryder Cup, with sportsbooks giving the Americans a slight edge over the talented European team by virtue of the notoriously rowdy gallery www.espn.com/golf/story/_...

Canelo odds vs. Crawford 'dropping like a rock' Canelo Alvarez is a consensus favorite across sportsbooks for Saturday's super middleweight title bout against Terence Crawford, but the underdog is making serious headway as the showdown in Las Vegas...

On Saturday morning, BetMGM reported taking a $2 million wager backing Terence Crawford (+140) on the two-way line against Canelo Alvarez.

It's one massive bet amid a sea of smaller ones backing Crawford, whose odds have shortened throughout the week: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Lynx favored to win title, then Aces and Liberty The Lynx are favored to win the WNBA title, followed by the Aces and Liberty.

The Minnesota Lynx will enter the WNBA playoffs favored to win it all for the first time since 2017, but they'll be watching over their shoulders for the surging Las Vegas Aces and reigning champion New York Liberty: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

🏈 BAL 40 - 41 BUF
FINAL

✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.

NFL betting storylines: Are Raiders this year's version of the 2024 Commanders? The Raiders are getting action as long shots, and Joe Burrow is getting MVP love. Here are the trends sportsbooks are seeing.

Are the Raiders this year's Commanders? Are the Packers for real with Micah Parsons? Is this Joe Burrow's MVP season?

We address these questions and more through the betting lens in 2025's NFL storylines: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Liverpool favored over Man City to repeat in EPL For the first time since the 2015-16 season, the Premier League will begin with a club not called Manchester City atop the odds board in the United States.

For the first time since the 2015-16 season, the Premier League will begin with a club not called Manchester City atop the odds board. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Very special thanks to @wyshynski.bsky.social for some key reporting on this one

Venmo requests and death threats: Heckling in the digital sports betting age Being an athlete in the public eye can have its perks, but also many challenges. The most recent one? Bettors requesting money if they aren't getting the wins.

"Oh, I'm No. 1 on that list right now. I had so many [fans] at one point that were requesting money."

In the social media age, the veil of anonymity and money at stake is creating a potentially troubling precedent for a new breed of hecklers. www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Texas first No. 1 team to be underdog in Week 1 Texas took the top spot in the preseason AP Top 25 for the first time in program history but still enters Week 1 as an underdog vs. No. 3 Ohio State.

Texas is a 2.5-point underdog to No. 3 Ohio State for their Week 1 showdown in Columbus, according to ESPN BET lines. Barring significant line movement, this would make the Longhorns the first ever top-ranked team to be an underdog in Week 1: www.espn.com/college-foot...

Celtics minority owner reaches deal to buy Connecticut Sun for record $325 million, AP source says A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal to buy the Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million and move the team to Boston, according to a person familiar with the sale.

A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal to buy the Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million and move the team to Boston, according to a person familiar with the sale.

Padres, M's see most betting action at deadline After making some of the biggest splashes of the MLB trade deadline, the Padres and Mariners emerged as the biggest odds movers and most popular selections for bettors in the futures markets.

After making some of the biggest splashes of the MLB trade deadline, the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners emerged as the biggest odds movers and most popular selections for bettors in the futures markets: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Scheffler Open favorite; public favors Europeans Scottie Scheffler, unsurprisingly, heads into another major as the betting favorite, but bettors are largely supporting European players ahead of the action teeing off from Northern Ireland at the Ope...

Scottie Scheffler, unsurprisingly, heads into another major as the betting favorite, but bettors are largely supporting European players for The Open Championship, notably Tommy Fleetwood (+2200), who has never won a major or PGA Tour event www.espn.com/golf/story/_...

Joey Chestnut officially finishes with 70.5 hot dogs and buns consumed, cashing under 71.5 (essentially) on the number

A bettor's dilemma: The White Sox and Rockies can't BOTH lose Betting against the White Sox and Rockies has been very profitable. What are you supposed to do when they meet?

MLB's schedule makers have shown themselves to have a twisted sense of humor or a genius read on the zeitgeist (possibly both) by scheduling the Chicago White Sox and Colorado Rockies for a Fourth of July series this year

They can't both lose... right? www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Chestnut huge favorite in hot dog eating contest After missing the 2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest over a sponsorship dispute, hot dog king Joey Chestnut is back in the competition for 2025 and is an enormous -1600 favorite to capture his recor...

Return of the glizzy king: Joey Chestnut is a -1600 favorite heading into the 2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. www.espn.com/espn/betting...

two men are standing next to each other in front of a building with soldiers standing in the background . ALT: two men are standing next to each other in front of a building with soldiers standing in the background .

Paul Skenes vs. Jacob Misiorowski on Wednesday

Durant deal, Haliburton injury shake up title odds The Rockets' trade for Kevin Durant and the injury suffered by the Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton shook up the early odds to win next season's NBA title, but the clear-cut favorite remains the champion Thu...

The Thunder are, of course, favorites to repeat next season, but significant developments from the weekend shook up the oddsboard beyond that

From @davidpurdum.bsky.social: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

Scheffler historic favorite ahead of U.S. Open A very strong field and an extremely difficult course can't stop bookmakers from making Scottie Scheffler a historic favorite for the 125th U.S. Open. His incredibly short odds also aren't preventing ...

A very strong field and an extremely difficult course can't stop bookmakers from making Scottie Scheffler a historic favorite for the 125th U.S. Open. His incredibly short odds also aren't preventing bettors from backing him en masse. www.espn.com/sports-betti...

So the Rockies beat the Yankees 😅

Why the 2025 Colorado Rockies are every bookmaker's nightmare Colorado has been dreadful in 2025. Doug Greenberg explores why sportsbooks are just as unhappy about that as Rockies fans.

The Colorado Rockies have lost 42 of their 50 games this season and with bettors fading them en masse, all bookmakers can do is sit back and watch in horror: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Liberty favored to win title; public backs Fever Read more on ESPN

The New York Liberty are favored to become the fourth team in WNBA history to win consecutive championships, but Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever are right behind them on the oddsboard and are very much the preference of the betting public: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Advisory to Journalists: The Dangerous Expansion of the Federal Wiretap Law Journalists, podcasters, and digital media professionals beware: the U.S. government is currently advancing a legal theory under 18 U.S.C. § 2511—the federal wiretap statute—that threatens to criminalize the mere act of downloading publicly available videos or listening to podcasts. This interpretation risks not only chilling investigative journalism but undermines the very foundation of freedom of the press. The federal wiretap law makes it a felony to intentionally “intercept”—that is, acquire the contents of—a “wire communication” unless you are a party to the communication or a party has given prior consent. Under 18 U.S.C. § 2510(1), a "wire communication" includes any transfer containing the human voice that travels at any point by wire or cable. Originally meant to prevent unlawful phone taps in 1968, the statute has not meaningfully evolved to reflect digital media distribution in the 21st century. As a result, many core journalistic practices today—listening to audio on a video stream, downloading a podcast, reviewing livestreamed footage—can be construed as “intercepting” a wire communication. And unlike “oral communications” (which are only protected if private) or “electronic communications” (which are exempt if publicly accessible), wire communications have no similar public-access defense. This leaves journalists legally vulnerable for accessing material that is otherwise freely available to the public. This is not just a theoretical risk. In Tampa, Florida, the U.S. Department of Justice is actively prosecuting my client, journalist Timothy Burke for allegedly violating the wiretap statute by downloading publicly accessible livestreamed interviews from a video server. The journalist used only a URL—no password, no hack, no deception. The government claims that because the streams included the human voice and were transmitted in part by wire or cable, they are “wire communications”. Under this interpretation, even if the stream was intended for public consumption, and even if no reasonable expectation of privacy existed, the act of acquiring and publishing the content becomes a federal felony. The government also asserts that the same communications are also “electronic communications,” where the law makes it clear that it is not a violation if the electronic communication is obtained from a server that is configured so that the communication is “readily accessible to the general public” -- however, the government has argued (and the court has agreed) that whether or not the communication was obtained from a publicly accessible server is a fact question that the journalist must prove at trial - not an element of the offense that the government must prove. This means that a journalist that obtains public information may still be subject to search, seizure, arrest, indictment and prosecution. The implications for the First Amendment are chilling. Under the government’s interpretation of interception of “wire communications”, the government could prosecute journalists based not on their methods, but on the content they choose to listen to or report on. The wiretap law also criminalizes the disclosure of the contents of a wire communication. Thus, quoting from a podcast or a leaked livestream could subject a reporter to criminal liability regardless of intent, public interest, or harm. This is a dangerous expansion of government authority. It converts the passive act of receiving a communication—something essential to journalism—into a criminal offense based solely on outdated statutory definitions and prosecutorial discretion. The broader issue is not just technical—it’s constitutional. A law that is so vague or overbroad that it allows the government to pick and choose whom to prosecute based on their speech, targets the very heart of press freedom. It is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment and overbroad under the First. By failing to modernize the statute—or at least to interpret it in line with modern communication platforms—the government risks turning millions of journalists, researchers, and citizens into potential criminals. The law as it stands today is an anachronism of the analog era being misapplied in a digital one. If you are a journalist, you should be alarmed. If the DOJ’s current theory prevails, simply clicking “play” could one day lead to prosecution. The press cannot operate in an environment where the law punishes access to speech—particularly where that speech is both public and newsworthy. The press must not only report on this misuse of power, but challenge it—legally, politically, and publicly. Because the right to receive and report information is not just a constitutional luxury. It’s a democratic necessity. -- Mark Rasch MDRasch@gmail.com (301) 547-6925

The federal government is attempting a radical, massive expansion of what constitutes "wiretapping" that threatens everyone working in media/as a journalist today and I hope you'll read this and share it with everyone you know.

I'm not just fighting this for me. I'm fighting it for everyone.

Scheffler, Rory PGA Championship betting faves Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the early betting favorites ahead of this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, but Bryson DeChambeau is garnering plenty of action from bettors with the thir...

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are nearly co-favorites, but it's Bryson DeChambeau that's generating the most buzz at sportsbooks ahead of the PGA Championship: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Betting the Eurovision Song Contest: How European sportsbooks navigate Europe's most popular betting niche The annual Eurovision Song Contest is this week. Doug Greenberg takes a look at some of the most popular bets.

Betting on the Eurovision Song Contest is a huge endeavor that will attract at least an estimated £200 million ($266 million) in wagers this year.

Had a lot of fun looking at one of the world's most popular betting niches: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Betting the Eurovision Song Contest: How European sportsbooks navigate Europe's most popular betting niche The annual Eurovision Song Contest is this week. Doug Greenberg takes a look at some of the most popular bets.

Betting on the Eurovision Song Contest is a huge endeavor that will attract at least an estimated £200 million ($266 million) in wagers this year.

Had a lot of fun looking at one of the world's most popular betting niches: www.espn.com/espn/betting...

Alex Ovechkin over 0.5 goals (-120) is the most-bet player prop by total handle across all sports at ESPN BET as of Sunday morning. It's the second-most wagered player prop of the day by total bets, trailing only Aaron Judge over 0.5 home runs (+175).

Florida opens as slim favorite over Houston The Florida Gators opened as a slim 1.5-point favorite over Houston heading into the men's college basketball national championship.

You say you wanted Madness? Tonight it delivered and we could be in for more on Monday www.espn.com/espn/betting...

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