The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast

There are a number of tantalizing spots to bet across the NFL this week, but Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter must narrow down their top plays as Sunday looms. Together they select their Big Balls Bet of the Week, make a survivor play, plus a few other sides they're targeting for the weekend. #Herd #ColinCowherd #Volume See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another profitable week for Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter is the backdrop for a rousing Week 3 slate full of intrigue and hard decisions. Together the duo go through every game from top to bottom, discussing Tom Brady's frustrations, the backstabbing Panthers, the all-or-nothing Indianapolis Colts and so much more. #Herd #ColinCowherd #Volume See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

Underdogs howled last week, but now it's time for Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter to settle on their Faves Five picks of the week. Together they narrow down their betting card, and select a Big Balls Bet of the Week,  play a round of Scooch Roulette, and dive into all their favorite picks for a loaded Week 2 slate. Plus, we here some love for the lowly Jets, the plucky Saints an...

After kicking off the season with a sizzlin' 5-0 record in their Faves Five best bets, Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter return to survey the betting landscape for NFL Week 2. Together they look at underdogs, trap spots, struggling quarterbacks and so much more. Plus they remind themselves that winning ugly is the best way to win in the NFL. #Herd #ColinCowherd #Volume See omnystu...

It's time to lock in our top plays of Week 1, and Chad Millman and Simon Hunter of Action Network are ready to roll. Together they build their Faves Five card, along with a Big Balls Bet of the Week, underdog moneyline round robin, and so much more. Is now the time to back Mike Tomlin? How bad are the Jets? All these questions answered, and so much more. #herd See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

Looks like we've made it, folks. NFL Week 1 is upon us, and Action Network experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter return to preview every game on the NFL slate. Together they go from Thursday Night Football to Monday Night Football, covering all the action from a betting perspective, and giving out their favorite sides along the way. Later this week they'll look to narrow down their top five favori...

The NFL offseason is hurtling to a swift conclusion, so Action Network betting experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter return with a roundup of their top picks heading into Week 1. The guys are high on the Jaguars and Eagles, but hesitant to buy the hype on the Buffalo Bills. Plus, we hear their takes on each division, their darkhorse MVP candidates and so much more. #Herd See omnystudio.com/listene...

The first major slate of the college football season is this week, with matchups lasting from Thursday all the way through Labor Day evening. Here to help Chad Millman and Simon Hunter break it all down are Action Network experts Stuckey and Collin Wilson, who go through some of their favorite bets, plus a dive into Michigan and Ohio State, the College Football Player, why Collin won't speak Billy...

Sports media impresario Colin Cowherd swings by the show again for a rousing discussion about the wild AFC West. Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter discuss their favorites picks across a division loaded with quarterback talent, and breakdown their rationale for futures bets. Later, they ask Colin his opinion on the best signalcallers out west, and get his pick for who he thinks tak...

Colin Cowherd joins the show this week to discuss two of the best divisions in the NFL. On today's show, we start with the NFC West, where Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter offer their favorite gambling picks out west for 2022. Later, they pepper Colin with questions about coaching matchups and quarterback play, and they discuss Kyle Shanahan's ascension, Sean McVay's culture-buil...

Today we preview two divisions Action Network host Chad Millman never misses a chance to poke fun at. Referring to them as "culturally speaking, the least relevant divisions in the NFL," together with his co-host Simon Hunter they preview all eight teams top to bottom from a betting perspective. The Tennessee Titans have long punched about their weight class, but can it continue? Will the Saints p...

NFL veteran-turned-media personality Ross Tucker joins Action Network gambling experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter for a dive into the NFC East. Tucker is an expert on this division, with two stops within the NFC East during a seven-year NFL career, plus his current job as an analyst for the Philadelphia Eagles. Plus, he's the co-host of the sports betting podcast "Even Money," so he's happy to...

The Super Bowl favorite Buffalo Bills are atop the preseason AFC East odds board, and today's guest Tim Graham is no stranger to life in Buffalo. He's a senior writer for The Athletic, with a decades-long journalism resume that includes stints at ESPN, the Palm Springs Post and the Buffalo News, which has made him one of the most connected, pragmatic and well-respected voices not only in the annal...

Today's guest is Steve Magness, a performance expert, coach and author of the new book "Do Hard Things."  He's coached some of the top distance runners in the world, and literally wrote the book on the subject. But his newest book asks its readers to re-think how they perceive the prevailing model of toughness and its mentality of fear, false bravado, and hiding weakness.  Sports betting is famous...

Our exhaustive division-by-division NFL betting previews begins at the top of the map, as Action Network's Chad Millman and Simon Hunter welcome back their colleague Chris Raybon to discuss the AFC and NFC North. Are the Ravens a team to fade at current prices? Are the Steelers a team ready to surprise? And is a new coach just the answer the Minnesota Vikings have been waiting for? All this and so...

Actual NFL games return this week with the 2022 season kickoff Hall of Fame Game, a sloppy preseason spectacle only a gambler could love. The annual rite of summer is the perfect time for Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter to bring on Chris Raybon, an expert in NFL player projections and betting NFL preseason games. Chris is also the co-host of the Fantasy Flex podcast, where he an...

What are the top gambling movies of all-time? A friend of the podcast returns to help us decide.  Michael Lasker is a true Hollywood insider, a top talent manager at Mosaic in Los Angeles and was recently named one of the 40 Most Powerful People in Comedy by the Hollywood Reporter. Most importantly, he's a huge film buff and legitimate Oscars savant.  Along with Action Network hosts Chad Millman a...

Today's guest Jimmy Traina has spent over 20 years as a writer/producer at SI.com, becoming one of the most widely-respected names in sports media today. Both his daily column Traina Thoughts  and his weekly Sports Illustrated Media Podcast episodes are mandatory consumption for those eager to understand the evolving landscape of sports media.  Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter pe...

It's not everyday we're joined by a four-time champion, but today we're lucky enough to welcome "The All-American" Chris Weidman, former UFC middleweight titleholder. Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter, along with UFC betting expert Sean Zerillo, hit Chris with questions about his comeback status from a devastating leg break last year, his abilities as a MMA bettor, his acting care...

Former NFL quarterback Jordan Palmer has become the go-to QB coach for prospective NFL starters, utilizing the knowledge he gained during his professional career to establish the elite training camp QB Summit, where his recent trainees have included Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, and Trevor Lawrence, among many others. Palmer provides fascinating answers to Action hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter abou...

One of the greatest New York Giants of all-time, friend of the podcast Tiki Barber joins Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter to talk about about Russell Wilson, the value of teamwork, his reality show athletic prowess, a new partnership with Knights of Degen and so much more. #Herd See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baker Mayfield is now a Carolina Panther, and NFL questions have been streaming in for Action Network Chief Content Officer Chad Millman and his pro gambler co-host Simon Hunter. So together they wade through questions about the Panthers prospects in the NFC South, MVP longshots, Patrick Mahomes as a poker player, the worst stadium name in the NFL and so much more. #Herd See omnystudio.com/listene...

Our intrepid Action Network hosts Chad Millman and pro gambler Simon Hunter receive tons of questions during the NFL season and beyond. Today we continue our effort to answer as many of them as possible with an all-new mailbag episode of the show. But before the fellas dive into listener queries, first they welcome on Action's predictive analytics experts Sean Koerner and Nick Giffen for another r...

NFL Training Camps are a month away, but that won't stop us from diving headfirst towards the pylon on NFL fantasy enlightenment with Action Network fantasy expert Chris Raybon. He joins host Chad Millman and pro gambler Simon Hunter to dive into the biggest differences his rankings are showing in relation to current Average Draft Position across the major skill positions of quarterback, running b...

Are you a news junkie? Do you wish you could bet on election outcomes or world events? Today's guest Alex "Keendawg" Keeney is an expert in doing just that. He joins Action Network hosts Chad Millman and pro gambler Simon Hunter to discuss the world of online prediction markets, and how thousand of traders invest millions of dollars in markets as diverse as the next GOP presidential nominee to the...