Brian Edwards Sports Blog

Seriously, Jacksonville?

Published on March 22 at 12:20 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards Whether it’s a sports franchise or any business of any sort, there are decisions to be made that have...

East Region Semifinals

Published on March 22 at 1:43 a.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards These East Region games will be played at TD Garden in Boston. **Wisconsin vs. Syracuse** –As of Wednesday afternoon,...

West Region Semifinals

Published on March 22 at 1:30 a.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards These games will be played at US Airways Arena in Phoenix. **Michigan State vs. Louisville** –As of Wednesday afternoon,...

Sweet 16 Primer

Published on March 19 at 3:10 p.m. Eastern By Brian Edwards The field of 68 has been reduced to 16. We’ve yet to see a buzzer beater or an overtime...

Sunday’s Late NCAA Action

Published on March 18 at 3:50 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards These games will be played in Omaha. **Norfolk St. vs. Florida** –As of early Saturday night, most betting shops...

Bracket Sleepers, Futures and Nuggets

Published on March 12 at 10:40 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards **Sleepers** When I think of sleeper teams, I’m talking about squads that are seeded fifth or lower and are...

SEC Tournament preview

Published on March 7 at 11:05 a.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have made Kentucky an overwhelming minus-500 ‘chalk’ to win this weekend’s SEC Tournament in New Orleans....

Elite Eight?

Published on Feb. 29 at 7:20 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards As the final weekend of the regular season looms, Kentucky and Syracuse are locks to be named No. 1...

Florida at Vanderbilt

By Brian Edwards Just 10 days ago, Florida looked like a Final Four team when it handed Arkansas its first home loss of the season in a 96-66 shellacking at...

Big Monday: ND at G’twn, KU at OSU

Published on Feb. 27 at 12:45 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards **Notre Dame at Georgetown** –BetOnline.com opened Georgetown (21-6 straight up, 13-9 against the spread) as a six-point favorite with...

UFC 144 Rewind: Henderson tops Edgar

Published on Feb. 26 at 2:45 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards Benson ‘Smooth’ Henderson improved to 4-0 in the Octagon and became The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s new lightweight champion by...

Diaz facing suspension after testing positive for weed

Published on Feb. 10 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards Nick Diaz is facing a suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission after testing positive for marijuana following his UFC...