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This article is not to glorify me personally because I am a professional sports handicapper and have been for 23 years, but to glorify large mainstream sports outlets that are either online, or on National TV and National Radio.

What I mean by glorify is the fact that outlets like ESPN, Fox Sports, Yahoo Sports Radio, RantSports and many other smaller networks now are featuring Las Vegas Line related material in their score feeds and graphics on TV, as well as radio shows dedicating national time slots to the art of sports handicapping and the Las Vegas Line discussion. I want to thank them for that exposure and the realization of what drives their networks and ratings as well as online traffic.  I am part of this new realization with a two-hour sports handicapping show, blended with mainstream sports talk on Yahoo Sports Radio, a national network,  and have been for two years.

The Las Vegas lines in college football are displayed on ESPN’s wildly popular College Gameday telecast as they discuss each game.  That was unheard of even two years ago. No longer is sports betting lurking in the shadows and hidden by dark headlines. To continue reading, head to Locker Room Picks.

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