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New York Post, Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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Sunday Sunday

Seattle

4:05

TV - FOX

Radio- WFAN 660 AM/

101.9 FM

Las Vegas

1:00

TV - CBS

Radio- ESPN 98.7 FM

Today's Sports on the Air

College

Basketball

1:30 p.m. Maui Invitational: Texas vs. Indiana

Semifinal ESPN

2:30 p.m. Brigham Young vs. Southern

California ESPN2

4 p.m. Maui Invitational: North Carolina vs.

Stanford Semifinal ESPN

5 p.m. Vanderbilt vs. UConn ESPN2

5 p.m. Nebraska (Omaha) at Creighton FS1

7 p.m. Maui Invitational: Davidson vs. Providence Consolation Semifinal ESPN2

7 p.m. Oklahoma State at Marquette FS1

7:30 p.m. Michigan State at Duke ESPN

9:30 p.m. Maui Invitational: UNLV vs. Alabama, Consolation Semifinal ESPN2

9:30 p.m. Kentucky vs. Kansas ESPN

Golf 3 a.m. (Wed.) Euro Tour: Dubai Championship, 1st Round GOLF

Soccer 12:55 p.m.UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid at Shakhtar Donetsk UniMas

3 p.m. UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich at Atletico Madrid UniMas

9:30 p.m. MLS Semifinals: FC Dallas at Seattle Sounders FC FS1

ACTIONACTION

NFL

Odds to win 2020 MVPaw ard

PLAYER ODDS

Patrick Mahomes -400

AaronRodgers 5/1

Russell Wilson 15/2

Ben Roethlisberger 20/1

Kyler Murray 25/1

DerrickHenry 33/1

Josh Allen 35/1

DeshaunWatson 50/1

Tom Brady 80/1

Dalvin Cook 80/1

AaronDonald 100/1

PLAYER ODDS

Derek Carr 100/1

RyanTannehill 100/1

AlvinKamara 100/1

Davante Adams 100/1

Lamar Jackson 250/1

Drew Brees 250/1

Baker Mayfield 250/1

Jared Goff 250/1

Philip Rivers 250/1

Tyreek Hill 250/1

DK Metcalf 250/1

NFL season specials

RESULT ODDS

Yes +140

RESULT ODDS

Yes 4/1

RESULT ODDS

Yes 8/1

Will Jets go

0-16 inregular

season?

Will Steelers go

16-0 inregular

season?

Will Steelers go

19-0 including

playoffs?

Odds & Ends

UEFA CHAMPIONS

LEAGUE

(Tuesday matches)

Red Bull Salzburg at

Lokomotiv Moscow

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Red Bull Salzburg -182

Draw +333

Lokomotiv Moscow +475

Real Madrid at

Shakhtar Donetsk

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Real Madrid -286

Draw +475

Shakhtar Donetsk +650

Bayern Munich at

Atletico Madrid

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Bayern Munich +280

Draw +300

Atletico Madrid -115

Inter Milan at Bor.

Monchengladbach

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Inter Milan +120

Draw +270

Bor. Monchengladbach +210

Manchester City

at FC Porto

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Manchester City -154

Draw +300

FC Porto +425

Olympiacos Piraeus

at Olympique

de Marseilles

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Olympiacos Piraeus +210

Draw +230

Olympique de Marseilles +135

FC Midtjylland

at Atalanta

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

FC Midtjylland +1200

Draw +625

Atalanta -500

Ajax Amsterdam

at Liverpool

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Ajax Amterdam +375

Draw +320

Liverpool -150

MLS PLAYOFFS

Seattle Sounders

at FC Dallas (Tue.)

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

FC Dallas +400

Draw +310

Seattle Sounders -154

Minnesota United at

Sporting KC (Wed.)

3-WAY BETTING ODDS

Minnesota United +425

Draw +320

Sporting KC -162

Note: MLS odds listed are for 90

minutes plus injury time only.

By Josh AppelBAum

and Ben FAwkes

Sharps, contrarians and sportsbooks

feasted on Sunday, as Week 12 dogs

went 8-4 ATS with four outright wins

and Unders went 8-4. Nearly every

chalky favorite failed to cover for the

public as unpopular ’dogs barked loudly

for those brave enough to grab the

points instead of lay them.

Here are the four underdog outright

winners: 49ers (+5) beat Rams, 23-20;

Falcons (+3.5) beat Raiders, 43-6; Titans

(+3) beat Colts, 45-26; Patriots (+1) beat

Cardinals, 20-17

The 49ers (+7 to +5), Titans (+ 4.5 to

+3) and Patriots (+2.5 to +1) came up

huge for wise guys. All three were

unpopular bets but received big reverse

line movement in their favor. The

Falcons cashed as a buy-low, inflated

line value play, moving from a pick ’em

to + 3.5 while only receiving about one-

third of bets.

“The Raiders game was clearly the

biggest of the day in all facets, the

highest ticket count by far,” said Chuck

Esposito, sportsbook director at

Stations Casinos. “More straight, parlay,

moneyline and Over money. We had a

huge all moneyline parlay that would

have paid $200k with the only loser

being the Raiders.”

There were four other underdog

covers: Jaguars (+7.5) lost to Browns, 27-

25; Bengals (+6) lost to Giants, 19-17;

Bucs (+ 3.5) lost to Chiefs, 27-24;

Panthers (+3) lost to Vikings, 28-27.

The Jaguars (+6 to +7.5) and Bengals

(+4.5 to +6) both covered as unpopular

home ’dogs with inflated lines. The

Panthers (+4.5 to +3) received sharp

reverse line movement, with the line

moving in their favor despite the public

pounding the Vikings. The Buccaneers

(+3 to + 3.5) covered as a marquee

contrarian play in a heavily bet game.

“The Giants game was a monster

decision for us,” said Thomas Gable,

sportsbook director at The Borgata in

Atlantic City. “We had a steady stream

of Giants money coming in all week,

even as the point spread kept creeping

up. The backdoor cover by the Bengals

was huge, as 88 percent of the money

on the spread was on the Giants.”

With ’dogs going 8-4 ATS, they

improve to 98-77 ATS (56 percent) on

the season. ’Dogs with line movement

in their favor are now 49-28 ATS (64

percent). Short road ’dogs +6 or less are

43-25 ATS (63 percent).

Here are the four favorite covers:

Saints (-17) beat Broncos, 31-3; Packers (-

7.5) beat Bears, 41-25; Dolphins (-7.5)

beat Jets, 20-3; Bills (-4.5) beat Chargers,

2 7- 1 7.

The books took a big hit as the Saints

(-6 to -17) covered easily as a massive

public favorite. Average Joes rushed to

lay the points with Denver missing all of

its quarterbacks. It proved successful as

New Orleans won by 28 points. Sharps

got it wrong with the Bears (+9.5 to +7.5)

and the Chargers (+6 to +4.5). Both saw

reverse line movement and came up

short as the public rolled with the

Packers and Bills.

BetMGM reported six-figure winning

bets on the Saints -14.5, Bills -4.5 and

Texans -3 (Thanksgiving).

Josh Appelbaum and Ben Fawkes write

for VSiN.com, The Sports Betting Network.

BET SMART

UNPOPULAR SIDE PAYS OFF: The Raiders bench watches as Deion Jones re-

turns an interception for a touchdown in Atlanta’s 43-6 upset rout that was a big win-

ner for sportsbooks and sharp bettors, and a killer for favorite-loving public bettors.