Weekly Sports Betting Roundup: August 15
The second week of the National Football League's preseason schedule highlights an upcoming sports betting week that also includes pennant race action around Major League Baseball, the Sprint Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway, the Wyndham Championship on the PGA Tour, and a couple of CFL matchups.
Week 2 of the NFL's preseason slate kicks off on Thursday night with two games: New England at Tampa Bay, and Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. Of those four teams only the Steelers lost in Week 1, falling 16-7 in Washington. The Patriots won 47-12 at home against Jacksonville, the Eagles edged the Ravens 13-6 in Philadelphia, and the Buccaneers managed to pick up a 25-0 shutout victory in Kansas City.
Friday's NFL schedule then has Washington at Indianapolis, Kansas City at Baltimore, Detroit at Cleveland, Carolina at Miami, Arizona at Green Bay, and Atlanta at Jacksonville, while on Saturday it's Oakland at San Francisco, Tennessee at St. Louis, New Orleans at Houston, Buffalo at Denver, and Minnesota at Seattle.
The Week 2 slate of exhibition pigskin then ends with Cincinnati at the Jets and San Diego at Dallas on Sunday, and Chicago at the Giants next Monday night.
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The top series getting underway on the diamond early this week has the Angels hosting Texas in a key AL West clash, while Tampa Bay visits Boston, Minnesota is in Detroit, and the White Sox get a visit from Cleveland in other AL action. In the National League early in the week the top sets are Arizona at Philadelphia, San Francisco at Atlanta, and St. Louis at Pittsburgh.
On the MLB schedule on the weekend it'll then notably be the Yankees at Minnesota, Cleveland at Detroit, Texas at the White Sox, and Arizona at Atlanta.
The Sprint Cup Series has racing at Michigan International Speedway this weekend, with the Pure Michigan 400 on Sunday afternoon. Kevin Harvick won this race last year (when it was called the Carfax 400), with Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, and Matt Kenseth rounding out the first five drivers across the finish line.
On the links the PGA Tour stages the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina this week; the Wyndham Championship is the final tournament of the PGA season prior to the start of the FedExCup playoffs. Arjun Atwal won this tournament by a single stroke over David Toms last season.
Finally, there are just two Canadian Football League games on tap for this week, with British Columbia at Edmonton on Friday and Saskatchewan at Toronto getting Week 8 of the season underway on Thursday. The Riders and Argos both lost high-scoring games in Week 7, with Saskatchewan falling 45-35 at home to Calgary, and Toronto getting bounced 37-32 on the road against Hamilton.