The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast
Every NFL season, Action Network Chief Content Officer Chad Millman and professional sports gambler Simon Hunter analyze every matchup to select their best bets from the NFL slate. Utilizing Action Network's data-driven analysis, the latest injury news and insider info from Simon's network of professional bettors, together they craft their betting card for the weekend, along with moneyline parlays, totals, survivor pool picks and so much more. For the 2023 NFL season, The Favorites will have new episodes every Sunday night, Tuesday and Thursday. Proudly presented by bet365, the world's favorite sports book brand.
Episodes
Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter are joined by producer Matt Mitchell for a very special salute to fathers episode of the show. The trio share stories about their respective fathers, and remember a very memorable Father's Day 61 years ago at Shea Stadium.
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The NBA Finals are knotted at one game apiece, with the Pacers shocking the Thunder with a Game 1 buzzer beater. The Thunder enacted their revenge in a Game 2 blowout, leaving Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter questioning how best to bet the series moving forward.
Today, back to discuss all things betting in the NBA Finals is the host of Action’s NBA betting podcast BUCKETS, the effervescent Matt Moore....
By now, most people know The Simpsons is the longest-running primetime scripted show in American TV history. And for fans of the show (and those engaged in pop culture generally) there are many examples of the iconic show correctly prediction the future, including the worlds of politics and sports. Today Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter welcome on two entertainment veterans and brother with deep ties to the show. ...
The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder square off in the NBA Finals, with Game 1 taking place Thursday night in OKC. The Pacers are significant underdogs, with prevailing wisdom predicting an easy path to a ring for the Thunder. But looks can be deceiving, especially when gambling is involved. So Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter welcome back NBA expert Matt Moore, who dives deep into this matchup and d...
Beloved broadcaster Jason Benetti joins the show today, telling some terrific stories to Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter. Jason is the television voice of the Detroit Tigers, a national broadcaster for Fox Sports and the owner of the hardest workin' vocal cords in the business. Together the boys discuss his favorite college football moment, life on the road as a MLB announcer, and so much more. #Volume
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The holiday weekend is over, summer has arrived and Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter are ready to fire off some NFL bets! Longtime colleague Brandon Anderson joins the show as the trio discuss longshot MVP bets they like, along with the most impact coaching changes, Brandon's disastrous home situation, the Dallas Cowboys prospects and so much more. #Volume
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Today we return with our deep dive into the 2025 NFL schedule release and NFL Spring Meeting, as hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter speak with Warren Sharp, the impresario of Sharp Football Analysis and a NFL schedule fanatic. Together they dive into the Buffalo Bills advantages, Brock Purdy, and so much more. #Volume
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The NFL schedule release is now a highlight of the NFL offseason. No expert has spent more hours pouring over it each and every year than this week's guest Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis. In this special two-part episode, Action Network experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dive into rest advantages, bye week eccentricities, international travel schedules and so much more. #Volume
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Back by popular demand, Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter welcome back their producer and colleague Matt Mitchell to discuss more great stories from gambling's wild history. How did lotteries help build America? How did horse racing give us one of betting's most enduring characters? And how did a life of endless suffering influence the betting of a Russian novelist? Is King Edward VII really a friend of the show? A...
This week marks the 7th anniversary of the repeal of PASPA, ushering in the widescale legalization of American sports betting we enjoy today. This week on the show, Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dive into a subject we’ve talked a lot about on this show the last couple years, especially this past NFL season: the decline of the underdog for bettors across multiple sports. Since the repeal of PASPA, and espe...
Hours before the selection of a new pope at the Sistine Chapel, Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter welcomed back Anthony Dabbundo of The Ringer to provide the history of betting on this sacral event. That history stretches back more than 500 years, and Dabbundo dives deep into all the angles in his highly-entertaining article this week. Hear their thoughts on the candidates, the process and Simon's checkered Catholi...
Who will win Offensive Rookie of the Year this NFL season? What is one stadium you're dying to visit? Who starts for the Cleveland Browns at quarterback? Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dive into a pile of listener emails, answering the burning questions we've all wanted to know. #Volume
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This Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, hundreds of thousands of gleeful gamblers will wager on the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby, the Greatest Two Minutes In Sports. The Derby is a betting highlight of the spring calendar and here to break it all down with hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter is Action Network racing contributor Mike Conti. Together they discuss all things betting for both the Kentucky Derby...
The throngs of raucous NFL Draft fans have departed Green Bay, but Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter return to recap all the activity in the final part of this special two-part Draft recap episode. Today, the guys go through every team across the AFC. The Browns are strong-armed into Shedeur Sanders. The Buffalo Bills' GM gets testy. The Baltimore selects their kicker of the future. Bets were won, bets were lost, a...
The NFL Draft is done and dusted, and Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter return to recap all the activity in a special two-part episode. Today, the guys go through the biggest storylines, and then touch on every team across the NFC. Nobody wants Shedeur Sanders. The Dallas Cowboys start at the offensive line. The San Francisco 49ers select another 7th round quarterback. Bets were won, bets were lost, and Chad and Si...
The NFL Draft is just hours away, and Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter are here to provide their final bets before Round One begins. Today they are joined by colleagues Chris Raybon and Evan Abrams, who share their insights into what promises to be a tumultuous Thursday night affair. Plus, we hear about the latest specials at bet365 for the big night, a landing spot for Ashton Jeanty, and so much more. #Volume #He...
Just 48 hours remain until the Tennessee Titans are on the clock in Green Bay. Here to discuss the latest NFL Draft betting markets are Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter, who are joined by Draft maven Thor Nystrom of Fantasy Life, whose infamous Thor 500 list ranks the draft's top 500 prospects with a player comparison for each one. Together they go through Thor's Big Board, discuss the potential for trades and may...
One of the preeminent NFL Draft experts alive joins Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter. Todd McShay is a pioneering figure in Draft coverage, with over two decades of mock draft experience. He’s one of the longest-running and most respected Draft voices, and his excellent newsletter The McShay Report has quickly become a must-have for bettors of the NFL Draft. Together the trio discusses potential landing plac...
The April sports calendar means The Masters, NBA Playoffs, MLB and NFL Draft. Here to touch on all these and more is Anthony Dabbundo of The Ringer, who joins his former Action Network colleagues for a fun conversation covering the Phillies, Anthony Richardson, dangerous Amtrak behavior and so much more. #Volume #herd
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The NFL is evolving. The Draft is approaching. So too is "A Tradition Unlike Any Other." Here to discuss everything from Cam Ward's draft stock to best bets at The Masters is beloved ESPN media personality Kevin Clark, host of Omaha Productions' THIS IS FOOTBALL. He joins Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter for a lively conversation about changes taking place among NFL head coaches, plus all the latest happenings in ...
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