The Silcoff Selections are here for January 7th, 2026. With all the action in sports tonight, here are some of my favourite plays across sports today. NBA: Orlando Magic Moneyline (-140) @ Brooklyn Nets I should probably stop betting on Orlando, but this sets up as a solid rebound spot. The Magic are coming off a bad loss to the Wizards last night and should come out with urgency. Against a Nets team they’ve beaten seven times in their last ten meetings, I’ll go back to Orlan
Joe Burrow returned to the field on Thanksgiving night for the Cincinnati Bengals after missing every game since Week 2 with a turf toe injury and despite the long layoff, he looked sharp in the second half, leading Cincinnati to an upset win over their AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens. His performance didn’t just bring excitement to the NFL happy to see Burrow back out on the field, but it made me think of a “what if” scenario that Bengals fans themselves might be thinking a
Don’t look now, but the Toronto Raptors are suddenly one of the most fun teams to watch in the NBA at the start of this young basketball season. The Raptors currently have a record of 11–5 and hold the second seed in the Eastern Conference and have emerged as one of the most interesting teams in a conference turned upside down this year. With Tyrese Haliburton out for the year in Indiana and Jayson Tatum sidelined with an Achilles injury for the Celtics, who underwent major c
We’re only a few weeks into the NBA season, but the picture at the top is becoming clearer by the day. As much as we love to convince ourselves that the league is wide open — that five, six, or seven teams could realistically win a title — the early evidence says otherwise. At this point, I think the 2026 NBA championship is shaping up to be a two-horse race. Unless Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Nikola Jokić suffers a major injury, the Larry O’Brien Trophy is headed back to eith
I’d like to say I’m surprised, but I tried to warn everyone before the 2025 NFL season kicked off: I said Drake Maye would emerge as the best quarterback of his draft class and the New England Patriots were going to be a playoff team. Yes, that same class featured Caleb Williams, the No. 1 pick, and Jayden Daniels, who reached the NFC Championship Game in his first season. None of that mattered to me. I said from the beginning that Maye was going to be the quarterback who wou
Less than ten months after the blockbuster Luka Dončić trade, the Dallas Mavericks have made the move we all saw coming as they fired GM Nico Harrison. With the front office reset and the roster now sitting between two timelines, the direction of the franchise is becoming increasingly unclear. Dallas currently features veteran stars like Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving, who when they return to the floor after recovering from injury, will want to compete for championships as th
The Silcoff Selections are here for Week 11 of the 2025 NFL Season! Below are my records for my straight up and against the spread picks for the season thus far. Records Last Week: Straight Up: 8-6 Against The Spread: 6-8 Season Records: Straight Up: 91-57-1 Against The Spread: 67-81-1 Thursday Night Football: New York Jets (2-7) @ New England Patriots (8-2) I Line: Patriots -13 The Patriots enter Week 11 red-hot, having won seven straight games, and they’re showing no signs
It’s Game 7 of the World Series—the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. the Toronto Blue Jays—and no matter how tonight ends, this has already been an unforgettable ride for Toronto. The Blue Jays have defied every odd imaginable. Heading into the season, we thought this very well could be Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s final season with the club, as he was in a tense contract negotiation, and few believed they’d be anywhere near this stage. Yet here they are—one win away from a championship, f
The 2025–26 NBA season is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable in recent memory. From powerhouse teams on the brink of collapse to young stars ready to take over the league, there’s no shortage of storylines to watch. Here are five bold predictions that could completely reshape the landscape of the NBA this year — and spark plenty of debate along the way. 1. The Boston Celtics Will Have Their 2020 Warriors Season The Boston Celtics could be in for a rough year — one