Kevin Taylor

Kevin Taylor

iGaming.org Sports Writer
Kevin Taylor is a sports fan who grew up in the South, so football is in his DNA. He went to school at the University of Southern California, where he graduated with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. Since graduating, Taylor has covered high school sports games, written sports articles for various outlets, and covered the World Series of Poker for three years with Pokernews.com. A Trojan fan at heart, Taylor believes that the weekends were made to watch football with friends.

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Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins Ready for Shootout

If you like offense, watch the Redskins and the Broncos on Sunday More specifically, if you want to see two good offenses absolutely annihilate their defensive counterparts, watch the Skins and the Broncs The Redskins are fresh off of allowing 41 points to JOSH MCCOWN and the Chicago Bears, while the Broncos can’t seem to stop anybody,..
12 years ago

Stanford Starts Oregon Tour This Week

For years, USC and Oregon were the dominating teams of the Pac-12  While the Ducks are a consistent Top 5 national team, the rest of the conference has caught up, making it one of the most competitive conferences in the country Stanford and Oregon State are two of those talented teams, and that will do battle this week in a matchup of Top..
12 years ago

Monday Night Football: Minnesota at New York Giants

I bet when the NFL schedule makers made this game that they weren’t anticipating the Vikings and the Giants to have a combined record of 1-11 Both teams have looked downright awful at times, showing the rare flash of brilliance on an occasional big offensive play Well something will have to give on Monday, as the Giants will be looking to..
12 years ago

NFL: Patriots face Jets in Division Clash

There’s an age old question in sports when it comes to rivalries: Is it still considered a rivalry when one team dominates the other This can be asked of the “bitter rivalry” between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots Rex Ryan and company would want you to believe that they go back and forth in a titanic battle..
12 years ago

NCAA Match Up: Northwestern versus Minnesota

Two weeks ago, Northwestern fans were flying  Their Wildcats were 4-0 for the first time since 1962, and had a huge game at home against Ohio State Northwestern played admirably, losing 40-30 in a score that is inflated because the Buckeyes scored a defensive TD on the last play of the game However, hopes that were still held on may have been..
12 years ago

Arizona Cardinals versus the San Francisco 49ers

If you are a fan of run heavy, defensive, grind it out ugly football, then you will want to watch the Arizona Cardinals take on the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday The 49ers (3-2) are -11 point favorites against the Cardinals (3-2) in a game that suddenly has bigger implications than one would have expected a month ago With the NFC East in shambles,..
12 years ago

Ole Miss Rebels Face Texas A&M

I had to do a bit of a double take when I saw the spread for this game: Johnny Manziel and the vaunted #5 Texas A&M Aggies (4-1), are less than a touchdown favorite (-6) at Ole Miss (3-2), a team that’s most impressive result is a 44-23 beatdown of Texas, which looks severely less impressive after seeing how much Texas has struggled so..
13 years ago

Monday Night Football: Jets at Falcons

As soon as the final whistle blew last week in the Atlanta-New England game, and the Falcons had officially fallen to 1-3, this was my first thought I am going to take Atlanta at any spread next Monday night against the Jets There are a few reasons why, but before I dive into that, it looks like the public agreed with me The line opened at Atlanta..
13 years ago

Rivalry Sunday: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

The NFC North is home to some of the oldest and most storied rivalries in the NFL  The Packers and Bears are the rivalry that everyone knows about, but the Lions and Packers have battled just as heavily over the years However, it’s hard to really count this as a rivalry in recent years Since 2006, the Packers are surprisingly dominant..
13 years ago

College Football: Will Florida State Cover the -16 Spread?

Fear the turtle It’s a phrase that Maryland fans around the nation say and believe as their mantra when it comes to Maryland Terrapins sports However, it’s been quite some time since this phrase applied to their football team  However, Maryland has shot out to a 4-0 record, and has jumped up to #25 in the rankings Their reward A..
13 years ago

Dolphins and Saints Battle to Stay Unbeaten

It’s not too often that you see a pair of undefeated teams do battle on Monday Night Football a month into the season, but that is the case this week as the surprising 3-0 Miami Dolphins travel to New Orleans (3-0) to take on the Saints in the Superdome The home crowd looks to be the difference maker in this matchup  The Saints are..
13 years ago