Meet Chris Gregory, Our Betting Analyst
Chris Gregory
Betting Analyst
5+ Years ExperienceIn his four years on the Covers editorial team, Chris Gregory has helped bolster the site’s golf and college football coverage. He brings a journalism and marketing background to his work as a Publishing Editor and can be found across our site covering the Masters, college football futures, and more.
What makes Chris Gregory an expert?
Chris started his sports betting journey in 2019 and quickly moved into the industry professionally when he became a a Publishing Editor at Covers in 2021. He's a jack-of-all-trades with a focus on major championship golf and the expanding college football universe.
Experience
Covers.com
- Publishing Editor
- October 2021 - Present
- Masters Odds & Updated Betting Lines: Scheffler Still Tops, Rory Close Behind in 2026
- Publication
- College Football Against the Spread Picks for the Biggest Conference Championship Games
- Publication
Tidal League
- Business Analyst
- January 2021 - August 2021
- Marketing Project Lead
- April 2020 - January 2021
Education
Chris first received his Journalism Diploma at Holland College, where he honed his writing and editing skills. He then parlayed that with a Bachelor of Public Relations at Mount Saint Vincent University, where he also received a Certificate in Marketing, finished with First Class Honors on the Dean's List, and was nominated for Co-Op Student of the Year.
Mount Saint Vincent University
- Bachelor of Public Relations
Holland College
- Journalism Diploma
4+ years in sports betting
Chris has been growing in the sports betting industry for nearly five years.
10+ years in writing
Chris has been developing his writing and editing skills for more than a decade going back to his time in journalism school and working in newsrooms.
Diverse writing experience
Be it a college football game previews or long-form investigative journalism, Chris has covered a lot of ground in his time as a writer.
How does Chris stay up to date?
Chris uses a variety of tools to handicap and stay up to date with his favorite sports.
DataGolf
DataGolf combines the best strokes gained data with course information, probability breakdowns, history, and more.
Pro Football Focus
PFF provides a flurry of statistics and rankings for college football and the NFL as well as in-depth analysis on players, teams, and more.
Covers NCAAF Picks
Our Covers NCAAF Picks page contains all our best bets for a jam-packed Saturday slate of college football.
Q&A with Chris
What’s your best advice for sports bettors?
Don't bet on your favorite teams; it will only make the hurt worse.
What do you look for in a sportsbook?
A sports betting app with a great user interface is extremely important to me, and as a person who's always shopping for the best price, consistently great odds across a wide variety of sports and leagues will keep me coming back.
What is your favorite sports betting market?
With the expanded College Football Playoff, spotting undervalued teams with a path to make the playoff is a fun venture that provides a season-long (and sometimes profitable) sweat!
Covers’ Prop Projections are the quickest and easiest way to find betting value on our site. Whether it's NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL, these pages provide the pick along with a model projection, the best available odds, and a projection rating so you can get the information you need and be on your way!
Chris' area of expertise
When it comes to golf and college football, Chris is your guy.
Golf handicapping
With the help of DataGolf and other golf analytics databases, Chris can sort through piles of strokes gained data to find trends and spot betting value.
College football futures
Chris stays up to date with a wide array of college football futures, including odds for the National Championship, conference titles, playoffs, and more. He makes sense of the line movement and spots betting value along the way.
Chris' memories
🚀 Big wins
A 10-team college basketball moneyline parlay came down to Weber State beating some team I can't even remember. Down nine points at halftime, I assumed the worst for Damian Lillard's Alma Mater. Worry not, said the Wildcats! They won the second half by 24 points to cash the final leg and deliver me $1,400.
😭 Bad beat?
There are too many to recount. I try my best to forget them.
Chris's Articles
It's not just Chris doing the research
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Eric has been involved in sports media in many different capacities since graduating from journalism school in 1999, back when getting your own column in a newspaper was still considered a thing. He doubled down and graduated from broadcast journalism school five years later, which led to a move to Toronto and a career with The Sports Network (TSN). From behind-the-scenes production work, he moved into the digital realm, where he had his own hoops column (At the Buzzer), while regularly live streaming and chatting with fans during broadcasts as the character known as LeBlog James. He was also a key contributor to TSN and CTVs Olympic programming during the 2012 London Games. Eric eventually found his way into the sports betting field in 2016 and has been a mainstay ever since. He was tagged on Twitter as a Top 10 NBA sharp during the 2021 season and has been interviewed about basketball and his handicapping process on shows from Vancouver to India. Eric is now a jack-of-all-sports at Covers, where his predictions span the alphabet soup: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, F1, WNBA, Euro, and Copa. When making picks, he focuses on finding value first and foremost, and ensuring readers have all the information they need to make an informed choice.
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