Christmas Best Bets: NFL and NBA Picks
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Merry Christmas to the EE Fam! Sia Nejad is joined by Mike McClure, Propstarz, Mike Barner, and Larry Hartstein, as they hand out their BEST BETS for Christmas Day in the NBA and NFL! Plus...a special announcement at the end of the show!
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Is Christmas for NBA or NFL?
(4:46) Mike's NFL Parlay
(12:02) Propstarz NFL Prop
(16:38) Mikey B's NBA Picks
(18:44) Sia's NFL Lean and Future
(24:53) Larry's NFL Prop and Pick
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| 0:45.2 | A special show for Christmas, some Christmas picks for the NBA and, of course, the three-game slate in the NFL. |
| 0:52.7 | No recap screen to address. Let's bring in the stars of the show. |
| 0:56.9 | We have a lot of stars here on a Christmas Day episode. Mikey B. Larry Hartstein, Prop Stars, |
| 1:04.8 | and Mike McClure, of course, we're not recording on Christmas, but we are talking about Christmas |
| 1:09.3 | Day bets. I don't even know where to start. |
| 1:12.8 | Larry, I'm going to start with you. We've got these NFL games that I think, obviously, |
| 1:17.8 | the NFL anticipated being a little bit different than they are. I know Mikey B. I know you |
| 1:22.6 | have something to say about that. But Larry, what's your attitude? What's your mood going into |
| 1:27.0 | this Christmas slate? Well, your rude going into this Christmas |
| 1:27.5 | slate? Well, I love getting NFL on Christmas, but I know Mikey B was hot about it. He didn't |
| 1:33.3 | want the NFL taken over the day from the NBA. And we turn out we don't have the greatest |
| 1:38.5 | matchups when you have the third string quarterback for the Chiefs. You have the backup quarterback |
| 1:43.3 | for the Vikings, maybe the third |
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