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CFL Week 3 parlay picks: Bet on Winnipeg and Calgary to win in +335 wager

Two teams look to improve on their perfect records in a CFL Week 3 doubleheader on Saturday.

The latest: The BC Lions are looking for a better result, hosting the 1-0 Winnipeg Blue Bombers for an early-season rematch. Before that, the Calgary Stampeders look to stay undefeated at home against the Ottawa Redblacks.

Check out this CFL Week 3 parlay for the games on June 20-21, featuring a pick on the Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Toronto Argonauts game.

CFL Week 3 parlay picks

Parlay: Roughriders ML | Stampeders ML | Blue Bombers ML (+335)

Roughriders moneyline (-182): Toronto will continue to be without Chad Kelly, and because of that, I see another loss incoming.

The Argonauts are 0-2 behind backup quarterback Nick Arbuckle, who’s thrown two touchdowns and four interceptions.

This can’t be excused as merely a bad start for Arbuckle. He has 29 passing TDs and 36 interceptions in his CFL career.

Without Kelly at QB, the Argonauts have yet to score 20 points in a game, which makes it very difficult to win.

The Roughriders have had no problem scoring, averaging 29.5 points through two weeks en route to a 2-0 record.

Trevor Harris is the better quarterback in this matchup. He’s completed 71.4% of his passes for 572 yards and three TDs (two INTs) through two weeks.

Saskatchewan also has an electric receiver duo (Samuel Emilus, KeeSean Johnson) and A.J. Ouellette barreling out of the backfield (7.3 yards per carry on 16 rush attempts in 2025).

Toronto will likely need to score a fair amount in this matchup, and it’ll be hard to keep pace with Arbuckle under centre.

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Stampeders moneyline (-125): I made this pick as a solo wager in my CFL Week 3 predictions, so why not add it to the parlay?

Ottawa’s Dru Brown is a great QB, and his injury status this weekend makes a huge difference. He was limited in Tuesday’s practice before taking a step back and missing Wednesday’s practice completely.

Dustin Crum took all the first-team snaps. Look at the difference between their CFL careers.

Brown: 34 passing TDs, 12 INTs
Crum: 10 passing TDs, 14 INTs

I liked this wager with or without Brown, but the recent development gives me additional confidence.

Calgary is 2-0, averaging 33.5 points per game and playing a bad Redblacks defence. Ottawa has allowed 30-plus points in both games to start the season (35.0 per game).

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Blue Bombers moneyline (-175): Winnipeg and BC played last week and the Blue Bombers won, 34-20, without Zach Collaros at QB (one-game suspension).

Nathan Rourke left the game for the Lions in the second half because of an injury. His status for the rematch remains in question as he continues to be limited at practice.

But even if Rourke plays, I like the Bombers here. BC’s starting QB completed 12-of-27 passes with one touchdown and one turnover.

Rourke had a tough time navigating Winnipeg’s strong defence, while Bombers backup Chris Streveler completed 14-of-25 passes with three TDs and one INT.

If Rourke is out, the Lions will have a tough time scoring points. And if Rourke is in, Winnipeg has an elite QB of its own with a better defence.

CFL Week 3 parlay picks made at 1:18 p.m. on 06/19/2025.

CFL Week 3 parlay picks: Bet on Winnipeg and Calgary to win in +390 wager

Two teams look to improve on their perfect records in a CFL Week 3 doubleheader on Saturday.

The latest: The BC Lions are looking for a better result, hosting the 1-0 Winnipeg Blue Bombers for an early-season rematch. Before that, the Calgary Stampeders look to stay undefeated at home against the Ottawa Redblacks.

Check out this CFL Week 3 parlay for the games on June 20-21, featuring a pick on the Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Toronto Argonauts game.

CFL Week 3 parlay picks

Parlay: Roughriders ML | Stampeders ML | Blue Bombers ML (+390)

Roughriders moneyline (-180): Toronto will continue to be without Chad Kelly, and because of that, I see another loss incoming.

The Argonauts are 0-2 behind backup quarterback Nick Arbuckle, who’s thrown two touchdowns and four interceptions.

This can’t be excused as merely a bad start for Arbuckle. He has 29 passing TDs and 36 interceptions in his CFL career.

Without Kelly at QB, the Argonauts have yet to score 20 points in a game, which makes it very difficult to win.

The Roughriders have had no problem scoring, averaging 29.5 points through two weeks en route to a 2-0 record.

Trevor Harris is the better quarterback in this matchup. He’s completed 71.4% of his passes for 572 yards and three TDs (two INTs) through two weeks.

Saskatchewan also has an electric receiver duo (Samuel Emilus, KeeSean Johnson) and A.J. Ouellette barreling out of the backfield (7.3 yards per carry on 16 rush attempts in 2025).

Toronto will likely need to score a fair amount in this matchup, and it’ll be hard to keep pace with Arbuckle under centre.

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Stampeders moneyline (-106): I made this pick as a solo wager in my CFL Week 3 predictions, so why not add it to the parlay?

Ottawa’s Dru Brown is a great QB, and his injury status this weekend makes a huge difference. He was limited in Tuesday’s practice before taking a step back and missing Wednesday’s practice completely.

Dustin Crum took all the first-team snaps. Look at the difference between their CFL careers.

Brown: 34 passing TDs, 12 INTs
Crum: 10 passing TDs, 14 INTs

I liked this wager with or without Brown, but the recent development gives me additional confidence.

Calgary is 2-0, averaging 33.5 points per game and playing a bad Redblacks defence. Ottawa has allowed 30-plus points in both games to start the season (35.0 per game).

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Blue Bombers moneyline (-165): Winnipeg and BC played last week and the Blue Bombers won, 34-20, without Zach Collaros at QB (one-game suspension).

Nathan Rourke left the game for the Lions in the second half because of an injury. His status for the rematch remains in question as he continues to be limited at practice.

But even if Rourke plays, I like the Bombers here. BC’s starting QB completed 12-of-27 passes with one touchdown and one turnover.

Rourke had a tough time navigating Winnipeg’s strong defence, while Bombers backup Chris Streveler completed 14-of-25 passes with three TDs and one INT.

If Rourke is out, the Lions will have a tough time scoring points. And if Rourke is in, Winnipeg has an elite QB of its own with a better defence.

CFL Week 3 parlay picks made at 9:58 a.m. on 06/19/2025.

Best men’s tennis predictions June 19: Picks on top Canadians, Alcaraz and Sinner

There are several intriguing matches across the different men’s tennis events on Thursday.

The pregame narrative: Three Canadians are in action with Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Gabriel Diallo all on the schedule. Two of the top players in the world — Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz — are also set to play on Thursday.

Check out my top tennis predictions for the June 19 matches.

Tennis predictions: June 19

Best bet: Auger-Aliassime ML (-134)

This is no easy task for the Canadian. His opponent, Karen Khachanov, ranks No. 22 on tour.

But Khachanov isn’t having a great year, holding a 16-14 record.

He’s 2-1 on grass, but his highest-ranked opponent was another Canadian, Diallo (No. 44). He lost that match in straight sets.

Auger-Aliassime is 3-1 on grass. Two of the three wins came in straight sets, while the one loss came against Taylor Fritz (No. 4).

On top of that, these two have some history that favours the Canadian.

Key stat: Auger-Aliassime beat Khachanov in straight sets on grass back in 2022 and is 2-1 in the head-to-head matchup.

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Flavio Cobolli ML (+135): The Italian is in better form than his Shapovalov right now, and I think that gives him value at plus money.

Cobolli has won eight of his last nine matches and is 1-0 on grass.

He beat Joao Fonseca, an 18-year-old Brazilian who’s breaking out in 2025 (25-10 record).

Meanwhile, Shapovalov is 3-7 in his last 10 matches and 1-1 on grass this season.

The Canadian needed all three sets to beat Ugo Humbert in the first round and lost to No. 80-ranked Arthur Rinderknech last week. The latter is 10-20 this season.

Shapovalov has struggled to put consecutive wins together. He hasn’t won back-to-back matches since February. He played 16 matches in that timeframe.

Cobolli’s only loss in his last nine matches came against the world’s No. 3-ranked player, Alexander Zverev.

Diallo/Jiri Lehecka over 23.5 games (-112): This has all the makings of a competitive match between two rising stars.

Diallo is 6-0 on grass this season, most recently winning the Libema Open.

Lehecka is 3-1 on grass, coming off a straight-set win over No. 12-ranked Alex De Minaur.

The comforting part about this total is that two close sets would be enough to push this match over.

Between the two players, they held a combined 20 of their 22 service games in the first round of this event.

That tells me break points will be hard to come by in this matchup, which gives this modest over strong value.

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Best bet for Alcaraz vs. Jaume Munar

Alcaraz/Munar under 19 total games (-118): As good as Alcaraz is on clay, he’s also unmatched on grass.

He has a 24-3 career record on the playing surface.

His opponent on Thursday, Munar, is 4-13 in his career on grass.

Alcaraz is coming off a win at the French Open and is 23-1 in his last 24 matches (14-match winning streak).

When these two last met, Alcaraz won the match in straight sets (6-3, 6-3), and it stayed below this total.

Munar is 77-76 since the start of 2023 and doesn’t pose much of a threat to Alcaraz’s winning streak. Use this pick as a way to back the Spaniard.

Best bet for Sinner vs. Alexander Bublik

Sinner/Bublik under 9.5 total games – Set 1 (+115): These two went head-to-head at the French Open, and Sinner jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.

He won in straight sets following a dominant 6-1 win in the first set. That was part of a five-match run where Sinner was only broken twice.

Bublik has a 1-4 record in his career vs. the No. 1-ranked player, and the single win was due to Sinner retiring with an injury.

The Italian should be able to hold his service points early while breaking his counterpart multiple times.

Sinner has seen this over cash in 11 of his 21 matches this season (52.4%).

Tennis predictions made at 5:13 p.m. on 06/18/2025

Best men’s tennis predictions June 19: Picks on top Canadians, Alcaraz and Sinner

There are several intriguing matches across the different men’s tennis events on Thursday.

The pregame narrative: Three Canadians are in action with Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Gabriel Diallo all on the schedule. Two of the top players in the world — Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz — are also set to play on Thursday.

Check out my top tennis predictions for the June 19 matches.

Tennis predictions: June 19

Best bet: Auger-Aliassime ML (-117)

This is no easy task for the Canadian. His opponent, Karen Khachanov, ranks No. 22 on tour.

But Khachanov isn’t having a great year, holding a 16-14 record.

He’s 2-1 on grass, but his highest-ranked opponent was another Canadian, Diallo (No. 44). He lost that match in straight sets.

Auger-Aliassime is 3-1 on grass. Two of the three wins came in straight sets, while the one loss came against Taylor Fritz (No. 4).

On top of that, these two have some history that favours the Canadian.

Key stat: Auger-Aliassime beat Khachanov in straight sets on grass back in 2022 and is 2-1 in the head-to-head matchup.

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Flavio Cobolli ML (+143): The Italian is in better form than his Shapovalov right now, and I think that gives him value at plus money.

Cobolli has won eight of his last nine matches and is 1-0 on grass.

He beat Joao Fonseca, an 18-year-old Brazilian who’s breaking out in 2025 (25-10 record).

Meanwhile, Shapovalov is 3-7 in his last 10 matches and 1-1 on grass this season.

The Canadian needed all three sets to beat Ugo Humbert in the first round and lost to No. 80-ranked Arthur Rinderknech last week. The latter is 10-20 this season.

Shapovalov has struggled to put consecutive wins together. He hasn’t won back-to-back matches since February. He played 16 matches in that timeframe.

Cobolli’s only loss in his last nine matches came against the world’s No. 3-ranked player, Alexander Zverev.

Diallo/Jiri Lehecka over 23.5 games (-113): This has all the makings of a competitive match between two rising stars.

Diallo is 6-0 on grass this season, most recently winning the Libema Open.

Lehecka is 3-1 on grass, coming off a straight-set win over No. 12-ranked Alex De Minaur.

The comforting part about this total is that two close sets would be enough to push this match over.

Between the two players, they held a combined 20 of their 22 service games in the first round of this event.

That tells me break points will be hard to come by in this matchup, which gives this modest over strong value.

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Best bet for Alcaraz vs. Jaume Munar

Alcaraz/Munar under 19.5 total games (-127): As good as Alcaraz is on clay, he’s also unmatched on grass.

He has a 24-3 career record on the playing surface.

His opponent on Thursday, Munar, is 4-13 in his career on grass.

Alcaraz is coming off a win at the French Open and is 23-1 in his last 24 matches (14-match winning streak).

When these two last met, Alcaraz won the match in straight sets (6-3, 6-3), and it stayed below this total.

Munar is 77-76 since the start of 2023 and doesn’t pose much of a threat to Alcaraz’s winning streak. Use this pick as a way to back the Spaniard.

Best bet for Sinner vs. Alexander Bublik

Sinner/Bublik under 9.5 total games – Set 1 (+125): These two went head-to-head at the French Open, and Sinner jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.

He won in straight sets following a dominant 6-1 win in the first set. That was part of a five-match run where Sinner was only broken twice.

Bublik has a 1-4 record in his career vs. the No. 1-ranked player, and the single win was due to Sinner retiring with an injury.

The Italian should be able to hold his service points early while breaking his counterpart multiple times.

Sinner has seen this over cash in 11 of his 21 matches this season (52.4%).

Tennis predictions made at 1:33 p.m. on 06/18/25

CFL Week 3 predictions, picks and best bets: Expect points in Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. BC Lions rematch

Four teams look to remain undefeated as the CFL season reaches Week 3.

The latest: After an exciting matchup between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions last weekend, the two teams will run it back, hoping for fewer injuries in the early-season rematch. Earlier on, the 2-0 Calgary Stampeders host the winless Ottawa Redblacks.

Check out the latest CFL Week 3 predictions for the games beginning Thursday, June 19.

CFL Week 3 predictions

Blue Bombers/Lions over 50.5 points (-110): The Lions and Bombers went over this total in last week’s 34-20 win for Winnipeg.

And that was with a lot of unfortunate circumstances.

Nathan Rourke left the game with an injury after contributing 249 passing yards, 58 rushing yards and two total touchdowns for BC.

On the other side, Winnipeg scored 34 points without its starting quarterback, Zach Collaros.

Chris Streveler was a good replacement, passing for three TDs, but it was the Bombers’ rushing attack that punished the Lions.

All-CFL running back Brady Oliveira rushed twice for 49 yards before exiting the game in the first half with an injury.

Matthew Peterson stepped in as the lead back and recorded 130 yards on 23 runs (5.7 yards per carry) and a TD.

Considering it was Peterson’s first CFL game, I’d argue that’s more of a credit to Winnipeg’s offensive line.

Oliveira remains questionable for the rematch, but his return would mean even more havoc from the Blue Bombers’ rush.

Rourke was expected to be limited at practice to open the week, but there’s hope that he’ll start on Saturday. Collaros will return for the Bombers after serving his one-game suspension.

The gamescript can’t get much worse than last week, so I’ll happily back the over in the rematch.

Key stat: Dating back to last season, the Blue Bombers have scored 24-plus points in four straight games, and all of those contests went over 50.5 points.

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Stampeders ML (+100): It’s been a great start to the season for the Stampeders, who are 2-0 heading into a home game in Week 3.

They play Ottawa, a team in search of its first win.

Picking that up on the road in Calgary won’t be an easy task. The Stamps scored 38 points in a Week 1 home win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

They relied more on their defence in their first away game, topping the Toronto Argonauts 29-19 in Week 2.

Calgary’s offseason additions have proven to be big upgrades in its undefeated start.

Most notably, quarterback Vernon Adams has completed 67.9% of his passes for 585 yards through his first two weeks with the Stampeders, while adding 81 yards on 10 rushing attempts.

Dru Brown has been limited in practice, but I like Calgary here despite the status of Ottawa’s QB.

The Redblacks have allowed 30-plus points in both weeks to start the season (35.0 per game).

CFL Week 3 predictions as of 4:12 p.m. on 06/18/2025.

Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals prop picks Game 6: Back Jalen Williams, fade Alex Caruso

The Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Indiana Pacers with a chance to win the NBA Finals.

The pregame narrative: The Thunder have their first lead of the series and took it at the right time. They won Game 5 at home behind 71 combined points from Jalen Williams and Shai-Gilgeous Alexander. OKC has a shot to end things on Thursday while the Pacers look to force Game 7.

I’m targeting Williams and Alex Caruso in my Thunder vs. Pacers prop picks for June 19.

Thunder vs. Pacers prop picks

Best bet: Williams over 29.5 points/rebounds (-118)

The No. 2 option for the Thunder exploded for 40 points in Game 5.

That’s now three games in a row that Williams has been productive as a scorer and rebounder.

Game 3: 26 points, six rebounds
Game 4: 27 points, seven rebounds
Game 5: 40 points, six rebounds

He shot at least 18 field goals and 11 free throws in each of those contests. Before this stretch, he hadn’t attempted more than 10 FTs in a game in the payoffs.

Williams is attacking the basket at a high rate right now. He’s averaging 16.7 drives over the last three games (his postseason average is 14.0).

He’s also shooting 50.8% during that time. If he continues being aggressive while scoring efficiently, this should be another opportunity for Williams to breeze past this mark.

Key stat: Williams is 8-3 against this line in the playoffs when taking 18 or more shots.

Game 6 prop prediction

Caruso under 6.5 rebounds/assists (-150): Caruso hasn’t shown an ability to reach this mark consistently.

He’s averaging 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in the playoffs.

Caruso is 14-7 on this under. That includes going under 6.5 RA in 14 of the last 16 games.

There is an element of risk to this pick as Caruso’s defensive upside keeps him on the floor for around 30 minutes a night.

But he’s not a ball-handler and is usually on the perimeter on both offence and defence, limiting his potential as a playmaker and rebounder.

Thunder vs. Pacers prop picks made at 4:06 p.m. ET 06/18/2025.

Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals prop picks Game 6: Back Jalen Williams, fade Alex Caruso

The Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Indiana Pacers with a chance to win the NBA Finals.

The pregame narrative: The Thunder have their first lead of the series and took it at the right time. They won Game 5 at home behind 71 combined points from Jalen Williams and Shai-Gilgeous Alexander. OKC has a shot to end things on Thursday while the Pacers look to force Game 7.

I’m targeting Williams and Alex Caruso in my Thunder vs. Pacers prop picks for June 19.

Thunder vs. Pacers prop picks

Best bet: Williams over 28.5 points/rebounds (-122)

The No. 2 option for the Thunder exploded for 40 points in Game 5.

That’s now three games in a row that Williams has been productive as a scorer and rebounder.

Game 3: 26 points, six rebounds
Game 4: 27 points, seven rebounds
Game 5: 40 points, six rebounds

He shot at least 18 field goals and 11 free throws in each of those contests. Before this stretch, he hadn’t attempted more than 10 FTs in a game in the payoffs.

Williams is attacking the basket at a high rate right now. He’s averaging 16.7 drives over the last three games (his postseason average is 14.0).

He’s also shooting 50.8% during that time. If he continues being aggressive while scoring efficiently, this should be another opportunity for Williams to breeze past this mark.

Key stat: Williams is 8-3 against this line in the playoffs when taking 18 or more shots.

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Game 6 prop prediction

Caruso under 6.5 rebounds/assists (-117): Caruso hasn’t shown an ability to reach this mark consistently.

He’s averaging 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in the playoffs.

Caruso is 14-7 on this under. That includes going under 6.5 RA in 14 of the last 16 games.

There is an element of risk to this pick as Caruso’s defensive upside keeps him on the floor for around 30 minutes a night.

But he’s not a ball-handler and is usually on the perimeter on both offence and defence, limiting his potential as a playmaker and rebounder.

Thunder vs. Pacers prop picks made at 12:22 p.m. ET 06/18/2025.