Starting this week, I have joined Protrade.com at their new multimedia project, ProTradeTv.com. My weekly effort is called Lovable Loser with Scott Long, which features my rants on the world of sports gambling (specifically the NFL the first couple of weeks) and how certain decisions can cost people some serious lettuce. I'm completely new to the medium, so I'm a little rough delivering my first segment, but the editing is really good, which helps save the piece. I suspect I will get better at this, as I get more comfortable with the format.

If you aren't interested in what I have to offer on football gambling, let me suggest you click on Will Carroll's video on the Mitchell Commission or the Winter Meetings. If you want to know who to bet on, ProTrade has come up with a computer model that is picking games at over a 60% clip. A lot better than I've done here in 2007. I did go 4-2 last week, though. These are the best set of games I've seen this year to put money on. Check out my NFL 2 Team Parlay of the Year! (Bills and Falcons)

NFL Picks

NY Jets (+24) Pats

Buffalo (+5.5) Cleveland (4 star)

Indy (-10) Oakland

Arizona (+4) New Orleans

Atlanta (+12.5) Tampa Bay (4 star)