Danny Sheridan provides football odds for USA
Today's Sports Weekly & its 2021 College
& NFL preseason special issue.
Danny Sheridan, Sports Analyst for USA Today
from 1982-2012.
University of Alabama, 1979 Graduate.
Publishes the largest private sports
newsletter in the country and is considered to
be the top sports analyst in the country.
Provided the daily odds for all sporting
events for USA TODAY's Website, and for USA
TODAY's Sports Section from 1982-2012.
During football season (August-February),
Danny does 15-20 national radio, newspaper,
and TV interviews weekly. From March-July, he
does 2-4 interviews weekly.
Danny speaks to 15 Groups annually (Business
Groups, Conventions, TD/QB Clubs, etc.).
Danny was invited to make the first legal
sports bet in the State of Mississippi at the
MGM Beau Rivage Sports Book in Biloxi,
Mississippi on August 1, 2018,
where Danny won 4 of his 5 bets (80% ATS!). In
August, 2019 when the new BET MGM Sports Book
had it's official grand opening, Danny again
won 4 of his 5 charity bets ATS!
Has appeared on all 4 Networks ABC, CBS, NBC
& FOX; also ESPN, CNN, WTBS, & CNBC,
and his accuracy has been featured in every
major newspaper in the country and also in
England & Japan!
Danny's annual preseason College & Pro
Football, NBA, Baseball, March Madness and
Previews have been featured in PLAYBOY,
PENTHOUSE, MAXIM, FHM and Cigar Aficionado
Magazines. Danny's 2023 NFL Preview will be in
August Cigar Aficionado Magazine. His 16 Worst
"Power 5 conference" football teams was
featured on the "Sporting News Website
8/5/19". Danny's article "How to
successfully wager on the Super Bowl" appeared
in the February 2012 Issue of Cigar Magazine,
the New Orleans Times Picayune Newspaper on
Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, 2013, The New
York Post Feb 2023 and USA Today's special
Super Bowl Preview January 2019 & 2021,
and the January 2020 Issue of Cigar Aficionado
Magazine. Danny's suggestions on how to bet
the 2023 NFL Season appeared in the New York
Post's special NFL Betting Guide in September,
2023.
Danny has written the following books: NFL
Fantasy Football (Simon &
Schuster/MacMillan 1990-2000), NFL Office Pool
Guide (Bantam-Doubleday) and Rotisserie
Baseball Book (Contemporary Books)
Danny's 2013/2019 Oscar odds appeared in the
"Page Six" Column in the New York Post and on
ABC's Good Morning America Show and in the New
York Daily News, February, 2023.
Danny was again parodied on NBC's "SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE" in January 1986, 2002 & 2003
(Super Bowl Weekend). His SNL parody segment
is shown on Comedy Channel reruns every Super
Bowl weekend
In 1993, "The Sporting News" ranked Danny
number 52 on its list of the nation's "100
Most Powerful People in Sports", ahead of such
notables as Bob Costas, John Madden, and Jack
Nicklaus.
April 2001, due to Danny's testimony to
Senator John McCain's Committee against the
NCAA bill to ban betting on College Sports in
Nevada, the bill failed. For a copy of Danny's
testimony to the U.S. Senate, go to his web
site www.DannySheridan.com.
On November 1, 2012, Danny Sheridan was given
the title of Lord Sheridan of Wansley Manor,
which is governed by the laws of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Danny was inducted into the Mobile, Alabama
Sports Hall of Fame on May 2, 2019.
Lifetime honorary member of the Mobile,
Alabama Bar Association (1995)
On September 1, 2022, Danny was hired by BET
MGM and the Beau Rivage Casino to make weekly
point spread football picks weekly on their
live Thursday radio show from their Sports
Book. Danny's averaged a whopping 70% ATS
during the 2022 College Football Season (only
1 losing Weekend), and 60% ATS in the
2022/2023 NFL Playoffs!! This feat was
described by the show's host as "running a 2
minute mile today!", as this feat has NEVER
been done over an entire football season by
any documented person or football handicapper.
Danny is the ONLY Brand Name in the football
handicapping arena.