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Kyle Odegard has been a professional journalist for two decades, with four years of experience in the sports betting industry. He was a beat writer for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals from 2013-2021 and previously covered MLB, NFL, NBA, college football and more for the East Valley Tribune newspaper in Tempe, Arizona. Kyle has broken multiple national stories about the Arizona Cardinals and his work has been referenced by numerous publications, including Sports Illustrated, the Daily Mail, the New York Post, Yahoo!, FOX News, MSN and Pro Football Talk.

Posts by Kyle Odegard

August 27, 2025 by: Kyle Odegard
National outlets are up to their old tricks, regularly ranking the Cardinals in the bottom half of the NFL as the season approaches. But the advanced stats community is decidedly higher on the team in the desert, and respected analytics guru Aaron Schatz is among the believers. Schatz’s FTN Almanac recently came out with its […]
August 27, 2025 by: Kyle Odegard
The Jaguars are in for a huge bounceback season, according to a respected analytics guru. Aaron Schatz’s FTN Almanac came out recently, and arguably the biggest surprise among its projections is Jacksonville winning the AFC South. Even though the Jaguars went 4-13 last season and are ushering in new head coach Liam Coen, the FTN […]
July 14, 2025 by: Kyle Odegard
Sports gambling didn’t cross the mind of Antrel Rolle during his 11-year NFL career, but it’s a different world now. NBA player Malik Beasley and MLB player Luis Ortiz are both currently under investigation for potential gambling-related infractions, and Rolle said an NFL scandal could happen next. The three-time Pro Bowler also talked about Jalen […]