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?»?'Jimmy Kimmel Live!': Cousin Sal Has an NFL Pick Hot Streak.
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He picks winners for ESPN??™s SportsCenter and so far this season estimates he is beating the odds by 20,000 to one.
As the NFL Playoffs kick off on Saturday, Sal Iacono ??” AKA Cousin Sal on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ??” is on a hot streak.
In addition to being Jimmy Kimmel ??™s sidekick who does hidden-camera pranks and other bits on air, and as a writer on the ABC show, the lifelong sports fanatic began doing NFL game picks this season on ESPN ??™s SportsCenter on Thursday or Friday evening each week.
His three weekly picks aren??™t just about who will win, but rather which teams will beat the spread ??” the number of points professional gamblers say a team will win by. He also throws in a joke or two.
Over the past six weeks, by his count, he has been right 15 times and tied three times without a single miss. For the entire season, he says of his one-a-week Best Bets, he has 12 correct, three misses and one tie.
He picked the Minnesota Vikings to beat a hot Green Bay Packers team in week 12 and correctly picked the Packers to beat the powerhouse New England Patriots in week 13. In week 17, he picked the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Diego Chargers, which knocked them out of the playoffs.
By his reckoning, that means during this six-week hot streak he has beat the odds by something close to 20,000 to one.
How does he do it? ???I can??™t even explain why it??™s happening,??? admits Cousin Sal, adding: ???I wrack my brain. I watch these sports talk shows and listen to the radio until 2:00 or 2:30 in the morning every night. And I can??™t read enough about the games.???
Then a few hours before he does his four-minute bit on ESPN a producer will call for his choices so they can prepare the proper graphics.
???Then I throw my hands in the air and pick teams,??? he says. ???Its been working out. It??™s mostly on a hunch, but it??™s really been working out better than I could imagine.???
He is still betting, now legally he says, adding, ???I usually lose.???
But he won??™t bet on any of this TV picks. ???I know as soon as I put even a dollar on one of those TV games, it??™s all going to fall apart. It??™s a weird situation I??™ve gotten myself into.???
A Brooklyn native, he is a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, but so far this season he hasn??™t picked the Cowboys on ESPN. He says now that they are in the playoffs, that may change. But he still doesn??™t think they will make it to the Super Bowl.
Cousin Sal??™s pick for the big game on Feb. 2? ???I think Seattle beats New England in a close Super Bowl,??? he says. ???That could change depending on how much I have on it at the time.???
Cousin Sal??™s father and Kimmel??™s mother are brother and sister; and he and the comedian have remained friends since childhood.
When Kimmel set off for a career in radio and then TV; Cousin Sal went to law school near his home after playing high school football (???They called me ???Safety Sal, everybody??™s pal???).
???I did real estate law for a year and didn??™t like it,??? he recalls, so he walked away from the legal profession altogether.
By then Kimmel was on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles and was about to start work on the show Win Ben Stein??™s Money . ???He needed a writer,??? Cousin Sal says, ???and he was doing syndicated sports editorials on the radio that he wanted me to take over.???
So he sailed west, arriving in 1997. Two years later he met his wife while in Mexico attending a bachelor party for a pal of Kimmel's. He married in 1999 and has two kids.
When he bets for himself ??” which he does regularly ??” he has an even wackier system.
???I like to go against the public,??? he explains. ???So if I see by Thursday that 75 percent of the people are betting one side, I??™ll typically go the other way because I know Vegas isn??™t built on people winning games when 90 percent are jumping on.???
On Sunday, Cousin Sal can be found with half a dozen or more pals in a ???lounge??? just outside Kimmel??™s dressing room in the Hollywood studio where the daily show is shot. ???We have five screens now,??? he says. ???I look at the games [on DirecTV] Sunday morning and pick which five are most interesting as a result of gambling or fantasy football or various pools were in.???
Kimmel rarely joins them because being there reminds him too much of what he does all week, says his cousin: ???He ends up sitting down by his laptop and doing work on a Sunday.???
Until three years ago, Kimmel hosted a weekly party at his home to watch the games. But it got too messy, Cousin Sal says: ???We??™re a bunch of slobs and he started getting expensive stuff. There are only so many times you can see him in the corner upset one of our thuggish friends inadvertently was mashing Raisinets into one of his expensive rugs.???
Against All Odds with Cousin Sal (Extra Points Edition???)??¬ Extra Points Podcast Network.
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FEB 2, 2021 Super Bowl Prop-A-Palooza, Senior Bowl Bet-Ache, Harry??™s 40-time.
Super Bowl Prop-A-Palooza, Senior Bowl Bet-Ache, Harry??™s 40-time.
Cousin Sal sets up the first ever Extra Points Extra Chance Badbeat Buyback contest where one lucky fan will win the prize of a lifetime- $5,555 delivered by none other than Harry (02:00).
The Degenerate Trifecta discusses their Bet-Aches as Brother Brian is convinced by Harry to bet The Senior Bowl and did Harry curse Drake??™s streak of covering (06:00)?
Then it??™s the Super Bowl Prop-A-Palooza; from the first touchdown to the first penalty, all the props by position, by quarter and more. The gang gives their best bets in the big game; Harry is once again in love with Leonard Fournette anytime touchdown and Brother Bri and The Parlay Kid break down Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce and even a holding call for the first penalty call of the game (12:15).
Next, it??™s a trip on the Volvo Riverboat Casino as the guys discuss what would be the best addition to the Super Bowl halftime show- a rap battle, a food fight or a 40 yard race by the coaches which leads to an argument over Harry??™s 40 time (44:45).
Finally, a Super Bowl Sharp Tank and Cousin Sal closes things out with a touching letter from The Parlay Kid and Brother Bri??™s Dad (52:45).
1 hr 10 min.
JAN 26, 2021 AFC/NFC Championship Recap, Questionable Coaching Calls, Prop Payoffs, Yelled at by any Coach in History.
AFC/NFC Championship Recap, Questionable Coaching Calls, Prop Payoffs, Yelled at by any Coach in History.
Super Bowl LV is set but first Cousin Sal and the Degenerate Trifecta recap Conference Championship Weekend. The Packers bad coaching brings back memories of Gregg Williams and more questionable calls that may have cost them the game. Harry attempts to explain his two ten-team teaser Bet-Ache, Cousin Sal??™s new rule is don??™t let the numbers play you and Brother Brian once again picked the winners but bet the opposite. The guys recap all their props that hit including Harry??™s Leonard Fourtnette anytime score. Are Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill the greatest WR/TE combination in NFL history? Plus, it??™s a wide-open NBA MVP race ??“ as Lebron James has not missed a game yet this season. Then it??™s time for a ride on the brand new Volvo Riverboat Casino to discuss which coach in history you would want to be yelled at by: Coach K, Jon Gruden or Mr. Szokoli? Finally, Cousin Sal hears from the D3 and makes his Sharp Tank pick!
1 hr 8 min.
JAN 19, 2021 AFC/NFC Championships, Brooklyn Nets Odds, McGregor/Poirier.
AFC/NFC Championships, Brooklyn Nets Odds, McGregor/Poirier.
1 hr 20 min.
JAN 12, 2021 NFL Playoffs, NHL Futures, 2021 Heisman Odds, Kendrick Perkins/GinaParadiso interview.
NFL Playoffs, NHL Futures, 2021 Heisman Odds, Kendrick Perkins/GinaParadiso interview.
Cousin Sal and the Degenerate Trifecta react to Alabama rolling to another National Championship. Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith were impressive as nearly everyone won money on the Crimson Tide. Brother Bri suffers a bad Bet-ache and Harry feels he was guilted into taking a break from betting on Chinese basketball (08:15).
The guys take a look at next year??™s Heisman trophy odds. Harry shares his surprise pick (44:15). Plus, the NHL season begins tomorrow and the Parlay Kid is all in on the New York Islanders (50:00). Finally, Cousin Sal talks to Kendrick Perkins and Gina Paradiso about their new podcast The Betting Academy: Hoops Edition (01:08:00).
1 hr 39 min.
JAN 5, 2021 Wild Card Weekend, Ohio State/Alabama, Michael Lombardi.
Wild Card Weekend, Ohio State/Alabama, Michael Lombardi.
Then Michael Lombardi joins the show to discuss how the Eagles should have handled the final game of the season, why Jason Garrett is a head coaching candidate again and why Aaron Rodgers will be so hard to beat in the playoffs (01:02:00). Finally, Cousin Sal decides which of the guys he??™ll roll with this week with his Sharp Tank pick (01:22:00).
1 hr 31 min.
DEC 29, 2020 Week 17 Preview, Andre Reed, Bills Super Bowl Run, College Football Playoffs, Harry??™s Fat Camp Wish.
Week 17 Preview, Andre Reed, Bills Super Bowl Run, College Football Playoffs, Harry??™s Fat Camp Wish.
Brother Bri suffers a Bet-Ache after he missed placing a bet on Hawaii because his truck got repossessed on Christmas Eve (02:00). Cousin Sal and the Degenerate Trifecta try to make sense of the NFC East and could Andy Dalton lead the Cowboys to an NFC East title (17:00)? A preview of Week 17??™s playoff implication games including Cardinals/Rams, Bears/Packers and the Tua/Fitzpatrick lead Dolphins against the Bills. The guys also preview the college football playoffs (Alabama/Notre Dame and Clemson/Ohio State), plus their other best College Bowl game bets. Then Pro Football Hall of Famer, Andre Reed calls in to discuss the Buffalo Bills resurgence and why they might be the team to beat in the AFC, his top three receivers of all time and his first table break in honor of Bills Mafia (53:45). Finally, the Parlay Kid calls out Harry for his GoFundMe campaign to go to Fat Camp (01:20:00).
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The Ringer ??™s Bill Simmons is joined by Jimmy Kimmel to discuss Cousin Sal??™s new book, You Can??™t Lose Them All: Tales of a Degenerate Gambler and His Ridiculous Friends , what the end of the Trump presidency means for Jimmy Kimmel Live! , how SNL might address the Biden administration, the greatest pranks from Jimmy??™s show, and more (2:20). Then Bill talks with Fox and NFL Network??™s Peter Schrager about Packers-Buccaneers and Chiefs-Bills before giving out his Million-Dollar Picks for the NFL conference championship games (49:00).
Extra Points with Cousin Sal, Dave Dameshek & Charlotte Wilde???r??¬ Extra Points Podcast Network.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live and Lock It In on-air personality Cousin Sal joins NFL Network/Adam Carolla podcast??™s Dave Dameshek and Fox Sports' Charlotte Wilder multiple times a week to discuss sports and entertainment items as well other nonsense almost guaranteed to annoy people.
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FEB 3, 2021 Super Bowl Props, Gatorade Color Bet, Dave??™s Wins Pyramid.
Super Bowl Props, Gatorade Color Bet, Dave??™s Wins Pyramid.
Cousin Sal hears his parents' review of his new book and their surprise that people are buying it. As everyone gears up for the Super Bowl, Sal and Dave discuss the Extra Points Extra Chance Contest where one loser will turn winner with $5,555 presented, in person, by Harry. However, Harry is nervous about going to certain states. FanDuel has odds on the Gatorade dump color and orange is the favorite. The line has still not changed and neither has Sal or Dave??™s Super Bowl pick. A rundown of more Super Bowl props and could the Tampa Bay cannons be a home field advantage for the Bucs? Dave introduces his Quarterback Wins Post-Season Pyramid and tries to tell us things we already know. Tom Brady sets yet another record this time with jersey sales, which leads to trying to remember the last time Cousin Sal wore a jersey. Dave recalls the time he beat Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor in a free throw contest.
55 min.
FEB 1, 2021 Iacono Royal Rumble, Stafford/Goff Trade, Boneless Wings, Top 20 Super Bowl Quarterbacks.
Iacono Royal Rumble, Stafford/Goff Trade, Boneless Wings, Top 20 Super Bowl Quarterbacks.
Sal??™s family??™s Royal Rumble poll turns violent after his youngest son wins and attempts to celebrate. It??™s Super Bowl week and Cousin Sal announces the details of the Extra Points Extra Chance Bad Beat Buyback Contest.
Dave and Sal discuss the Matthew Stafford/Jared Goff trade and what it means for both teams. What will Houston do with DeShaun Watson and why Steelers fans need to stop dreaming of a possible trade. Sal and Dave are horrified that Jerry Ferrara and Jen Piacenti think boneless ???wings??? are better than actual buffalo wings.
A look at Super Bowl prop bets and is Patrick Mahomes already one of the top 20 quarterbacks to have ever played in the Super Bowl? Finally, Dave and Sal give out their Crown Royal Athletes of the week including Nikola or Nicola Jokic.
1 hr 10 min.
JAN 29, 2021 GameStop Stop Already, Mahomes/Brady, QB Props, Deshaun Destinations.
GameStop Stop Already, Mahomes/Brady, QB Props, Deshaun Destinations.
Cousin Sal, Charlotte and Dave continue their attempt to understand the GameStop scandal only to agree it??™s now even more difficult to figure out. Jeni??™s has a new Everything Bagel ice cream flavor; have we gone too far with the flavors? Dave wants to hear everyone??™s Win/Place/Show of ice cream flavors.
Is Patrick Mahomes being the GOAT in play if he beats Brady in the Super Bowl? Dave brings up the debate: would you rather have the career of Eli Manning or Dan Marino? Plus, Bill Belichick??™s tough year continues as a Subway lawsuit claims there is no tuna in the tuna fish.
Deshaun Watson wants out of Houston and Charlotte feels for Houston fans comparing it to Mookie Betts and Tom Brady both leaving Boston. The guys try to make sense of how the Texans went from a contender to a disaster so quickly in one year. Finally, where they each think Deshaun will end up as Dave thinks the Jets are in a better position to win than people think.
1 hr.
JAN 27, 2021 Sal on Kimmel, Super Bowl MVP Odds, Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sal on Kimmel, Super Bowl MVP Odds, Baseball Hall of Fame.
Cousin Sal goes on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a guest for the first time to promote his new book You Can??™t Lose Them All. A photoshopped picture of Oprah holding the book causes confusion among Sal??™s family as well as more book sales.
Charlotte and Dave talk about Media Day/Night memories and the time Cousin Sal pretended to be Carolina Panthers kicker Jon Casey. The guys discuss Super Bowl MVP Odds and who could be a longshot worth taking. Charlotte can??™t think of anything worse than the Bucs winning and Antonio Brown getting MVP. The quarterback carousel is beginning to spin ??“ Aaron Rodgers appears to be off, Jared Goff is getting on and how Deshaun Watson going to the Jets could move a lot of quarterbacks around the league.
Charlotte tries to explain the GameStop stock surge and how it ties into the Mets. Finally, no one was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame and Dave says enough with it, time to start from scratch with a whole new concept.
1 hr 20 min.
JAN 25, 2021 AFC/NFC Championship, Brady Comparisons Beyond Football, Stopping Kelce, The Uniformant.
AFC/NFC Championship, Brady Comparisons Beyond Football, Stopping Kelce, The Uniformant.
Super Bowl LV is set as Cousin Sal, Charlotte and Dave recap the NFC and AFC Championship games. But first, Cousin Sal asks about zoom funeral etiquette. Charlotte??™s impressive pick streak continues but the Extra Points for Extra Pay Parlay doesn??™t hit.
The guys discuss the Packers poor coaching, Brady??™s greatness gets even greater and Dave says the pressure really is now on Bill Belichick to win and the softening of his legacy and the Patriots around him.
Will this be another great Super Bowl? How do we feel about the odds KC (-3)? Are Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill the best TE/WR combination in NFL history?
Sal proposes a possible strategy of not kicking field goals against Kansas City.
Who get the most Twitter fan outrage- coaches, refs or quarterbacks? The Uniformant weighs in on a Super Bowl clash of color. Finally, it??™s the Crown Royal Water Break Athletes of the Week as Dustin Poirier helps Sal cash in.
1 hr 20 min.
JAN 22, 2021 AFC/NFC Championship, Legacies on the Line, Dan Campbell Kneecap Speech.
AFC/NFC Championship, Legacies on the Line, Dan Campbell Kneecap Speech.
Cousin Sal and Dave welcome Michigan and Virginia to the FanDuel Family as they remember Super Bowl XL in Detroit and Dave??™s in-flight bachelor party. The Steelers sign Dwayne Haskins and Dave thinks we may see a quarterback carousel this off-season. Speaking of carousels, Dave??™s brain vividly remembers a disappointing 1979 NFC Championship game.
It??™s the Extra Points for Extra Pay Parlay as the guys preview the AFC and NFC Championships. Dave calls it Legacy Weekend as Aaron Rodgers looks to get back to the Super Bowl for the first time in a decade. Is there a Curse of ???Sposda in either game and a listener from Australia takes issue with Dave??™s picks.
The Detroit Lions new head coach Dan Campbell talks about breaking kneecaps in his introductory press conference. Plus, the Eagles hire Nick Sirianni and Eric Bieniemy is once again passed over for a top job. Finally, Hank Aaron.
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It is one thing for a gambler to risk money on a wager. It??™s quite another to put his gonads on the line.
???Cousin Sal??? Iacono ??” best known for his appearances on ???Jimmy Kimmel Live!,??? hosted by his actual cousin Jimmy ??” falls into the gonad-imperiling category.
During a 2017 episode of his ???Cousin Sal??™s Sure Thing,??? a video series in which he gave out football betting picks on Facebook, Iacono, also a ???Kimmel??? writer, was so confident about his prediction of the NFL Seattle Seahawks defeating the Atlanta Falcons, he added a sweetener.
???I said that if I was wrong, I??™d be willing to get punched in the nuts by [my pal] Johnny Knoxville,??? Iacono, 49, and a married father of three, told The Post. ???But moments later, Johnny jumped the gun. He slugged me in the groin long before the game even started.???
Iacono doubled over in pain and breathlessly requested that Knoxville read the rest of his picks.
That was not the only time that sports betting created physical danger for Iacono. As related in his new memoir, ???You Can??™t Lose Them All: Tales of a Degenerate Gambler and his Ridiculous Friends??? (Twelve), the former real-estate lawyer once got a wager going with some ???Live!??? office mates. The Los Angeles Lakers were playing the Boston Celtics for the 2010 NBA championship, and Iacono and two others wanted to find a trio willing to make a stupid bet against them: Whoever picks the losing side would undergo a cycle of steroids.
???Nobody would take the bet,??? said Iacono, a Brooklynite who now lives in LA. ???So we came up with another idea. The three of us would get Botox injections in our foreheads if the finals went for the full seven games.???
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They lost and wanted to do the deed atop a moving double-decker bus. ???But the doctor administering the shots said it could be bad if we hit a pothole??? ??” potentially causing the needle to go awry and result in blindness. ???Instead, we did it on the roof of a building. We wanted to put it on the [Kimmel] show but a lawyer went crazy. He added, ???You ?idiots did this for nothing.??™???
Sometimes Iacono??™s gambling losses are monetary and physical. Such was the case when he, superstar chef David Chang and sports analyst Bill Simmons gambled after a meal at Chang??™s Momofuku restaurant in Las Vegas. After they lost thousands at blackjack, Chang suggested trying their luck at craps.
But there was one wrinkle: Chang likes to bet what is known as the ???don??™t pass line,??? in which you wager on the house to win and fellow players to lose. Iacono and Simmons played like Chang plays. ???People get mad when you root for them to lose,??? said Iacono. ???This one guy was so angry that he started whipping the dice at us. We left the table with welts. It was a loss all around.???
He also brought Chang into his fantasy football league, which has a special rule in which the season winner can ban any one participant for the coming year.
When ???Mad Men??? was the hottest show on television, its star was given the boot. ???Jon Hamm, I guess, just seemed like he??™d be the funniest person [to eject],??? said Iacono.
After rushing from the set to the coming season??™s draft, held in a private room above a bar in LA, Hamm ordered a beer. ???He got kicked out, downed his drink and coolly left the bar in classic Don Draper style. The next couple of days, Hamm was, like, ???I don??™t need you losers.??™??? By the next season, he rejoined.
Iacono will wager on most anything. He has bet with Adam Corolla on ???Dancing with the Stars??? outcomes and lost a wager that Pete Townshend would smash his guitar when The Who played the 2010 Super Bowl halftime show. (???He laid it down daintily, as if it was a valuable Beanie Baby and he was worried about bending the tag.???)
And then there were the 2017 ?Oscars. ???My cousin Jimmy was host; I got to write for the show and that should have been enough euphoria, but I bet a parlay??? ??” a wager that required him to correctly predict four winners.
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He had three in the bag when Best Picture came up. Iacono picked ???La La Land??? ??” which was first incorrectly called the winner. Iacono thought he had snagged $3,500 ?until ???Moonlight??? actually won.
There is one thing he avoids: online poker. ???I??™d have no time for my kids,??? Iacono said, ???and the divorce would cost me more than what I could possibly make at poker.???
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