Meet the SportsLine Experts

SportsLine Experts have you covered in every major sport, from every angle. Get to know them.

SportsLine Staff


Todd Fuhrman arrives to SportsLine with an extensive resume in the sports gambling industry. Fuhrman got his start at Caesars Palace as a financial analyst back in 2005 before transitioning into sportsbook operations full time. Since his departure from the Palace back in 2011, he's experienced a meteoric rise as a gambling insider and trusted voice in the field. During his previous stint at Fox Sports he covered every sport with a point spread ranging from college and pro football to NASCAR and soccer. Follow Todd @ToddFuhrman.


A confident, sometimes brash New Yorker, Nick Kostos is a former host and executive producer at SiriusXM and formerly covered the NFL for Bleacher Report. He enjoys nothing more than a cold beer and going against the public. He specializes in the NFL, college football and basketball.  Follow Nick @TheKostos


Larry is a former lead analyst for Covers and The Linemakers on Sporting News who brings a vast network of Vegas and offshore sources to SportsLine. Not to mention a sweet jumper and mean poker game. When making picks, Larry relies on advanced metrics, meaningful trends and a deep understanding of betting markets.   Follow Larry @LarryHartstein


Stephen Oh, SportsLine's principal data engineer, specializes in sports simulations, projections, and advanced statistical analysis. Stephen is a co-founder of AccuScore.   Follow Stephen @SLStephenOh


Josh Nagel is a professional journalist and handicapper with 15 years' experience in the Nevada sports betting industry. He specializes in college football and basketball. The past five seasons, he hit 61.3 percent (54-34) of his college football picks against the spread in the Reno Gazette-Journal.  Josh looks for pscyhological edges, motivational spots and situational advantages.   Follow Josh @JoshNagel1


A veteran sportswriter whose work appears periodically in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Mike does not consider himself a pet lover. But he likes 'dogs, preferring to evaluate each game from the underdog's point of view. Mike specializes in the NFL and college football.   Follow Mike @MTierneySports


Zack Cimini is a Vegas-based handicapper coming off a banner 2014 season (Documented 65% in NFL, 58% apiece in CFB and CBB). To get an edge on oddsmakers, Zack limits the board on a week-to-week basis and takes full advantage of Vegas's best asset: the sportsbooks. There he takes mental notes on public betting trends and line movements while doing extensive game analysis.   Follow Zack @Cimini


"Vegas" Matty Simo started working in the industry nearly 20 years ago alongside legendary oddsmaker Michael "Roxy" Roxborough and has been hooked ever since. When handicapping games, Matty values situational betting angles above all others. He specializes in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL and college basketball.   Follow Matty @Vegas_Matty


Dayn Perry is a baseball writer for CBSSports.com and the author of three books about baseball. He doesn't do much well, but he does write about, think about and consume baseball well, at least relative to all the other things he doesn't do well. Sometimes, he makes jokes. Dayn believes you can best predict future outcomes only when you do your best to strip away the influences of the unsustainable.   Follow Dayn @daynperry


Covering the NBA since 2007 and a national writer for CBSSports since 2012, Zach's philosophy when it comes to picking NBA games is straightforward: Talent almost always wins out, don't get too cute.   Follow Zach @talkhoops