Since 1992, Big Al McMordie has established himself as one of the premier sports handicappers in the country. Throughout his career, Al has been honest enough to submit all of his selections to the leading monitors (such as The Sports Monitor, Handicappers Watchdog, Sports Watch, and Sports Watch Monitor) for verification purposes. Over the past 32 years, Al has won 57 handicapping championships in football, basketball, baseball and hockey. Additionally, Al has finished in the top five 232 times and in the top ten 435 times. Here are some highlights:
2024
#1 NBA/NCAA Combo Return on Risk
#1 NBA Regular Season Win Percentage
#1 NCAA Bowls Net Profit
#2 NCAAB Regular Season Net Profit
#2 NFL Preseason Return on Risk
#2 NFL/NCAA Combo Return on Risk
#8 NCAAB March Madness Win Percentage
2023
#1 NBA/NCAAB Combo Return on Risk
#1 NBA/NCAAB Combo Win Percentage
#1 NBA/NCAAB Combo Net Profit
#1 NBA Playoffs Win Percentage
#3 NCAA Basketball Net Profit
#7 NFL/NCAAF Combo Return on Risk
2022
#1 NBA/NCAAB Combo Return on Risk
#1 NBA/NCAAB Combo Win Percentage
#1 NBA/NCAAB Combo Net Profit
#3 NBA Regular Season Return on Risk
#4 NHL Playoffs Return on Risk
#10 NFL/NCAAF Combo Return on Risk
2021
#1 NBA/NCAAB Combo Return on Risk
#2 NCAAB - Net Wins
#7 NFL Playoffs - Return on Risk
#10 NCAA Bowls - Return on Risk
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Baylor @ 12-1 odds to win NCAA Basketball Title
Cashed NBA Futures Wager on Milwaukee Bucks @ 13-2 odds to win NBA Title
2020
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Los Angeles Dodgers @ 4-1 odds to win MLB World Series
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Tampa Bay Lightning @ 7-1 odds to win NHL Stanley Cup
2019
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Virginia @ 22-1 odds to win NCAA Basketball Title
Cashed Futures Wager on Washington Nationals @ 18-1 odds to win MLB World Series
2018
#1 NFL-Net Wins
#2 NFL-Win %
#2 NBA-Net Profit
#2 NCAA Basketball-Net Profit
#4 NFL-Return on Risk
#9 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Net Profit
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Golden State Warriors @ -160 odds to win NBA Title
2017
#1 NHL-Return on Risk
#3 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Net Wins
#4 MLB Playoffs-Net Wins
#6 NFL-Net Profit
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Houston Astros @ 10-1 odds to win MLB World Series
Cashed NBA Futures Pick on Golden State Warriors (at -125 odds) to win NBA Title.
2016
#2 NCAA Football-Net Profit
#2 NHL-Return on Risk
#3 NCAA Football-Net Wins
#3 NCAA Football-Return on Risk
#3 MLB-Net Wins
#4 NFL Playoffs-Net Profit
#5 NFL-Net Profit
2015
#1 (of 1727 entrants) Las Vegas Westgate Casino NFL Mini-Contest
#3 NHL-Net Profit
#4 NHL-Return on Risk
#5 NBA Playoffs-Net Profit
2014
#1 NHL-Net Profit
#1 NHL-Return on Risk
#5 NBA-Win %
#5 NFL-Net Profit
#9 NFL Playoffs-Net Profit
#15 (of 1409 entrants) Las Vegas Hilton Casino NFL Contest-(the Top 30 finished "in the money")
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on San Antonio Spurs @ 14-1 odds to win NBA Title
2013
#5 NCAA Football Bowls-Net Wins
#5 NCAA Football Bowls-Net Profit
#5 NBA Playoffs-Net Wins
#7 NBA Playoffs-Net Profit
2012
#1 NFL-Win %
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Kentucky Wildcats @ 6-1 odds to win NCAA Basketball Title
2011
#1 MLB Playoffs-Net Profit
#2 NBA Playoffs-Net Profit
#4 NBA Playoffs-Return on Risk
#8 NCAA Basketball-Return on Risk
2010
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Green Bay Packers @ 12-1 odds to win NFL Super Bowl
2009
#3 NFL-Net Wins
#3 NFL-Net Profit
#5 NFL-Win %
#4 MLB Playoffs-Return on Risk
#8 NBA/NCAA Basketball-Win %
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on New York Yankees @ 5-1 odds to win MLB World Series
2008
#5 MLB Playoffs-Return on Risk
2007
Winner of the $100,000 World Series of Sports Handicapping
#1 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Win %
#7 NBA-Win %
#8 NBA/NCAA Basketball-Win %
2005
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on San Antonio Spurs @ 4-1 odds to win NBA Title
2004
Winner of the prestigious Stardust Casino Invitational Football Handicapping Contest
2003
#4 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Net Wins
#5 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Net Profit
#16 (of 346 entrants) Las Vegas Hilton Casino NFL Contest-(the Top 20 finished "in the money")
2002
#1 NBA-Win %
#2 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Win %
#3 NFL Playoffs-Win %
#4 NBA/NCAA Basketball-Win %
#4 NFL Preseason-Net Wins
#8 NCAA Football Bowls-Net Profit
Cashed Preseason Futures Wager on Maryland Terrapins @ 5-1 odds to win NCAA Basketball Title
2001
#1 MLB-Return on Risk
#1 NBA-Return on Risk
#2 NBA Playoffs-Win %
#5 NCAA Basketball-Net Wins
#7 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Win %
2000
#1 NFL Playoffs-Win % (10 wins-0 losses)
#1 NCAA Football Bowls-Net Wins
#2 NBA Playoffs-Win %
#3 NFL-Win %
#4 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Net Wins
#7 NCAA Basketball-Win %
#7 MLB-Net Profit
1999
Winner of the Sports Watch Handicapping Challenge
#1 NCAA Basketball-Win %
#2 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Win %
#2 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Net Profit
#6 NBA-Net Wins
#8 MLB-Net Profit
1998
#1 NCAA Football Bowls-Net Wins
#1 MLB-Net Wins
#1 NFL Preseason-Win %
#1 NBA-Return on Risk
#1 NFL/NCAA Football-Win %
#2 NCAA Football-Net Wins
#2 NCAA Football-Win %
#2 NFL Playoffs-Net Wins
#4 NFL/NCAA Football-Win %
1997
#1 NFL Playoffs-Net Wins
#1 NFL Playoffs-Win %
#1 NBA-Win %
#5 MLB Playoffs-Return on Risk
#2 NCAA Football-Win %
#7 NCAA Basketball-Net Profit
#8 MLB-Net Profit
1996
#1 NCAA Basketball-Net Wins
#1 NCAA Basketball-Win %
#1 NFL Playoffs-Win %
#1 MLB-Net Profit
#2 NCAA Basketball-Win %
#3 NCAA Basketball March Madness-Net Wins
#4 NBA Playoffs-Win %
1994
#5 NCAA Football Best Bets-Win %
#6 NFL Best Bets-Win %
1993
Winner of the Sports Watch Battle of the Handicappers
#1 NCAA Bowls-Net Wins
#3 NCAA Bowls-Win %
1992
#8 NCAA Bowls-Win %
