Skip To Main Content
Shane Jackson on Muck Rack

Shane Jackson

Verified
  • Freelance Sports Betting Editor and Writer, Freelance
Kansas
As seen in: MLB (Major League Baseball), The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, Lawrence Journal-World, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Daily Chronicle, Joliet Herald-News, Kane County Chronicle, Shaw Local, NorthWest Herald, Covers and
Covers:  Sports betting and sports
Web Content Writer for @BetMGM, covering MLB, NBA & WNBA. Views/opinions don't represent the company. Bets tracked on Action Network/Betstamp: ShaneThurston

Get in touch with Shane

Contact Shane, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Shane Jackson’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Freelance sports betting content creator. Editor/writer at sportsbookreview.com.

Shane Jackson’s Journalist Portfolio

Home | Shane Jackson Writer

Home | Shane Jackson Writer

After eight years as a sports journalist, I became the Sports Betting Content Director for Shaw Media at Bet …

View article →
Home | Shane Jackson Writer

Home | Shane Jackson Writer

After eight years as a sports journalist, I became the Sports Betting Content Director for Shaw Media at Bet …

View article →

Articles

Zack Wheeler passes Paul Skenes as BetMGM's 2025 NL Cy Young Award favorite

|
By Shane Jackson Verified
| MLB (Major League Baseball) Verified
This article was contributed by BetMGM. For more sports betting insights, check out BetMGM.com. For the first time all season, a player other than Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes is the betting favorite to win the National League Cy Young award. Phillies righty Zack Wheeler is the new NL Cy Young favorite at the BetMGM online sportsbook. Wheeler’s -125 price tag gives him an implied probability of 55.56% to win his first Cy Young Award. For comparison, he started with a +800 value in the preseason.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Judge lidera probabilidades para ganar el JMV de la L.A.; más reñido en la L.N.

|
By Shane Jackson Verified
| MLB (Major League Baseball) Verified
Este artículo fue contribuido por BetMGM. Para más información sobre apuestas deportivas, visita BetMGM.com. Menos de un mes después de iniciada la temporada 2025 de MLB, la estrella de los New York Yankees, Aaron Judge, tiene una ventaja dominante en la carrera por el Premio Jugador Más Valioso de la Liga Americana. Judge está -450 para repetir como JMV de la L.A. en la casa de apuestas en línea BetMGM, lo que le da una probabilidad implícita del 81.82% de ganar un tercer trofeo de este tipo.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

How Boston’s odds have moved to start the 2024 season

|
By Shane Jackson Verified
| MLB (Major League Baseball) Verified
This article was contributed by BetMGM. For more sports betting insights, check out BetMGM.com. Through 35 games (or roughly 21%) of the 2024 MLB season, the Boston Red Sox have played winning baseball. They are 19-16 on the year. While it’s certainly too early to watch the scoreboard, Boston is third in a competitive American League East. The Red Sox are 4 1/2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles and just one game out of the final Wild Card spot.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 1,130 licensed articles (1,132 Total)

Interview

See all →

What was your first job as a journalist?

College sports writer at Emporia State.

How is social media changing news?

We get it faster and more direct

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Stats sites and google docs, mostly.