Robert James Smith

Bobby Smith was born in Forest Hills, NY and attended St. John's University. His first book, "How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread," has frequently ranked #1 in sales at Amazon.com in the categories of "Sports Betting" and "American Football." It is credited with raising the bar for all other authors who may attempt to tackle the subject.

As an entertaining, informative and original writer who out-researches the rest and can also pick winners at a profitable rate, Bobby is a ground-breaking presence in the field of sports forecasting. He credits his Thoroughbred race analysis background at Daily Racing Form for helping to develop his important "between the lines" vision for picking NFL, College Football and other sports winners against the spread.

Bobby regularly beat ex-NFL coaches and players in NBC's weekly employees-only NFL football pool. He has proved that so-called "insiders" with the highest profiles are not the best sources to seek for the most pertinent information necessary when you are playing the game within the game -- wagering against the spread. He continues to prove it on a daily basis while writing and forecasting for subscribers to www.sportsreporter.com and www.winningpoints.com, two of the nation's longest-running sports betting publications.

In addition to "How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread," Bobby is also the chief writer and Editor of "Sports Reporter's Zone Blitz," an annual College and NFL football forecasting almanac. A native New Yorker, Bobby has also enjoyed living in Hoboken, NJ and Southern California. He currently resides in Long Island, NY with his wife Theresa and baby daughter Celine.