Ricky Dimon

Pickswise Expert

Ricky is Deputy Editor at Pickswise who lives in Atlanta, Georgia – although he spends much of his time travelling the world visiting his brother in Africa and covering professional tennis tournaments such as in London, Paris and Melbourne. Ricky has been handicapping tennis for more than a decade and other sports for 5+ years. Futures plays are his favorite targets when it comes to the sports betting market, while he also likes to hit point spread (or game spreads in the case of tennis).

Live Picks 2

Live Parlays 0

Weekly News Articles 9

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Favorite Sports

Favorite Teams

Greatest Betting Win

Hitting Kvitova at 100/1 odds was a fun one – and for multiple reasons beyond just the cash supplement. First, my confidence in it could not have been higher at the beginning of the Miami tournament. When I saw Kvitova going off at 100/1, I asked two of my friends who cover the WTA Tour full time what the heck was going on. Was she injured?!?! No, in fact it was just a gross pricing failure by the market. Second, I naturally gave out the pick at Pickswise in my pre-tournament best bets article. Winning bets yourself is fun; handing them out for many others (hopefully!) to benefit from is even better!

Greatest Achievements

100/1 play on Petra Kvitova to win the 2023 Miami Open Winner of the USTA Georgia Media Excellence Award in 2015

Education

Ricky graduated from Davidson College (Davidson, North Carolina) with a bachelor’s degree in history. That’s where he began his sports-writing endeavours, covering college athletics for the school newspaper.

Experience

Ricky has been sports writing as a profession for the last 15 years. In addition to Pickswise, his current roles include covering high school sports (mostly football) for a local paper in Atlanta and covering the professional tennis tour for various websites – including his own blog. Ricky first got into the sports-writing world as a fantasy football analyst and he continues to be an avid fantasy football player. Representing Pickswise, Ricky won the 2022 Sirius XM Indepence Day Invitational league in his debut appearance.

Favorite betting market / type

Futures and Point Spreads.

Favorite bookmakers

Ricky's Picks

Super Bowl 61 Winner Pick

HOU Texans to win Super Bowl 61(+2000)

Reasoning

Despite starting the season 3-5, the Texans rallied and were arguably the most in-form team heading into the playoffs, winning 9 straight to close out the regular season. They finished 12-5, destroyed Pittsburgh in the first round and were just a halfway decent performance from CJ Stroud away from beating New England and being favored over Denver in the AFC Championship. This defense is unbelievable, and you have to think that Stroud can’t possibly be as bad in 2026 as he was in 2025. He should also have a lot more help, as Nico Collins will be back and perhaps even Joe Mixon will return to the field. Moreover, the AFC South is always winnable – and the first step toward the Lombardi Trophy is winning your division.

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Super Bowl 61 Winner Pick

LA Rams to win Super Bowl 61(+900)

Reasoning

Matthew Stafford is coming off an MVP-winning campaign and announced during his speech that he would return for at least 1 more season. That’s enough for me. The Rams’ offense should continue to cook with Stafford under center, and their defense is stacked with young talent. They also own 2 first-round picks — #13 (from Atlanta) and #29 (their own).

LA really wasn’t that far off from winning this year’s Super Bowl. It lost an overtime thriller to Seattle in Week 16 that pretty much decided the NFC West and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Head coach Sean McVay’s squad then lost at Seattle in another thriller in the NFC Championship – a game that really should have been played in Los Angeles if not for the Rams’ 4th-quarter meltdown in Week 16. Give me Stafford to potentially go out on top next year.

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