Sport: Route of the Super Chiefs

The half-time show was under way at the Super Bowl, and the high-stepping Southern University band was presenting a thunderous reprise of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. Then, as the announcer intoned "1,300 Englishmen died here," an irate football fan was heard to jeer, "Yeah, and one Greek!"

Jimmy ("the Greek") Snyder is still alive—but not very well—in Las Vegas. In the last two Super Bowls, the king of the odds makers has been wrong by a grand total of 55 points. Last year he rated the American Football League's upstart New York...