Predictions for the Champions League quarterfinals
The bracket is set. The Champions League quarterfinals, which shift to a single-elimination format, begin Wednesday in Lisbon. Who will march on and who will head home? Below, we predict…
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.
Transfer Gossip: Serie A pair ready for England, Juve keen on Aouar
Nothing can dampen the never-ending nature of transfer talk. Here’s a look at the wildest rumors that made the rounds this week. Lingard attracting interest from trio of clubs Manchester…
5 key takeaways from this week's Champions League action
The Champions League made its long-awaited return this week, as the remaining last-16 ties were completed before the competition shifts to Lisbon for a single-elimination mini-tournament. Below, we examine the…
The numbers that defined Friday's Champions League action
Manchester City and Lyon marched into the quarterfinals of the Champions League, knocking out Real Madrid and Juventus, respectively, to book their places in the single-elimination mini-tournament in Lisbon. Below,…
ATP Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court.
Kyrgios slams Djokovic's 'boneheaded' tour after positive COVID-19 tests
Nick Kyrgios has called it a “boneheaded decision” to go ahead with the Adria Tour, a series of exhibition events organized by Novak Djokovic, after Grigor Dimitrov and Borna Coric…
Flavia Pennetta won her 1st Grand Slam and then rode off into the sunset
Following our recent series on the best teams never to win a championship, we’re flipping the concept. This series will examine a selection of the most unlikely teams to reach…
5 tennis documentaries we'd love to see
With ESPN’s “The Last Dance” whetting the appetite of folks desperate for any sort of sports content, RunSportBet editors have joined forces to look back at some of the most…
'A lot of pressure on us': How coronavirus impacts tennis players' livelihoods
As the onset of a pandemic forced North American sports to a standstill, one small but meaningful break went Kristie Ahn’s way. Ahn is the world’s 96th-ranked women’s tennis player….
BASEBALL
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding. The batting team attempts to score runs by hitting a ball that is thrown by the pitcher with a bat swung by the batter, then running counter-clockwise around a series of four bases: first, second, third, and home plate.
What's it like being an MLB interpreter? We asked
DUNEDIN, Florida – As Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s much-anticipated big-league debut loomed last year, nobody was more nervous than Hector Lebron. A horde of reporters would be there to bombard the…
'It's been an adjustment': Dan Shulman is trying to embrace TV's new normal
Late in the Toronto Blue Jays’ third game of this unprecedented season, Teoscar Hernandez attempted to swipe his first bag of 2020, bolting for third on a 2-2 pitch from…
Small-sample Statcast: 4 notable starts to the 2020 season
Parsing a week’s worth of data is a fraught exercise. Anyone can have a good week. Anyone can have a bad week. Mike Trout, baseball’s best player, hit .160 with…
Are heavier bullpen workloads the future of pitching?
When Major League Baseball announced its return-to-play plan in June, it was a foregone conclusion that relief pitchers would play an outsized role in the unprecedented season ahead, at least…
NASCAR
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the sport’s highest level of professional competition. It is consequently the most popular and most profitable NASCAR series. Since 2001, the Sprint Cup season has consisted of 36 races over 10 months.
Greatest sports movie characters: Dogs and ducks highlight Part 3
RunSportBet is counting down the 100 best fictional characters in sports movie history, with a new post every weekday until July 3. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 |…
Greatest sports movie characters: Kicking off our top 100 countdown
RunSportBet is counting down the 100 best fictional characters in sports movie history, with a new post every weekday until July 3. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 |…
Greatest sports movie characters: Kicking off our top 100 countdown
RunSportBet is counting down the 100 best fictional characters in sports movie history, with a new post every weekday until July 3. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 |…
With other sports paused, this budding NASCAR star is making the (virtual) leap
Maybe the first month of William Byron’s NASCAR season was enough notice he was about to break out. His Duel win during qualifying for the Daytona 500 offset, in part,…
Rugby
Rugby is a sport that people play around the world. Many people play rugby in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, France, South Africa, Argentina, Japan,USA, Canada the Pacific Islands and some 100+ other countries. It is the World’s premier oval ball football and is usually just called “rugby”.
How the NFL's pay structure undervalues George Kittle
George Kittle will eventually be paid more than any other tight end in the NFL. The reason his next contract still isn’t done? Because he plays tight end in the…
Fantasy: 7 players who will lead you to a title in 2020 (Updated)
Get ready for your season with RunSportBet’s 2020 Fantasy Football Draft Kit and subscribe to push notifications in the NFL Fantasy News section. No fantasy manager’s draft plan should rigidly…
Ranking NFL divisions by degree of difficulty
With the 2020 campaign fast approaching, RunSportBet’s Mike Alessandrini evaluates the NFL’s eight divisions and ranks them from easiest to win to hardest. 8. AFC East For the first time…
The NFL's opt-outs and their consequences, explained
As the NFL gears up to try to play a season in the middle of a global pandemic, it’s fair to say there are plenty of issues. The players’ union…