8 thoughts from this week's Champions League action
The Champions League final is set. Below, we dissect the biggest talking points from this week’s semifinal action and examine the significance of those events going into the showpiece match…
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.
10 managerial appointments that shocked world football
In honor of Jose Mourinho’s shocking return to coaching with his appointment at AS Roma, RunSportBet looks back at other managerial unveilings that have surprised the football world over the…
United fans storm Old Trafford, force postponement of Liverpool game
Warning: Videos contain coarse language The Manchester United fan protests against the Glazer family’s ownership of the club spilled onto the Old Trafford pitch, eventually forcing Sunday’s match against Liverpool…
5 thoughts from this week's Champions League action
The Champions League returned this week with a pair of fascinating semifinal matchups. Below, we dissect the biggest talking points from the action and examine the significance of those events…
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.
2021 Australian Open predictions: Winners, dark horses, and early upsets
Against most odds, the 2021 Australian Open will take place over the next fortnight in Melbourne. Herculean efforts by local health authorities, Tennis Australia, and the players themselves mean fans…
5 storylines to watch at the 2021 Australian Open
The 2021 tennis season is officially underway with Australian Open tuneup events taking place in Melbourne. COVID-19 has dramatically altered the lead-up to the first Grand Slam, though tournament director…
How sports became 'an American obsession' 100 years ago
Baseball had yet to tar Shoeless Joe Jackson as a cheat when the sweet-swinging outfielder, one of eight Chicago White Sox players alleged to have thrown the World Series in…
5 storylines to watch at the US Open: Will Djokovic do it again in New York?
It’s certainly different, but Grand Slam tennis is upon us yet again. Novak Djokovic and Sofia Kenin were the victors in Melbourne when the tours last contested the game’s biggest…
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.
MLB Cy Young Rankings: Big Apple aces bearing fruit for Mets, Yankees
Welcome to the first edition of RunSportBet’s 2021 Cy Young rankings, in which we pick the top pitchers from each league. American League 5. Danny Duffy, Royals Icon Sportswire /…
MLB MVP Rankings: Pitchers making noise in way-too-early list
Welcome to the first edition of RunSportBet’s 2021 Most Valuable Player rankings, where we pick the top players from each league. American League 5. Byron Buxton, Twins Ron Schwane /…
MLB Rookie of the Year rankings: Yerminator, smooth Jazz lead early
Welcome to the first edition of RunSportBet’s 2021 MLB Rookie of the Year rankings. It’s early yet, but there’s never a bad time to take a peek at which first-year…
MLB's 10 best performers through April
The first month of the 2021 MLB season is complete, which means it’s as good a time as any to examine the best performers thus far. It was tough to…
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”.
NFL Power Rankings: Where every team stands after 2021 draft
The NFL Power Rankings are selected by a panel of RunSportBet’s football editors. 1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images Sport / Getty Post-FA rank: 1 The Buccaneers…
What's going on with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers?
There’s a beef between quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers again, and this time it seems pretty serious. On Thursday – perhaps not coincidentally, the first day of…
2022 NFL mock draft: Elite defenders join pair of QBs at the top
Since the moment he took his first steps onto the field for Clemson, Trevor Lawrence was destined to become the top pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. There isn’t the…
Brevin Jordan slips to Texans in Round 5
The Houston Texans selected tight end Brevin Jordan out of Miami in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, 147th overall. Jordan was expected to come off the board…