While I may not have been around to comment on the World Cup recently, that doesn’t mean I’ve been skimping on watching the action whenever I can. So, with the round of 16 wrapped up, what better time than now to look at who is all here in the quarterfinals and what may lie ahead.
Uruguay [...]
I’m really not sure that enough has been made of this: The Toronto Blue Jays were just recently forced to play three “home” games in Philadelphia. Whether or not you have issues with the G20 summit in Toronto, the protesters that flocked there, the over-the-top security measures that only riled up people more or the [...]
After seeing what happened with the Wimbledon final last year between Federer and Roddick and now this year’s epic of Isner-Mahut, maybe it is time for the English club to change their tiebreak rule to the current one.
Seriously, matches that span three days and last 11 hours and five minutes – the fifth set alone [...]
So who has looked worse at the World Cup so far: The referees, or the African nations? The truth is that they’ve both been equally bad. And, really, this could be a huge issue.
Referees have officiated matches as if they were the stars of them, not the players. It’s long been said that the best [...]
Wow, after watching the second half of teams play in the World Cup, you have to wonder how many true contenders are in this whole thing. The total lack of finishing and the fact that teams are really settling in defensively and not willing to advance too far in fear of counterattack is really bogging [...]
It has been three and half years, two website addresses, a couple sponsors, a massive redesign, a lot spam comments and one hell of a lazy intern, but Running The Point has reached 1,000 posts with this one you’re reading right now.
We’ve covered it all in the sporting world over these 1,000 posts: Summer and [...]
With the first weekend down and four groups having played all of their openers, it’s time to gauge just who is destined to advance at the World Cup. So far, it looks like there is one team that’s on top, Germany, who could be even better than their 4-0 win showed. Then, there are certainly [...]
With the opening kickoff in only a matter of hours, it’s time to make RTP’s official predictions for the greatest tournament in the World. Starting with the Group winners and second place teams, you might have gotten a handle on who we think will go through from the group previews, but here they are in [...]
The drought is over and so is ice hockey for the summer. Yes, the Chicago Blackhawks mercifully put an end to the NHL’s season by defeating the Philadelphia Flyer to win the Stanley Cup.
It was the Hawk first title since 1961, ending the longest title drought in the league. There has been roughly three generations [...]
Brazil is the favourites to win it all and rightfully so. This “Group of Death” won’t slow them down. Other than arguably Spain, the Brazilians feature the most talent in the world and love to play on the grandest stage. They are so loaded that even Ronaldinho – featured in the superb Nike ad – [...]
