Our Team: Alex Murray

Meet Alex Murray

Alex is a graduate of Ryerson’s Sports Media program in 2019 and has been contributing to BettingTop10 since 2020.

He has worked in the field of sports and sports betting for several years, including stops writing for theScore and daily fantasy sports website FantasyPros as one of the lead NBA news writers.

A dedicated sports fan and experienced sports bettor, Alex has the knowledge to provide you with the best betting advice and the sneakiest props no matter what the sport may be. And he’ll ensure you get a chuckle with his cheeky and concise analysis.

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Alex’s Professional Experience

2025 → NBA contributor - Sporting News/Athlon Sports - Provided daily news updates on the biggest storylines across the world of the NBA.

2024-2025 → NFL News Writer - TheSportsRush - Write daily news updates on the biggest topics around the NFL with an emphasis on humor and data-driven analysis.

2023-2024 → Lead NFL Editor - GiveMeSport - Led a team of three editors and 25+ freelance writers in creating an NFL vertical for this largely soccer-centric website. Grew viewership by 240 percent per month and 60 percent per article.

2021-2023 → Contributor - FanSided - Wrote a variety of articles for FanSided’s Nuggets-centric site, Nugg Love, as well as other content for various other teams including the Lakers and Raptors.

2019 → NFL News Editor → theScore - Wrote concise and engaging news pieces concerning the latest in football news.

2017-2019 → Player Update Writer - FantasyPros - Provided daily player updates for a litany of NBA teams.

Alex Murray’s Writing Philosophy

With yellow journalism and unedited AI content flooding the internet over the last few years, quality, honest, accurate, and earnest writing, especially in the sports media world, is seriously lacking.

Attention spans have taken a massive hit over the last few years, so an important part of Alex’s writing philosophy is not only informing the reader on the topic at hand but entertaining them in doing so. To do this, he often uses fun pop culture references or literary allusions to make more abstract or dense sports topics a little more relatable and/or palatable.

Areas of Expertise

Alex has been writing in the sports and sports betting sectors for over half a decade, and with that experience has evidently come some level of expertise in a few different specific areas. Alex loves a wide variety of sports as well as a wide variety of different types of sports betting.

NFL → A lifelong NFL fan and a serious football player until college, Alex has expert-level knowledge of the NFL, its history, and of course, its betting trends.
NBA → Whether you want real basketball analysis or betting-related predictions, Alex has you covered.
Tips & Strategies → Finding the right bets to make on any given game is as tough as ever with the sheer volume of markets, Alex helps cut through all the gambling noise with his tips and betting strategies.
Responsible Gambling → Adding a little action is always fun, but Alex believes and subscribes to the idea that betting should only ever be bonus fun.

Q&A with Alex Murray

What inspired you to write about sports?

I have been in love with sports since I was a toddler chasing around mini footballs and soccer balls. I was a decent athlete through my high school career, even earning a football scholarship. But upon reaching the college level, I realized I wouldn’t be the next John Lynch, and so pivoted to the next best thing to playing sports: covering them.

What’s your favorite sport to watch or play, and why?

My favorite sport to play is basketball, just because it is so accessible and cheap to play.

What’s a fun fact people might not know about you?

I am more obsessed with George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice & Fire book universe than anyone you know. Seriously.

When you’re not writing about sports, what do you usually do?

If I’m not writing, I’m reading about history, watching documentaries or TV shows, and going out for a cheeky pint with my buddies.

Which athlete or team do you admire most, and why?

One of the athletes that I admire the most is Muhammad Ali. It doesn’t get any more brave than giving up the prime of your athletic career to take a stand on a social issue as important as the Vietnam War. He continued to be the rare superstar athlete to use their platform for social activism well after his departure from the boxing ring.

NFL Pick 5: Week 10 5-Leg, 6-Point Teaser Parlay

After yet another close call on our six-leg, six-point teaser parlay in Week 9, we’re reducing our load to five picks for our six-point teaser parlay in Week 10. Check out our picks and analysis for this weekend’s NFL action!

Nov 07, 2025