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Man City latest: Guardiola issues glowing Cherki review ahead of Villarreal

Albert Pujols tips his cap to the fans. (Dilip Vishwanat / MLB via Getty Images)By Sam BlumOct. 20, 2025Updated 12:52 pm EDTAlbert Pujols is no longer considered a candidate for Angels manager, a team source told The Athletic Monday. There had been mutual interest in hiring the former great, but the two sides could not get close on dollars and years, the source said.While nothing is ever 100 percent with Angels owner Arte Moreno, and circumstances could evolve once again, it is believed to be very unlikely that the two sides would find common ground.The Angels will now turn their…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.On this date in 1972, the Buffalo Braves set a record that still stands. They scored 58 points in the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics. It’s the most points in any quarter, ever. They actually outscored the Celtics 58-23 in that fourth quarter, which is the second biggest margin in any quarter in NBA history. The kicker? Buffalo still lost the game 126-118.Just FYI, if you’re wondering what the biggest margin in a quarter is: The Los Angeles Lakers outscored the…

Lewis Edmondson, the British and Commonwealth light heavyweight champion, has been forced out of Saturday’s bout with Ezra Taylor which was scheduled to take place on the undercard of Joseph Parker-Fabio Wardley at London’s O2 Arena

With all but two Week 7 games in the books (Monday Night Football doubleheader), we’ve learned a little bit more than we knew last week. Or, in some cases, thought we knew. Players impressed, players disappointed and there is fantasy football fallout to unpack.[Upgrade to Fantasy Plus and gain your edge in player projections and much more]Once again, I’ve compiled the full weekly fantasy football stock report below. These are the most notable risers and fallers coming out of Week 7. Invest accordingly!Advertisement📈 Stock Up at RBQuinshon Judkins, BrownsAfter an abysmal Week 6 in which Quinshon Judkins logged just 36…

This is familiar: The Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl favorites.The Chiefs took a circuitous route to having the shortest odds at BetMGM to win it all as of Monday morning. They started slow this season. Two weeks ago they were 2-3. They weren’t far down the Super Bowl odds, but they were 10-to-1 to win it all.AdvertisementTwo wins later, they top the list. The Chiefs are +550 (bet $100 to win $550) to win the Super Bowl after their blowout win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Last week the Chiefs were +650, behind the Buffalo Bills in…

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young is expected to miss this week’s game against the Buffalo Bills after suffering a high-ankle sprain during Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, according to Tom Pelissero fo NFL Network.Young left the game late in the third quarter after appearing to get stepped on while he was being sacked. Andy Dalton replaced him at quarterback.Young was 15-of-25 for 138 yards and a touchdown before exiting the contest, taking one sack. He also rushed for 10 yards.It’s been an up-and-down season for Young, who had three interceptions in the team’s first two games (both losses)…

Being the heavyweight champion has to be the most chest-thumping experience possible for a fighter, if for no other reason than that the title comes with the swaggering nickname “baddest man on the planet.”That glorifying designation first surfaced widely in boxing in the late 1980s during the heavyweight championship reign of Mike Tyson. His aggression, punching power and spine-chilling demeanor left opponents defeated by intimidation as much as fisticuffs. No one since has duplicated his fearsome aura in boxing, and the “baddest man” moniker has essentially shifted to MMA, a sport with a broader variety of combat engagement than anything…

Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-CastWhen Shohei Ohtani hit the 50-50 milestone last season in Miami, many thought it was one of the greatest single performances in baseball history. Little did they know, Ohtani would go on to deliver an even more impressive feat in a series-clinching game that sent his Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series, just one year after winning the Commissioner’s Trophy.AdvertisementOn this episode of the Baseball Bar-B-Cast, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman break down what might be the most impressive game ever played in baseball, in which Ohtani pitched six shutout innings, struck out ten, allowed…

There are legitimate questions about what the Portland Trail Blazers will look like on the court in a few years and which parts of their young core will be part of that future, but an athletic scoring wing and an All-Defense forward can fit in any plan.Which is why Portland locked down two key young players on Sunday with rookie contract extensions. The Blazers and Shaedon Sharpe agreed to a four-year, $90 million extension, a story broken by Shams Charania of ESPN. The Trail Blazers have also agreed to a four-year, $82 million contract extension with defensive forward Toumani Camara,…