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Welcome to Week 1, and welcome to Quick Grades, your weekly companion for start/sit clarity. We’ve combined consensus rankings and projections with The Primer’s matchup analysis to assign letter grades for every fantasy-relevant player, then added concise notes to illuminate the reasoning. Treat the grade as your default stance and the note as your context check. Let’s make your weekly lineup calls easy. In general, A means start with confidence, C is matchup-dependent, and F is a bench. Scroll for every position’s call, plus key notes that explain the “why” behind the grade. Prefer a curated view of only your…

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy exited Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers early in the first quarter with a shoulder injury. After initially being ruled questionable, the Chiefs later downgraded him to out for the rest of the game.Worthy collided with tight end Travis Kelce while trying to get open on the Chiefs’ first drive. He was helped off the field by Kansas City staff before walking to the locker room with a towel over his head. Sideline reporter Stacey Dales said on the YouTube broadcast that Worthy was wincing in pain and went to the X-ray…

Terence Crawford is leaving no stone unturned for Canelo Alvarez.We’re a week away from the biggest boxing match of the year, a super middleweight title fight between formidable champions Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.Crawford is moving up several weight classes to face Alvarez on Sept. 13 in Las Vegas.Crawford looks to be in the best shape of his career ahead of the blockbuster fight on Netflix, getting quite the pop on social media.Photo by Al Bello/Getty ImagesJoe Rogan reacts to Terence Crawford’s recent transformationCanelo will be Crawford’s first fight in the super middleweight division (168 lbs).Crawford shared a photo of…

Calvin Klein has unveiled its Autumn-Winter 2025 underwear and denim campaign – with Real Madrid and England star Trent Alexander-Arnold as its headline face.Shot by Gordon von Steiner, the 26-year-old full-back poses in a mix of the brand’s classic underwear, crisp denim fits and outerwear, with a series of sleek locker-room inspired visuals that showcase the campaign’s theme of strength and confidence.By stepping in front of the lens, Alexander-Arnold joins an exclusive group of footballers to model for Calvin Klein, following the likes of David Beckham, Freddie Ljungberg and Hidetoshi Nakata. He also finds himself in the company of global…

With a lot of moving pieces lately, manager Carlos Mendoza had a lot to discuss with reporters on Friday about some of his players as the Mets gear up for the final stretch of their 2025 season in what they hope ends in a postseason berth for a second consecutive season.Kodai Senga to the minorsSenga's struggles since his return from the IL have been well-documented. In fact, they reached a point to where New York had to make the decision to option the right-hander to the minors — a move that Senga consented to after peaceful negotiations between him, his…

Thomas Sorber’s Oklahoma City Thunder debut won’t come until the fall of 2026 at the earliest.The Thunder announced Friday that Sorber had suffered a torn ACL in his right knee during an offseason workout and would miss the 2025-26 season.AdvertisementSorber, 19, was selected with the No. 15 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft after spending one season at Georgetown. The forward averaged 14.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in 2024-25.It was likely that Sorber would have split time between the Thunder and their G-League affiliate over the course of the upcoming season given the defending NBA champions’ glut at…

Andreas HaleSep 4, 2025, 08:37 PM ETCloseAndreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z’s Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film “Bridges” in 2024.Boxing…

The NFL’s first international game of the season kicks off Friday night at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, Brazil. The Kansas City Chiefs are the visiting team, taking on the “home team” Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC West clash. But there’s already drama before the game’s even begun.AdvertisementThis is the second straight year that the NFL has held a game in Brazil, but there appears to be one difference this year. In any NFL regular-season game, the road team doesn’t get its logo in an end zone. Looking at last year’s game in Brazil between the Philadelphia Eagles and…

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