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Paul George is not expected to play in the Philadelphia 76ers’ season opener Wednesday against the Boston Celtics and still “has some checkmarks he has to hit” in his return to play following the left arthroscopic knee surgery he underwent in the offseason, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.The nine-time All Star’s return could come in the not-too-distant future — “shortly into the regular season,” per Charania — and he participated in some five-on-five action in Thursday’s practice.”We are trying to get him through the thresholds of five-on-zero to some smaller-numbered live action yesterday, and then he jumped into a bit of…

In the Week 7 edition of “Thursday Night Football,” the Cincinnati Bengals play host to the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers.Cincinnati has lost four in a row since starting the season 2-0. The Bengals last week traded for Joe Flacco, who got the start last week against the Green Bay Packers but wasn’t able to pull Cincy out of its slide. They need to start stacking wins, quickly, if they want to salvage their season and still be in contention if and when Joe Burrow is able to return to the lineup.Pittsburgh, meanwhile, is riding high with a 4-1 record and…

Dan Hooker believes he’s the man to hand Ilia Topuria his first loss. Once a top-5 contender in the UFC lightweight division, Dan Hooker gets a shot at the No. 2 contender in Arman Tsarukyan in the main event of UFC Qatar on Nov. 22. Ranked #7, Hooker is riding a three-fight win streak, with his most recent victory being a split decision effort over Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 305 more than a year ago. Should he pull off the win against Tsarukyan, Hooker is more than likely looking at a title fight against undefeated UFC Lightweight Champion Ilia Topuria.…

Through six games in 2025, the Las Vegas Raiders are 2-4. The team is coming off a 20-10 win in Week 6 vs. the Tennessee Titans. Las Vegas is on the road this Sunday to face Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs for an AFC West showdown.  In their matchup vs. Kansas City, the Raiders will be without one of their top offensive players. Tight end Brock Bowers is set to miss his third consecutive game due to a knee injury. The Raiders have a bye in Week 8. That would give the young TE four weeks to fully rest and…

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy is known for keeping things loose during his meetings with the media.He demonstrated that Saturday when he asked reporters he didn’t know, many of whom were part of the Japanese media contingent, to introduce themselves before he fielded questions about his team.It has become a part of how Murphy runs his news conferences. Why does he take time for the introductions with the visitors who show up to cover his team?“It keeps the room happy,” he said.On Wednesday, it was Murphy’s 10-year-old son, Austin, who provided a light-hearted moment.With this dad sitting beside him at…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.Kevin Durant wished the Mariners luck after Josh Naylor wore his throwback Seattle Sonics jersey to the ALCS. This is a great time to remind the NBA to bring back the Sonics and just expand already. !Incredible luck“Starting 5” gets a “golden story” for Netflix“Everybody says that, so here I am having to defend this! No, this is not scripted. No, we don’t have the insight from the NBA.”That was one of the first things “Starting 5” director Trishtan Williams jokingly said to…

Gunn accepted a plea deal that saw him plead guilty to strict liability vehicular homicide and assault by auto, both third degree charges, in the death of 51-year-old Polly Tornari, in exchange for four years of probation. Gunn had originally been charged with the more serious charge of second-degree vehicular homicide for the crash, which occurred on Sept. 28, 2019 in Upper Pittsgrove Township, a township in south New Jersey.

Here you’ll find Justin Boone’s fantasy football PPR rankings for Week 7 — you can find his half-PPR rankings here. Remember to bookmark this page as Justin will be updating his rankings to help you with your lineup decisions throughout the week.More Week 7 start-sit adviceRankings from each Yahoo Fantasy analystMatt HarmonJoel SmythScott PianowskiThe Hub: All of our rankings, all in one placeAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementConsensus PPR RankingsRB | WR | TE | FLEXConsensus Half-PPR RankingsQBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | D/ST | KickersMore Roster Advice: Trade Value Charts QBs | RBs | WRs | TEsJustin Boone’s PPR Fantasy…

Rico Dowdle has totaled 473 yards and two touchdowns while breaking DFS slates over the past two weeks. He went from many waiver wires to posting more fantasy points over two games than Breece Hall and Chase Brown have all season. Dowdle has looked like a mix between Barry Sanders and Adrian Peterson while forcing 11 missed tackles and getting 7.3 YPC. He has twice as many 200-yard games over the past two weeks than the rest of the league has in 2025.Dowdle unquestionably benefitted from highly favorable matchups, but the impressive performances will shift future usage in Carolina. How…

Aaron Judge will not be undergoing offseason surgery for his elbow injury.Manager Aaron Boone confirmed as much Thursday and told reporters, “He actually had an MRI after the season, showed continued improvement in the flexor muscles. And he finished the season doing pretty well. No surgery is going to be needed for Aaron, he’ll take some time off and continue to do strengthening things and rehab.”This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the “source preferences” page here.For more from Bleacher Report,…