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Jesse RogersAug 31, 2025, 11:05 AM ETCloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.DENVER — The Chicago Cubs are signing first baseman Carlos Santana, a source told ESPN on Sunday.Santana, 39, hit .225 with 11 home runs in 116 games for the Cleveland Guardians this season before being released by the team Friday.The move is expected to become official Monday.The 16-year veteran has a career .778 OPS while playing for seven teams, though most of his time was spent with the Guardians, whom he rejoined this year after spending a decade there to start his career.Though…

Liverpool and Newcastle have agreed a British-record transfer for Alexander Isak.Sky Sports News understands Liverpool will pay a fixed fee of £125m for the striker, who is now expected to complete his move to Anfield on Deadline Day. Isak is expected to sign a six-year deal with Liverpool and begin his medical on Monday morning.The deal eclipses the £115m Chelsea paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo in the summer of 2023.Liverpool had a bid of £110m plus add-ons rejected for Isak at the start of August as Newcastle were unwilling to sell their star man without certain conditions being met. Please use Chrome browser…

Aug 30, 2025, 02:32 PM ETDALLAS — Lee Roy Jordan, a linebacker on the first Super Bowl-winning team for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, has died. He was 84.The Cowboys announced Jordan’s death Saturday without saying when he died or giving a cause of death.Jordan was a first-round draft pick by Dallas in 1963 after a standout career at Alabama, where he played for the late Paul “Bear” Bryant.Jordan was a big part of the “Doomsday” defense that carried the Cowboys to a Super Bowl title in a 24-3 victory over the Miami Dolphins during the 1971 season. He…

Chantelle Cameron has applied fresh pressure on Katie Taylor to finalize their long-awaited trilogy clash, or step aside and vacate her belts. The Northampton fighter, who shared two epic battles with Taylor in 2023, says patience is wearing thin after Taylor controversially defeated Amanda Serrano for the third time earlier this year. In a statement directed at Taylor and her promotional team, Cameron confirmed a new 14-day deadline before the WBC strips Taylor of the 140-pound crown. “Today was the deadline for Katie and her team to come to some kind of agreement with my team, Most Valuable Promotions, Nakisa…

The short-term third-party beneficiaries of the Micah Parsons trade were the Eagles. They’ll no longer have to face him, twice per year. More immediately, they’ll avoid him in the Week 1 opener.Via Todd Archer of ESPN.com, Philly tackle Jordan Mailata called the news a “sigh of relief.” “It’s just kind of crazy,” Mailata said. “The last four or five years we’ve played the Dallas Cowboys, we’ve come up with a game plan [for him] because Micah’s a game wrecker. . . . However, that is a talented D-line and a talented defense, so you have to treat them with the…

The Boston Red Sox announced on Sunday that they’ve reached an agreement with Aroldis Chapman on a contract extension that will keep the 37-year-old closer on the team for the 2026 season. The pact will guarantee him $13.3 million next season and includes a vesting option for 2027 based on innings pitched, according to a league source.Since signing a one-year, $10.75 million contract with Boston in December, Chapman has had one of his best seasons of his 16-year career, with a 1.04 ERA and 1.83 FIP. He was named an All-Star for the eighth time, and his WHIP (0.67) is…

Aug 31, 2025, 12:22 PM ETJeremy Lin, who took the NBA by storm in 2012 during a stretch of games for the New York Knicks that was dubbed “Linsanity,” has announced his retirement from professional basketball.Lin, who most recently has been playing professionally in Taiwan, made the announcement via Instagram on Saturday night.”As athletes, we are always aware that the possibility of retirement is never far away,” he wrote. “I’ve spent my 15 year career knowing that one day I would have to walk away, and yet actually saying goodbye to basketball today has been the hardest decision I’ve ever…

Fantasy football draft season is about maximizing value and avoiding traps. Using Yahoo’s ADP for 10-team leagues, let’s walk through the rounds and highlight the picks I’m avoiding at cost. Some of these names are big, some are smaller, but every one comes with more risk than reward.[Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season]Round 1: Saquon Barkley, RB, EaglesIn Round 1, you’re not making “bad” picks. These are your elite potential outcome guys — but even the best have question marks. Ja’Marr Chase is chasing history off a triple crown run, and nobody repeats…

Getty Images While they weren’t able to re-sign Micah Parsons, the Dallas Cowboys were able to lock up another Pro Bowler on its defense for the long haul. The Cowboys and former All-Pro cornerback DaRon Bland have agreed to terms of a new deal in the form of a four-year, $92 million extension, the team announced. Bland, 26, now has the fifth-highest contract in the NFL among cornerbacks in terms of average annual value. Only Sauce Gardner, Derek Stingley Jr., Jaycee Horn and Patrick Surtain II make more on an average annual basis than Bland, who will now average $23.04 million…

Could Tony Ferguson be meeting an old foe he first stared across from 10 years ago? Ferguson made headlines this past Saturday after picking up his first combat sports victory since 2019. After his UFC run came to an end, “El Cucuy” transitioned to the sweet science, taking on Salt Papi at Misfits Boxing 22. Ferguson scored a third-round TKO win over Salt Papi to become the MFB interim middleweight champion. On an episode of the “Weighing In” podcast, Josh Thomson discussed the possibility of facing Ferguson inside the boxing ring (h/t Bloody Elbow). “I mean, yeah. Possibly,” Thomson said.…