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Baseball’s latest gambling scandal won’t be ending anytime soon.Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, Major League Baseball announced on Sunday that Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz will stay on nondisciplinary paid leave “until further notice.”The MLB Players Association agreed to extend the paid leave, while a gambling investigation continues. Originally, the paid leave for both players was due to last until August 31.It started after sportsbooks noticed unusual betting interest in individual pitches thrown by Ortiz in a pair of Guardians games in June 2025. There was reportedly “suspicious betting” on whether an Ortiz pitch would be a…

Fresh off a sensational KO win at Misfits Boxing 22, Darren Till won’t be calling out Jake Paul. Till’s third pro boxing match couldn’t have gone any better. He shared the ring with fellow ex-UFC star Luke Rockhold this past Saturday in Manchester Arena. “The Gorilla” scored a third-round knockout victory over the former UFC Middleweight Champion. With the win, Till is now the inaugural MFB bridgerweight titleholder. During the Misfits Boxing 22 post-fight press conference, Till was asked about a potential bout with Jake Paul. Till isn’t convinced that the fight will ever happen (via MMAFighting). “I don’t think…

Crystal Palace take the lead through a Jean-Philippe Mateta spot kick.

So far, so good for Francisco Alvarez.The Mets catcher continues his rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday, catching and hitting third in the order.According to manager Carlos Mendoza, Alvarez, who went 0-for-4 as the DH for Syracuse on Saturday, came out of the game feeling fine and is still moving in the right direction towards a return to the big leagues.Alvarez is scheduled to catch seven-to-nine innings on Sunday, will have the day off on Monday with the rest of the Syracuse team, and then the team will have a decision to make about what comes next.Could the next…

Aug 31, 2025, 11:03 AM ETLuka Doncic’s triple-double powered Slovenia to an 86-69 victory over Belgium on Sunday for its first win at EuroBasket, while Giannis Antetokounmpo returned with 27 points to help Greece stay perfect with a 94-53 rout of Georgia.Doncic scored 26 points, had 11 assists and grabbed 10 rebounds in Katowice, Poland, for only the fourth triple-double at EuroBasket since 1995.The Los Angeles Lakers standout also became the youngest player (26 years, 184 days) to reach 400 career EuroBasket points since Tony Parker in 2007 (25 years, 122 days).Editor’s Picks2 Related”This is a normal day at the…

“I only met him when he fought Ryan, and he just seems a sound, decent lad – decent, hard grafting lad, so I do like him and I do like this fight for him as well,” he explained. “I think it’s a winnable fight – obviously it’s winnable because he’s in this position for a reason, but what I mean by that is that we’ve seen vulnerabilities in Mason, haven’t we? He’s been knocked down a couple of times; he’s only ever done six rounds, I think. So there’s a lot of question marks there, so if you are going to…

While yesterday was dominated by the first Saturday of college football, we’re right back to DFS baseball today. The DraftKings slate begins at 1:05 Eastern Time and includes nine games. FanDuel doesn’t have the same slate. However, they do have an All-Day slate, which starts at 12:10 Eastern Time. Sunday’s Top MLB DFS Picks & Player Props Sunday’s Starting Pitcher Rankings (8/31) MLB DFS Picks & Underdog Player Props: Sunday (8/31) | FantasyPros PLAYER DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary Tarik Skubal $11,400 $11,200 Ian Seymour $6,800 $7,100 Bryce Miller $5,500 $7,000 This is very much a stars-and-scrubs slate for starting pitchers.…

The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles begin their title defense against their fiercest rivals in the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL Kickoff Game matchup on Thursday, Sept. 4. Philadelphia throttled the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to win Super Bowl LIX in February. The Cowboys (7-10 in 2024), who made huge news on Aug. 28 by trading Micah Parsons to the Packers, are looking to bounce back after finishing first in the division in 2023, with a 12-5 mark. The Eagles (14-3 in 2024), who won the NFC East for the second time in three years, are looking to…

See the latest National Championship odds following Week 1 action. Aug 31, 2025 • 13:56 ET • 4 min read Photo By – Imagn Images. Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Ryan Puglisi (12) passes against the Marshall Thundering Herd at Sanford Stadium. We all think we know so much, and then after just one weekend of this gloriously messy sport, we realize we know nothing. Entering the weekend, the Texas Longhorns led the way in college football national championship odds, listed at +550 at FanDuel. All of a sudden, no one really leads that conversation. Latest College Football National Championship Odds: Crowded…

One boxing star has been told he’s biting off more than he can chew after calling out UFC champion Ilia Topuria.Amid Topuria’s two-division success in the UFC, the promotion’s pound-for-pound king was recently called out for a crossover clash by British boxer Conor Benn.The 23-1 pro lost his undefeated status against Chris Eubank Jr. last time out. As he prepares to return to action, Benn named Topuria while laying down an open challenge to all MMA fighters in a video posted by TNT Sports.“Whoever these f—— UFC fighters want to come over to boxing, dangerous game,” Benn said. “Any of these MMA…