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After a summer packed with mock drafts, breakout candidates, bust alerts and sleeper talk, the preseason chatter is finally behind us. It’s time to lock in our lineups and officially kick off the 2025 fantasy football season. Although most fantasy managers will ride with the kicker they drafted, some of you might be wondering if there is a waiver wire kicker to add that might deliver more fantasy points based on their K Score. For those new to my weekly kicker advice article, I use a metric that I call the K Score to set my fantasy football rankings and…

The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles will open their campaign against the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL Kickoff Game on Thursday, Sept. 4. Philadelphia went 14-3 in the regular season and capped its playoff run with a 40-22 win over Kansas City in the Super Bowl. Dallas, who traded Micah Parsons to the Packers just a week before the opener, missed the playoffs last year with a 7-10 record, as quarterback Dak Prescott played just eight games before suffering a season-ending hamstring injury. This is the first Week 1 meeting between these NFC East rivals since 2000. Kickoff from Lincoln Financial Field in…

Jens Berthel Askou is determined to keep driving standards at Motherwell as his side search for their first win of the Scottish Premiership season.The Danish manager – who arrived at Fir Park in June – has been hailed for his team’s free-flowing football.The Steelmen were denied their first victory of the campaign at home to Kilmarnock on Saturday, after Calum Ward’s late goalkeeping error allowed Stuart Kettlewell’s men to snatch a point in a 2-2 draw.And Askou believes his side have deserved more from their opening fixtures. “I’d say that in a game like the one against Kilmarnock, we’d aim…

Undefeated light heavyweight contender Umar Dzambekov (12-0, 8 KOs) continues his rise on Friday, October 3, when he collides with heavy-handed Artem Brusov (13-1, 12 KOs) in the ten-round main event at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. The bout tops another Hollywood Fight Nights bill from Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions, broadcast live worldwide on UFC Fight Pass. Tickets are now on sale, priced between $55 and $105, and can be purchased through the Chumash Casino Resort box office. Loeffler praised the headliner, stating, “Umar Dzambekov continues to pass each test in grand style and has earned the…

Editor’s note: This article is part of our Countdown to Kickoff series, in which we highlight the NFL’s top teams, players, predictions and storylines to watch as the 2025 season begins.As the 2025 NFL season kicks off this week — beginning with Thursday’s tilt between the NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles and concluding Monday night as the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears face off, with 14 contests in between — so begins what surely will be yet another action-packed, drama-filled campaign.One of the things we love about the NFL is that there is so much riding on…

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With the Mets having recently promoted two of their top pitching prospects this season, Brandon Sproat remains the last man standing and still pitching in the minor leagues. He was in action once again on Saturday, pitching for Triple-A Syracuse and made his latest case to be the next pitcher promoted to the majors.Facing the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, the right-hander pitched seven scoreless innings and matched his season-high with nine strikeouts in a 2-0 win for the Mets. He allowed just three hits (all singles) and two walks and even added a pickoff at first base. It was…

There are great coaches all over the NFL. Super Bowl champions. Coach of the Year winners. Future Hall of Famers.But when it comes to head coaches, across the board, no division can match the AFC West.AdvertisementAndy Reid, Sean Payton, Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh.It’s Mount Rushmore — or maybe Mount Passmore.That’s 10 conference championships and five Super Bowl rings, possibly the most accomplished quartet of coaches since the league went to eight four-team divisions in 2002. There are no weak links.“I really appreciate the competition,” said Carroll, coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. “I think it’s amazing that we all…

Today’s Misfits 22 event was co-headlined by a middleweight boxing match between Tony Ferguson and Salt Papi. Ferguson (25-11 MMA) had entered the contest with hopes of snapping an eight-fight losing skid. ‘El Cucuy’ was most previously seen in action at UFC Abu Dhabi in August of last year, where he suffered a first-round submission defeat at the hands of Michael Chiesa. That loss was of course preceded by setbacks to Paddy Pimblett, King Green, Michael Chandler and Nate Diaz respectively. Meanwhile, Salt Papi (3-2 Boxing) was looking to use his power to hand the former UFC interim lightweight champion…

Aug 29, 2025, 05:00 AM ETThe transfer window is only open across Europe until Monday, so with only a few days left, what are ESPN’s reporters hearing about possible deals?We bring you the latest updates and insights on the biggest transfer news.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesWill Liverpool land a striker (Alexander Isak) and defender (Marc Guéhi) before the deadline?Liverpool have played the long game with Isak this summer. After their opening offer of £110 million was emphatically rejected earlier this month, the Premier League champions maintained a respectful distance to allow for Newcastle United…