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The Week 1 matchup between No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State might produce more 2026 NFL Draft picks than any other game this college football season (although Saturday night’s LSU-Clemson might have something to say about that).Last week, The Athletic’s draft expert Dane Brugler released his preseason ranking of this year’s top 50 prospects, and the Longhorns and Buckeyes made up nearly a quarter of that list. Here’s how Brugler ranks the 10 best 2026 NFL Draft prospects in Saturday’s game:1. Arch Manning, QB, TexasRank on preseason top 50: No. 2Regardless of when Manning enters the NFL, the early…

Today’s Misfits 22 event was headlined by a bridgerweight boxing match between former UFC stars Luke Rockhold and Darren Till. Rockhold (16-6 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since scoring a third-round TKO victory over Joe Schilling under the Karate Combat banner in April of 2024. The former UFC middleweight champion was very confident he would be able to play spoiler against his British opponent this afternoon in England. Meanwhile, Darren Till (18-5-1 MMA) had previously gone 2-0 in Boxing in 2025, this while earning wins over Anthony Taylor and Darren Stewart. The former UFC welterweight title…

Marcus Rashford may be earning a reported £12m while on loan at Barcelona for the 2025/26 season, but his furniture choices show he’s keeping things surprisingly down-to-earth.Despite the salary that would allow him to deck out his new apartment with luxury Spanish design, Rashford was recently spotted making a very ordinary shopping trip… to IKEA. The Manchester United loanee was seen wandering the aisles of the Swedish furniture giant in the city centre, slider-clad and carrying one of IKEA’s trademark blue bags.Image: Rashford shopping at IKEA. Via @scapde_45 pic.twitter.com/UyXCLd7obe— barcacentre (@barcacentre) August 26, 2025Fans were quick to celebrate the moment,…

Ali, a former WBO junior middleweight titleholder from Brooklyn, New York, last fought in 2019, when he was stopped in three rounds by Anthony Young in a welterweight fight. The 36-year-old Ali, who represented the US at the 2008 Olympics, was expected to return to the ring earlier this year before an injury put him out of commission once more.

NFL draft season is all about finding value, but what happens when a player everyone expected to break out stumbles out of the gate? In our latest consensus feature, the FantasyPros Featured Pros weigh in on this year’s biggest fantasy football busts. Should savvy managers buy low before a rebound, or is it smarter to fade the hype altogether? Our panel of experts breaks down which disappointing stars still deserve your patience-and which ones are better left for someone else to roster. Consensus Fantasy Football Busts: Buy Low or Fade? Which of the players listed in our consensus busts article…

Shilo Sanders isn’t currently on an NFL roster. However, if he signs with another team after being cut by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his paycheck will be missing a chunk.The rookie safety was fined $4,669 by the NFL for throwing a punch at Buffalo Bills tight end Zach Davidson in last week’s preseason finale, according to multiple reports. He was subsequently ejected from the game. One day later, he was cut by the Buccaneers.Advertisement[Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season]The league office was apparently unswayed by another camera angle that showed Davidson’s fingers inside…

Luke Rockhold’s latest knockout loss has prompted fans to call for his retirement. The former UFC middleweight champion was put to sleep by Darren Till at Misfits 22 on Saturday night. Luke Rockhold has been knocked out seven times during his 25-fight combat sports career. Fans have had enough of seeing the 40-year-old MMA icon suffering potentially life-altering damage.Photo by Ben Roberts Photo/Getty ImagesLuke Rockhold told to retire by fans Social media was awash with people calling for Luke Rockhold to hang up his gloves after Misfits 22. “Rockhold, just retire, please,” one fan said. While another added: “Rockhold glass…

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 9th (NB: this is not necessarily Tom Garry’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 7thProspectsLiverpool are entering a new era after choosing Gareth Taylor as their head coach in August, hoping he will bring success in the long term and help build an identity for how they want to play. The former Manchester City head coach’s appointment came 162 days after Liverpool’s former manager Matt Beard left, after an extensive recruitment process than the Guardian understands took much longer than usual because of a clause with Taylor’s previous contract, after Taylor had…

CHICAGO — There is one word to describe how Colson Montgomery feels now that he’s in the major leagues.Relief.For Montgomery, a former first-round draft pick, a small-town high school legend, a prospect-list darling despite limited production, making it to the bigs was supposed to be a given.Now that he’s “finally” here at 23, the pressure is off and his swing is on.“A lot of people asked me when I got to the big leagues, why is everything clicking?” he said. “I always believed in myself. I always had belief that I could play here. I knew I was supposed to…

A Lithuanian fan has been banned from EuroBasket by the governing body FIBA after he directed racist verbal abuse toward Germany’s captain Dennis Schroder.Germany beat Lithuania on Saturday, but the talking point postgame was the racist actions toward Schroder, who said this in a postgame interview with German media outlet MagentaSport (hat tip Eurohoops.net).“The Lithuanians, the fans, they always travel with the team, but unfortunately, at halftime, they made monkey noises.”Arena security used CCTV footage from the building to identify the man, and as a result, he has been banned from attending the rest of the tournament. German Basketball Federation…