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Sam Kerr has hit another milestone in her illustrious career by getting her very own signature boots.The Chelsea and Australia striker has teamed up with Nike to launch her first-ever Player Edition Mercurial Superfly, a design that pays tribute to her home country, her career, and one of her biggest sporting idols.The boots arrive in a light sandy base, a nod to Australia’s beaches, with flashes of teal, pink and orange running through them to mirror the ocean, sunsets and rocky landscapes. “The colors of the boot are what I think of when I think of home: Perth’s ocean and…

Aug 29, 2025, 09:20 PM ETSAN FRANCISCO — – Giants reliever Randy Rodriguez needs Tommy John surgery, the team announced Friday.Last weekend, the Giants placed Rodriguez on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow sprain. Rodriguez, who turns 26 next week, is 3-5 with a 1.78 ERA in 50⅔ innings this season. He has four saves and 67 strikeouts with just 11 walks.”There are days that he’s been sore, and we’ve been really careful with him over the course of the season,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said Friday. “It just came to a head now.”Rodriguez was 3-2 with a…

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The Packers will have a player wearing No. 1 for the first time since Curly Lambeau when Micah Parsons takes the field for the first time since Thursday’s trade and they will also have a player wearing No. 0 for the first time in franchise history. The team announced on Saturday that first-round pick Matthew Golden will wear the number. The wide receiver wore No. 22 in the preseason. Golden wore No. 2 while at Texas, but backup quarterback Malik Willis has that number in Green Bay. The Packers also announced that two running backs have new numbers. Emmanuel Wilson…

Our Blue Jays betting picks believe Andres Gimenez will hit safely once more today in a favorable spot. Aug 30, 2025 • 13:17 ET • 4 min read Photo By – Imagn Images. Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Andres Gimenez (0) hits a single. We’ve got a busy betting slate around Major League Baseball, including another game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers. Andres Gimenez has been swinging a hot bat over the last week, and my Blue Jays predictions expect that trend to continue against a right-handed pitcher who’s due for some regression. Find out more with…

Till reveals plans for Rockhold fight “All my focus and energy is on this fight,” Till said in an interview with Compare.bet. “I want to be stressed about this fight. I want to be scared. I want to be nervous. I want all of that because that’s what’s going to win me this fight. (I haven’t been this fired up since) probably my Robert Whittaker fight, and I’m in great shape. I’m really f*cking fired up. “I can’t wait for it because it’s Luke Rockhold. He thinks his sh*t doesn’t smell. There’s a little bit of fire in my belly…

We’re officially near the end of August, which means the 2025 MLB regular season is nearing its conclusion. Saturday, Aug. 30, has another loaded slate with 15 games on the schedule, including Mariners at Guardians, Tigers at Royals, Brewers at Blue Jays and Braves at Phillies. The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every MLB game 10,000 times. It entered Week 21 of the 2025 MLB season at a profitable 31-23 on top-rated MLB money line picks. The Inside the Lines team has locked in on its most favorable props for Saturday’s games. Here is their best play.Best MLB player prop for Saturday,…

In this week’s mailbag, Stephen “Breadman” Edwards answers numerous questions about Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Terence Crawford, tackles the difficult issue of race, and more.

There are two featured slates today on DraftKings. We are examining the larger slate to give you more options to choose from. That slate includes nine games that begin at 7:10 Eastern Time. FanDuel has a slate that begins at the same time with the same nine games. Saturday’s Top MLB DFS Picks & Player Props Saturday’s Starting Pitcher Rankings (8/30) Trevor Rogers has been nothing short of phenomenal this season. He has not allowed more than two earned runs in any of his last 11 starts. He has gone over 40 points on FanDuel in nine of those 11…

The Carolina Panthers wound up with their seventh straight losing campaign last year, but they did take some positive steps forward at the end of the year. After looking like a bust for most of his first two NFL campaigns, 2023 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young showed massive improvement late in the year, finishing the season with the three best games of his season but also his career, throwing multiple touchdowns in all three games, something the young QB had done just once in his previous 25 starts. Young appears to be on the rise, and the Panthers went out and got him…