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Even after a 6-11 season, it’s tough to count out the 49ers. They are counting on the ascension of some young players, and it seems Kyle Shanahan is counting on a growing process playing out over the course of the regular season. There might be some lingering questions regarding the health of Matthew Stafford in L.A., but the addition of Davante Adams means the Rams have a chance to have a special season. Meanwhile, the Seahawks have a potentially elite defense complementing an offense that went back to the drawing board, and the Cardinals can do plenty of damage if…

The past few weeks have been very eventful for former UFC fighter Bryan Battle.The 30-year-old was set to compete at UFC 319 where he would have looked to continue his five-fight unbeaten streak inside the Octagon.Unfortunately, for the second consecutive time, Battle missed weight ahead of August 16, even after he made the call to move up a division to middleweight.Dana White had said in the post-fight press conference that a decision hadn’t been made at that time what this would mean for the rising contender after the matchup was cancelled.After Battle was surprisingly cut from the roster several days…

Aug 28, 2025, 03:53 PM ETFormer Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira announced Thursday that he’s running for the Republican nomination for a U.S. House of Representatives seat in Texas.The former slugger for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees said he’s running for the 21st District seat currently held by Republican Rep. Chip Roy. Roy has said he’s not seeking reelection and is running for Texas attorney general.”As a proud Texan and lifelong conservative who loves our country, I’m ready to fight for the principles that make Texas strong and America exceptional,” Teixeira said in a statement posted on…

“I don’t want to get out the ring and be like, ‘Oh man,’ like – I don’t want to look, I don’t want my facial features to change,” he said. “I never thought about it before, but once I started modeling, I was like, ‘OK, all right. So something can happen, this can affect something else, so let’s be a little bit more defensively sound,’ because I love to fight. I mean, my style is, you know, balls against the wall – go forward and fight. So I had to make some adjustments there.”

Wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling signed to the 49ers’ practice squad on Thursday and he explained his decision to join the team later in the day. Valdes-Scantling was released by the Seahawks on Tuesday and he said that he heard from a couple of teams. One offered the chance to reunite with one of his former quarterbacks and one offered a familiar offensive scheme. The 49ers’ offensive coordinator is Klay Kubiak while Klint Kubiak was the wideout’s coordinator with the Saints last year as well as with the Seahawks this summer. The latter proved more tempting to a player who hopes…

Eddie Howe has rebutted suggestions he promised Alexander Isak a transfer out of Newcastle this summer but indicated it may be in everyone’s best interests if the striker departed.Rumours that Newcastle’s manager had informed Isak he would be free to join Liverpool once a replacement was signed have been circulating in the 10 days since the striker posted an emotional Instagram post talking of “broken promises” but Howe has, quite vehemently, rejected that notion.“Absolutely not,” he said. “I never make any promises to any players regarding transfers because, ultimately, I’m not in control of the whole thing. I would never…

Imagn Images There’s only a modest eight-game Major League Baseball slate on tap Thursday, with just three such contests starting at 6:45 p.m. ET or later. The good news is, for those who like to play the strikeout prop betting market, the SportsLine Projection Model found its top value positions in these late games. Its projections include two lucrative underdog plays and one modest favorite, and two of the three are 4.5-star plays on the model’s 5-star scale.Below, we’ll take a look at the model’s top strikeout props from matchups that include the Atlanta Braves visiting the Philadelphia Phillies (6:45…

Lando Norris put down a marker in a dramatic first practice at the Dutch Grand Prix as Max Verstappen beached his Red Bull after the session at Zandvoort.Norris trails championship leader Oscar Piastri by just nine points in the standings after winning three of the last four races prior to the summer break and continued where he left off in the last round in Hungary. The British driver set a blistering 1:10.278 to beat Piastri by 0.292s with the McLaren duo a long way ahead of the field on Formula 1’s return.Norris, who dominated last year’s Dutch Grand Prix, and…

Liz LozaAug 29, 2025, 06:40 AM ETCloseLiz Loza is a writer for fantasy football, women’s basketball and betting at ESPN. Liz also appears on “Fantasy Football Now” and contributes to the Fantasy Focus Football podcast.Summer is the season of serenity. The days are longer. The burdens are fewer. And the exhalations are deliciously deeper. There is a simple freedom that exists between the months of June and August that makes space for a collective reset.That’s not to say that responsibilities disappear or that calamity takes the note and goes on its own vacation. Yet, somehow, when dressed in flip-flops and…

Rob DemovskyAug 28, 2025, 05:51 PM ETCloseRob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA.GREEN BAY, Wis. — Drafting a receiver in the first round. Trading defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two first-round draft picks for Micah Parsons, then breaking the bank to give the former Cowboy a four-year, $188 million contract.Who is running the Green Bay Packers’ personnel department, and what happened to general manager Brian Gutekunst?Drafting Matthew…