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In the prelims, Javon “Wanna” Walton, 2-0-1 (1 KO); recent MVP signee and Ontario native Amanda Galle, 11-0-1 (1 KO); Costa Rica’s Naomy Valle, 14-0 (9 KOs); Montreal junior middleweight Omar Alieh, 2-0 (2 KOs); and Quebecois junior welterweight Loick Lahaie, 2-0, will each appear in separate bouts.

Mike ClayAug 28, 2025, 06:51 AM ETCloseMike Clay is a senior writer for fantasy football and the NFL at ESPN. Mike is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. His projections power the ESPN Fantasy Football game, and he also appears on “Fantasy Football Now” and the Fantasy Focus Football podcast.OK, so your fantasy football draft is in the rearview mirror. Your team looks great. There’s no way you’re losing this title. Your work here is done, right? Wrong.I’m in a lot of leagues, and most are against industry experts, but I’m also in a few long-running, casual leagues…

Ben SolakAug 28, 2025, 06:40 AM ETCloseBen Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network.It’s getting to that time, folks. The 53-man rosters are all but set. Live NFL regular-season football hits your television screens in less than a week.We know why games are won and lost in the NFL: quarterbacks, coaching and stars. Only it isn’t that simple. Football is a complex game with many moving parts, and the influence of a star quarterback or a genius head coach only reaches the…

Ben Askren believes his wife’s persistence is what ultimately saved his life earlier this year. The former UFC fighter spent 45 days in a coma before undergoing a double lung transplant after being struck down by necrotizing pneumonia.Ben Askren lost more than 50lbs during his brush with death, but he lived to tell the remarkable tale. During a recent interview, the 41-year-old MMA icon got emotional as he discussed the pivotal role his wife, Amy, played in preventing his premature death.Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesBen Askren credits wife with saving his life On Wednesday, Real American Freestyle Wrestling released a…

A man has been arrested in Lancashire after racist and abusive messages were sent online to the England defender Jess Carter during the women’s Euros in July.The UK football policing unit launched an investigation after receiving a report that the messages had been sent on social media. Officers worked in partnership with social media companies to identify the people responsible.On Thursday, police arrested a 59-year-old man from Great Harwood on suspicion of malicious communications in relation to some of the messages. He has been released on bail while the investigation continues.Police said the messages Carter had been sent were “appalling”…

Listed at 6-feet-5 and 240 pounds, there’s already something obvious that Athletics rookie first baseman and current front-runner for the American League Rookie of the Year Nick Kurtz has in common with some of the giants of the sport. He’s big.Simply being a little taller than Shohei Ohtani and a little shorter than Aaron Judge alone isn’t enough to turn someone into a baseball player of their caliber, of course, and the young lefty has some work to do to establish that he can be this good year in and year out and join the best hitters in the game.…

Nobody ever described Jake LaMotta as well as he once described himself. Or, actually, maybe describe is the wrong word. It’s more like he was confessing. Or possibly he was explaining something that took him a very long time to understand about himself. And even when he did finally understand it, he had limited success doing much to change it.“I took unnecessary punishment when I was fighting,” LaMotta said years after retiring from the ring. “Subconsciously — I didn’t know it then — I fought like I didn’t deserve to live.”AdvertisementImagine, then, how perfect it was for him to exist…

Finding the right fantasy football league winners in 2025 can be the difference between finishing in the middle of the pack and taking home your championship trophy. To help you get an edge in your drafts, we’ve turned to our collection of Featured Pros, a trusted group of fantasy football experts who identify the players most likely to deliver league-winning upside this season. From breakout stars to proven veterans poised for big years, these are the names our analysts believe can carry your roster to the top of the standings. Here are our 2025 fantasy football league winners. 2025 Fantasy…

The Jets hope to see a lot of fruitful connections between quarterback Justin Fields and wide receiver Garrett Wilson this season and both players will be tasked with leadership roles while renewing their relationship from Ohio State. Fields and Wilson were both named team captains for the 2025 season on Thursday. It’s the first time that Wilson has been named a Jets captain and it comes after he signed a four-year extension that sets him up to be a foundation piece for years to come. The long-range outlook for Fields isn’t quite as clear. He signed a two-year deal with…

Bloom is from Kent but says he grew up as a United fan because of his neighbours.”This Irish family we lived next door to, the McEvoys, were all big United fans so we watched all their games together,” Bloom told BBC Sport.”I miss it now I live in the United States. I still love watching games when I can but what I think I love most is the way football brings people together. “It’s like a big music gig – I went to see Oasis in Manchester in July and a huge game is exactly the same, like worshipping at…