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Expect Carlos Rodon to deliver in more ways than one, as we’re backing the New York southpaw to generate plenty of swings and misses tonight. Aug 24, 2025 • 14:15 ET • 4 min read Photo By – Imagn Images. New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon (55). The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will finish off a series this evening in the Bronx as New York looks to salvage a win from the four-game set. We are solely targeting Yankees for tonight, so join me as I break down my Sunday Night Baseball player props for August…

TRANSFER Deadline Day is fast approaching as clubs look to finalise their summer business. SunSport exclusively revealed last week that Liverpool have sanctioned a British record £130million move for Alexander Isak this week. In other news, Tottenham have reportedly seen their improved bid of £43m for Nico Paz rejected, with Como holding out for closer to £60m. Meanwhile, PSG outcast Gianluigi Donnarumma has agreed personal terms with Manchester City, according to reports. SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET £50 BONUS WHEN YOU JOIN Follow ALL the latest news, moves and completed deals with our live blog below…

Aug 24, 2025, 07:15 PM ETNEW YORK — Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe was removed from the starting lineup Sunday night for the finale of a critical four-game series against the rival Boston Red Sox.Volpe is mired in a 1-for-28 slump and leads the majors with 17 errors. New York started recently acquired utility man Jose Caballero at shortstop as it prevented a four-game sweep with a 7-2 win.Volpe is hitting .208 with 18 homers and 65 RBIs in 129 games this season. He has started 125 at shortstop, but he was not in the starting lineup for only the fifth…

How much money are you willing to spend on your hobby of sports cards? Is it $12 million?A one-of-a-kind, 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Michael Jordan-Kobe Bryant Logoman card — one featuring NBA uniform logos and is signed by both legends — sold for $12.9 million at Heritage Auctions to become the most expensive sports card sold at public auction. It surpassed the $12.6 million paid for a 1952 Mickey Mantle card sold in 2022. The Kobe/Jordan card shattered the previous record for the highest price paid for a basketball card, $5.2 million for a 2003-04 Exquisite Collection LeBron James…

We have a busy day’s racing on Monday with flat action from Chepstow, Ripon and Southwell, live on Sky Sports Racing…3.15 Ripon – Champion Two Year Old Trophy – Al Shaham headlines field of sevenSimon and Ed Crisford will bid to win the British Stallion Studs EBF Ripon Champion Two Years Old Trophy Stakes for the second year running with £200,000 breeze-up purchase Al Shaham. The unbeaten colt has won twice over course and distance and will seek to make it a hat-trick of wins on just his third career start. George Boughey saddles 500,000gns yearling Amorim who is seeking…

Welcome to the FantasyPros Week 22 starting pitcher fantasy baseball rankings. Every week, we’ll take a closer look at the upcoming week and rank every starting pitcher based on their overall skills, recent production, head-to-head matchup, and park factor. These rankings are for Monday, August 25th through Sunday, August 31st. Welcome to the FantasyPros Week 22 starting pitcher fantasy baseball rankings. Every week, we’ll take a closer look at the upcoming week and rank every starting pitcher based on their overall skills, recent production, head-to-head matchup, and park factor. These rankings are for Monday, August 25th through Sunday, August 31st.…

Bill Belichick and UNC are finally getting their infomercial.Technically, Hulu will stream a “docuseries” regarding the North Carolina football program during the first year of Belichick’s foray into college football. It’s safe to assume Belichick and/or the program will have total control over what does, and doesn’t, make the final cut.Via Ryan Glasspiegel of FrontOfficeSports.com, Belichick informed his players (the unpaid, or underpaid, supporting cast) about the deal on Sunday. Also, Belichick’s 24-year-old publicist/handler/girlfriend/social media defender Jordon Hudson apparently took a victory lap on Twitter.The victory lap would have happened months ago, but for the role she reportedly played in…

Luke Rockhold isn’t thinking about a return to MMA competition, but could that change? Rockhold has had some ventures in combat sports post-UFC. He’s dabbled into the world of bare-knuckle boxing and Karate Combat with mixed success. Now, he will enter the boxing ring to take on a fellow ex-UFC star in Darren Till for Misfits Boxing 22. Damon Martin of MMAFighting.com spoke to Rockhold ahead of his journey into the sweet science. The former UFC Middleweight Champion explained why a return to MMA isn’t on his radar, but he didn’t shut the door entirely. “I don’t have to do…

Cal Raleigh’s season is officially record-breaking. On Sunday against the Athletics (ATH-SEA GameTracker), the Seattle Mariners star slugged his 48th and record-setting 49th home run of 2025, the most ever for a catcher in a single season. The Mariners still have 30 games remaining this year, too, which means Raleigh has plenty of time to add to his total.Here is Raleigh’s record-setting homer off A’s lefty Jacob Lopez:That’s a 412-footer off a first-pitch changeup from Lopez, and for Raleigh that’s history. “When he finds the barrel, it’s a rocket somewhere,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said when Raleigh hit his 44th home…

Boxing promoter Don King is refusing to back down, insisting that the previously announced WBA Regular heavyweight title fight between Kubrat Pulev and number one-ranked WBA contender Michael Hunter will take place on Saturday, October 4, at Casino Miami. King has vowed to fight any obstacles in the way, including legal action. He says he will sue all parties attempting to block the bout despite Hunter previously claiming he’s a free agent and trying to sign for a battle against Jarrell Miller during Canelo vs Crawford fight week. The Hall of Famer points to the WBA already ruling in DKP’s…