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It’s the end of summer, meaning the time for a sacred tradition has arrived: determining the order of fantasy football drafts.The possibilities are practically endless. There’s the simple and straightforward — you could go based off last season’s standings or enlist a computer program to assign random numbers to each player’s name. For the ambitious, an in-person race or other form of physical competition can be a fun decider.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedOr, if you and your friends happen to have three-time All-Star and 2005 Silver Slugger Jason Varitek hanging around, you could have him take batting practice. It worked for the…

Remember the torpedo bat saga?It was only the New York Yankees’ second game of the season, back in late March. They blasted a franchise-record nine home runs in a 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers, and all of a sudden, the odd-shaped bats — increasingly being used by the Yankees and across Major League Baseball — were all anyone was talking about. It feels like a long time ago.Tuesday, the Yankees had another nine-homer game, this time against the Tampa Bay Rays, and our story didn’t even mention the word “torpedo.” It shows how quickly innovations can become the norm…

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in June, ahead of Jake Paul’s fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.LAST NOVEMBER, PAST and present generations packed AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for a one-of-a-kind boxing match. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson was a unique event that leveraged the curiosity of fans from different eras and brought them under one roof.Tyson, who walked to the ring alone with his trademark cutoff towel and scowl that intimidated boxers in the ’80s and ’90s, was urged on mostly by fans in their 40s who grew up watching “Iron Mike” on cable television. Paul, who…

This is ‘The Watchlist.’ This column is designed to help you monitor and pick up fantasy baseball players in the coming weeks and months. Whether they’re waiver wire or trade targets, these are the players you’ll want to add now before they become the hot waiver commodity or trade target. Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire & Trade Targets Using underlying and advanced metrics, ‘The Watchlist’ will help you get ahead of the competition in your league and reap the rewards later from your pickups. The players could be anyone from a prospect in an ideal situation close to the Majors, a…

During Frank Reich’s three decades as an NFL quarterback and coach, his Saturdays were for last-minute game preparation, travel or rest. The league was so consuming that he rarely, if ever, had time for much else.“All my years in the NFL,” Reich said, “I barely watched college football at all.”That gave Reich a somewhat outside perspective when the former Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers head coach became Stanford’s interim coach in March. His conclusion: College football “feels a little bit NFL-ish.”However, even as the college game morphs toward professionalization in the first season of the revenue-sharing era, the two levels…

The PFL ends its 2025 season in a big way on Thursday in Hollywood, Florida, with heavyweight and light heavyweight among the final three weight classes to crown tournament champions (9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+; prelims at 6 p.m. on ESPN+).The main event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino pits two-time Bellator MMA middleweight title challenger Fabian Edwards against Dalton Rosta. In the co-main event, 2024 PFL heavyweight finalist Oleg Popov meets Alexander Romanov for the 2025 title. The main card opens with 2021 PFL light heavyweight champion Antonio Carlos Jr. facing Sullivan Cauley. The fight card will bring…

Jack Draper’s stock continues to rise with the British No 1 competing for – and winning – some of the biggest titles in men’s tennis.Where is Jack Draper playing next?Draper, having withdrawn from events in Toronto and Cincinnati due to a forearm injury, has now recovered ahead of his US Open return from August 24-September 7 – live on Sky Sports. Ahead of his singles campaign in New York, Draper was paired with the USA’s Jessica Pegula, making the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at the US Open before defeat to Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud. Please use Chrome browser…

This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. 🏀 Good morning to all but especially to … PAIGE BUECKERS The high in Los Angeles on Wednesday was 90 degrees, but the temperature inside Crypto.com Arena was a lot warmer. That’s because Wings rookie Paige Bueckers was on fire as she tied the single-game record for points by a rookie. Bueckers was a one-woman show against the Sparks, and she did all she could do…

In his prime, John Wall was a rocket, a supremely talented point guard whose speed, explosiveness and star power made him the first pick in the NBA draft, a five-time All-Star and a fan favorite of the Washington Wizards, the team for which he delivered nearly all his heroics and highlight reels.At the end, Wall was in uniform and running the court — that in itself a sight to see — but the uniform was the Clippers and his game had been reduced to eye-blink spurts of greatness.AdvertisementThe Clippers visited Washington’s Capital One Arena on Dec. 10, 2022, Wall in…

World Boxing has dropped its bombshell ruling with immediate effect that will end Imane Khelif’s hopes of competing as a woman under its banner, as the new federation moves to enforce strict sex eligibility testing across the sport. From August 20, 2025, all boxers over 18 will have to prove their biological sex at birth via PCR or equivalent genetic screening before being cleared to fight. The move follows months of heated debate over gender eligibility in boxing and comes just weeks before the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool. That means every fighter aiming to enter the ten women’s weight…