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LAS VEGAS — Seattle Mariners outfielder Victor Robles was ejected from a minor league game on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma after he was nearly hit by an inside pitch and tossed his bat at the pitcher.Las Vegas starter Joey Estes’ first pitch to Robles in the third inning was inside and Robles whacked at it to avoid getting hit. After taking a few steps behind the plate and dropping his bat, Robles picked up the bat and threw it in Estes’ direction and was immediately ejected from the game by home plate umpire Joe McCarthy.Robles, who has been…

Masai Ujiri’s first hire will outlast him with the Toronto Raptors. Bobby Webster was extended by the team Monday, and will remain its general manager, it confirmed.Webster has been with the team since 2013, and was Ujiri’s first hire, per Charania. Webster initially joined the team as its vice president of basketball management and strategy. He eventually worked his into an assistant general manager role before taking over as the team’s general manager in 20217. He served in that role when the Raptors won the NBA championship during the 2018-19 NBA season.AdvertisementWith the move, Webster will outlast his former boss…

Luis Diaz called it “a spectacular night” as he scored what proved to be an important second goal as Bayern Munich held on to beat VfB Stuttgart 2-1 in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup. It was the perfect illustration of why Bayern wanted him.The fee that was paid to Liverpool this summer could rise to £64.7m and that might look a little chunky for a winger who will turn 29 years old in January. But when Diaz ghosted in to head home, it was a little glimpse of what the Colombian adds to this Bayern side. On the face of it,…

Aug 18, 2025, 11:34 AM ETAs fantasy football draft season inches closer and closer, it’s time for our annual predictions of sleepers, busts and breakout players. Interpretations of the terms can vary for each, but here are the definitions for our purposes:• Sleeper: A player who is being overlooked and will outperform his average draft position (ADP) in 2025.• Bust: A highly regarded player who will underperform in 2025, relative to his ADP/ranking.• Breakout: A player who will put up career-best numbers in 2025 and make a huge impact.Stephania Bell, Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Daniel Dopp, Tyler…

Veteran wide receiver DJ Chark’s bid to make the Falcons came to an end on Monday. The Falcons announced that they have released Chark and that they waved quarterback Emory Jones with an injury designation. They also confirmed the signing of quarterback Ben DiNucci and that they plan to sign edge rusher Ronnie Perkins. Chark had one catch for 11 yards in the team’s first two preseason games. The 2018 Jaguars second-round pick has 216 catches for 3,100 yards and 24 touchdowns in 76 games for the Jags, Lions, Panthers, and Chargers. Jones suffered a concussion against the Titans last…

We are back! The first weekend of the 2025-26 European club soccer season has delivered a bounty of talking points and drama for us to unpack — though only the English Premier League, LaLiga and Ligue 1 have officially kicked off, with Italy’s Serie A and the German Bundesliga joining the fun this coming week.We got a big clash in England that saw Arsenal escape Manchester United with a 1-0 win and three points to begin their campaign — and more woe for Ruben Amorim.We got a dominant start for Barcelona against nine-man Mallorca (though Hansi Flick still found something…

Aug 18, 2025, 11:54 AM ETProspects are the name of the game on the fantasy baseball waiver wire front as we head into the final regular season week in ESPN head-to-head leagues.As mentioned in this space last week, this past Friday marked 45 days remaining on the MLB regular season calendar. That corresponds to the maximum amount a prospect can accrue while still retaining rookie eligibility into the following season, meaning that anyone recalled on that date or later can remain a candidate for Rookie of the Year honors — with their teams reaping the rewards if they win it…

Oleksandr Usyk’s long-time promoter Alexander Krassyuk has ruled out a future showdown with Deontay Wilder unless the American brings something meaningful to the table. Despite Usyk holding all four heavyweight titles, Krassyuk believes Wilder would need leverage to entice the Ukrainian into a fight in 2026. Krassyuk’s comments come at the same time Wilder’s manager, Shelly Finkel, told World Boxing News that the former WBC champion is targeting Anthony Joshua or Usyk for next year after one more tune-up. Finkel explained, “The plan is for Deontay to have another fight before the end of this year. After that, we will…

Welcome to the first of my fantasy football positional overviews for the 2025 draft season. Today, we will be examining quarterbacks. I will share my thoughts on each tier (courtesy of our expert consensus rankings), breakout candidates and late-round sleepers. The lifeblood of a team and the engine that makes the offense go, quarterbacks are without question the most critical position on the offensive side of the ball. Yet, for fantasy football purposes, we typically wait at least several rounds before filling that slot on our roster. Depth at the position, coupled with most league formats only allowing one to…

Undrafted free agent wide receiver Isaiah Bond signed with the Cleveland Browns, the team announced on Monday. Bond was cleared last week of sexual assault charges and announced his intentions to join the Browns.That deal came to fruition with Bond inking a three-year, fully guaranteed contract worth $3.018 million. A productive player in his lone season at Texas, Bond joins a wide receiver room in Cleveland that also includes Jerry Jeudy, Diontae Johnson and Cedric Tillman.The sexual assault case against Bond received a “no bill” from the Collin County, Texas, grand jury. That meant Bond would not be indicted, and…