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Jordan RaananAug 17, 2025, 01:58 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers hasn’t practiced in 11 days while dealing with what multiple sources told ESPN was a minor back problem. One source characterized it as “normal camp tightness.”Nabers was held out of Saturday night’s 31-12 win over the New York Jets. He has missed each of the Giants’ first two preseason games.The Giants have only one full practice this week, and it’s scheduled for…

Khamzat Chimaev proved Israel Adesanya wrong at UFC 319.Years after taking the sport by storm on Fight Island, ‘Borz’ has finally touched UFC gold in Chicago, Illinois. Chimaev returned to the United States to take on middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis in the main event of UFC 319 on Saturday night and man, did the wrestler deliver.Chimaev broke multiple UFC records on his way to dethroning du Plessis via unanimous decision. Across five rounds, Chimaev landed over 500 strikes and scored 12 takedowns with 21 minutes of control time.With his seemingly unbeatable style, Chimaev ushers in a new era in…

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Jon Rahm claimed his second successive LIV Golf individual championship despite losing in a playoff in the Indianapolis event, having earlier shot a career-best 60, and not winning a tournament all year.The Spaniard pipped Joaquin Niemann, who finished the week tied fourth, for the season-long title for the second successive year despite the Chilean player having won five times on the Saudi-backed tour in 2025. Rahm could not claim his first tournament win in 12 months, however, after suffering a second playoff defeat in as many weeks, this time to Colombia’s Sebastian Munoz.After Rahm’s final-round 11-under 60 at Chatham Hills…

The Nico Iamaleava NIL escapade at Tennessee ended up in, basically, a trade.Iamaleava left the program over a monetary dispute. He transferred to UCLA. And Aguilar transferred from UCLA to Tennessee.Aguilar had landed with the Bruins after transferring from Appalachian State. Now, Aguilar is the Volunteers’ Week 1 starter, via Jake Trotter of ESPN.com.He won the Tennessee job over redshirt freshman Jake Merklinger.Iamaleava is expected to win the starting job at UCLA.The situation arose when Iamaleava reportedly asked for more money to stay at Tennessee, and Tennessee refused. Iamaleava held out from spring practice, and Tennessee moved on.

Oldfield’s prediction: With the Bears deploying their starters, including Caleb Williams, we like Chicago on Sunday night vs. the Bills. Aug 17, 2025 • 17:03 ET • 4 min read Photo By – Imagn Images. Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) during training camp. We’ll get a glimpse of Caleb Williams as the Chicago Bears starters will get some run against the Buffalo Bills tonight. My Bills vs Bears predictions favor Chicago’s increasingly explosive offense under Ben Johnson. With all eyes on Williams in his preseason debut, take a closer look with my free NFL picks on Sunday, August 17. Bills…

David Moyes has said Jack Grealish’s determination to relaunch his career and prove people wrong in the process convinced him that the Manchester City outcast could bring excitement back to Everton.Grealish is “looking fabulous, in great shape” and in contention to feature in Everton’s Premier League opener at Leeds on Monday, according to Moyes, despite not playing in pre‑season having fallen out of favour under Pep Guardiola. The 29-year-old started only seven league games for City last season and was left out of their 27-man squad for the Club World Cup this summer. He was also omitted from the England…

ST. LOUIS — The New York Yankees entered Friday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals tied for the third-worst record since the trade deadline. Joining the club in St. Louis for his first road trip since believing the Yankees were a better team after overhauling the roster was general manager Brian Cashman.The Yankees currently hold the third wild-card spot in the American League. Still, it’s an underachievement for a club that manager Aaron Boone believes is his most talented squad since taking over for Joe Girardi in 2018. Cashman defended the job Boone has done this season, particularly with navigating…

Controversy continues to swirl around Ryan Garcia’s 2024 failed drug test as Victor Conte, a prominent anti-doping advocate and member of Devin Haney’s team, has raised fresh questions about the sequence of events. The incident saw the New York State Athletic Commission wipe Garcia’s career-best victory over Haney from the record books. In April that year, Garcia looked superb despite weeks of uncertainty over his mental health and subsequently admitted to alcohol abuse. As it turns out, Garcia had Ostarine in his system, which Conte believes the fighter deliberately did and then attempted to cover up. Fresh Accusations of Tampering…

Getty Images Abdul Carter has only been a member of the New York Giants for a few months, but he’s already steeping himself in the Big Apple rivalry with the New York Jets. A clip of the former Penn State star and No. 3 overall pick being put on his backside by a chip block from Jets tight end Stone Smartt was all over social media on Saturday night, and he responded on Sunday: Here’s the block in question: As Carter noted, the Giants did indeed beat the Jets handily on Saturday. Carter’s fellow first-round pick, Jaxson Dart, impressed once again as Big…