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By Andy McCullough, Patrick Mooney and Sahadev SharmaFor the first time since 2018, the Milwaukee Brewers have won a postseason series, advancing to the National League Championship Series after downing the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.With each team running a bullpen game, it was the Brewers — the team dogged all season for their lack of power — who swatted three solo homers to ignite the crowd at American Family Field and send the Cubs packing. The trio of William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn and Brice Turang all went deep. Jacob Misiorowski provided four…

Dave Allen faced the biggest test of his career in Sheffield against the Russian powerhouse Arslanbek Makhmudov, losing a unanimous decision on the scorecards. However, the Doncaster man left nothing behind in a valiant effort. From the opening bell, Makhmudov’s size and power were obvious. The “Lion” backed Allen up and dictated the pace behind a heavy jab, stalking him around the ring. Allen landed clean on occasion, but Makhmudov absorbed it and walked forward. After a low blow in round two, the Russian regained control and had Allen wobbling, while the local crowd roared their man on. The fight…

Mike ClayOct 10, 2025, 12:27 PM 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.Welcome to The Playbook for Week 6, which kicks off Thursday with the Eagles at the Giants.This column features score projections, over/unders, win probabilities, and, of course, easily digestible fantasy advice for seasonlong leagues and DFS. This guide should help you with all sorts of decision-making, including sit/start, last-minute…

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar, a potential first-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft, suffered a season-ending injury late in the fourth quarter of today’s loss to Northwestern.Allar ran the ball and was hit by two Northwestern players, with one defender hitting him high and one hitting him low. Allar immediately grabbed his ankle and had to be helped off the field.Penn State coach James Franklin announced after the game that Allar is out for the season. The specific nature of Allar’s injury has not been revealed.Allar is in his fourth year at Penn State and is widely expected to…

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore’s Heisman Trophy odds took a hit following Saturday’s upset win by the Indiana Hoosiers.Miami’s Carson Beck is now the favorite to win the 2025 Heisman, according to DraftKings.Moore threw for 186 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions on Saturday as No. 3 Oregon fell at home to No. 7 Indiana.This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the “source preferences” page here.For more from Bleacher Report, check out our B/R app, homepage and social feeds—including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook,…

The Octagon returns to Brazil for tonight’s UFC Rio event, a 12-bout fight card headlined by Charles Oliveira vs. Mateusz Gamrot. Oliveira (35-11 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since suffering a brutal knockout loss to Ilia Topuria back at June’s UFC 317 event. Prior to that setback, ‘Do Bronx’ was coming off a dominant decision victory over Michael Chandler at UFC 309 in November of last year. Meanwhile, Mateusz Gamrot (25-3 MMA) was most previously seen in the Octagon at May’s UFC Vegas 107 event, where he scored a unanimous decision win over L’udovit Klein.…

Rúben Neves got Portugal out of jail with an injury-time World Cup qualifying winner against the Republic of Ireland after Cristiano Ronaldo had seen his penalty saved by Caoimhín Kelleher. Neves headed home in stoppage time to snatch a 1-0 win, four years after Ronaldo had scored twice late on to see off a stubborn Ireland.It was a poignant tribute to Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident in July and whose No 21 jersey Neves wore in Portugal’s first home game since the Liverpool player’s death.Heimir Hallgrímsson’s men looked set to leave Lisbon with a hard-fought point but…

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Jared McCain’s rookie season ended in mid-December of last year, but he still managed to play more minutes (592) than Joel Embiid did (574) for the 2024-25 Philadelphia 76ers. The same is true of reserves Jeff Dowtin Jr. (621), who was on a two-way contract and also played 17 games for the Sixers’ G League team; Kyle Lowry (659), who barely played for the final three months; and Jared Butler (682), who joined the team at the trade deadline.In all, 15 players logged more minutes than Embiid did for last season’s Sixers. The guy who played the fifth-most minutes, Ricky…

Welcome to Week 6 of the fantasy football season. Injuries are piling up, so let’s get to it. As always, don’t forget you can hit us up on Twitter/X @SportMDAnalysis or IG @sportsmedanalytics. Week 6 Fantasy Football Injury Updates *Injury glossary key: FP = Full Participant LP = Limited Participant DNP = Did Not Practice Ja’Marr Chase (WR – CIN) Ja’Marr Chase’s status is to be determined (TBD). He has an Illness designation, which means he will most likely play without any major dip in production.  Deebo Samuel (WR – WSH) I lean heavily toward Deebo Samual playing. He missed…