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Aug 15, 2025, 06:53 AM ETTo win your fantasy football league, you need only proper preparation and a little luck.To consistently excel at this grand game, it’s essential to have a deep and thorough knowledge of the sport and familiarize yourself with more than simply the top 160 players in a standard draft.If you’re willing to challenge yourself this season, why not try a 12- or 14-team, a dynasty or even an IDP (individual defensive players) league? Going outside your comfort zone can pay dividends, even in the shallowest fantasy football league, due to the demands these formats place upon…

While prepping for your fantasy football drafts, it’s important to research every position thoroughly. Running back is arguably the most important position in fantasy football. So it’s important to have a sound strategy and to hone in on targets well before your draft.[Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season]Yahoo analysts Matt Harmon, Ray Garvin and Scott Pianowski joined us today to discuss the running back position and hopefully answer some important questions for you before your draft. Below is a recap of our RB roundtable where the analysts provide their insight into the position.AdvertisementWhat…

UFC veteran King Green has admitted that he can’t walk after he withdrew from his Diego Ferreira fight at UFC 319. For the longest time, King Green has been an ever-present member of the Ultimate Fighting Championship roster. He has taken on some of the toughest guys available, and he’s done so with the kind of confidence and efficiency that’s always going to make him a fan favorite. RELATED: Diego Ferreira looking to ‘meet in the middle and throw down’ with King Green at UFC 319 This past weekend, after a poor recent run of form, Green was set to…

The bullpen used to be a place where failed starters would go to kickstart their career or provide a path for a bounce-back. Mariano Rivera started 10 games for the Yankees in his rookie season. John Smoltz and Derek Lowe had strong seasons as starting pitchers before late-career moves to the bullpen. Edwin Diaz was a starting pitching prospect for three years in the Mariners’ organization before they moved him to the bullpen in Double-A in 2016, and Mason Miller was a talented but oft-injured starting pitcher until the Athletics made him a full-time reliever in 2024. However, the Miller…

Michael Hunter’s heavyweight future is mired in chaos after two rival promoters confirmed bouts for the 37-year-old just three weeks apart. Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh struck first, locking in Hunter to face Jarrell Miller on September 11 as part of Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford fight week in Las Vegas. Canelo vs Crawford is the talk of the town, and any fighter worth anything would want to be part of those fight week festivities in boxing’s capital. Hunter has been adamant that he wants the Miller fight due to its bigger paycheck and the chance to perform on the year’s…

You know all the clichés. Risk/reward. Boom/bust. As much upside as downside. He’s “better in best ball.” Football is a volatile game — the unavoidable fate of a sport where the world’s most athletic 6-foot-2, 230-pound athletes are diving at your knees — but some players highlight the fact better than others. Going round by round through the first eight frames, here’s a look at some of the draft picks most likely to either single-handedly win or lose you your fantasy league. Players whose range of outcomes vary more widely than most.A note on ADP data: There is no shortage…

Marc RaimondiAug 14, 2025, 06:23 AM ETCloseMarc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling’s New World Order Changed America,” which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Raimondi also worked for the New York Post and Newsday, beginning in 2009, covering high school and college sports, plus the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL.MICHAEL PENIX JR. knew early on. It…

Khamzat Chimaev has made it from over 220lb to come in below the middleweight limit for his UFC 319 main event.Undefeated title challenger Chimaev takes on Dricus Du Plessis in Chicago tomorrow night, and has looked massive in the pair’s few meetings and face-offs. But he and the champion both made it within the limit to make their title fight official.Chimaev has limited experience over the five rounds, only ever going out of the second twice in his career. But he faces one of the toughest tests in the sport on Saturday against the awkward and unorthodox South African.Khamzat Chimaev…

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Alden GonzalezAug 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.WHEN SUMMER ARRIVED and his pitching progression intensified, Shohei Ohtani essentially stopped running. In an attempt to preserve his body for the added stress it was about to endure, Ohtani stole just two bases throughout June and July.Now, even as he approaches the workload of a traditional starting pitcher, the aggressiveness that helped make him the first 50/50 player in baseball history is showing up again. In 12 games in August, Ohtani…