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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were back in the news this week, as the pop star appeared on the “New Heights” podcast hosted by Kelce and his brother Jason.The appearance was a long time coming. Remember that it was on that same podcast back in 2023 that Travis shared a story about trying to meet Swift. It wasn’t much longer before news surfaced that they were dating, causing two wildly diverse pop culture worlds to collide and nearly breaking the internet. The rest was history.Wednesday’s show was partly an acknowledgment of that journey, and partly a means to promote Swift’s…

The opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season will feature the Houston Rockets at the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors at the Los Angeles Lakers.The games will be played on Oct. 21 and will be televised on NBC.ESPN will tip off its coverage with two opening week doubleheaders. On Oct. 22, the Cleveland Cavaliers will visit the New York Knicks (7 p.m. ET), and Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks will host the San Antonio Spurs (9:30 p.m. ET). The following night, Oct. 23, the Thunder will visit the Pacers in an NBA Finals rematch…

Chelsea and their players have agreed to donate some of their Club World Cup prize money to the family of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva.The Chelsea squad received a bonus pot of £11.4m to be shared between them from the £87m winners’ prize money. A share of that amount will be donated to Jota and Silva’s family and the decision has been made jointly between the club and the squad. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the FIFA Club World Cup final between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain Tributes to Jota and Silva are expected…

Eric MoodyAug 13, 2025, 06:55 AM ETCloseEric Moody is a writer for fantasy football, men’s and women’s basketball, and sports betting at ESPN. Eric joined ESPN in 2021 after working as a senior fantasy analyst at Pro Football Network. Prior to that, he spent much of his career as a manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company.It’s fascinating how much the quarterback position has changed in fantasy football over the past 20 years. Dual-threat quarterbacks who can put up points through the air and on the ground are much more common, and the position is deeper than ever. Still,…

The second week of the 2025 NFL preseason continues with an 11-game slate on Saturday, and there are NFL props and NFL odds available at FanDuel Sportsbook. New users who take advantage of the updated FanDuel promo code will receive $300 in bonus bets with a winning $5 bet, and you can use that code to build NFL parlay picks for Saturday’s preseason games. There are five games beginning at 7 p.m. ET or later, providing plenty of NFL betting options such as the Steelers vs. Buccaneers. Click here to take advantage of one of the newest sportsbook promos:Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay both looked…

Aug 11, 2025, 08:49 AM ETNEW YORK — Paramount will become the new home to all Ultimate Fighting Championship events in the U.S. under a seven-year agreement with TKO Group announced Monday.The deal has an average annual value of $1.1 billion, the companies said.Under the deal, Paramount will exclusively distribute the UFC’s full slate of its 13 marquee numbered events and 30 “Fight Nights” on its streaming platform, Paramount+ — with select numbered events also set to simulcast on CBS — starting in 2026.Editor’s Picks1 Related”This deal puts UFC amongst the biggest sports in the world,” UFC CEO Dana White…

Following the 2024 season, the Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus. Chicago was lucky enough to hire former Lions OC Ben Johnson as their next head coach. He was highly sought after around the league.  Johnson was hired to help fix the Bears’ slumping offense. The team wants to get the most out of the #1 pick in 2024, Caleb Williams. Ben Johnson will certainly boost Williams’ production. In the 2025 NFL draft, the Bears used a second-round pick on WR Luther Burden out of Missouri. NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported that Burden is receiving high praise from the Bears…

Aug 14, 2025, 04:47 AM ETDillian Whyte has been boxing long enough to have seen plenty of young heavyweights come and go; the next big thing who fades away before living up to the hype.But on Aug. 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia against Moses Itauma, Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs) will face a fighter almost unanimously considered to be the next face of the division.It is a classic potential changing of the guard fight.Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) is taking a step up against the veteran Whyte who has been in with almost every top fighter of the last 10 years, coming…

Draft day is all about finding value and avoiding costly mistakes – and Average Draft Position (ADP) is one of the best tools to help you do both. By comparing where players are being drafted to their projected production, fantasy football managers can spot potential steals and sidestep landmines. To give you a winning edge for 2025 drafts, we’ve gathered 30 players experts draft and avoid at ADP from our collection of Featured Pros experts. This list highlights the players our analysts are targeting at their current ADP, as well as the ones they’re avoiding, so you can make smarter…

There are players the fantasy market irrationally hates. Their ADPs make little sense, but the consensus means they keep being drafted low, reason be damned. It’s groupthink at this point. If you want the room’s approval with the murmur of “good pick,” you can’t take these players. You’ll only get raised eyebrows — and higher win probability in your league.Fade the conventional wisdom, pay the market price and profit. These opportunities exist every year, just waiting to be capitalized on. I’ll note the positional ranking according to Fantasy Pros as well as my positional rankings. (I eschew overall ranks since…