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Thankfully, the 2025 fantasy football season is just around the corner. Each year, fantasy players want to construct their team with a proper mix of good-value players and upside sleepers while avoiding players with high bust potential. In the fourth part of an eight-part series, I identify two ADP values, two likely-to-bust candidates, and two potential sleepers from the AFC West. Fantasy Football Draft Values, Busts & Sleepers: AFC West ADP via FantasyPros Fantasy Football ADP Values Ashton Jeanty (LV): ADP 9.8 | RB5 Dynasty fantasy players with the 1.01 rookie pick couldn’t have been happier this year. Jeanty was…

ASHBURN, Va. — When the Washington Commanders acquired Deebo Samuel in March, the receiver had an idea of what to expect.Samuel had played against head coach Dan Quinn’s defenses during his time with the San Francisco 49ers. And Samuel had played two division games a year against now-Washington offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury’s teams when Kingsbury coached the Arizona Cardinals.AdvertisementBut playing against a team doesn’t fully replicate the experience of playing for it.And six years in Kyle Shanahan’s potent offense didn’t familiarize Samuel with what’s expected in Washington.“Not at all,” Samuel told Yahoo Sports. “It’s a no-huddle [offense here]. It’s just…

Djeidi Gassama turned super-sub once again with a crucial goal as Rangers beat profligate Panathinaikos 3-1 on aggregate in their Champions League second qualifier in Athens.Leading 2-0 from the first leg at Ibrox, only another fine performance in the Olympic stadium from Rangers’ goalkeeper Jack Butland, who thwarted the Greek side in the first leg, kept the tie goalless at the break. Filip Djuricic opened the scoring with a header in the 53rd minute but moments after coming off the bench, Gassama, who scored from a substitute’s role on his debut last week, levelled at 1-1 with a stunning drive.A…

It’s been five years since the NBA went into a bubble on the Disney campus in Orlando to keep COVID out while crowning an NBA champion.In a look back at the bubble at The Athletic, NBA executive Daryl Morey — at the time with Houston, now the head of basketball operations with Philadelphia — said that the title LeBron James and the Lakers won in the bubble should come with an asterisk.“Had the Rockets won the title, I absolutely would have celebrated it as legitimate, knowing the immense effort and resilience required. Yet, everyone I speak to around the league…

In a previous article, I analyzed how to approach rookie WRs in redraft leagues. My approach was simple: gather historical data on rookie average draft positions (ADP) and compare it to how they finished the season amongst all WRs. In this article, I will apply this learned logic to this year’s rookie WR draft class. Let’s jump right in. Before we begin our analysis of the WR draft class, let’s have a refresher on my prior article and what we learned about drafting rookie pass catchers. We saw that between 2019 and 2023, 28 of the 48 rookie receivers (58.3%)…

Ben BabyJul 30, 2025, 01:45 PM ETCloseBen Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American…

As an Official Partner of UFC, Bakai Bank will have a presence at UFC live events, run joint marketing and promotional campaigns alongside UFC, and be integrated across UFC’s Eurasia digital platforms, including serving as the Presenting Partner of an upcoming episode of UFC Eurasia’s YouTube series Homeland of Champions  Andre Gromkovski, Vice President UFC Eurasia, stated: “We are pleased to welcome Bakai Bank, one of Kyrgyzstan’s leading and most respected financial institutions, as an official partner in the region. This marks the first time a bank has joined UFC in Central Asia, and we are confident that this partnership…

When the final whistle blew on a blisteringly hot Athens night where Rangers had at points been both tremendously valiant and desperately vulnerable, Russell Martin’s side had ultimately got what they came for.When the draw for the Champions League second round qualifier threw up Panathinaikos, it looked the most hazardous of first steps to the league phase, and Rangers rode their luck from all the way from Glasgow to Greece.And yet while they have some Greek wastefulness and Jack Butland heroics to thank for their passage into the next round, the character demonstrated by a team in the early days…

Jul 30, 2025, 05:11 PM ETThe Atlanta Braves said Wednesday that star Ronald Acuna Jr. has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 lower right calf strain.There is no timetable for his return, but the diagnosis takes away any fears that Acuna had suffered a more serious injury to his Achilles tendon.Earlier Wednesday, the Braves placed Acuna on the 10-day injured list and recalled outfielder Jarred Kelenic from Triple-A Gwinnett to take his place on the roster.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedAcuna first experienced discomfort in his calf area Monday night when he scored from first on Austin Riley’s double to help the Braves…

Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday in connection with a federal indictment that alleges the former NBA star hosted illegal high-stakes poker games at his mansion in Encino, California, according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office of Central California.Arenas is officially charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, one count of operating an illegal gambling business and one count of making false statements to federal investigators.He appeared in U.S. District Court on Wednesday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles and was released on a $50,000 bond after pleading not guilty to the charges. His…