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I prefer to stream my kickers from week-to-week for fantasy football, so I usually draft based on Week 1 matchups, and always in the final round. Since the odds for the first week of the 2025 season are already out, I figured I’d share my top picks for those who choose the same approach.Advertisement[Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season]You won’t find the elite names here since they’ll be drafted, and most likely too early at that.Week 1 StreamersEvan McPherson, Bengals at BrownsComing off a rough 2024 where he converted just 72.7% of his…

ESPN has cut ties with NFL Hall of Famer and media analyst Shannon Sharpe less than two weeks after he settled a lawsuit in which his ex-girlfriend accused him of rape, sources briefed on the decision told The Athletic on Wednesday.Sharpe has not been on ESPN since late April, when the suit was first filed. He said at the time that he would return to ESPN at the beginning of NFL training camp. ESPN declined to comment.The woman, known as “Jane Doe” in the suit, was seeking $50 million for “pain and suffering, psychological and emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment and humiliation.”…

Cormier recaps the fight, highlighting Creighton’s good work at distance, countered by Sezinando’s ability to control the action on the canvas and repeatedly get the fight there. White praises Creighton’s drive to seek opportunities to strike in the third, knowing the fight was on the line, acknowledging that it allowed Sezinando the opportunity he needed to get inside, get the fight to the canvas, and grind out the win. Creighton understandably is disappointed, saying he let his wife, his family down, but that he’ll find his way to the UFC in the future. Cormier consoles him as they head to…

Jorge CastilloJul 30, 2025, 01:44 PM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.The Los Angeles Angels are acquiring veteran relievers Luis Garcia and Andrew Chafin from the Washington Nationals for two minor leaguers, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, as they make a push to end their decade-long postseason drought.The Nationals received Triple-A left-hander Jake Eder and Double-A first baseman Sam Brown in the deal.The Los Angeles Angels…

Kobe Bryant will always be remembered as a Lakers legend and one of basketball’s all-time greats.But in February 2009 — in the middle of his 13th NBA season — Bryant appeared on the cover of ESPN the Magazine wearing another team’s uniform and playing an entirely different sport.AdvertisementThe cover shot showed Bryant in full FC Barcelona gear and performing some pretty fancy footwork with a soccer ball.Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and FC Barcelona’s Ronaldinho take part in an event Aug. 5, 2006, in Hollywood. (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)In a video for ESPN the Magazine, Bryant explained that he was…

Luke Littler says he is confident of hunting down Luke Humphries and claiming the world number one spot.

Jul 30, 2025, 01:00 PM ETAaron Judge’s diagnosis of a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow might have been framed as a “mostly good news” situation by the New York Yankees, but pardon us fantasy managers for grasping hold of the “bad news” viewpoint, that being that the No. 1 player in our game is now sidelined and has rekindled his injury-history question.Even now, five days after Judge’s most recent appearance, he’s still the top-scoring hitter in terms of fantasy points (402, or 23 more than Shohei Ohtani has as a hitter alone), as well as the No. 1…

Woody Marks, RB, Houston TexansThe biggest story in fantasy football right now is the Joe Mixon injury situation. The veteran back was placed on the NFI list and is out indefinitely, with his Week 1 availability being very much up in the air. The Texans had behaved a bit strangely at running back this offseason, both in terms of addressing Mixon’s injury status as rumors circulated and with personnel additions, and now we know why. I would just advise completely ignoring Mixon’s name in drafts until we get more clarity on his situation.AdvertisementHouston’s two big additions at the position this…

UFC light heavyweights Dominick Reyes and Carlos Ulberg will headline the promotion’s return to Perth, Australia on September 27th. The light heavyweight division is certainly looking pretty interesting right now. Magomed Ankalaev is the reigning champion in the wake of him defeating Alex Pereira to capture the title, and the two will soon run it back. Elsewhere, though, there are plenty of other exciting fighters on the rise – with two of them being Dominick Reyes and Carlos Ulberg. RELATED: Carlos Ulberg gets new opponent for UFC Atlantic City after Dominick Reyes is forced to withdraw Both have had some…

It was a bittersweet start to Goodwood for Hollie, who won the Lennox Stakes before Trueshan suffered a fatal injury. Here, she previews her five rides on Thursday.Trueshan holds a special place in my heartIt’s hard to put into words the heartache of losing my great friend Trueshan in such tragic circumstances in the Goodwood Cup on Tuesday. He meant the world to his devoted owners, his trainer Alan King and all the staff at the yard and holds a special place in my heart, too. The many memories we made together over seven years are some of my very…