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Jul 30, 2025, 07:30 AM ETThe 2025 NBA offseason is in full swing, and with a flurry of free agency deals already behind us, teams continue to sort out unresolved agreements as we approach the end of the summer.With the 2025-26 NBA season a few months away, some teams are settling in with their newly acquired superstars. Specifically, the Houston Rockets acquired 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in June. The Rockets hope the veteran forward will give them the boost they need to leap to dominant contender status next season.Other veteran names were also on the move…

Jul 30, 2025, 06:56 AM ETParis Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Lazizbek Mullojonov has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a prohibited substance, the International Testing Agency said.The 26-year-old Uzbek tested positive for methasterone, a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid associated with the promotion of rapid muscle growth, increased strength and power, in an out-of-competition doping control collected June 11.”The athlete has been informed of the case and has the right to request the analysis of the B-sample,” the ITA said in a statement Tuesday.If the B-sample analysis is requested and confirms the result of the A-sample, the case will be considered…

NFL training camps have opened, and it won’t be long before fantasy football draft season is upon us. FantasyPros analysts Derek Brown, Andrew Erickson, Pat Fitzmaurice and Mike Maher begin a series of preseason roundtables by discussing the most compelling training camp battles, rookies with uncertain 2025 outlooks, players on new teams and more. Fantasy Football Roundtable Name a player whose training camp performance you’ll be closely monitoring, and tell us why. J.J. McCarthy (QB – MIN) Mike Maher: There are analysts I respect (and DBro) who are very high on J.J. McCarthy, and I want to see what this…

Bill BarnwellJul 30, 2025, 06:15 AM ETCloseBill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more.He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released weekly. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland.While there are more trades in the NFL than ever before, I will admit that I occasionally look longingly toward my colleagues covering the NBA. When Kevin Garnett said “Anything is possible!” after winning a…

When Jimmy Garoppolo was benched as the Raiders’ starting quarterback in 2023, the team’s No. 1 receiver, Davante Adams, endorsed the move. Now Adams and Garoppolo are teammates again on the Rams, and Adams says anyone who thinks he has a problem with Garoppolo doesn’t understand what the situation was in Las Vegas two years ago.Asked on Sedano & Kap how it is playing with Garoppolo again, Adams answered, “It’s amazing.”Adams went on to say that he and Garoppolo were both frustrated on the Raiders at the time, but there was never any animosity between them.“I love Jimmy. It was…

When Jimmy Garoppolo was benched as the Raiders’ starting quarterback in 2023, the team’s No. 1 receiver, Davante Adams, endorsed the move. Now Adams and Garoppolo are teammates again on the Rams, and Adams says anyone who thinks he has a problem with Garoppolo doesn’t understand what the situation was in Las Vegas two years ago.Asked on Sedano & Kap how it is playing with Garoppolo again, Adams answered, “It’s amazing.”Adams went on to say that he and Garoppolo were both frustrated on the Raiders at the time, but there was never any animosity between them.“I love Jimmy. It was…

Jul 29, 2025, 07:54 PM ETMILWAUKEE — The Chicago Cubs have unveiled a ceremonial patch on their uniform in memory of Ryne Sandberg one day after the Hall of Famer’s death.Sandberg, who made 10 All-Star teams with the Cubs before his retirement in 1997, died Monday at age 65. The blue patch has a red 23 — Sandberg’s uniform number — and features his signature in white lettering. It sits over the Cubs logo on an arm sleeve.The Cubs posted a video on social media of the patch being sewn onto the uniforms before Tuesday night’s game at Milwaukee. While…

Boston expects its franchise player to return to the floor when ‘fully healthy’

There was a time where he was seemingly locked in for a rematch with countryman and fellow second-generation boxer Chris Eubank Jnr. The two engaged in a twelve-round thriller on April 26, won by Eubank Jnr, 35-3 (25 KOs) via unanimous decision before an announced crowd of 67,484 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England.

The 2025 NFL season is upon us, and we have a pretty good idea which teams possess a clear quarterback advantage. Only a select few, after all, have the luxury of deploying a transcendent talent under center, leaving the rest of the league to bank on more volatile signal-callers. But have the current standard-setters at the position always reigned supreme in this regard?The answer is yes and no. Some, like the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers, are enjoying the latest in a long and proud line of star quarterbacks. Meanwhile others, like the Kansas City Chiefs, are experiencing…