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Timothy Bradley Jr.Oct 9, 2025, 07:46 AM ETCloseTimothy Bradley Jr. is a boxing analyst for ESPN. He was a two-division, five-time world champion and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Bradley is also the recipient of the 2023 Sam Taub award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.Terence Crawford’s historic performance in a unanimous decision victory over Canelo Alvarez in September, witnessed by more than 40 million viewers on Netflix, won him the undisputed super middleweight championship and helped cement his legacy among the all-time greats. Along with becoming undisputed champion in a third weight class, he also…

Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy ForecastWeek 6 is upon us as is our fantasy preview show for the weekend slate. But first, Matt Harmon recaps a shocking TNF game that saw the New York Giants demolish the Philadelphia Eagles. Harmon recaps the game and all the fantasy implications from it. Justin Boone then joins Harmon to breakdown every fantasy angle of Week 6. The two tackle Boone’s 6-pack of questions and Harmons’ 3 games of the week. The two then end the show with our wildly entertaining ‘hurry up offense’ segment.Advertisement(1:00) – Matt’s solo recap of TNF: Giants 34, Eagles 17(21:15)…

Imagn Images Philadelphia Eagles standout cornerback Quinyon Mitchell left Philadelphia’s Week 6 “Thursday Night Football” game against the New York Giants with a hamstring injury and did not return. Mitchell suffered the injury in the first half and was initially listed as questionable to return, however the Eagles ruled him out shortly afterwards.It’s a tough turn of events for the Eagles, who also were without second-team All-Pro defensive lineman Jalen Carter. The third-year Georgia product popped up on the injury report with a heel injury Wednesday and was questionable entering the day but was unable to go.Mitchell’s absence is just as impactful,…

Ciryl Gane was completely dominant in his one and only UFC title fight win. All eyes will soon be on the UFC heavyweight division, as the title gets put on the line for the first time since Jon Jones’ victory over Stipe Miocic almost a year ago. After being elevated to undisputed status when Jones briefly retired, Tom Aspinall will defend against Gane in the main event of UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi. ‘Bon Gamin’ is looking to reach the throne at the third time of trying, having previously fallen short against both Jones and Francis Ngannou. When he faced…

LOS ANGELES — Philadelphia Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering booted a ground ball and threw wildly to home plate, when an easier out was available at first base, handing the Los Angeles Dodgers a series-clinching 2-1 walk-off win Thursday night in Game 4 of the NLDS. Kerkering’s error on Andy Pages’ 40-foot bouncer came with two outs and the bases loaded in the 11th inning at Dodger Stadium, ending a madcap game and series between two National League titans.The Dodgers, vying to be the league’s first back-to-back World Series champion in a quarter century, advance to face the Milwaukee Brewers or…

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James will miss a season opener for the first time in his career due to sciatica on his right side, the team announced Thursday. James, who is entering his 23rd NBA season, will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks.Sciatica is “nerve pain from an injury or irritation to your sciatic nerve,” according to the Cleveland Clinic. It affects one or more of the nerves that run down the lower back through the hip and buttocks and down the leg on both sides of the body.James, 40, was already held out of training camp practices…

The boxing world is once again concerned about Adrien Broner, the former four-weight world champion, who appears to be attracting attention for the wrong reasons. Reports from Las Vegas allege that Broner has been leveraging his celebrity status for free drinks, following a period of offering Instagram posts for $350 each. A fan spoke exclusively… Read More »Adrien Broner accused of demanding drinks for photographs in Las Vegas

André SnellingsOct 9, 2025, 12:00 PM ETCloseDr. André Snellings is a senior writer for men’s and women’s fantasy basketball and sports betting at ESPN. André has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan. He joined ESPN in 2017 after a 16-year career as a neural engineer, during which time he was also a writer and analyst for Rotowire.The most difficult players to project before an NBA season are the rookies, because so much is based upon how prepared they are for the speed, power and explosiveness of the NBA game. There is no other league in the world that can…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mac Jones said Thursday he didn’t want to talk about the body he saw being retrieved from the marina outside the San Francisco 49ers’ team hotel last week.“There was just some police activity and stuff,” the 49ers quarterback said. “I don’t really want to talk about it. It was before the game or whatever, and I’ve kind of moved onto (the game) this week.”On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office identified the deceased man as Wyatt Cyphers, 28. The initial report said Cyphers’ body was found at a dock at the Marina del Rey…

The 2025-26 Los Angeles Lakers haven’t even reached the regular season, and they’re already facing adversity.LeBron James, who averaged 24.4 points, 8.2 assists and 7.8 rebounds while finishing sixth in MVP voting last season, could miss the start of the campaign with an injury.This isn’t a typical setback. ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the news of LeBron’s bout with sciatica on Thursday.Sciatica is a pain that originates in the low back and travels down the sciatic nerve into the leg, sometimes causing numbness or tingling in the leg. For most people, symptoms will alleviate over the course of a few weeks,…