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Here’s what I’m hearing from major-league sources with less than three full days until the conclusion of the MLB trade deadline at 6 p.m. ET Thursday.The loss of closer Emmanuel Clase to non-disciplinary leave as part of a Major League Baseball investigation into sports betting did not simply deprive the Cleveland Guardians of their top trade chip. It ended any chance of the Guardians becoming a buyer, and likely increased the possibility of the team trading right-hander Shane Bieber and perhaps left fielder Steven Kwan.Bieber, recovering from Tommy John surgery in April 2024, is expected to be heavily scouted Tuesday…

The LA Clippers presented point guard Chris Paul at Intuit Dome on Monday, one week after signing the 20-year NBA veteran to a minimum contract to rejoin the franchise he led from 2011 to 2017.Paul’s family, based in LA since Paul was traded to the Clippers from New Orleans in December 2011, was in the front row. While the 40-year-old Paul could choose to end his career after this season, it is not something he is committing to now.“Please don’t,” Paul joked when asked about possibly retiring. “I’m just in it, to tell you the truth. I’m still in it.…

Drafting tight ends was a struggle for a long time, but over the last few years, we’ve seen the position finally make a comeback. There are now several options at the position you can confidently draft for a potential championship season. Below are five tight ends at different points in fantasy football drafts you can consider taking at their average draft position (ADP). Must Draft Tight Ends (Fantasy Football) Brock Bowers (TE – LV) Brock Bowers had one of the best rookie seasons for a pass-catcher in NFL history with a rookie record 112 catches, along with a rookie tight…

Four people were killed, including a uniformed New York City police officer, and at least one was injured on Monday evening by a gunman who entered a Midtown Manhattan high-rise building that contains offices for several prominent companies, including the headquarters of the NFL.In a news conference Monday night, New York Mayor Eric Adams said the gunman had died of an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.”Adams identified the police officer who died as 36-year-old Didarul Islam, a three-year veteran of the NYPD and an immigrant from Bangladesh. The other victims’ names, including another man and two women, have not been made…

Dalton Rosta has called his rival Fabian Edwards’ BJJ black belt credentials into question as the pair’s pre-fight trash talk continued to heat up.The former Bellator stars have been on a collision course throughout this year’s PFL World Tournament, and will finally meet on August 21 at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Both are known for getting under their opponents’ skin and they are getting deeply personal already in the lead-up.Rosta was an amateur prodigy before heading into the pro ranks in Bellator’s middleweight division. He has lost just once, and was able to avenge that result when…

Wrexham have signed goalkeeper Danny Ward, forward Ryan Hardie, defender Liberato Cacace, midfielders George Thomason and Lewis O’Brien and forward Josh Windass during the close season.Parkinson said the club have had dialogue over the idea of signing Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, but it “had not gone further”.The Wrexham boss is still hoping to add to his squad before their Championship opener at Southampton on Saturday, 9 August.”Obviously in an ideal world you want all your signers in prior to pre-season to work with,” Parkinson told BBC Sport Wales.”But it just doesn’t work like that. People sometimes say, why doesn’t it?”It’s…

The Mets snapped their seven-game winning streak, losing a back-and-forth battle to the San Diego Padres, 7-6.New York let up five runs in the fifth inning, blowing a 5-1 lead, and look lost until Ronny Mauricio homered with one out in the ninth inning to tie the game at 6-6. However, new Met Gregory Soto struggled in the bottom of the ninth, including a throwing error to extend the frame, and let up a walk-off single to Elias Díaz.The Mets (61-44) remain 1.5 games ahead of the Phillies for first place in the NL East after Philadelphia lost to the…

Chris Paul’s re-introduction to Los Angeles ended up being more emotional than he expected, with hundreds of Clippers fans chanting “C-P-3.”It’s kind of wild, kind of crazy,” Paul said of the experience. “Still kind of speechless.”Paul has returned to the Clippers, where he played for six seasons, leading the “Lob City” team alongside Blake Griffin, which was a contender in the West but was undone by a painful series of injuries and playoff collapses. Those were the peak CP3 years — in his first five years with the Clippers he never finished lower than seventh in MVP voting — and…

The 32-year-old will return to his hometown at the same venue he fought at in April, where he defeated Josec Ruiz via a 10-round unanimous decision. Despite being undefeated, Bell has been awaiting a major opportunity or a title shot, and he opted to move to lightweight this year in hopes of luring a top-tier fighter into the ring with him.

In this series of articles, I’ll be looking at the movers and shakers in every NFL backfield – division by division – and what that may mean for your best ball, dynasty, and redraft rosters as we edge ever closer to draft season!  We’ve made it to the fourth and final division in the American Football Conference and the only one in the entire National Football League that didn’t feature a 1,000-yard rusher in 2024…the AFC West! With that knowledge bomb, it should come as no surprise that three of the top six RBs drafted in this year’s rookie class…