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The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers… THE INDEPENDENTEverton are aiming to secure a loan deal for Jack Grealish, although any negotiation depends on whether Manchester City will accept a “deluxe” temporary agreement or push for a permanent sale.DAILY MIRROR Manchester United are weighing up a move for Gianluigi Donnarumma after Paris Saint-Germain agreed a £34.9m deal to sign a new goalkeeper. Manuel Ugarte has vowed to show he is worth the £50m fee Manchester United paid for him. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Premier League Summer Series fixture between…

Market share measures the percentage of a team’s offensive production accounted for by a player, providing a valuable way to gauge a player’s role and involvement within their offense. But market share alone doesn’t tell the whole story. A 30% target share on a low-volume offense can be less impactful than a 20% share in a high-powered, pass-heavy attack. We’ll walk through examples of this and talk about how the Market Share Tool can be helpful in fantasy football. Think of market share like a slice of pie. If the pie is small (slow-moving, low-scoring offense), then even a big…

Jenna LaineJul 25, 2025, 08:20 PM ETCloseJenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Jenna is a former cheerleader at the University of South Florida and speaks to the consistency of the program as being one of the top best in the nation.TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers held a Gus Swayze look-alike contest Friday, with quarterback Baker Mayfield serving as the judge — and the results were pretty spectacular.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedSwayze is the fictional, mullet-wearing Buccaneers superfan portrayed by Mayfield…

Farmer’s best bet: Jonquel Jones will pick up the slack in Breanna Stewart’s absence. Jul 28, 2025 • 17:12 ET • 4 min read Photo By – Imagn Images. Jonquel Jones drives to the hoop against Brittney Griner. The entire WNBA season almost tilted this weekend. Breanna Stewart’s non-contact injury in a Saturday night loss could have crushed the New York Liberty’s title hopes. Instead, the New York superstar is expected to miss only a short-term stretch, beginning tonight against the Dallas Wings. Her absence does not inherently bring value to the home underdogs. Rather, my Liberty vs. Wings predictions…

Lerone Murphy knows he’s taking a big risk by facing Aaron Pico on short notice at UFC 319. Pico was supposed to take on Movsar Evloev at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday, but Evloev was forced out of the bout. Now, Pico has been booked to make his UFC debut on August 16 against Murphy, who took the fight on three weeks’ notice. Although Lerone Murphy is facing someone making his debut and not ranked, he knew it was worth it. “From a business perspective, people would have said you shouldn’t take the fight, sit out and wait for a…

The Lionesses have been greeted by cheering crowds after landing at Southend airport, with fans eager to give the squad a triumphant homecoming after their Euro 2025 victory.The team arrived back in the UK on Monday afternoon after defending their title in a penalty shootout win over Spain in Basel on Sunday. Many supporters had dressed for the Lionesses’ return, wearing England kits and holding flags.Cheers erupted at the Essex airport as the plane approached the runway and again as the team emerged from the airport to walk along a red carpet waving at fans.The team’s captain, Leah Williamson, led…

The American League MVP has been Aaron Judge’s to lose for pretty much the entire 2025 season. However, when he landed on the injured list over the weekend, the odds flipped in Cal Raleigh’s favor for the first time all year.Judge, who has already won MVP in 2022 and 2024, leads all of baseball in every major slash category (.342 batting average, .449 on-base percentage, .711 slugging percentage and a comical 1.160 OPS). He’s also second in the AL in home runs (37) and RBIs (85). Those stats may not be enough if Judge misses significant time with a flexor…

Steelers rookie fullback DJ Thomas-Jones was carted off the field Sunday with an injury to his left foot/ankle. Coach Mike Tomlin said after practice that the injury is “significant.”Further imaging, though, revealed better news.Mike DeFabo of TheAthletic.com reports that Thomas-Jones did not tear his Achilles, and the injury is not season-ending. It is unclear exactly what Thomas-Jones’ injury is.Thomas-Jones, an undrafted rookie out of South Alabama, was expected to compete with Connor Heyward for the fullback job. Thomas-Jones caught 73 passes for 653 yards and 12 touchdowns from in three college seasons.Heyward has played all 51 possible games for the…

Watch: The day the Lionesses brought it home and visited No 10The England women’s football team were greeted by cheering crowds as they returned home on Monday after their Euro 2025 victory over Spain.Hundreds of fans holding flags and dressed in England kits waited outside Southend Airport to catch a glimpse of the triumphant squad.The Lionesses then travelled by coach to attend a reception at Downing Street, hosted by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. The players presented them with a signed England shirt, and enjoyed canapes and drinks in No 10’s garden.An open-top bus parade in central London is due…

Mets prospect Ryan Clifford had himself quite the week down in Double-A. It was so good, in fact, that it earned him Eastern League Player of the Week honors.So how good was he? In six games against Reading, the 22-year-old tortured them for a triple slash line of .522/.645/1.130 with four home runs, 12 RBI, 11 runs scored and eight walks — good for a ridiculous 1.775 OPS which led all of MiLB.Clifford's fantastic week at the plate is part of a great month of July in which he's hit eight home runs with 25 RBI. He now has 21…