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Here’s the latest buzz on Sunday, July 27

Conversations between the Bulls and head coach Billy Donovan regarding an extension began during the season and were well underway before the New York Knicks called to express interest and request permission to speak with Donovan. Chicago shot down New York, but for Donovan’s camp, it never hurts negotiations to have other teams calling about the coach.The deal is done, Donovan signed a multi-year extension, a story broken by ESPN’s Shams Charania and confirmed by Bulls PR. Donovan has a 195-205 record across five seasons coaching the Bulls, and he led them to the playoffs once (a first-round exit at…

Queensberry Promotions, who guide the career of England’s Bentley, 30, and Saavedra’s promoters No Limit are yet to agree terms, and Bowers doesn’t expect them to do so before the WBO’s 20-day negotiation period concludes. The minimum bid set by the WBO for the fight is $200,000.

The Los Angeles Chargers announced Sunday that they have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension with star left tackle Rashawn Slater.The extension is for four years and $114 million and includes a record $92 million in guaranteed money, a league source confirmed to The Athletic. Slater’s $28.5 million average annual salary is a record for the position. ESPN was first to report the deal.Slater was entering the final year of his rookie deal, the fifth-year option that the Chargers picked up in May 2024. He was due to make $19.04 million on that fifth-year option in 2025.The Chargers drafted…

Our MLB player prop picks for Sunday night see Pete Alonso making some noise at the dish. Kodai Senga and Rafael Devers are also under Chris Hatfield’s microscope. Jul 27, 2025 • 14:17 ET • 4 min read Photo By – Imagn Images. New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso celebrates a win. It’s a coast-to-coast battle when the New York Mets end a series with the San Francisco Giants tonight in primetime. Take a look at my Mets vs. Giants predictions and Sunday Night Baseball player props for July 27, featuring Pete Alonso. Mets vs Giants Sunday Night Baseball…

It isn’t hyperbole to say Cal Raleigh is doing things we’ve never seen in baseball. His 2025 campaign has been a record-breaking one, and his league-leading 40th home run, a majestic 416-foot shot that came during Seattle’s 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, earned the Mariners’ catcher another spot in the history books.Raleigh has the chance to not only crush the record for homers in a season by a catcher set by Salvador Perez with 48 in 2021, but he is also on pace to equal Aaron Judge’s single-season record for most bombs in American League history…

Dan HajduckyJul 27, 2025, 12:38 PM ETCloseDan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.An autographed pair of Adidas EQT Top 10 shoes that Kobe Bryant wore in his first Los Angeles Lakers start have sold for $240,000 (including buyer’s premium) with SCP Auctions, the second-largest sum ever paid for a pair of his sneakers.Photo-matching company Sports Investors Authentication matched the shoes to “being worn by Kobe Bryant on January 28, 1997 — Bryant’s first career NBA…

Since The Ring magazine starting handing out Fight of the Year awards in 1945, it is fittingly the sport’s most famous participant, Muhammad Ali, who has won it the most times. Following closely behind Ali’s six awards is New York’s Carmen Basilio with five. And Basilio’s feat is even more impressive because he won all five in consecutive years from 1955 to 1959, whereas it took Ali 15 years to win six awards.That’s a pretty remarkable stretch of entertaining fights for Basilio, which shouldn’t surprise anyone familiar with his pugnacious fighting style. He was a specialist in trench warfare, relying…

Veteran right tackle Jawaan Taylor participated in practice at Chiefs training camp for the first time this summer. Taylor opened up camp on the physically unable to perform list, but he was activated in time to take part in Sunday’s session. The nature of the injury that kept Taylor off the field was not disclosed, but his return leaves ample time to prepare for the regular season. Taylor opened team drills with the starters and then rotated out for Jaylon Moore. First-round pick Josh Simmons had been working as the first-team left tackle while Taylor was out and remained there…

Reinier de Ridder has fired back at Paulo Costa following post-fight remarks. On Saturday, de Ridder faced former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker. The UFC Abu Dhabi main event went the distance and was highly competitive throughout. Once the score totals were read, it was revealed that “RDR” emerged victorious via split decision. After the fight, Costa took to social media and he didn’t have many kind words for de Ridder. “Borrachinha” said that de Ridder vs. Whittaker was a “bad fight” and vowed to knock de Ridder out if the two ever fight. He also posted a meme mocking…