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When the Browns traded Joe Flacco to the Bengals on Tuesday, one question popped up for many: Does this mean Shedeur Sanders is now Cleveland’s backup quarterback? The team listed Sanders behind fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel as QB2 on its unofficial depth chart. But Sanders isn’t the only other healthy quarterback in the building, as the Browns also have Bailey Zappe on their practice squad. He’s not on the unofficial depth chart at all because he’s not on the 53-man roster. Head coach Kevin Stefanski was asked if Sanders would be the backup for the Week 6 matchup against the…

Before his historic Game 3 start for the New York Yankees in the Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox, rookie pitcher Cam Schlittler made sure he didn’t let his emotions boil over.Schlittler, who grew up in Massachusetts and rooted for the Red Sox during his youth, was aware that some fans had attacked members of his family on social media. Still, he advised those closest to him to let him respond on the mound, because he knew that’s where he would get his revenge.”I texted my family 20 minutes before the game,” Schlittler said, per ESPN’s Jorge Castillo.…

MMA legend Bas Rutten has opened up about his experience working on The Smashing Machine movie with Dwayne Johnson. As we know, Bas Rutten is an icon in the world of mixed martial arts. He accomplished some incredible things throughout the course of his career and to this day, he is a big fan favorite within the sport. He was also, once upon a time, a coach for Mark Kerr, who was recently played by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in The Smashing Machine – a film based on the documentary of the same name. RELATED: The Rock reflects on playing…

Due to injuries in their backfield, the Arizona Cardinals are using third and fourth-string players. RB James Conner suffered a season-ending injury in Week 3 vs. the 49ers.  Additionally, backup Trey Benson suffered a knee injury in Week 4 and has been placed on the IR. In the fourth quarter of Week 5 vs. Tennessee, Emari Demercado accidentally dropped the ball before he crossed the goal line. This voided a touchdown that would have put the Cardinals up by three scores. Head coach Jonathan Gannon was irate on the sideline and got in the face of Demercado. On Tuesday morning,…

Thanks to wins in the first two games of their series in Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Dodgers are on the brink of sweeping the Phillies as the National League Division series moves to Chavez Ravine for Game 3. Aaron Nola is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Los Angeles.Through two games, each team has 13 hits – six each in Game 1 and seven each in Game 2. The Dodgers have hit in the clutch, and the Phillies have not. It is not that simple but maybe it is. The top four hitters in Philadelphia’s…

Getty Images On the heels of the news that LeBron James is in fact not retiring after teasing us all with a social media post that ended up being a business partnership, the Lakers superstar may be sidelined for a little while longer. James, who is dealing with a nerve irritation in his glute, will “likely” missed the entirety of the preseason, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.James has been sidelined since the start of the preseason with the same issue, but has been ramping up his workload, per Charania. However, the goal is for the four-time champion to be prepared for the…

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We are officially in the full swing of the fantasy football season now. With byes and injuries decimating lineups, it’s key to put your best foot forward every single week. With that in mind, we can lean on FantasyPros’ fantasy points allowed tool to help make tough start/sit decisions for Week 6. The majority of matchups aren’t too impactful, but there are always a few obstacles at every position that should make you think twice before starting (or benching) a player. Without further ado, here are the players at every position with the most important fantasy football matchups to know…

With five weeks of the 2025 NFL season in the books, we’re officially more than a quarter of the way through the regular-season calendar. We’re also one step closer to this year’s in-season trade deadline, which falls on Tuesday, Nov. 4, following Week 9.But that doesn’t mean trades can’t take place before the deadline and that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday when the Bengals addressed their messy quarterback situation by acquiring veteran Joe Flacco from the Browns.Plenty of scrappy playoff contenders, like the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, could be in the market for midyear reinforcements. Meanwhile plenty of…

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