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David SchoenfieldOct 19, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseCovers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995Are we having fun yet? Friday was one of the most unforgettable days ever seen in the playoffs, with Eugenio Suarez’s go-ahead grand slam rocking T-Mobile Park and putting the Seattle Mariners one win away from the World Series, and then Shohei Ohtani’s historic three-homer, 10-strikeout performance that goes down as perhaps the single greatest individual performance in postseason history.Let’s call it a top-five day of all time and add this to our list of future projects to research. Meanwhile,…

How badly did Kevin Durant want to be back in Texas — the state where he played his college ball — and to be on a team with a legit title chance in the next couple of years? Here’s the answer:Durant took about $30 million less than his max in agreeing to a two-year, $90 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets, a deal first reported by Shams Charania of ESPN and since confirmed by the team. The second year of that extension is a player option. Durant is in the final year of his current contract at $54.7 million…

His own discipline he could control, of course. However, the decision, which went the way of Eubank Jnr, was something completely out of Benn’s hands. “When they announced he’d won, he’s fallen to the floor, he’s shocked,” he recalled. “I thought I had won the fight. I felt like I was dictating the pace, I was landing the more powerful shots, the more damaging shots, the more eye-catching shots. You’ve got to give him rounds 11 and 12, but I felt in the moment I’d won the fight.

Week 7 in the NFL has arrived, with outfits continuing to level up each week.From veterans to rookies, players strutted their stuff with a wide variety of stylish fits. Tailored suits, custom streetwear with accessories ranging from jewelry to shades and custom bags garnered the proper reaction in the pregame tunnels — flashes from a camera.While some players leaned into a sleek and classy look, others kept it calm with comfort wear such as a lightweight fit or team gear.Here are the best Week 7 pregame arrival looks. Sunday’s bestThe Kansas City Chiefs embraced “leather weather,” with Travis Kelce leading…

In the main event, Brendan Allen stole the spotlight, stepping up on short notice and stopping Reinier de Ridder at the end of the fourth round. In the co-main, Canadian star Mike Malott earned the biggest win of his career with a unanimous decision over Kevin Holland. Saturday’s fight card added another thrilling chapter to a string of exciting events in recent weeks. See how the judges scored every round of every fight: Official Scorecards

Chris Sutton slammed “rank rotten” recruitment at Celtic after their historic loss at Dundee – but fellow Sky Sports pundit Kris Boyd said it was time Brendan Rodgers took his share of the blame, questioning the manager’s attitude and commitment.The Hoops’ 2-0 loss at Dundee featured a Celtic fan protest against the club’s board and Sutton said the hierarchy’s business in recent transfer windows has left the squad weak. “They just don’t have the quality,” said Sutton, with his former club trailing Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts by five points ahead of their trip to Tynecastle, live on Sky Sports next…

The Week 7 NFL schedule and MLB Playoffs make for a busy Sunday for online sports betting. There are six games in the 1 p.m. ET window in the NFL and then four more games in the 4:05/4:25 p.m. ET window. Then Game 6 of the ALCS between the Blue Jays and Mariners is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET. The SportsLine Projection Model’s top picks for Sunday include a pick from Blue Jays vs. Mariners, Jets vs. Panthers and Broncos vs. Giants.Click here to bet today’s games with the latest Fanatics Sportsbook promo code, which allows new users to bet…

Tim BontempsCloseTim BontempsESPN Senior WriterTim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast.Brian WindhorstCloseBrian WindhorstESPN Senior WriterESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two booksOct 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ETThis is peak extension season in the NBA.Or, as one agent told ESPN this week: “The torture chamber.”The deadline for extensions for most eligible players is Monday…

There’s multitasking and then there’s what Bryce Henry pulled off Saturday night.An undefeated rising talent in the bare-knuckle middleweight ranks, Henry scored three knockdowns on Roderick Stewart to win this weekend’s BKFC main event with a second-round knockout in Hammond, Indiana. But it was what Henry did prior to the stoppage that perhaps may have been most impressive.AdvertisementRather than sit on the stool during the one-minute break between Rounds 1 and 2 to collect his breath and receive some mid-fight advice from his corner, Henry got his Garry Kasparov on and was instead caught by BKFC cameras taking a knee…

Buccaneers wide receivers Mike Evans and Emeka Egbuka both have a good chance of playing Monday night against the Lions.Although they’re officially being termed game-time decisions with hamstring injuries, there’s optimism in Tampa Bay that both can play, according to ESPN.Evans has been out since injuring his hamstring in Week Three. Egbuka, who has emerged in the absence of Evans and Chris Godwin as the Buccaneers’ No. 1 receiver and one of the best rookies in the NFL this season, suffered his hamstring injury last week.If both can go, they’ll put a lot of pressure on a depleted Lions secondary…