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The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.The Hornets won the Las Vegas Summer League championship this weekend. We’re going to celebrate this by taking Friday off from the newsletter. Or maybe it’s just a company-wide day off. Either way, we’ll be back in action a week from today with some fun stuff!Rough TradesAbout two historically bad dealsBack in the 2023 offseason, the Suns and Bucks both went for it. The Suns traded for Bradley Beal in June of that summer, attempting to form a big three with Kevin…

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The Eagles were a fantasy football goldmine in 2024 and this time had the defense to match which led to them destroying the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. The band is back and the roster is still loaded with not a single projected starter coming from free agency in 2025. Nick Sirianni has his share of haters for how he operates, but his results cannot be denied. He and Jalen Hurts have been the perfect coach-quarterback marriage on the field as they’ve not missed the playoffs since Hurts has been the starter in Philly.The Eagles can and will win games…

The 2025 NFL season will be here before you know it. It starts with training camps in July and the Hall of Fame Game on July 31. As anticipation builds, catch up on everything you need to know with Frank Schwab’s team previews countdown.A new preview will drop every weekday as we get closer to the Detroit Lions facing the Los Angeles Chargers in Canton, Ohio. Who will be No. 1 going into the season? Where will your team rank? Here’s your guide for all the answers. Click on below to jump to that team, then click on the team…

Due to injury, Movsar Evloev has been removed from his featherweight bout with Aaron Pico. As a result, this bout has been cancelled from this weekend’s event. The new co-main event will feature former UFC bantamweight champion and current No. 3 ranked contender Petr Yan as he faces No. 13 ranked Marcus McGhee. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: WHITTAKER vs DE RIDDER takes place this Saturday, July 26 from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte said he lost $400,000 worth of items in a break-in at his Phoenix-area home during All-Star Game festivities.Marte found out about the burglary last Tuesday before the All-Star Game; he went on the restricted list Friday and was reinstated Sunday.“Everyone is clear that it’s not a situation that we can feel good about. I’m losing about $400,000, and I think that’s a lot,” Marte told reporters in Spanish after Sunday’s 5-3 win against the St. Louis Cardinals.“It was a bit of a tough situation, but we came back here to try not to think…

Damian Lillard couldn’t be happier to rejoin the Portland Trail Blazers. Lillard offered up enthusiastic remarks about coming back to the team, saying he was glad “to be back home.”Lillard made those comments during an introductory presser Monday. Lillard was reintroduced as a member of the Trail Blazers after signing a three-year, $42 million deal with the team after he was surprisingly waived by the Milwaukee Bucks this offseason.AdvertisementLillard, who was drafted by the Trail Blazers with the No. 6 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, seemed elated to be returning to the franchise, per the Associated Press.”Just knowing that…

Andreas HaleJul 20, 2025, 12:37 AM ETCloseAndreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z’s Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film “Bridges” in 2024.LAS…

Even though we all have that moment after a fantasy football draft where we say to ourselves, “Nailed it,” it’s not really perfect. We won’t hit perfection because the draft will evolve differently depending on where we are picking. What I aim to do is provide you with my favorite range to draft from and create the best-case scenarios to build the perfect draft. You can practice for your “Perfect Draft” using our FREE mock draft simulator. For my perfect draft, we will go with pick 10. It’s fair to look at this as more of an 8-11 range of…

Brooke PryorCloseBrooke PryorESPN Staff WriterBrooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman.Stephen HolderCloseStephen HolderESPNStephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. He has chronicled the NFL since 2005, covering the Tampa…