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“A rollercoaster” is what Georgia Stanway said she would have tattooed to sum up Euro 2025 for the England players.It hasn’t just been a bleak 48 hours after the squad publicly denounced the racism suffered by Jess Carter and other teammates. It’s been a tough tournament. In the wake of the abuse Carter was receiving the Lionesses came together on Saturday afternoon to decide how they wanted to take a stand.Statements were drafted, actions decided and players supported as the Lionesses helped come up with a strategy to say “enough is enough”. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible…

André SnellingsCloseAndré SnellingsESPN Senior WriterDr. André Snellings is a senior writer for men’s and women’s fantasy basketball and sports betting at ESPN. André has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan. He joined ESPN in 2017 after a 16-year career as a neural engineer, during which time he was also a writer and analyst for Rotowire.Eric MoodyCloseEric MoodyESPN WriterEric Moody is a writer for fantasy football, men’s and women’s basketball, and sports betting at ESPN. Eric joined ESPN in 2021 after working as a senior fantasy analyst at Pro Football Network. Prior to that, he spent much of his career…

OXNARD, Calif. — At 11:04 a.m. Pacific Time and beneath an uncharacteristically cloudy Southern California sky, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gradually ambled down a corridor toward his annual training camp-opening microphone. Trailed by parts of the team’s brain trust — including his son Stephen and new head coach Brian Schottenheimer — Jerry walked his long, straight path toward the dais until the journey to his seat necessitated a left turn.And boy did he ever take it.AdvertisementIn what struck a chord as one of the more strained and seemingly unnecessary laundry list of sideways comments about several of his core…

Shamil Gasanov believes his village upbringing forged the mentality needed to capture MMA gold. The Russian is ready to prove a wrestler from remote Dagestan can achieve worldwide greatness. The third-ranked featherweight rematches Garry Tonon at ONE Fight Night 34 on Friday, August 1, inside Lumpinee Stadium at Bangkok, Thailand. The bout comes after Gasanov defeated Martin Nguyen, marking his fourth consecutive victory since Tonon submitted him. Gasanov grew up in a remote village where accountability was inescapable. Following his father into wrestling, he learned missing training meant facing community scrutiny. This environment forged an unbreakable work ethic. At 17,…

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The Dodgers won their first game in the second half of the season on Monday night.They can only hope it wasn’t accompanied by yet another potentially significant loss.Though the Dodgers powered their way past the Minnesota Twins 5-2 at Dodger Stadium — hitting four home runs on a night Shohei Ohtani pitched three solid innings (while accounting for one of the long balls himself) and Dustin May followed with 4 ⅔ scoreless innings out of the bullpen — the team was left fretting over a sour final note.AdvertisementWith one out in the ninth inning, closer Tanner Scott left with a…

Guard Marcus Smart has agreed to a contract buyout with the Washington Wizards and plans to sign a two-year, $11 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers after clearing waivers, sources told ESPN on Saturday.Smart, the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time All-Defense first-team member, will have a player option on his new Lakers deal to enter a more flush 2026 free agency, sources said.Lakers All-NBA star Luka Doncic reached out to Smart and made it clear that he wanted to play with the two-way stalwart, sources said.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe planned move serves as a return to…

Jul 20, 2025, 12:44 AM ETManny Pacquiao returned to the ring at age 46 and fought to a majority draw against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.Two judges scored the fight even, at 114-114 and the third judge scored it 115-113 in favor of Barrios. Pacquiao, who entered the fight as the underdog (+210 per ESPN BET), was trying to become the oldest fighter to win a welterweight world title, a record he already broke when he defeated Keith Thurman by split decision in July 2019 at the age of…

While it’s important to know who to target as you prepare for your fantasy football drafts, it’s equally as important to know which fantasy football draft landmines you’re avoiding. Our analysts provide players they are avoiding in their fantasy football drafts. Here are a few players they consider overvalued or are otherwise avoiding this fantasy football draft season. You can find all of their players to avoid here: Fitz | DBro | Erickson | Joe Fantasy Football Draft Landmines to Avoid Here are a few fantasy football draft landmines our analysts avoid. Fitz’s Players to Avoid Baker Mayfield (QB –…

Kris RhimJul 21, 2025, 10:21 PM ETCloseKris Rhim is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Kris covers the Los Angeles Chargers, including coach Jim Harbaugh’s franchise-altering first season (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41068072/los-angeles-chargers-2024-preview-jim-harbaugh-culture). In Kris’ free time, he lives his NBA dreams at men’s leagues across Los Angeles.LOS ANGELES — Eight-time Pro Bowl quarterback Philip Rivers announced Monday he is retiring from the NFL as a Charger in an emotional video posted by the team to social media.Rivers has been retired since his final season with the Indianapolis Colts in 2020 but made clear in Monday’s announcement: “I’m retiring a Charger.”Rivers, who played…