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You should be grinding the fantasy baseball two-start pitchers to give you an advantage over your competition. Each week, I will be giving you a breakdown of the two-start options for your fantasy leagues, broken up into the following tiers: Must Start: The guys that you have to start because of their talent and/or matchups. Should Start: These are the guys that are rostered in most formats and probably should be in your lineup. Here We Go: Pitchers that you are probably starting in most formats, but have some level of risk to them. Feeling Lucky: Pitchers that are risky,…

JC Tretter, considered one of two favorites to take over as interim executive director of the NFL Players Association, resigned from the organization on Sunday, a league source confirmed to The Athletic.A source briefed on the procedure said that the NFLPA executive board still plans to meet in the coming days to determine a process for selecting an interim executive director. The NFLPA had no comment on Tretter’s decision, which was first reported by CBS Sports.Tretter’s resignation added to what has been a tumultuous few days for the players’ union. Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned as executive director on Thursday night…

Max Holloway’s win at UFC 318 was a career-first for his longtime head coach Ivan Flores.After playing the evasive villain role throughout UFC 318 fight week, Max Holloway handed Dustin Poirier a loss in his retirement fight on Saturday in New Orleans. In a ‘Fight of the Year’ candidate, Holloway outpointed Poirier by unanimous decision in a back-and-forth war between the three-time rivals.Holloway nearly finished Poirier in the opening minutes of the fight, after dropping Poirier twice in 10 seconds in the first round. But Poirier was able to rally as the fight went on, nearly finishing Holloway with his…

And frankly, have you not been entertained? If, of course, we are willing to stretch our definition of “entertainment” to include some of the other popular sensations. Suspense. Terror. Existential despair. Cold sweating. Temporary breakdown of the nervous system. Loud screaming at inanimate items of electrical equipment.But as we approach the final week of this operatic Women’s European Championship, this tournament has a fair claim to be one of the most thrilling in recent memory. And not just on the more intangible metrics: noise, penalty drama, side-eye, flying saves, players singing unprompted into pitch-side microphones, quality of fan walks. With…

Jul 18, 2025, 05:22 PM ETNEW ORLEANS — Pelicans rookie Derik Queen is likely to miss at least the start of training camp after having surgery Friday to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist.Queen was hurt Tuesday while playing in an NBA Summer League game. The Pelicans said he would be evaluated again in approximately 12 weeks, which would be after camps have begun.The procedure Friday was to address a torn scapholunate ligament. It was performed by Dr. Steven Shin in Los Angeles.The 6-foot-9 Queen was the Big Ten freshman of the year after averaging 16.5 points for…

It was the middle of the night, and through the darkness, while he ran, Fury said: “Massive shoutout to Oleksandr Usyk. Did a fantastic performance tonight over Daniel Dubois. A good young game lad who came for a good tear up. So congratulations to both men. Oleksandr Usyk knows there’s only one man that can beat him, I’ve done it twice before, and the world knows it. I’ve been fucked good and proper, without any Vaseline on and took it like a man, and here’s me, not fucking around at some boxing match, I’m out on the fucking road running.…

With the NFL Divisional recaps nearing the finish line, the Ballers visit the NFC South, a division that went down to the wire for the second year in a row. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers once again claimed the title in Week 18, but it always feels like a couple of bounces in a different direction can change the standings of this division. As Andy mentioned in the opening of the breakdown, this is a division that you can picture going several different ways from top to bottom. Will Tampa Bay win the division for the third year in a row,…

The Patriots signed first-year defensive tackle David Olajiga on Sunday, the team announced. Olajiga, who is a London native, joins the Patriots as part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program. Olajiga, 27, spent last season on the Rams’ practice squad after signing with the team out of Central Missouri. The Rams released him in May.He began his football career in high school at The John Fisher School in London. He appeared in 32 games at Central Missouri and recorded 98 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, nine sacks, one pass defensed, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four blocked kicks.He…

Manchester City set price for James McAtee, Leeds United want to raise funds for Fulham’s Rodrigo Muniz and Manchester United want two more signings.Manchester City have set their price at £35m for midfielder James McAtee, 22, with interest from clubs such as West Ham and Eintracht Frankfurt. (The Telegraph – subscription), externalReal Madrid are happy to wait it out to sign France and Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate, 26, on a free next summer but may offer a low bid in this transfer window. (Football Insider), externalA nine-figure Saudi contract for Brazil and Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr, 25, has been…

LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts stayed true to his word Sunday.As Mookie Betts returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup after a one-day respite, Roberts did not move the struggling shortstop down in the order. Rather, he moved Betts — whose .688 OPS would be the worst of his career — up a spot back to the leadoff position, flipping him and reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani in the team’s lineup. Today’s #Dodgers lineup vs. Brewers: pic.twitter.com/zhIIKou1mO — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 20, 2025Betts had been effectively benched for the day in Saturday’s loss to the Milwaukee Brewers,…