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Five NFL Teams That Crushed the 2025 Draft
The Jaguars, Cardinals, Bears, Raiders and Patriots scored big during the 2025 NFL Draft. Here’s how they set themselves up for success....
Six MLB Veterans Who Are Turning Back the Clock in 2025
Several MLB veterans over 30 are off to strong starts in 2025, showing flashes of their prime form. Here's who's making noise early this season....
NBA Coaches Are Failing the Challenge Test — And It's Costing Big Games
NBA coaches are mismanaging challenges — and letting players make the calls. It’s costing games and exposing a huge flaw in playoff strategy....
Red Sox's Brayan Bello, Guardians' Logan Allen making solid progress
Brayan Bello's long-awaited season debut for the Boston Red Sox certainly was something positive to build upon.,Meanwhile, Logan Allen already has been a pleasant surprise for the Cleveland Guardians.,Aiming for more success, Bello and Allen square off in the rubber match of this three-game set at C...
PARIVISION in grand final at PGL Wallachia playoffs
PARIVISION advanced to Sunday's grand final, where it will await the winner of Team Liquid and Tundra Esports in the PGL Wallachia Season 4 playoffs in Bucharest, Romania.,Sixteen teams started the $1 million Dota 2 tournament, with the top eight qualifying for the playoffs. All matches are best-of-...
MLB roundup: Braves overcome D-backs, Eugenio Suarez's 4 HRs
Matt Olson scored on Justin Martinez's wild pitch in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves overcame Eugenio Suarez's four-homer game for an 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Saturday.,Suarez homered in the second, fourth, sixth and ninth innings -- the last one tying the game ...
Rays win 4th straight; Padres' offensive woes continue
Brandon Lowe homered Saturday night and Ryan Pepiot fired six strong innings as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays won their fourth straight game with a 4-1 decision over the San Diego Padres.,Pepiot (2-3) allowed just three hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts. Three relievers protected the ...
NHL roundup: Gabriel Landeskog's 1st goal since 2022 lifts Avs
Gabriel Landeskog scored his first goal in nearly three years and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 in Denver on Saturday night to even their playoff series., ,Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 23 shots for his first career playoff shutout. Nathan MacKinnon, Logan O...
NBA roundup: Nuggets stun Clippers on Aaron Gordon's last-second dunk
Aaron Gordon slammed down a dunk as time expired to give the Denver Nuggets a dramatic and much-needed 101-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday in Game 4 of their first-round series at Inglewood, Calif.,Nikola Jokic airballed a 3-pointer as the clock wound down and Gordon leaped to c...
Draft grades for all 32 teams
Tennessee Titans,Grade: B+,Best Pick: QB Cameron Ward, No. 1 Overall,What We Liked: An all-around good draft for the Titans, who are putting together a crack offense in an attempt to actually win some games this year. Ward was the clear QB1 this year. His confidence and ability to handle lots of res...
Ian Machado Garry calls for UFC welterweight title shot at Fight Night
Ian Machado Garry survived a late scare from Carlos Prates, earning a unanimous decision in a bounce-back effort to cap off the welterweight main event Saturday at UFC Fight Night in Kansas City, Mo.,Garry won on the judges' scorecards, 48-47, 48-47, 49-46.,Having complete control of four of five ro...
Gabriel Landeskog scores 1st goal nearly 3 years as Avalanche down Stars
Gabriel Landeskog scored his first goal in nearly three years and added an assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 in Denver on Saturday night to even their playoff series.,Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 23 shots in Game 4 for his first career playoff shutout.,Nathan MacKinnon, ...
Djordje Mihailovic scores 5th goal, but Rapids and Sounders settle for draw
Djordje Mihailovic scored his team lead-tying fifth goal of the season on a free kick early in the second half, and the Colorado Rapids earned a rare result against the visiting Seattle Sounders with a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.,Mihailovic's tally helped the Rapids (4-2-4, 16 points) extend an unbe...
Dodgers push across 4 runs in eighth to double-up Pirates
Teoscar Hernandez and Enrique Hernandez each homered in a four-run eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled away for a 8-4 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak.,Teoscar Hernandez snapped a 4-4 tie with a home run to left field off reliever...
Rays' streak at 4 wins as Padres' offensive woes continue
Brandon Lowe homered Saturday night and Ryan Pepiot fired six strong innings as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays won their fourth straight game with a 4-1 decision over the San Diego Padres.,Pepiot (2-3) allowed just three hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts. Three relievers protected the ...
Grading the Commanders' Draft
Grade: A-,Best Pick: Josh Conerly Jr., No. 29 Overall,What We Liked: Great players all the way down. Conerly's explosive movement skills should make him a great fit for move-blocking and keeping a clean pocket for Jayden Daniels whether he chooses to scramble or not. Trey Amos deserved to be taken i...
Grading the Giants' Draft
Grade: C-,Best Pick: EDGE Abdul Carter, No. 3 Overall,What we liked: Carter is a great player. Pairing him with Brian Burns will turn a middling edge rusher unit into a force to be reckoned with. Focusing on the defensive trenches was a good decision for the Giants, who despite having lots of talent...
Grading the Vikings' Draft
Grade: B+,Best Pick: WR Tai Felton, No. 102 Overall,What We Liked: Felton should come in as a great WR3 to give J.J. McCarthy a really easy time finding open receivers. The two early picks put their new quarterback (coming off an injury last year) in a good space to continue the trajectory that Sam ...
Braves beat D-backs in 10 despite 4 HRs by Eugenio Suarez
Matt Olson scored on Justin Martinez's wild pitch in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves overcame Eugenio Suarez' four-homer game for an 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Saturday.,Suarez homered in the second, fourth, sixth and ninth innings -- the last one tying the game a...
Grading the Broncos' draft
Grade: C,Best Pick: CB Jahdae Barron, No. 20 Overall,What We Liked: Barron is a stud. His extreme versatility along with high-end tackling skills and coverage ability should make him a cornerstone of that defense for a while. In an era that's shifting more toward the idea of "positionless football,"...