Mike Florio and Michael Holley compare Rashee Rice’s delayed hearing to Jordan Addison getting suspended for the first three weeks, discussing why there’s “no excuse” for Rice’s case not being resolved ahead of Week 1.
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Kurt Helin breaks down the NBA games you must tune into as hardwood action returns to NBC and makes its debut on Peacock for the 2025-26 season.
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Evaluating eight of fantasy football’s most risk/reward draft picks.
Shiels-Donegan, born in Scotland but raised in the Bay Area, beat medalist Preston Stout in front of a raucous sea of support in Thursday’s Round of 16 at Olympic Club.
The must watch games start opening night between the Thunder and Rockets on NBC and Peacock.
From Nico Collins to Josh Simmons, Mike Florio and Chris Simms share their most indispensable non-quarterbacks for the Bills, Ravens, Texans and Chiefs — the four teams that won division titles in the AFC last season.
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The Packers announced this offseason that they will be wearing 1923-inspired throwback uniforms for a game during the 2025 season and they revealed what game that will be on Friday.
Current and former pro athletes continue to be targeted by thieves.
When discussing the deal that will, if approved, give the NFL a 10-percent stake in ESPN, Commissioner Roger Goodell dangled a bright, shiny object for consumers.
Just after the Buccaneers completed their joint practice with the Steelers, head coach Todd Bowles told reporters that all starters aside from Mike Evans and Lavonte David would play in Saturday’s preseason game.
Premier League
Liverpool Opens Defense of its Premier League Title against Bournemouth
Drew Dinsick and Jay Croucher look ahead to the upcoming Premier League season, where the top four seem to be set but Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur are appealing plus money bets to take the fifth spot.
We made it, everybody! The Premier League is back and we’re buzzing in anticipation of what promises to be a scintillating season of football in England.
Drew Dinsick and Jay Croucher believe Liverpool are “vulnerable” as the favorite to win the Premier League in back-to-back years and share why Arsenal have the tools to make a run at the title.
NBA
Coffey is coming off a career year and deserves a roster spot, but the Bucks have 15 players already under contract.
“It’s super personal to me. It’s super personal to my family. I’m connected with 8 in a real way.”
Irving shot down the idea of bad blood between him and LeBron.
Jay Crocher and Dreww Dinsick debate values for NBA champion futures and highlights the Nuggets and Cavaliers as teams to look for in markets.
Golf
John Daly II and Niall Shiels Donegan each won two matches Thursday at The Olympic Club to advance to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals as more top-ranked players dropped out.
MacIntyre birdied each of his last six holes Thursday to shoot 62 and lead the BMW Championship at Caves Valley.
The Tour Championship now has the richest individual prize fund in golf with the PGA Tour making the FedExCup payoff count as official money for the first time.
Second-round tee times and pairings for the BMW Championship, along with how to watch.
Oklahoma State junior Preston Stout, the medalist in stroke-play qualifying and the No. 4-ranked amateur, became the only player from the top 10 to advance at the U.S. Amateur.
Danish golfer Nicolai Højgaard holed out for eagle at the 12th hole during the first round of the Danish Golf Championship. As if that was not impressive enough, he holed out for eagle once again just two holes later.
Motor Sports
Three winners in the last three weeks in the 450 division will have all eyes glued to the screen this week.
With three rounds remaining, a red-hot Bobby Fong has closed on Josh Herrin and Cameron Beaubier to make this a three-rider battle for the title.
The Truck and Cup series will be on track the 0.75-mile oval.
Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio he was “not ... impressed” with how Carson Hocevar and Michael McDowell raced each other at Watkins Glen.
Rotoworld
Lamar Jackson, Jahmyr Gibbs, and Justin Jefferson headline Matthew Berry’s updated and expanded positional rankings for the 2025 fantasy season.
Christian McCaffrey and Omarion Hampton are on the rise, while Puka Nacua and Rashee Rice slide in Matthew Berry’s Overall Top 200 rankings.
The NBA released the bulk of the 2025-26 regular-season schedule on Thursday, with 80 of 82 games locked in.
Denny Carter dives into the Houston Texans backfield after both Nick Chubb and Dameon Pierce split reps with the first-team offense, explaining why it’s not an ideal fantasy situation.
Matthew Berry releases his 100 Facts You Need To Know Before You Draft in 2025, but what you do with them, is up to you.
The Fantasy Football Happy Hour crew analyze the tight ends with the highest target rates last season, explaining why they expect another big year out of both Trey McBride and David Njoku.
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The Bills made a move at tight end Thursday.
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