Category: Sports

Islam Makhachev challenges Jack Della Maddalena for the UFC welterweight championship in the main event at UFC 322. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Pound-for-pound supremacy is on the line in men’s and women’s MMA as UFC welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena puts his title on the line against former lightweight titleholder Islam Makhachev in the main…

PITTSBURGH — Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi walks across the field to get a closer look at his quarterbacks. On this open date practice the week before the Notre Dame game, the Panthers are not in full pads, but they are playing tempo offense like always. He points out Mason Heintschel. “Look at the urgency he…

Over the summer, clubs across the world spent $9.76 billion on acquiring about 12,000 new players. Both numbers were record highs, according to FIFA. Around 1,000 more players changed teams in 2025 than did in 2024, and the near-$10 billion outlay was a more-than-50% increase over the summer spending in the previous year. Most of…

Logan Paul, Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed and Drew McIntyre attacked Cody Rhodes and The Usos at Friday’s “SmackDown.” Courtesy WWE I do love the ol’ “you gotta read the fine print” in pro wrestling contracts. On Friday’s “SmackDown,” Paul Heyman stressed to general manager Nick Aldis, with War Games contract in hand, that the agreement states…

In any given NFL offseason, fans get excited about new players joining their favorite team through trades or free agency. Adding talent brings promise. But it doesn’t always work out. Which players have excelled in their new surroundings through 10 weeks, providing strong production to their new teams in 2025? George Pickens‘ new beginning with…

DETROIT — A day after a stunning Week 9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings dropped his Detroit Lions to 5-3 on the season, Dan Campbell held a private meeting with first-year offensive coordinator John Morton. Before the season, Morton was given the tall order of following previous coordinator Ben Johnson in the role. Johnson, who…

Maybe Thomas Tuchel is right: three into two doesn’t go. The England boss publicly declared that Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden couldn’t all play effectively in the same lineup, and Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia offered some justification of that view. The final 25 minutes of this game were by some distance the…

Nov 13, 2025, 08:37 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson has made the most of his opportunity, filling in for injured starter Rhamondre Stevenson, who has missed the past three games because of a toe injury. Henderson’s two touchdown runs and one receiving touchdown helped the Patriots to…

Nov 13, 2025, 08:00 AM ET The marathon has now become a sprint. Three weeks remain in the regular season and the chaos that has made this one of the more intriguing college football seasons in recent memory is set to deliver a thrilling, potentially chaotic final stretch. Only three undefeated teams remain — Ohio…

Baylor athletic director and College Football Playoff chairman Mack Rhoades is taking a leave of absence from his position at the school for personal reasons, he told ESPN on Thursday. Rhoades told ESPN that he initiated the leave but declined to explain why. Baylor also released a statement acknowledging Rhoades was on leave but declined…